I have had a Blanco composite sink for 10+ years and have never had water droplets stick to the sides of the sink. I also do not have any pooling around the drain.

I was thinking this was a non-standard fireplace built in an old house that maybe caused other issues with circulation flow or something (like a 1700's house used for heating in the middle of the kitchen or something like that) so a few decisions led to removing it beyond just a huge tv. But apparently this is a normal god-fearing, corn-fed, red-white-and-blue setup of a nice looking FP between windows. So not understanding leaving the mantel yet demo'ing the hearth - the tv will have to levitate beyond the mantel. Look up tv heights based on your seating position, it shouldn't (nor probably fits) above the mantel. You should have just built out a full bumpout from floor to ceiling between the windows which hides the FP completely, and left the mantel and hearth behind with a cabinet/table/shelf buildout hiding the hearth. This would allow any tv to have an unhindered wall to be installed at the correct height, hide any cords/receptacles, and have a shelf for any peripheral equipment, yet be removable in the future.

Since you have paid the bulk of the money out and don't have enough left over to completely re-do the work I would be contacting the owner of the company. Not sure that this is the blackdogbuilders you are using, but they seem to indicate that they are wanting to provide excellence. I would approach the owner with a sense of disappointment and a feeling that you believe he must be unaware of the issues that are happening in your project and you are sure that he would not want this poor quality work to be associated with his good name. I would quote statements from their "About us" page and say how disappointed he must be that the PM, drywall installer and painter have disparaged his values and expectations. Show him that you are on his side and they are the ill reputes who are trying to ruin his reputation and kindly ask for his assistance in finding a remedy. If you don't have the knowledge to identify the issues hire a painter for a 1 hour consultation to explain exactly what has gone wrong so that you can explain it in your communication and sound like you honestly do understand what is wrong and what needs to be done to correct the problem. Otherwise you risk them just continuing to throw more paint on the problem. They need to stop painting and start fixing the underlying causes, fix the drywall, clean up any and all paint splatter . . . A painter will be able to help you know the correct process that should have happened and how to fix it. Keep anger out of the communication. Add pictures to an attachment. https://www.blackdogbuilders.com/about-us/

@ bart bart , thank you for your kind words! Grateful for everyone's input. Big thanks to @ fig_insanity Z7b E TN for clarifying why the stem yellowing under the soil line is normal; it makes sense. This is new to me as I've never checked the soil part of a rooted rose before. And to @ Paul Barden , your comment regarding my account being blocked by Garden Roses was quite impactful. "IMO you deserved it" is quite a statement. Are you suggesting that raising concerns about rose health warrants being blocked? I'm relieved you're not in charge of managing this forum. And I do hope that the seller you endorse, Garden Roses LLC, deserves your support. It's troubling to learn about the couple's fraud history discovered by others in a separate post, which I just found out about.