Out with the old....in with the New.....

This past weekend we updated our kitchen. We used our Christmas money to buy a new dishwasher (thank heaven) and were just going to replace the one piece of counter top and get a new sink. But as we started pricing things out, it wouldn't cost that much more to replace all of the counter tops, so we picked out a neutral color.

Old counter tops

New counter tops
New dishwasher, sink and facet
The dishwasher
As you can see we are missing a piece of our floor. There is never a home improvement project without interesting issues. After the boys (Kyle, Steve and Shaun) got the dishwasher hooked up, they installed the end panel which was 3" wider than pictured, but when they went to install the counter top, it was 3" too short. The guy at Menards forgot to put in the computer the extra 3" for the overhang. So, the boys had to cut down the end panel and redo the electric (the outlet box was too deep). It looks fine and will work, but we just now have to figure out a way to fix the floor. The other issue is/was is that we are still waiting on our sink. It was suppose to be in by the 12th and we are still waiting. When we called, it was suppose to be here any day. Well as of the 14th, we were still waiting. So, Kyle called again (my first 3 attempts failed) and finally talked to the department manager, who call the factory. Come to find out, they are out of stock and won't be in til the end of the month ( I really don't want to wait til then to have my kitchen done), so the guy was super nice and gave us the display and some money off. He said he would call us when our actual sink came in and we could switch them. As for the counter top they gave us a nice big refund of $25..............whoo hoo, that helps out soooo much. But all in all, our kitchen is done and we have a working dishwasher, sink and nice new counter tops!!!!!