The cabinets have arrived and assembly is in progress ahead of the start of job next tuesday. Meanwhile, I headed over to Pental today to select a Tan Brown granite slab of suitable size. It turned out that while Pental had at least a couple of dozen slabs in their yard, the ones that fit my size requirement were all taken. Picking a smaller slab would mean purchasing two slabs and that would increase the kitchen budget.

Fortunately, there were a few other granite yards in that vicinity, some open today (saturday). Dal-tile had one on display and 9 others in their overstock yard however that yard was not open on saturday. Went to Oregon Marble and Tile and they had a few on display as well. The ones I was able to see had a predominance of grey tones and unfortunately, they dont move slabs on saturdays. Decided to check out Michelangelo since it was on the way back home. I found their customer service very curt and impersonal and besides, they didn’t have a slab in the size I wanted. So, I’d have to wait until monday to make a slab selection.

On monday, I head over to Oregon Tile and Marble. They had one slab in the yard and one in their overstock area. The one in the overstock definitely looked much more brown, the one inside was more grey. Placed a hold on the brown slab and headed over to Daltile to see what they had. Their slab was quite different with much more whites and greys. It looked somewhat like Dakota Mahogany. Decided to pass up this slab in favor of the one on hold at OTM.