Need advice..I'm reading our granite/cabinet color choice is bad,
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Comments (41)Buddyrose, I love the honed. I wonder if in the RockBlog he means absolute black, because he did say Virginia Jet Mist is a good one to hone rather then buy Soapstone. Here is what he wrote. ....."Honed finished granite is problematic if not professional sealed. Granite is hard but the orthoclase minerals and the microscopic gaps between then can be somewhat porous. That issue is successfully avoided after it is professionally sealed. However, honed granites love to show smudges from wipe cleaning and thumb prints. Dark colors are worse than light ones. If you search Absolute Black Granite on my blog, you will see how much I discourage using Honed Absolute Black Granite. That being said, I do know the Virginia Black Granite very well. It is the same stone as Jet Mist. This was very popular granite for government building in the early 1900Âs. I never thought of this granite for a kitchen countertop before but it might be the perfect color for those looking for a honed black that does not create the Âflat black maintenance issues. ....." See you later Buddyrose, ~Boxerpups Here is a link that might be useful: Tom Cordova The Rock Blog Honed Granite...See MoreOh help please bad color choice (pic heavy)
Comments (36)Yes, definitely try out a bunch of color boards before deciding -- colors are so tricky and can look so different in context as opposed to on the computer screen. Whatever you choose, you will certainly wind up with a gorgeous workspace. I do recommend getting your chosen color made up in Benjamin Moore's Aura paint (they can match any other brand's color exactly) - it goes on so beautifully and is very washable. I'm loving mine in my kitchen, which by the way is an antique yellow that took about 8 tries to get right -- so don't be feeling bad about one little blue goof!! :)...See MoreCosta Esmerelda Granite -- bad choice???
Comments (9)That is the granite I plan to get, if I can ever find a slab in the pretty light green I am looking for. I keep finding much darker greens, nice with white cabinets but I have dark cabinets, and light gray-green slabs, much grayer than I want. I have a sample of the darker green, and have tested it. No etching with a slice of lemon left on overnight. Mustard, spaghetti sauce and strawberry jam left on to dry in place for 2-3 days, no staining. Since water did not soak in, the sample piece might have been sealed, although it might not, since it came from the granite warehouse, not the fabricator. The only thing I have heard is that it is more difficult to fabricate because of lots of fissures and it has more of a tendency to break prior to install. If you don't buy it yourself and provide it to a fabricator as a customer supplied material you should be all set. I would assume, as my fabricator told me, if yours breaks it he/she will replace it. Once installed and properly supported, it should be fine as a counter top. I would not stand on it. Some stones are more difficult to work with as I understand it, but that is a fabrication problem and not anything to do with it being a good counter top. Want to ask people to see theirs and reinforce your decision? I just love looking at photos of CS/CE (Esmeralda/Smeralda). I just wish I could find ONE photo of the light, bright green version with really dark stained cabinets, which is what I plan to do. Sue...See Morequartz or granite countertop & best color for cherry cabinets w/b
Comments (24)NervousNancy... Our pendants and DR chandelier are Murray Feiss and I purchased them at EXPO Design Center (owned by HD). There are 2 finishes...ours are in Antique Pewter. There's also a Grecian Bronze (similar to ORB, I think). The DR chandelier isn't very big b/c our DR is small. They do have larger chandeliers, if you're interested in those as well. P1095AP - 1-Light Morningside F2050/5AP - 5-Light Morningside Our faucet is the Kohler Vinnata® Kitchen Sink Faucet (K-690) in Vibrant Brushed Nickel with the handle on the right. The handle location is adjustable: it can be on the left, right, or middle...it's up to you. The nice thing about being adjustable is that if you don't have enough room behind the faucet for the handle to work properly, you just mount it in the front. We bought it at FaucetDirect.com. There are 8 finishes and it comes in 2 sizes (main sink, the one we have, and prep version (K-691), which is a couple of inches smaller). We love our location as well! Actually, we're on a 3-acre lot w/a street on the other side of the berm in the back then a horse farm/farm under agricultural preservation. We do have neighbors...across the street from the front yard and on either side of us...you just can't see them from our back windows! Plus, we planted a double row of evergreens on one side to block the NW wind that also blocks our view of that house (to the right). Our neighbors on the other side planted a row of pear trees so we didn't feel we could plant evergreens there. But, they're farther away so it's not a big deal...plus we have nice neighbors! Looking at the pictures again, I just realized that those are the pics taken before I cleaned the granite! So, it still has the granite dust on them from the work they did when installing the sink side. (The other side is not done yet, the granite is just placed on the counters, not aligned or secured. We're waiting for a replacement for the cabinet they damaged when they began the install on that wall.) Good luck on your choices & welcome!...See Morelive_wire_oak
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