I hope that thing isn't a hernia. All these years of joking about it...so I decided to take a look online as to what a hernia looks like -- big mistake. Not for the fact that what I have looks like it (again, I really hope not), but because some of the pics are just disgusting. I honestly thought I was going to heave. Anywho, I'll just wait it out a few days
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I love it when I stumble upon a deal, and that deal just so happens to also go hand-in-hand with good luck. I might even love it more than the actual product I was shopping for...lol.
So for the past week I have been looking for the materials for the fireplace as my original idea of using the same company as the kitchen counters went up in, well...went up in price as to what I originally thought I would be paying.
I searched for a comparable material that deemed most economical but still look good (Caesarstone Quartz as opposed to Cambria Quartz). Found the style we wanted, but not at the price. I got various pricepoints, and was going to go for the last quote I found when I decided to search one last time for an Asian dealer (not to get so stereotypical, but they usually give the best prices).
Found one and when I got there, it was indeed cheaper. BUT, it was dependent if they had the actual material in inventory (if they had to order a "slab" of it from the ditributor, it would have driven up the price by hundreds of dollars). Turns out the one I wanted was, of course, not in stock.
Thinking I had no other choice, I was going to just give up and get the cheapest one, but then I noticed that the place I did look at had a next door neighbour that was also a natural stone supplier/installer.
Enter Galaxy Granite & Marble, a nice Vietnamese company with equally nice salespeople who actually understood what I was looking for. I gave them all my measurements for what I wanted, and they gave me a quote I absolutely loved (not to mention they are all about the "cash deal" as well...scamming the government for the win!). I even got a lower price if I just picked up the materials myself and installed it myself (how hard could it be? I hope I didn't just jinx myself there). And just my luck, they had once piece of a slab leftover that just fit all the dimensions I gave.
So I told them I would take one last measurement to ensure that it would fit. I came back today, and yikes, I found out I'd have to order even more material as the walls weren't straight (dammit, whomever built it must've sucked! Nevermind the fact that it was me who built it). And wouldn't you know it? They originally underestimated how much material they had in stock and along with my new measurements, everything again just fit. I even inspected the slab myself. And the new price turned out to be not that much more.
Seriously, I got really lucky. I just love it when things fall into place.
Now then, I just have to not screw it up when installing it. I even bought some suction cups at the Unique World of Princess Auto to help me put it in place (and with my string of luck, it was on sale!!! Man, I hope I win the lottery soon).
This fireplace is almost done. I hope Sharon doesn't get too excited now...lol
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