I can't believe I made a decision on kitchen counter tops - yesterday. It
had been between granite and granite ;-) but my final decision was Cambria.
Cost did not enter into my decision as everything I considered was close
enough to not make a real difference. The salesman said that houses that
have granite counters sell better, but we won't be selling, so that was not
a consideration either.

I told him that I was having just as hard time making a decision on
flooring, and here is what he told me as far as tones/colors for me so that
they would look the best for my medium-dark cherry cabinets.

Flooring should be lighter than cabinets.

Flooring should be darker than counter tops.

It seemed that he had this axiom on the tip of his tongue. I'm wondering if
this is a general rule. I had not heard this before.

***

I am having an overhang come out about 9-10 inches, so as to put a
convenient stool for my laptop at the end of the counter.

I had not expected to get a new sink, but will have one mounted flush with
the counter. 16 gauge ss makes me happy.

Dee

Hadn't heard those lines but it made me think. Our apartment has an OK
kitchen (we moved in a couple of years ago and it's not bad enough for us to
justify renovating yet). The counters are black granite, which is
wonderful. There are flecks of other colours, which make it interesting
I've never had marble before but couldn't have anything else now. The
floors are white and black marble and look great, until you need to find
something you've dropped (try finding coffee beans, which I seem to spill
regularly!). So we have black counters, white cupboards then black and
white floors - the flooring is darker than the cupboards and lighter than
the counters - the reverse of your advice! But we like it!!

"Dee Dee" shentel.net> wrote in message
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On Fri, 27 Jul 2007 00:34:37 -0400, "Dee Dee" shentel.net>
wrote:

Who made UP those rules? Nonsense......if you are going to live in
your kitchen, you pick YOUR colors. That damn salesperson will
never spend a night in your house...let alone be using your kitchen
for the next 20 years!

On Fri, 27 Jul 2007 00:34:37 -0400, "Dee Dee" shentel.net>
wrote:

I chose Silestone...and they had a free undermount sink offer. Cambria
might also have that offer. Don't get anything but an undermount
sink. I love mine. It is so easy to wipe everything into the bowl
and nothing catching on the lip of the sink.

On Fri, 27 Jul 2007 00:34:37 -0400, "Dee Dee" shentel.net>
wrote:

Do you have a crystal ball?

On Fri, 27 Jul 2007 00:34:37 -0400, "Dee Dee" shentel.net> wrote:

So what did tip the scales in favor of Cambria?

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Hmm - I believe for me, it was the fact that wine might/will stain (we open
a few around here); turmeric, etc. the fact that I probably wasn't going to
buy from HD and their supplier Innovative Stone, which I felt was the
granite product I wanted, and not available elsewhere. I don't ever want to
put any chemicals/i.e. sealant on a slab of stone. Zodiaq looked too close
to wall-to-wall color with not enough variation, so it had to be Cambria
because of their patterns. Still it is not close to the beauty that granite
is. My heart still goes to granite. DH for some reason thinks that granite
is cheap looking; I can't understand that in my wildest imagination.

On Fri, 27 Jul 2007 13:19:00 -0400, "Dee Dee" shentel.net> wrote:

Well, we open about 10 bottles a week, mostly red, and the first year has gone
by without incident (knock on whatever...) I think that before I re-seal the
granite, I'm going to apply a little Zinfandel in an out-of-eyesight spot, just
to see how it takes.

I hadn't particularly thought about turmeric or saffron, which we use a lot of.
I've been more careful about acids, like lemon juice -- but then I generally
cook with a towel over my shoulder and a grunge sponge close at hand.

I can understand that. But despite our scheduling problems, the local Innovative
Stone contractor was definitely an old-world craftsman. He did great work.

I'm about to do our first sealant job. I don't expect it to take over a
half-hour, total. Just wipe it on, and let it dry. Of course, the new Innovative
Stone ten-year sealed granite came out just after our job was finished. 8;)

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I have been told regarding the 15-year sealed granite that one shouldn't
rely on it; but to go ahead and think about putting on the sealer. Perhaps
nothing really was lost in your case.
Let us know how the job went; particulary I'm interested (although it's moot
now) about any odor from the sealant; any noticeable excess slickness, etc.

Sort of off topic, but I've read/heard that cleansers such as the windex
that it not only cleans, but puts some sort of film on the window or
whatever, supposedly to keep dirt off. This sort of thing...

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