Kickin' the Kitchen's Butt

 Our kitchen wasn't bad to start with--as you can see above, it was pretty updated when we bought the house.  The glass tiles were nice (but only behind the range and sink), the black sinks weren't my first choice, the cream cabinets were new and had good features, like roll-out shelves and soft close drawers.  Tim and I wanted to update the counter tops from the laminate to granite, and unlike in our old house, we didn't want to do it and move 6 months later.  So this way, we can enjoy the countertops for years to come!  Tim went to visit the granite yard on a rare day off, and he picked out this beautiful steel gray.  We matched up some mosaic tile backsplash, which consisted of gray glass, frosted glass, marble, and quartz pieces.  No joke, that tile backsplash took almost 2 weeks to install, from start to grouting.  But it looks amazing!  We painted out the kitchen with the same gray from the foyer because the green really started to stand out in an odd way as we completed the backsplash.

New kitchen!

We got "new sinks included" with the granite installation, so we went bigger on both sinks.  Now the main sink is twice the size as the old one, and the smaller sink is a normal sink size.

close up of the new countertop