Residential Rehab by Kate McMurray

Author:Kate McMurray [McMurray, Kate]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: gay romance
ISBN: 978-1-64108-275-4
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Published: 2021-11-09T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Fourteen

CONSTRUCTION AT the Roberts house was set to wrap five weeks after it started, which to Grayson seemed like some kind of land-speed record for a renovation this extensive.

Most of the work happened off-camera. There were cameras in the house so that the episode could include a time-lapse view of the work done, but actual construction was neither Nolan’s nor Grayson’s strong suit, so they weren’t directly involved in that.

They did need to pick out materials and finishes, though. The Robertses had pretty much deferred to Nolan and Grayson, which was how Grayson found himself standing in the kitchen one day, midconstruction, staring at cabinet and counter samples. Well, that and the fact that Nolan had changed his mind again.

Nolan pointed at the white Shaker cabinets with his foot. “Those, obviously.”

Grayson couldn’t find it in himself to care that much about cabinets. White cabinets made sense for the space. Where he’d get involved, though, was with the countertops. Nolan had picked out a dark granite that was absolutely not going to work.

“Nolan. Sweetheart. No.” Grayson put his hands on his hips.

Nolan stared at it for a long moment. “I just wanted to see how I liked it in the space.”

“Our theme is Jersey Shore in Winter, right? There is nothing beachy about dark granite. But this blueish-gray quartz is perfect. Doesn’t the color make you think of, like, rocks on the shore?”

Nolan pressed his lips together. Travis stood off to the side, looking like he was trying not to laugh.

“Fine. Gray quartz,” Nolan said. He pulled something that clanged out of his pocket and lay some black metal drawer pulls on the sawhorse that they’d set up to approximate where the kitchen island would be. “This is our hardware.”

“Where did you get these?” Grayson asked.

Nolan waved his hand as if it was of no consequence. “I love these, so we’re using them. White cabinets, black hardware, gray countertops. Same vinyl plank flooring we’re doing throughout the house. Done and done.”

“What about the backsplash?” asked Grayson. “’Cause I found these tiles online, and it’s a little bit of a risk, but what do you think?”

Grayson got out his phone, pulled up the photo he saved, and showed it to Nolan. He’d found subway tile that came in a soft salmon that went perfectly with the color story of the house.

“Pink? For a backsplash?” Nolan said.

“Salmon. And yes, because it goes with the design. It’s the same pink as your color story.”

“No. I pictured the salmon for throw pillows. Maybe curtains. We’re doing white subway for the backsplash. Remember, we’re designing for the Robertses, not for ourselves. Pink is too… specific.”

“White subway is too boring.”

“Are we really—?”

“If I can intervene for a sec,” said Travis. “Not pink. But maybe the compromise here is a pattern. We just used these tiles on a house I did in Brooklyn that were white with a gray pattern on them. I’m not a designer, so I don’t know what the pattern is called, but it was kind of… French? Swirly? I dunno.

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