Countertops and Shelving

Things have slowed down over the holidays, but there are a couple of new things to report on. First of all, countertops have been installed.

Countertops are in - I don't know how the installers deal
with that epoxy smell all day long.

They're apparently attached with epoxy, the smell of which was instantly headache-inducing, but that dissipated within a couple hours.

The other installation was custom walnut shelves on the wall above the island and in the powder room. We really like how these turned out.

There's also a working faucet in the powder room, which wasn't the case before - the original one was defective in several ways, and it took everyone (plumber, contractor, me) a while to figure that out. Pro tip: do not buy a $40 faucet from Amazon, no matter how good the reviews are.