Where I Am: In my newly-countered kitchen

What I’m Doing: Pretending the fact I haven’t showered yet won’t show in the picture

The kitchen is near completion. The new Corian (a composite material coveted more than diamond by my wife) countertops have been installed. There’s a few pics up in the 365 Side Pics group.

This leaves the installation of the new faucet, the purchasing of new appliances and the reorganization of everything in the cabinets. It didn’t seem daunting until I typed it out like that.

That raised piece is the matching cutting board they gave us. I wonder how sanitary its usage is.

I installed a new light fixture. I’m absolutely terrified of working with electricity so it took me a good 45 minutes to do. Everything I touched was handled with the care usually reserved for surgery on premature newborns. I kept imagining myself lying dead on the floor with burnt fingertips and pants full of excrement.

More pics of the Kitchen after the jump.

That’s the cutting board again. The sink is flush with the countertop.

You can see the two places where they got a little careless with the grout. It’s easily retouched, though.

The new cabinets now look like a part of the kitchen.

The new light fixture. When I first turned it on it was so dim I had convinced myself that I had installed it wrong. After taking it down but before reinstalling it, I decided to turn it on one more time to doublecheck. Same thing happened. Then I remembered that I had turned the dimmer all the way down in preparation for the installation. Dumbass.

The stove looks ancient now. You can see the other place that needs touching up in the corner.

The new faucet is two-handled and has the sprayer on the right.