AFTER Kitchen Reno's

I can't believe it's FINALLY completed - new counters, faucets, sinks in the kitchen & ensuite (the main bath remains to be completed and should be done by next week *fingers crossed*). It's been a VERY long day with a few more than a few 'snags' - but the end result is fantastic! I am REALLY impressed and especially LOVE my new sink!

Here is the AFTER result of the kitchen:

Before:

As we began preparing the 'shut-off's' last night to disconnect the taps & sinks, we noticed there were many plumbing 'irregularities' that prompted us to call a plumber for some help. Luckily, we found one that ended up to be 1. AMAZING 2. eager to help at a moments notice 3. available 4. very helpful & 5. extremely useful - I am so thankful in the end that we had a plumber come and upgraded all of our 'under-the-sink' plumbing! You see, everything happens for a reason! He ended up being here for 'most' of the day so I'm a little nervous to see the final bill - EEESH!!!

Okay, so when you find something like this (photo below) when you're removing your old taps - you know you have a problem! Luckily, the problem ended up being to my advantage - I got new taps after all!!!


The old taps were leaking. I knew we had a leak, but thought it was the plumbing - not the taps! Needless to say, I am feeling very lucky considering I got my new sink AND new taps. It looks SO, SO, SO pretty now. I've always wanted one of these white acrylic sinks - yippy!!!

See my new sink & taps:

And lastly, our "teeny-tiny" ensuite AFTER photos of the new counter & faucets:

BEFORE:

More happened today too - that unfortunately I did not get photos of. We had our chimney & furnace cleaned out. It was COMPLETELY clogged with old soot and crap. THANKFULLY we had not started a fire up until now - or else we probably would have had smoke THROUGHOUT the house and probably would have had a FIRE (and not just in the furnace). I am counting our lucky stars that we had it professionally cleaned - you SHOULD have seen how CLOGGED the pipes were. It really was NASTY.

So now we are about to sit with a nice fire crackling in the furnace - pumping off some pretty cool heat (on this c-c-cold night - going down to 2 degrees C tonight or about 30-somthing degrees F).