Hi Cindy! I don't anything beats a wooden rolling pin. I like the french ones as well, they're simplicity in motion. Since you're making pies, a white marble one might be nice for keeping your pastry cold, and it would go with your kitchen. The thing about those is that they're heavy, which you could look at as doing some of the work for you, OR too heavy to handle. (I guess it depends on where you are in your life at the moment!) Rolling pins are a very personal choice, aren't they?

"There were many things she did want, when her mother moved from an elegant 2,500-square-foot apartment in Los Angeles to a far smaller place in Manhattan, but plenty of others that she didnÂt, though she ended up with them anyway: the mirrored Victorian vanity with tiny drawers that replaced a sturdy bureau with room for her socks, underwear and sweaters; the little armchair, mild as a timid 19th-century housemaid in a faded dress, that had survived the San Francisco earthquake but was too small to serve as a comfortable reading chair."

Sorry. :) Big box of grout, still. Still no finished pictures, though there were some in the testing of the new FKB. Yes, "her". Is there anything in particular you want to see? I have more photos than are online. This is the one I usually use. The hood currently needs polishing (big job) because of workman handprints, so doesn't look as fine at the moment. :) Here's more of a view of the kitchen--and clutter. It was taken to show some feature of the island rather than as a beauty shot: I also have the tile tour, which shows all of the tiles, rather than the kitchen proper. It's very hard to capture the colors without professional lighting, so I tried to get as much as possible in pure daylight--the more saturated ones in the middle are pretty close to the real thing. The hood photo has the u/c's and hood halogens on, so there's a yellow wash, but the colors are pretty true on my screen, nonetheless. The daylight tile tour is a bit washed out. Thanks for asking! I'm happy to answer any questions.

Countrygal_905, the site you are looking for is findstone.com. It has an alphabetical list of stones, as well as a wealth of other information. Azul Aran is listed there, with all its specifications (go to Table A-L in the link). Here is a link that might be useful: Findstone Website