No granite for now, as getting the utilities to the property blew through $20,000 more than budgeted. There were a few other surprises, but we should have any issue completeing this on budget since I did a lot of the work myself. Decided on a high quality laminate with wood edges, same as the cabinets, cherry. Not sure on the sink just yet either.

We are going with oil rubbed bronze as well, and lots of slate flooring, cool looking stuff from India with lots of reds, purples, greens and yellows. I have 960 SF in the shop and a few hundred more I need to pick up. Very heavy stuff, as I could only take 480 tiles per truck load.

Estimated completion date is 3-4 weeks now that all interior paint is done. Countertops will be a day, then the slate flooring, then the wood floor, also cherry. A few days painting the exterior, digging a stormwater retention, and then finish electrical, plumbing and gutters.