Hi guys! It feels like I’ve been away from the blog here for awhile – I took an unplanned week off last week when I came down with a vicious sinus infection. This has been a bad winter for me for sickness – sure hope this is the end of it with the spring now firmly arrived in Boston.
I’m finally going to be showing off the kitchen updates this week – all that’s left in the renovation in the main part of the kitchen is painting the cabinets, which I hope I’ll get to in the next few weeks.
Today, I’m sharing the new counter, sink, and faucet we had installed.
As a reminder, here’s where we started.
There is just a bit of sparkle, which marble doesn’t have, but it’s very subtle. Most friends who have seen the new counter installed ask if it’s marble. I feel like I got the best of both worlds – the light, clean looks of marble with the strength and functionality of quartz or granite. I couldn’t love the counters more.
The stainless sink was replaced with an apron front fireclay sink.
I chose the Cerana sink by Blanco, in the 30″ size.
I wanted a faucet that made filling pots on the counter easy, and decided on the Hanover faucet by Pfister in stainless steel.
The pull-down feature makes rinsing the sink a breeze and the gooseneck shape is both elegant and functional. The Hanover faucet comes with other options for different handles and an included soap pump but I wanted the simplest look, with everything contained in one piece, and I prefer a freestanding soap dispenser.
These three updates completely transformed the look of this side of the kitchen.
I’ll be back tomorrow to show you how we opened up the wall between the kitchen and family room and to finally reveal the transom windows I’ve been talking about for ages!
WOW! what a difference the countertops make- beautiful!
I still moon over them every day and they’ve been installed for weeks now!
love the sink and countertop you chose. Gorgeous!
Thanks, Erin! I’m so excited to get the cabinets white so everything really flows!
Those countertops are gorgeous, great choice!
I love them too, thank you!
So glad you’re feeling better. Fantastic transformation. I want your counters. x
I am sort of unnaturally in love with them.
The countertops are beautiful! Definitely keeping this in my file for my future kitchen remodel! Great job!
The counters are such a great best-of-both for me – hard working but light and simple and lovely!
Oh my goodness! Those are purty countertops!! Haven’t seen that stone before, love it! xo Kristin
Think it’s sandstone and quartz combined? Supposed to be harder than granite. I am borderline obsessed with them.
Totally want those counters, the best of both worlds!! Huge fan of gooseneck/single lever/pull down kitchen faucets, too–the best of ALL the worlds. Brava, can’t wait to see the transom!
So sorry about your sinuses :-( I swear the germs are gnarly once the kiddos arrive in our life.
xoxo
I am sort of irrationally in love with the counters. And the transoms too actually :) You are so right about the kid germs – haven’t been so sick for so long in all my adult life as I have the past few years. Petri dishes with legs!
Planning to use quartzite for our kitchen remodel too! LOVE yours!! Great job!
Oh you will love it! It’s really, really beautiful.
I love the sink and it coordinates so well with the new countertops! It has all come together so nicely. Very stylish and dreamy.
Thanks, Aimee! I am so excited to get the cabinets painted too so it’s all a sea of dreamy white :)
everything just looks so good Jennifer. Ive been dying to see the transoms. The cabinets are going to look great when they are painted a nice fresh coat of white:)
And I can’t wait to show off the transoms tomorrow! I’m with you on the white paint – so excited to get it done.
I can’t believe that isn’t marble. You really CANT tell. It’s absolutely to die for. And I love the towel bar on the side!
Thanks! I really like that towel bar too – will be sharing details on it soon. And the counters are sublime :)
Those counters! I am really hoping to get something that looks like marble in our next home. I’ll have to keep this in mind!
That’s where I am now – we don’t plan to move again for a long, long time, so even though I’m sort of compelled to rush and get things put together, I also want to take my time and make sure I’m really doing it how I want it. Thanks, Gwen!
So smart! We’re hoping to move in the next few months, and I’m hoping I’ll have that kind patience too!
I hate to break it to you – but it is a marble. not granite. damasco white is marble, sometimes mislabeled as granite.
I don’t think so – the bit of sparkle to it and the way it resists water is consistent with quartzite. Of course it’s possible there was mislabeling but the way it’s functioned over the past year and a half makes me think it is indeed quartzite. It doesn’t really matter to me either way though because it’s the look I wanted and it’s holding up great!
We are saying it’s a quartzite not a granite