DH and I are remodeling our kitchen and with the exception of a few minor incidents, everything has gone remarkably smooth. Well, other than the fact that they started a Popeye's Chicken in our town and built the entire restaurant before our cabinets were even installed. (We've had our fridge in the living room since early February and no means of cooking except for the charcoal grill.) I even gave my microwave away. And it looks like Popeye's will be open for business before we are finished. They have their sign up already.
We have picked out our granite and I would to get anyone's opinion that doesn't mind sharing. We've never had granite counter tops before and chose a semi-exotic pattern with a lot of flow to it. It looks like there rivers running through the granite. There is one grey splotch in the pattern that resembles sort of an alien head.
I have read online that variations like that in the pattern (i.e. something that doesn't match up with the look of rest of the granite) is consider a flaw. However, my husband and I like it.
At the granite store, the customers lay out the template on the slab where they want everything to go. We were thinking of putting the "alien head" on our kitchen island. Since we don't have that much counter space, we wouldn't have to use it at all, as it won't take nearly the whole slab. But my friends at work say if we like it, that's what counts. The cabinet maker says a lot of people have blobs or blotches in their granite and it looks good. And DH says since it is a part of the granite, how could it not match? It's the natural formation. They all make valid points. What do you think? We didn't hire a designer and I am definitely not a great one, but I have picked everything myself and am a little surprised at how pretty things have turned out so far. I just don't want to mess up at this point.
We have picked out our granite and I would to get anyone's opinion that doesn't mind sharing. We've never had granite counter tops before and chose a semi-exotic pattern with a lot of flow to it. It looks like there rivers running through the granite. There is one grey splotch in the pattern that resembles sort of an alien head.
At the granite store, the customers lay out the template on the slab where they want everything to go. We were thinking of putting the "alien head" on our kitchen island. Since we don't have that much counter space, we wouldn't have to use it at all, as it won't take nearly the whole slab. But my friends at work say if we like it, that's what counts. The cabinet maker says a lot of people have blobs or blotches in their granite and it looks good. And DH says since it is a part of the granite, how could it not match? It's the natural formation. They all make valid points. What do you think? We didn't hire a designer and I am definitely not a great one, but I have picked everything myself and am a little surprised at how pretty things have turned out so far. I just don't want to mess up at this point.
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