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After a long slog installing my entire kitchen solo the counters and backsplash are going in. The floors and stonework are the only things I didn’t do myself. All the plumbing, completely new electrical, and cabinet install was done by me and it’s a great day to see it all coming together 🙂 I’ll prob post a whole thread with photos throughout the Reno from bare studs to finish work all completed at some point soon. The counters are soapstone so they look light gray until oiled/bees waxed and the island and backsplash are super white quartzite.
NIICE!!! 🙂
Looking really awesome
Jimbo
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Nice work buddy very nice
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Looks great.
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Looks great !!! Nice work
Just finished…a few more shots…
Looks good dude, loving that soapstone
Wow that looks sweet! Not gonna let the wifey see this man she’s been on me for awhile to redo our kitchen :}
Fantastic
My wife loves the faucet above the stove. Great work man!
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Superb! I love the slopped area for the faucet to drain. I have to admit I freaked out a bit at the hidden outlet. Great job!
Poisonfangs85 wrote:
21 minutes ago, Poisonfangs85 said:Superb! I love the slopped area for the faucet to drain. I have to admit I freaked out a bit at the hidden outlet. Great job!
Thanks, Yeah the drain board is relatively common on soapstone to the side of the sink but being a corner sink I thought it would be cooler to use that wasted space behind it. I love the way it came out. The fabricator/installer who’s done 1000’s of soapstone jobs told me he’s never done a corner drain board and loves the way it looks with the faucet sitting in the notch back there.
JerryNY wrote:
4 hours ago, JerryNY said:Just finished…a few more shots…
That’s so sweet Jerry, I like the look of the soap stone mixed in.
Man that is so slick looking. I love stone countertops. Ive been eyein grey quartz for ours one day.
Nice work man,it looks very fluid.
looks good, great pick on the stone!
The stone backsplash had a 1/4″ gap under the wall cabinets and hood so I dropped all of them to sit flush on the stone for a more refined look:
damn thats look great.
Agree Pete it looks awesome!
Looks fantastic buddy really nice job
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Poisonfangs85 wrote:
On 5/12/2016 at 9:27 PM, Poisonfangs85 said:Superb! I love the slopped area for the faucet to drain…………
Yes, same here, great idea.
This is absolutely incredible, i love seeing it come together, that soapstone really came out once you oiled it, amazing, like I said, i want it in my kitchen someday.
@JerryNY how do you like having only one sink instead of a double basin?
KnarlyCarl wrote:
1 hour ago, KnarlyCarl said:Yes, same here, great idea.
This is absolutely incredible, i love seeing it come together, that soapstone really came out once you oiled it, amazing, like I said, i want it in my kitchen someday.
@JerryNY how do you like having only one sink instead of a double basin?
I’m not a huge fan of double basins to be honest. They work ok if you have a huge sink maybe but in corner install you’re already working against space constraints and I’d rather have one big sink than two smaller ones. If you have a dishwasher I don’t think a double basin is really necessary. A separate prep sink somewhere else in the kitchen would be my preference. It’s all a matter of taste, needs and desires what you want though. The sink I got is 28″ and 10″ deep so it pretty big for me.
Looks great 🙂
Beautiful work Jerry, I love the pot filler
That looks insane! I love that look, I’ve never been one for that tile backsplash that’s in style, seems like it’s just bound to be out of style like the 70s style home decorating. This on the other hand, I don’t think will ever go out of style, it’s just soo clean looking. Great job!
Meant to ask you about the pot filler, will you have treated water such as reverse osmosis to prevent build up over the years?
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BMack37 wrote:
On May 29, 2016 at 2:09 PM, BMack37 said:That looks insane! I love that look, I’ve never been one for that tile backsplash that’s in style, seems like it’s just bound to be out of style like the 70s style home decorating. This on the other hand, I don’t think will ever go out of style, it’s just soo clean looking. Great job!
Sorry for the late reply but was away for the weekend down in MD. Thanks for the kind words and I agree the stone backsplash has no grout lines to get crud in them and a nice clean look. The only real downside is the loss of an inch of counter depth but I have a decent amount to begin with.
KnarlyCarl wrote:
On May 30, 2016 at 0:40 AM, KnarlyCarl said:Meant to ask you about the pot filler, will you have treated water such as reverse osmosis to prevent build up over the years?
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Nah I have NYC water where I am and it’s some of the best in the country so I’m not that worried about build up to be honest but hopefully it will be fine the next few decades before the next major Reno 😉
Hey! That looks really good! May I ask – how long and approximately how much did it take for you to create something like this? Also, is it by preference that you decided to put the sink with a great faucet in a diagonal position? Lastly, how long was the planning? Did everything you planned fell through the actual or some were scrapped along the way? Sorry for the many questions. I’m trying to learn more about kitchens; planning to surprise the fiancee with a kitchen make-over and I have no clue where to start. Thanks in advance for the answers!
@DianaWelcome to the forum.
It may be a while before the OP @JerryNYreturns to see the great questions that were posed about his 2016 topic, so I’ll jump in…
Like most projects, start w/ a vision and a budget, or at least a budget.
Seat of the pants, for a total kitchen remodel, plan on something like $20K, it can be more or less depending on lots of factors. Usually the big hit are the cabinets. On my last total kitchen remodels I used Jarlin Cabinetry and their Dove White Shaker style. I love the quality and construction on these cabinets.
My latest kitchen is shown in this reply. Not a professional, but I “swing the hammer” on our rental properties.
Our daughter has the vision, I supply the grunt. She helps and is AMAZING with tiling, where I am her assistant.
There are online planning tools. Home Depot can also be helpful. Start w/ the kitchen dimensions, especially including the plumbing supply and drain position, as plumbing relocation may be intimidating to many. Documenting the oven power / gas position and the under cabinet microwave position is also important to avoid having to possibly relocate.
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Nice Job! Looks great!