I regret my granite choice..
marshmallow45
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Comments (37)xc60 posted: "Interior lighting and clear glass doors on the uppers of my double stacked cabinets. I wanted to display pretty things up there and light the cabinets up, but could never get the glass to look streak free. So I never turned on the lights or put anything up there. It was also expensive as the cabinet interior boxes had to be stained to match the exteriors. New house will also have double stacked cabinets, but solid fronts and no glass or lighting." This makes me feel better about our choice. Oh how I loved that look but my GC appealed to my practical side and disuaded me and I'm glad. He pointed out, not only do they have to look tidy, but only the first few inches of depth is viewable so you either lose the back half by leaving it empty or fill it up, negating the pretty display purpose. Onto the question - I never remember to turn on my UCL. It's almost too much light and I'm not doing that much detail work to need that much light. We put very little specialized cabinetry and that has been ok for us. I sometimes see things on here that I wish I had but only when I see them, not when I'm in my kitchen working, lol. I do wish our spices were better organized. That is probably my only beef with our new kitchen. Still looking for the perfect system to organize in our upper cabs. We like them where they are vs in a drawer, but we haven't found a way to organize them neatly....See MoreSorry, can I bug you guys one more time on my granite choices?
Comments (11)I have both TB and colonial cream in my house. TB on my kitchen island and colonial cream in my bathroom.. My bathroom cab. are slightly darker than yours- they are more of a cinnamon stain so more reddish, but I love the combo together. Granted I don't have the oak floors in the bathroom so not exactly the same. My TB is ONLY on my island and I didn't find it to be so hard to template for the island I think your TB slab is pretty consistent in terms of movement so i don't think it would be that difficult to template, unless that is not the slab you picked out... Sorry if i am not more help, but I guess I am a little impartial-...See Morehoned granite vs. quartz. Any opinions?
Comments (21)Hi Eugenie- I'm guessing you're in FFC since you were at Ring's End and based on your post about your son's car. ;) I was totally sent on absolute black honed until I started reading about it here. (actually I shouldn't say totally set I've been all over the place...marble, granite, soapstone). Anyway, I finally put a deposit down on leathered jet mist granite. I LOVE it! It's not a solid black like AB.I was going to do jet mist honed until I felt the leathered slabs...I don't know the best way to describe it, but they feel almost soft. Anyway, I don't know how they're going to do w/dust and fingerprints b/c I haven't had it installed yet, but I'm pretty sure every post I've read here from someone who has it loves it. Everest Marble in Norwalk has some great slabs of Jet Mist right now. I don't think there were any more leathered ones, but I know they have a lot of honed (I was there last Saturday). If you're looking for a fabricator so far I've been really happy with La Pietra in Brookfield (ask for Fabiana). I'll try to post a picture of my slabs. http://s222.photobucket.com/albums/dd251/avaowensmom/Kitchen%20redo/?action=view&current=photo-18.jpg" target="_blank"> Here is a link that might be useful:...See MoreRegrets about bold granite choice?
Comments (59)When we updated the kitchen in our old house we splurged on Kashmiri gold granite. It had blues, reds, whites and some black in it. We paired it with a tumbled travertine backsplash. I loved that granite and it's one of the only things I miss about the old house. In fact, if I could have I would have taken it with me. The granite in the current house is so generic....See Morenosoccermom
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