My New 'Old Home' Adventures

Now that my kitchen counters were installed it was time to decide on a back splash. I intentionally did not have a granite back splash installed since I was planning on tiling myself. All along I was thinking white subway tile since the counters had so much movement but I still wasn't convinced that an accent tile was also the way to go. Off to the tile store and after about an hour I picked out 3" x 6" white subway with a strip of glass and white quartzite bars set in a 12" x 12" mosaic sheet. With the tiles in my cart I headed to the supply section to get all the other stuff for my project. Besides the tiles, ended up purchasing: White Non-sanded grout (powdered form so I could add grout sealant) Tile adhesive - premixed Grout additive Tile, stone & grout sealant Two large sponges, one with a dehazing pad on one side Tile cutter Tile spacers The only supplies I needed that I already had were various sizes of troughs for the adhesive (including o

I've been wanting to replace the counter tops in my kitchen since the day I moved in. Six years later and I finally got around to doing something about it. Stopped in two local granite stores in my town and ordered a gorgeous piece of Fantasy Brown granite when the owner made me an offer I couldn't refuse. He also agreed to remove the old counters for $150. I was planning to do the removal myself but at that price we had a deal. He came to the house that day to take measurements and so my project began. Before picture of kitchen with white laminate counters We made plans for the new counters to be installed the following Saturday but they did not do plumbing so I woke up early that morning to prep the kitchen. I had to remove all the items from the counter, remove the items in the top drawers and disconnect and remove the existing kitchen sink and faucet. The install came with a new sink and I decided to splurge and get a new high arc kitchen faucet even though I ha