Alterit,

I have two granite window sills (under my bed) :>(

I was supposed to get all my granite replaced and I had picked up the sills just before they closed their doors and declared bankruptcy.

That was one of the things I was so looking forward to! That, and the custom made granite backsplashes- you wouldn't believe how long DH took to figure out just the exact shape we wanted.

I am still hoping to use one of them in my sewing room. We have fairly nice wood sills (replaced all the windows and sills in the house), but the granite ones are 'gorgeous' I had a 4 cm double ogee edge- very pretty! In our basement bathroom we are having a marble sill made (continuation of the shelf from the shower).

It's totally up to you, are your wood sills painted white? Then the two in the nook would blend fairly well.

If it's within your budget, I would so go for the marble sills- just one of those 'over the top' touches that you would never regret!

mmm..my budget?? I am already over.

But, I think I can use the cut out from my sink and or cooktop for the sills.

I will have all white wood sills in other places.

We have a granite sill on the window over our sink - our fabricator thought it would create less of a moisture issue and I like the way it looks and cleans up. The other windows in our kitchen are the same wood as the rest of the house, but they aren't directly linked to the countertops. HTH!

We will be installing granite on our kitchen windowsill, but just on the one over the sink.

I have granite over the sink and since my floor plan is so open, I also have a matching granite window sill in my living room (it's 10' long) and my fireplace hearth. It's gorgeous!

Wood sill for me. It looked right to me in my old house.

Had a wood sill over the sink in my kitchen pre-renovation and it was constantly getting splashed with water and over the years had sustained a reasonable amount of water damage. It was one of the things I was glad to see go when we added the new room and opened up the kitchen to the family room.

I have wood, but because of the moisture issues, I'm already making plans to have it redone. If I had it over, I would have put in granite or anything that could withstand the constant exposure to moisture.

My fabricator offered me a free window sill made of the same granite of my countertop. So, we will have a granite window sill installed after the backsplash.

We took out the old wood will and put in granite by the sink. Love it.

Wood for me, for the same reasons that joanne mentioned - suits our old house. We had wood sills in the old kitchen over the that were quite old and did not have any issues with water damage, moisture, etc. I think it will depend not just on durability but the overall look and feel of your kitchen.

old sills

new sills

Eliz

Eliz - those look great, and made me think I should add on to my original response - our sill "above" our sink is only 1 inch above it - so it gets a huge amount of water splashed on it, hence the granite. Since I also have an old house, if my sill had been higher I probably would've stuck with wood as well.

I actually have quartz window sills.