So a couple of weeks ago our refrigerator goes out. It's only five years old but it has been acting up for about a year now. We decide to go shopping for a new fridge and this means that we have to visit every place in Louisville that sells appliances. Our current fridge is white but I have always wanted stainless steel applicances. I figure if we have to buy one, we might as well get what we want. But this is going to cause a problem because then the new fridge won't match any of the other appliances. So we simply must buy an entire package. I have myself completely talked into this since you can save so much money buying all of them together. I get to thinking that we are also going to need to change out the kitchen sink because it is also white and not in very good condition. So then everything in the whole kitchen will match. But there is a problem because I have also always wanted an undermount sink. Well you can't just go and do that without having a new counter top. Did I mention that if I'm going to have to get a new counter top, it is going to be granite? Did you know that you really shouldn't put granite over old unlevel cabinets? Needless to say, I got up the next day and made a pot of coffee. I then decided to rip out the whole kitchen. Jim said if we are going that far, we might as well pop holes in the top of the walls and drop some new insulation down them. So we do just as we had planned and within about 8 hours, we are standing in an empty room. Great! Off to Home Depot we go. Long story short, cabinets would take 4-5 weeks and then they would send a granite guy out to measure and counter tops would be an additional 4-6 weeks. I don't think so. Did I tell you that I work at the speed of Extreme Makeover? Needless to say, the following morning I found a place that had the cabinets that I wanted in stock. They also had a granite guy that could be out in five days to install the granite on site. We worked our butts off and put the whole kitchen together ourselves in less than 7 days. It turned out beautiful. I love my new kitchen!
