Does anyone recognize this counter top?
This counter top was in a beach rental that we stayed in a couple of years ago. I am pretty sure it was granite. I'd like to know the pattern. I liked that it has movement, and that it had some rusty gold/tan coloring in it as well as the gray. I am not an all gray fan.
This last photo is my iPad screen saver. I had collected and washed some shells after a day on the beach. They looked so pretty on the counter top. You can see how the shells pick up the rusty/gold/tan colors out of the surface.
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megs1030
3 years ago
Trish Walter
3 years agolast modified: 3 years agoRelated Discussions
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Comments (8)"Do they miter that 3 cm sink edge too? I thought that color/pattern did not go all the way through with porcelain?" Good catch. Some of the sintereds have the color and movement go all the way through. Tough call from a picture....See More
karin_mt
3 years ago
function_first
3 years agoIt looks a bit like Giallo Sabia granite to me. Here’s a pic of a slabwe installed in 2009.
nhb22
3 years agolast modified: 3 years agoI read the article. I don't want to have problems with Dolomite.
The counter material that we had at the beach looked like it had some white mica in it. I will be disappointed if it is Fantasy Brown. My cousin has Fantasy Brown in her kitchen and I don't think hers looks like my photos. I could be wrong, though. My cousin said that she picked out her slab to have more tans and golds. Less gray. The builder used another source to get the material. She didn't find out about it until the tops were installed and she noticed they were much more gray.
Here are hers.
mama goose_gw zn6OH
3 years agolast modified: 3 years ago
My3dogs ME zone 5A
3 years agolast modified: 3 years agoI put Fantasy Brown (sold as Quartzite) in my kitchen 5 1/2 years ago. I tested the large sample thoroughly for days before I committed to buying it. To this day, there isn't a scratch or any damaged spot on it anywhere, and I love it as much as the day it was installed.
My slab at the stone center
nhb22
3 years ago
Darlene Salemi Brouillette
3 years agonhb22
3 years agoMy3dogs ME zone 5A
3 years agoIt's a dull dark day here in Maine, but here are some pics. Mine is leathered. Even in these pics the green looks gray, but trust me, it's a soft green.
lauren dolce
3 years ago
jil Bean
3 years agolast modified: 3 years ago
This is the Terra Bianca, also called Fantasy Brown that was installed at my house today. I have looked at approx. 60 slabs over the last couple months and I believe that is what is pictured. it can be darker with more brown or more gray ,white with blues or greens. they are all so different. Also, It is a Hard Marble. Harder than most with quartzite and granite properties. At least that is my understanding. I am on the site today to try and find backsplash ideas.
karin_mt
3 years ago
Rocks and stones Stones
3 years ago
PROBeth H. :
3 years agonhb22
3 years agojil Bean
3 years agolast modified: 3 years ago
I don't have lighting yet so it is hard to get good photos. The counter is much nicer in person. Terra Bianca Leather.
nhb22
3 years agochicagoans
3 years ago- PRO
Beth H. :
3 years agolast modified: 3 years agonice kitchen jill. whatever tile you do choose, I would take it all the way up around the window. it will look beautiful done like that.
your counters are more on the grayish side, so any gray, taupe, white, even a grayish blue color will work.
what do you think about Zellige tiles?
Or, look at Cloe tile
Winchester glazed tiles. many colors
jllbean another poster on houzz just finished her kitchen w/Fan. Brown countertops. she used this stile
jil Bean
3 years ago
karin_mt