Adventures of a Crazy Gay Man

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I’m still amazed that I did it – I cut my own marble countertops! The marble did break on the first cut and I learned to push the saw and not press down and push. I had enough material to finish the countertops as I wanted.

So long makeshift wood and hello carrerra marble. An old butler’s pantry countertop is my new countertops. (did I mention $200 at architectural salvage?) It’s butterry and smooth and not as cold as one would imagine.

Using salvage materials has drawbacks like limitation of color and materials and size but that’s where creativity comes into play. I’ll bring out the wall to compensate for the gap at the back and the tile backsplash will finish it up perfectly. I wonder what I’ll be doing next weekend?!?

It’s not what you think – the good life at a discount. Today is the day to cut the countertops for the kitchen . . . What am I thinking.

First it’s 96 inches of marble countertop from SilverLake Architectural Salvage for $200. (It weighs over 200 lbs and happily more than me.). But the lower cost means DYI.

From my research I need:
1) a diamond saw blade and OSH hooked me up
2) Measuring things; check, check and triple check
3) water saw – time to be creative and run water while cut. I’ve cut tile before so this is just bigger, right?!?
4) goggles. Check! My Dior sunglasses that are 5 seasons old wrap around and almost clear will be perfect.
5) delusional self-reliance – double check!

What have I committed myself to thus time?!?