Everything In The Kitchen Sink

The kitchen remodel project is coming along! All of the upper cabinets are rehung and I'll be starting on the lower cabinets this weekend. We should be finished with everything but the crown moulding and backsplash within three weeks. I cannot wait.


For the countertops, we're going with Silestone's new color Marengo. I was really liking Caesarstone's Concrete color, however our kitchen counters are two square feet bigger than a slab of Caesarstone will cover. And with Caesarstone, the only option is to buy full slabs. Thankfully, Silestone - which allows you to buy just what you need - just released their new commercial series including the cement-like Marengo. I'm thrilled.

So with the countertop replacement, we decided to undermount the kitchen sink. You know how some people have weird things they're picky about? Apparently kitchen sinks are on my list. Who knew? I've been around the dish washing block a few times and shallow sinks and I do not see eye-to-eye. Luckily, our current sink was a good 7 1/2 inches deep so we got along just fine, but it was also a double basin sink. I didn't think much of this until we brought Thomas home from the hospital and were trying to give him a spit bath in our sink. Impossible. And post c-section the last thing I needed was to kneel over our bathtub. See how I'm still reliving this over a year later? Yeah, scarring birth experience literally and figuratively. But I digress...

 The soon-to-be former sink. It will live a lovely new life with a Craigslist family, I'm sure.

So, when we started seriously talking about redoing the kitchen, I knew I wanted a single basin sink for baby washing. And, you know, for the more long-term goal of cleaning baking sheets and skillets since babies are only sink bathable for so long. And since I was being picky, I wanted this sink to be deep enough for me to swim in.

Enter Overstock. I cashed in some credit card points and ordered our sink and faucet the day I finalized the Silestone order. And when it came, our countertop guy was astounded by the quality of the sink - and he couldn't believe how little I paid for it. Which is funny because I thought it was still a bit hefty in the price department, but whatevs.

I had originally picked this faucet, but it doesn't have a spray water mode. That was a deal breaker for me, so a slightly less sleek handle was my compromise for water that can both stream and spray. And it's gorgeous. So that's the current status of our kitchen semi-overhaul. I get more excited with each coat of white cabinet paint.