Kitchen

In the background you can see the vent hood which now has the fan installed and working (the fan blower is mounted on the roof).  Gabby is actively working on the backsplash, which consists primarily of 3"x8" Jerusalem stone subway tiles.  A pencil mold of the same stone frames a hand made marble mosaic tile that runs horizontally the length of the counter.  In the center, under the vent hood, is polished carrara.  The idea was to bring together the colors of the floor and counter and tie them together in the backsplash.

Here's my Dad "supervising" Felix the master plumber as he works on the complicated install of the foot pedals for the kitchen sink.

And a view of the installed foot pedals.  These are great features - you can step on hot or cold without ever having to touch the sink faucet to get the water flowing.  These are from a medical supply company and are the same stainless steel and brass ones used in hospitals.

The island, which is painted a base coat of gray as you can see in the photo above, will be faux finished to look like the sample on the left below.

The vent hood top will be plastered and faux painted to look like the cloudy bit on the left sample above.  The window cleaners were in yesterday to clear off the gunk accumulated from the painting/staining/etc.