Finally.

When we lived in our other house we had a laminate counter top straight out of a 70s horror film. It was yellow and had at least one huge crack that ran from edge to wall and then there were the various other scars and general ugliness.

When we moved into the house we live in now, we both liked the kitchen because we could have a table and the pantry is amazing (under a set of stairs). The counter tops were cheap, nasty and rivaled the 70s horror film. The edges were sharp and the color some sort of white. I hated those counter tops.

See:

There was also this problem (hunks of caulk and a stove that didn’t go all the way to the wall):

The hunks of caulk were one thing, but when we dragged the stove out from the wall, I narrowed my eyes a bit. This is a problem we could have fixed 6 years ago. You can bet your sweet ass that it is now fixed–simply by cutting the wall board and stuffing the propane supply line into the wall. Gee, why didn’t I think of that? Wait. I did. Repeatedly. Sorry, better-half, but you know it’s true.

We dismantled the kitchen moving all the appliances out of the way so the counter top people could afix screws, brackets, whatever. We found a fork behind that stove that didn’t meet the wall. The family of dust bunnies now live in the vacuum and it’s too bad we couldn’t salvage the metric ton of cat food from under the refrigerator. Hey, boys, quit flinging the kibble!

Here are the new counter tops. Since the end of the world is coming on the 21st, I think I might just sit, admire and pet this new addition until the rapture or when the earthquakes and floods begin (or whatever doomsday thing is supposed to happen–what do I care, I have new counter tops).

Yes, the plumbing isn’t working yet. The sink had to cure and all plumbing work requires at least two trips to the hardware store–so far the better-half has only made one trip. We’re reusing our faucet from before and the dishwasher will go back into the space as soon as the plumbing is hooked back up.

But, you know what works? The stove. And, look how far back it ended up going once we were able to shove the propane line into the void in the wall (this is as far as the stove will go because of its structure, but I’ll take it):