The End of Day 17, and I can't stop grinning!

Frank, Luc, and the young lad (whose name we weren't told, for some reason -- maybe you don't GET a name until you've served an appropriate apprenticeship . . .) left about half an hour ago, and the dogs and I have been downstairs ooo-ing and ahhh-ing since then. Here's how things look right now:

The view from the dining area

The window side of the room

(Ray said, "Oh look -- new turkey roasters!" Uh, no . . . new sink.)

The refrigerator side of the room, across the "peninsula"

Another view of the fridge side of the room

The cool opening for the microwave -- vented and everything!

I still can't believe it -- just look at all that counter space! I've got to find a good "before" photo so you can see how much counter space we had to work with before. It was pretty sad. Now we have this glorious expanse of lovely granite on which to work (I'm picturing rolling out dough on there!).

Counter space. Storage space. It's a version of heaven, no?

Tomorrow the crew returns to finish up the installation, including the trim and valance and all the doors. I'll still be ogling . .