It is always a milestone when the counters are coming. It means the end is near and everyone can breathe a sigh of relief. The clients can actually use their house again and I can call the photographer in to record the results. FYI, not all remodels are photo worthy but the Sammamish remodel of Jennifer and Ryan Lee surely is one of them.
Before we get to the end of the project I thought it might be interesting to see what happens when you decide you want stone counters. First of all you get to go shopping at a slab yard, usually a very,very big warehouse where all the different slabs of stone are displayed. It is hard not to fall in love.
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| After going to a couple of yards Jennifer and Ryan decided on the Superwhite Quartzite at Crocodile Rocks. |
Once the base cabinets are installed the fabricator of the countertops comes out to make templates of the areas needing to have stone. This requires great precision, well it should. Not all fabricators are created equal but we are using
Holmchick Stoneworks so no worries.
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| You can see the templates that are made from the areas the tops are going. |
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| Making sure everything will fit and making notes on the templates about edge details, reveals etc. |
These templates are then taken back to the fabricators and are used as patterns to create the new counters. If you are an interested client and you have the time you are invited down to decide which parts of your slab you want to go where. What you want to highlight and maybe even avoid. This quartzite has a lot of activity and diversity.
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| Here you can see the templates being layed over the stone to pick the optimum placement. The blue tape then marks the location. |
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| More location picking. |
You can already tell how beautiful these counters are going to be, believe me it will be a source of endless wonder over the years as you use your kitchen. The finished product will be installed Wednesday. Check out my
Facebook Page and I will post the results.
