Countertop & BS decisions - Carrara Marble or Cambria Whitney?
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Comments (6)Thanks Upa! So you'd stick with the Cambria Whitney I have pictured? Or go with the marble? :) I'm having the house painted by the builder in Dunn Edwards White. It's just a white white. Which will basically be a base coat. Then, I'm hiring painters to come do the actual painting. Apparently the guys I've hired are awesome with color - as in some people just let them pick. I'm too involved for that, but I'm looking forward to their suggestions. I'd do something safe like a soft/cool gray, but I probably need to get some color going. Suggestions on that? =) The good news is, because I'm hiring my own painters after the fact, I don't have to decide color now. I can do that once the house is finished. Whew. One decision I can postpone. I will get it done before I move in, however... given that I have 4 dogs. :) Oh, and I will leave the baseboards and trim the white....See MoreI think I found it!!! Gorgeous counters that look like marble!
Comments (41)Thanks again, Barb, for your helpful comments! Rebecca, that is great to hear that you also chose the Pental Carrara - and your kitchen is beautiful! I doubt I will be able to see a Pental Carrara slab until fabrication, but I think that's the way we're going....I also had thought our countertops were going to be the C. Stone London Grey, but I think the Pental sample is just as attractive. AGK, I would also suggest you look at Cambria Torquay, which is a carrara looking quartz. It is very nice looking. Some love it and others don't like the look as much, due to tiny "dots" within the pattern. I personally preferred the C.Stone samples for that reason, but photos I've seen of Torquay counters are lovely. I also considered neolith, but couldn't find fabrication info about it in my area - I've heard it makes a great counter....See MoreNew appliances so new countertops decisions!
Comments (8)I got the WilsonArt samples and the only one I kind of like is the Bainbrook Grey. The other ones were too close to my countertop. Here's a few I had considered before when I had the white appliances. Are any of these better? Willowstone (afraid it might be too green) Sandy Topaz Or... Do I just beg and plead and hold out for quartz which is what I *really* like? I keep comparing everything to this sample of Cambria Snowdon white and nothing compares. Hanstone makes a color almost identical to this (the name escapes me right now) so I would lean toward the Hanstone since it's less expensive. It has flecks of light brown and beige in it. Where I live, Cambria is the most expensive quartz brand. Snowdon white I had to take the pictures with the blinds tilted b/c the sun is very bright today. Thanks again....See MoreMarble Companion Countertop in Off-White Kitchen?
Comments (20)2L: I did read that Danby marble is supposedly less absorptive than other marbles, but I think that the difference, if it makes a difference at all, goes to the staining, not the etching issue. All marbles etch with acid, but the honed finish hides the etches better. (I forgot to mention my marble is honed.) I've had no problems with staining on my sealed stone. I chose the Danby primarily because I loved the caramel veining in it, which the Italian marbles I looked at did not have, and also it's *fairly* local for me, as there is a Vermont Danby quarry within a 3 hour drive of my home. I purchased it from a local stoneyard that gets it from that quarry, and the stoneyard folks were happy to hammer a bit off the slab corner for me to take home as a sample. My stoneyard also carries the Caesarstone slabs, and I learned after calling the company that though all batches or lots of each color are engineered by the same process, there can be slight variations from lot to lot (presumably from variation in the natural quartz used in the process) so it's important to use "same lot" slabs for jobs that require more than one slab. When I went, they had slabs from two lots of the Blizzard color, and there was a smidgen of green tinge to one of the lots that I didn't like, although I could only tell because they were right next to each other. I just chose the actual slab that looked better with my marble sample and they marked it just like they marked the marble slab I chose. Good luck, keep us posted!...See Morekmcg
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