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Comments (6)First off, welcome Jmemom! It's always great to add new voices to the forum. ++++++++++++ If DH wants the Gray Expo b/c it's "hot" now, how will he feel when it's "so yesterday"? You should pick a color that you like and that "speaks" to you; that way if it's not "in" you'll still love it! Countertops are too much an integral part of a kitchen and quartz is too expensive, IMHO, to buy a color just b/c it's "hot". You don't seem too sure about it, so I'd keep looking. If you really want Silestone, have you looked at Stellar Sky? It's gray like Gray Expo, but it has some black (or darker gray) inclusions. As others have mentioned, there are other quartz manufacturers out there as well...Caesarstone, Zodiac, Cambria, Avanza, Technistone, Hanstone. And then there's granite, soapstone, marble, etc. All stones as well. (Just thought I'd mention them!) Good luck & HTH!...See MoreHanstone quartz???
Comments (10)Just left the counter company ... we were all set on Eco Polar Cap and then saw the Hanstone Specchio White and fell in love. From what I've read here, I was assuming Hanstone should be a little lower vs. Eco, but the slabs are being quoted $895 (120x55) for Eco and $1151 for the Hanstone. Does that jive with that other folks are seeing? I will say that the Specchio White is the most unique color- we wanted something with "sparkle" but not too "chunky" or too "busy" ... while not looking "dirty" and also having some "cooler" tones to mesh with the grey kitchen. Not asking for too much, right? Everything else out there is either too much bling, too busy, too taupe - the Specchio White just nailed everything we wanted. Unfortunately, I think we're in love and will end up paying for it :(...See MoreWishing you all a Merry Christmas &Blessed New Year
Comments (20)Hi Judy, so good to see you posting again. I hope Greg's burns are healing well. You didn't say how you are doing? I believe you were having problems with your legs. Hope that is better. Ashley is quite a grown up beautiful young lady now. I'm glad she has a job that she loves, and hope she will stay with it. Nice looking young man, too. Don't be stranger here now. Sue...See MoreWhat grows best in Brookings Oregon?
Comments (8)If you look at the popular Sunset Western Garden Book's climate zoning they have the southern Oregon coastal strip you are in in the same zone as San Francisco etc. You can also look up vegetable plant varieties in the same reference and see which ones they have zoned for your climate. Last time I checked the temperature range given by official sources for Brookings was 18F to something like 103F. So, as up here, it sometimes does get hot there. An additional factor not seen elsewhere is the Brookings Effect, where warm air from the Central Valley is attracted to the ocean right where Brookings is, causes mild spells there during the winter. One year I drove from cold in the interior through snow over the mountains (on 199) to be greeted by balmy breezes and 50s F. at Brookings. The camp site I used had a recently planted avocado tree on it. The northernmost wild coast redwood grove is up the Chetco River from Brookings. In addition to you having moved to where there is a mild climate that you can grow all kinds of interesting decorative plants in the Siskiyou-Klamath Mountains complex immediately south and east of there is a botanical wonderland. Right in town there is a park with large native specimens of coast azalea (Rhododendron occidentale)....See Morekalley77
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