Dear Calypsochick, I super enjoyed reading your blog and learning about your design choices (especially regarding subway tiles) and renovation experience so far. I can't wait to see your finished kitchen -- looks like it is going to be gorgeous and charming.

Thanks, Francoise47! The appliances are supposed to get delivered today. Where on earth they will be stored I have no idea.

I like your blog! ooh new appliances today, so exciting! I too have "grout dried lighter than it was supposed to" drama. As a matter of fact, GC is in there today seeing it for the first time (he didn't do the floor tile work) and he told me it's not as bad as he thought it was gonna be... which made me STEAM on the inside because believe me, it's bad. BUT, he's going to try and fix it. Have fun with yer new appliances! Where will they go?

I really love your choices and I can't wait to see the finished product.

Ooooh I love your choices. I can't wait to see more. I will be moving back to LI NY in a week or so and do make regular visits to NYC so your post caught my attention. I have a few questions if you don't mind.

Who is the maker of that track lighting? I absolutely love it.

The quartzite is to die for. Do you mind sharing the cost with and without installation? It is definitely worth the trip to NJ for me to get it, not sure if they would install for me due to distance but I could hire someone local to
do the installing.

I really can't wait to see the end result!

hellonasty--I would be steaming over that GC comment, too! How did he fix it??

pricklypearcactus--Thank you!! I'm so impatient about seeing finished product. Argh!

chihuahua6--That track lighting is by Kichler. You can find it here: http://www.bellacor.com/productdetail/524985.htm
As for the countertops, we haven't actually placed an order yet, and from what I remember, the intial estimate for that quartzite is about $2300 for our sized kitchen, plus anywhere from $21 to $95 more depending on the edge you choose. The price includes delivery, installation, templating and sealing, as well as cutting for faucet, etc. If you post a comment on the blog when I write about our countertop installation when it happens, I'll be reminded and can give you the exact pricing then.

Thank you so much Calypso! My kitchen is not huge so the quartzite may be doable, a slight splurge but it's exactly what I had imagined. I will be following your blog.

When do you think the countertops will be installed?

Do you know the name of the quartzite? I am on LI and had issues finding a good white one. Guess it is over the border if I really want it, lol.

I love that first light fixture you posted. It had a lot of personality. Too bad about the size issue. The one you pcked will fit your space better.

Your floor is going to be a major improvement.

chiuahua6 - where on LI? I am in Massapequa. We might be neighbors.

Hey Dianalo I grew up in Huntington and my first when i moved out on my own was in Massapequa Park.

I will be moving out east to Manorville, exit 70 on the LIE. I lived there seven years ago before I moved down south and loved it. I have friends from Suffolk county to the city so I'm all over but my mom is in Manorville and I like the quietness.

Hey - our kitchens are twins!!!

I love your blog!

Ijust started a thread for my kitchen.

Here is a link that might be useful: thread which has pictures of MY tiny nyc galley kitchen

chihuahua6--It looks like we won't be ready for countertops until the beginning of September. I'm so annoyed because our cabinet delivery/installation just got pushed back!

dianalo--if you go to marble.com and do a search for white granite, there are actually several options. at the yard, a lot of them looked the same. I know I looked at a lot of them, so the ones you see on their web site are the ones I took photos of.

sadiebrooklyn--Nice!! Are you renovating your whole apartment? You stripped to the studs! Let me know how it goes!

love that floor tile! can't wait to see how it all turns out. renovating our brooklyn kitchen in october...completely freaking out about it and blogging it, of course ;-)

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calypsochick - I am doing a gut renovation of my apartment courtesy of a failed 8" standpipe (we are right under the watertank). So most of our labor is being paid for by the coop's insurance company. We are still in mold-remediation. I am at the top of the tower in the st. George (you can see it when you're coming over the brooklyn bridge). we have a relatively large (for nyc) apt. with three floors but a TINY galley (normal for nyc) kitchen!

Jackier - we are practically neighbors! LOVE your blog. wish I could get it together to do a blog.....

Thanks calypsochick - good to know!

I also love your 6 light track. Has anyone found that same one elsewhere online? Bellacor is only listing the 4 light one and I think 6 is the only way for me to get the lighting I need in my small kitchen.