Our house, in the middle of the street.

A couple weekends ago..ok, maybe 2 or so? I saw some weird ad online and thought "this can't be right"..and what did I do?

I clicked on it. Yup indeed, it was right. It was an ad for granite being solde at $10 a sq ft vs the $75 it's usually retailed for. I've seen it as "cheap" as $59ft before too. But, there had to be a catch...the address was up in Kent. So, I jotted it down, and showed Jeff, and told him I just wanted to see what was there. He agreed, and we got in the car and drove up to kent to see why the "granite" was so cheap. It was just a liquidation sale was all it was. It was almost like a warehouse lot full of everything from onyx, to marble, to granite, you name it. It was was there.

Now, our downstairs powder room, is a step or 4 above a jail cell. It has nice lighting in it, it came that way, but it's rather small. and it has NO cabinets or storage or anything like that. We found this amazingly cool piece of granite, and like the ad said, it was $10 a sq ft, which retailed basically to $1 per pound. We bough the whole slab, as that was part of the "fine print". It's a 26" x 66" piece of black granite with cool blue colors in it and stuff. We want the same stuff for our kitchen eventually. The whole slab, cost us, a whopping......ready? $160 bucks! You can't get it cheaper than that. So now, we're giving the measurements to get it fabricated and are in the midst of finding a vanity. That's been the tough part because the measurements are funky. our bathroom is 38.5"(back part) x 26"(sides) so needless to say, we pretty much need a custom cabinet for that. Which...is nice...but those cost more than they really should, espcially for such a small space. So, we've been doing our homework, and have come across a few potentials. I'm just really excited because we're going to take teh "tropical/ Hawaii" theme we have in our main entry room, and into the bathroom. It's going to be so neato! eek!

You'd think I'd be tired of decorating my house by now. Honestly, I totally am, but I've yet to do any of the bathrooms. I think by the time we sell this place, it'll be pretty sweet and get all of our investments back if not double. All the bathrooms will have granite, and the master shower will have been extended out. ooooooh. Expensive, but worth it all!