Shively Family Flip: Its complete...The Shively kitchen is open for guests :)

Yea Baby. We are DUNZO. With the kitchen that is :) We have finished the final few details and we LOVEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE it. And hopefully, so will you!

There were a few loose ends to finalize...which we've been taking care of over the last month.
1. We decided to have our water tested: We had been having really dark rust stains in our toilet, sink, tub & dishwasher...and I was having a hard time getting it clean. We set up an appointment with "the water guys"...and they were here this morning....REPLACING our water softener. Yupp..i said replacing. We apparently have VERY hard water.... (water levels are suppose to be a "20" and ours was "260". EKK)
Sooo as of this morning...we have very SOFT water :) You know your jealous. So seriously...I'm excited about the soft water...no more yucky rust....but not so excited with the bill. grrr...the surprises with house flipping continue :)

2. We had a few things go wrong with our cabinets: They didn't measure correctly and didn't bring enough crown molding for the tops of our cabinets. So, when they returned with more molding...and hung it...we realized they had painted it the wrong shade. So they had to do it ...again. They brought the finished molding this week..installed it...and its perfect.

(here is the molding...in the wrong shade) :(

without....

Finished!! :) wooohoo.

3. OUR GRANITE WAS CRACKED. AHHHHHHH! After the install, we realized the granite was cracked..all the way through...right in front of our cook top. The installers had to cut the granite once they arrived on site...because of a mis-measure...which is how we think the granite was cracked...and we didn't notice until they left. So we had to have them un-install and then re-install and entire new section of granite. They did it...thankfully...and for free (they better!!) and it looks stellar.

This picture was taken right before they cut it...and cracked it :(

Its Perfect!! We love the edge on it...and we think it matches our cabinets exactly!

We've had a great first month in our new house...and we are so blessed to have it as our home! Every flip has it setbacks...and we are well aware that "surprises" can pop up when you least expect them.

So..here are some finished pictures of our brand spankin new kitchen....and were off to tackle the rest.