Texasgal I agree with both you and annkh. I think the issue I am having is that I have not seen anything that I think would make my heart sing each time I walk into my kitchen and it is because of working with the oak cabinets and wainscoat. Yes they are in good shape but to me they are old and tough to marry old with new. I did go to the granite warehouse on Saturday, it was "interesting" and a little overwhelming. After walking through the entire place with my cabinet door in hand, there was only one I kept going back to and also the sales person assisting me and it was not too busy of a pattern and soft pretty colors of cream, gray and scant of brown/gold. The granite is Absolute Cream and he thought a "C". Do I love the granite, yes it is very pretty, do I love it for my old house, with all of the oak? I am not sure. Some of the granite did knock my socks off and I would joke that what I really wanted was the house or the cabinets that went with that gorgeous slab but it was not right for my wood or eat in kitchen. So in order to spend the $$$ I have to be sure I love it and that is not happening yet with granite, quartz or formica. I am a bit burned out from the experience so far. It seems a neutral formica would be best but I already have that and not too bad a shape either. Sunday I did another visit to the big box stores to look at laminate again. Kept an open mind, looked closer at all of them as to not rule any of them out. Did any of it sing to me, not really. Can't see the shiney surface of some of the new stuff on my counters as my lighting causes too much glare and back to the issue of choosing a pattern that is not too busy with the oak and then have to coordinate a floor. Looked at the sinks that would be top mounted with laminate as no one recommends undermounting a sink with it and the ehhh, my blue sink is beautiful compared to them. Do you see where I am going with this? lol All I really need is a floor, paint, new light and hardware and until something seem "right" I will remain in this redecorating limbo. Throwing out that sink for a stainless or another enamel sink in another color seems frivolous. Also it does appear navy is coming back as is gold and I already have it! I reread my original topic of Updating a country kitchen and the first advice posting was to work with what I had. I should have stopped right there. Today I will get the estimate for the Absolute Cream granite I looked at. I would love nothing more than to coordinate a counter, sink and floor that makes me feel this is all worth it; time, money and effort. I have attached a picture of my "wood" for those who have not following my dilemma in my other posts to indicate why it is difficult to choose a color an material. Here is a link that might be useful: December 29th-original post

I have the Kraus sink. When we were talking to the fabricator he said that they can't really do 90 degree square corners, that they have to be eased a bit regardless of how sharp the sink corner is. We've been more than pleased with this sink. I'm not sure why this photo doesn't show the finish as bright and shiney as the faucet, but it actually is. We also couldn't find this sink anywhere locally, so we ordered it from Express Decor.

Would you believe that after the countertop people have already agreed to recut everything, my builder is asking me to change brands of sinks and modify cabinets so they can just cut a bigger sinkhole. Are you kidding me?! No thank you. I bought my cabinets according to the sinks I wanted. The sinks are carried and sold by the countertop company. I think they should know how to install them. Honestly…

"I’m being told they can come back out and cut it to 1/4” but they wont’t be able to polish. Is this true, or just an issue with our fabricator?" They can cut and polish on site dust free; I do it all the time. The lighter color estones are particularly easy. That's a zero radius Kohler 3821-1-NA and the reveals are near perfect. Have them reprofile your top edge to a 3/8" radius like I did. It's much less likely to chip than the cheap pencil edge they gave you. And strap, not clip, the sink in place please. I'd drop the sink and freehand the corners with a nasty cup wheel and follow with a 30, 60, 150, and a 4-step quartz pad protocol. That's what I did above. " We have a zero radius sink, which was at the house for template, but for whatever reason our radius was cut at 1” and looks terrible to my detail oriented mind. I’m confused on who made this decision without asking me." They cut it with a CNC machine and that's the smallest radius the tool can do. Again, it saves them money. That's why the decision was made.