In the Green Room

There's always food in the green room (or so I'm led to believe -- my only green room experience was with Conor's recent dramatic debut in Willy Wonka Jr.), thus it seemed a fitting title to talk about the kitchen. We're almost there on the layout. I keep thinking I'm done and then my husband adds his 'helpful' suggestions and we're back to the drawing board. Actually, his input has been very useful as he is not so lost in all the details that he often picks up on trouble spots that we've overlooked. Cabinet style and finish are still decidedly in the undecided column but we've narrowed it down. We have made a couple firm decisions though (and we need to celebrate those) so here's what you'll find in the kitchen.

A MoenStone black granite sink - a single 33" bowl that won't scratch or stain and is impervious to heat. Love it alot! It will be undermounted under the kitchen window along the south wall of the house. We went back and forth about single or double bowl but decided with the offset drain and the ability to soak large things like sticky cookie sheets, this was the best option!

A Delta Victorian Pull-Down Faucet in Stainless. The end pulls out into a sprayer and has two water settings. We are not getting the soap dispenser (unless someone has one and wants to rave about it and convince me that we really need one). Brian thinks it makes it look too cluttered (and I don't feel strongly enough about it to disagree!). I had picked a different faucet, the Leland, but Brian thought it was too tulipy. Bet you never heard that adjective used with a kitchen faucet before! (It was, as my British S-I-L might say, Spot On!)



The countertops will almost definitely be Black Pearl granite. We had just put Emerald Pearl in our house in Vienna, but this is a little more neutral and will go well with any of the cabinet finishes we are currently considering.

We'll let you know when we get the rest of the kitchen decisions made. We're almost there with appliances. That's a tough one, though. There's so much conflicting info on the web that's it's hard to hone in on what's really important. If you've bought a new appliance recently and want to share your experience, I'd love to hear what you love and what you hate (and why)!