Help Me Remodel My Kitchen!
No, you don't have to pick up a hammer, just give advice. The Granny Clampett kitchen we've been living with ever since we bought our house7 years ago, is finally going to be renovated. We knew we'd...
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I read through this thread this morning but didn't have time to respond. I smiled at things some of us have that others hate but we love and wouldn't do without!Fridges...I've got a GE Profile too....
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OK, so what is the ultimate kitchen counter top material? We are going to redo ours (maybe this winter) but we can't even begin to make plans until we know what material we want. Stone of some sort...
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Granite is still the number one counter top I think. I'm sick of it frankly but may look into the honed granite, the mat finish. I'm also looking at other solid surfaces and will have to see what I...
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crefloors, pretty puhleeeeeze let me know what your kitchen designer friend says about countertops. We're at the stage right now of looking at various possibilities. Granite is out - no porous...
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ChiChi and ddfla,My BIL had quartz countertops installed. They look great. The name is Caesar Stone. It looks like a composite, using quartz.www.caesarstoneus.com/
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ddfla, I am for sure going to talk to her and will report back. If you have some time, I'm going to spend the weekend with her in Las Vegas (she has a house there) the weekend of Oct. 12. She's really...
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BTW, Corian comes in matte or glossy finish. I really prefer the matte. Anytime you have glossy, I think you have to get down and scrub, wipe and polish because streaks are noticeable.No one has...
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When we lived with our friends during our remodel, all their kitchen counters are Corian. I was pretty impressed with it, except that this stuff was white. (They did not install it; it came with the...
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Our son has Silestone in his kitchen...same basic product as Caesarstone. They are nice, but if this matters to you, and it may not, you can tell they are not granite, although made to look like it....
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Granite and the new onyx and silestones are all fine, depending on the look you want. Sometimes I think some rather "rustic" and country style kitchens look too formal with some of the granite...
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I had thought gardenridge was right about the color matching (floors and counters). Only when we bought our house, the cabinets and counters were already on order, and we were only picking the floor....
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I'm going to either combine painted and wood cabinets or go for the painted only..I think they are actually glazed, but I just don't like all wood cabinets and wood floors. It's just too much for me....
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OO, the white Corian we lived with "loved" abrasion. I would scrub it with cleanser and it cleaned up beautifully. It's just that when you were all finished cleaning, you'd turn around and there would...
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Patrick, I loved the white tile counter tops in my kitchen and I also had the cobalt blue back splashes. I occasionally used a product that was a little like an eraser to rub the grout clean. I've...
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I'm not sure why not.As a matter of fact, my original intention was to do both counters and backsplash in a checkerboard pattern of white and blue tiles. I was talked out of that at the time because...
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Maybe all it takes is love and passion...for food and personal taste. If it suits you, go for it. Just don't use the "everyone's doing it" logic. Didn't work for my mother when she raised me, and it...
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What color Gardenridge?? Oh...you wouldn't want me to paint.Our daughter had a non-descript early 80's ubiquitous ranch style house near Phoenix...laminate counters imitating butcher block, brown...
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I had to laugh at this comment! I'm a quilter, and I think the one thing I do well is colour. My cabinets are going to be white, but parts of my kitchen are ... apple green! I think I've got a good...
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Gardenridge, I do color too (but don't do quilts, LOL). Your kitchen sounds lovely to me. I feel happy when surrounded by bright, fun colors. Too many neutrals give me depression.
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We got home today, and I've been looking at my cabinets and thinking white might not be the right thing to do. HOWEVER, I do know that I have to let my eye settle down after being in the Four Corner...
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