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Bigbazza wrote:

See if you can at least view some antiqued granite. I am not
really the shiny sort. I did get the normal shiny granite for the
upstairs bathroom before I discovered the antiqued stuff. I may
have said that we had two slabs on hold, matching with nice
veining etc. So, lo and behold, the granite company decided we
didn't need two and sold one! I had to look everywhere in
Massachusetts and New Hampshire to find some decent slabs. That
was my level of determination!

Did I ever say my shower is also granite? Long story. That is
honed granite, which is easier to find. The vanity top was cut
from the same slab as some of my kitchen counters.

Anyway, yes, one learns whom to trust. My daughter's father is
careless and responsible for most of the damage that has occurred.
Needless to say when he offers to help me move, I say no
thanks--but that qould segue into another story.

--
Jean B.
 
"Jean B." wrote in message news:[email protected]...

Storrmmee wrote:

I am laughing. I did get granite, which I am adoring, but I am
being ever so careful. But one can see the day that I might be
distracted. Or I can easily see other people setting things down
not-so-gently.
--
Jean B.


LOL, Jean....You better take note of the regular visitors and their
habits....Habits like folk who really don't care enough for placing good
glasses and plates down on an obviously very hard surface, and those that do
care......

When my late wife Helen was alive, we used to do a lot of
entertaining...Dinner parties for 4, 6, 8 normally.....One particular male
friend would invariably knock over his glass of wine, once or twice every
time he came here.....And as we usually entertained with quite expensive
dinnerware and glassware.....We used 'Lalique' glasses, and very fine bone
china....Well, we finally started using the cheaper glassware and dinner
service whenever they came..... Some folk would never think of others and
damaging their goods, but look after their own well!.....Luckily, the
Lalique glasses were not broken, but would have been sometime with him....

My oldest daughter, Naomi, she has a very large kitchen they built in their
new house...And she has all black granite benches all around the kitchen
walls and in a centre separate work bench area with sinks etc.... I did
notice that when you put down either plates or glasses, you had to be very
careful..... I am thinking of having my 70's kitchen updated soon, and I was
thinking of using granite as well.....It really does look great!

BB
 
thanks,

i hope if you ever do get to remodel its not under these kinds of
situations, it is just horrid and stressful, the irony is that we owed less
than ten k on the house and to get what we want might have to owe more than
that in the end, we were just starting to disuss what we were going to do
first when we got it paid off, Lee
"Cheryl" wrote in message
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On Wed, 26 Jan 2011 21:41:59 -0500, "Jean B." wrote:


It sounds like an enabler to the Nth degree.

--

Today's mighty oak is just yesterday's nut that held its ground.
 
we haven't been to the designer yet, did lots of research on line. bottom
freezer is out, i would end up freezing a cat... no side by side frig
either, am leaning towards the seperate frig/freezer units. Lee
"Melba's Jammin'" wrote in message
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we are at the point in the house design/rebuild that i have to finalize what
we want in the kitchen. I am interested in what you all think, from design,
appliances, placement and details,

Lee
 
On 1/25/2011 12:16 PM, Ophelia wrote:
Sometimes called pot lights, the lights are recessed into the ceiling in
metal pots or cans made to ensure nothing catches on fire. Not sure what
they are called in the UK.
 
Bigbazza wrote:
When I was looking at flooring, there was some linoleum--maybe
some other name or even composition now, but it looked like and
acted like linoleum.

--
Jean B.
 
in general when buying i tend to agree with that one, but the budget for the
house is determined by what the ins co is giving us, if i just took the
inital estimate and left it would be three times what i paid for it in the
first place, if we rebuild there is another cchunck, rebuilding to the ins
co money is the final budget, Lee
"sf" wrote in message
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"Jean B." wrote in message news:[email protected]...

Storrmmee wrote:

I am laughing. I did get granite, which I am adoring, but I am
being ever so careful. But one can see the day that I might be
distracted. Or I can easily see other people setting things down
not-so-gently.
--
Jean B.


LOL, Jean....You better take note of the regular visitors and their
habits....Habits like folk who really don't care enough for placing good
glasses and plates down on an obviously very hard surface, and those that do
care......

When my late wife Helen was alive, we used to do a lot of
entertaining...Dinner parties for 4, 6, 8 normally.....One particular male
friend would invariably knock over his glass of wine, once or twice every
time he came here.....And as we usually entertained with quite expensive
dinnerware and glassware.....We used 'Lalique' glasses, and very fine bone
china....Well, we finally started using the cheaper glassware and dinner
service whenever they came..... Some folk would never think of others and
damaging their goods, but look after their own well!.....Luckily, the
Lalique glasses were not broken, but would have been sometime with him....

My oldest daughter, Naomi, she has a very large kitchen they built in their
new house...And she has all black granite benches all around the kitchen
walls and in a centre separate work bench area with sinks etc.... I did
notice that when you put down either plates or glasses, you had to be very
careful..... I am thinking of having my 70's kitchen updated soon, and I was
thinking of using granite as well.....It really does look great!

BB
 
On Sat, 19 Feb 2011 18:41:45 -0800, "Bob Terwilliger"
wrote:

That's hard on her teeth.

--

Today's mighty oak is just yesterday's nut that held its ground.
 
in some ways it is very horrible, especially having lost tiger but in other
ways, having recieved some serious compassion and kindnesses from people i
never expected them from it has in some ways been a blessing, Lee
"Cheryl" wrote in message
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On Mon, 24 Jan 2011 09:28:19 -0600, "Storrmmee"
wrote:


Go for an island with the trash container and dishwasher built in, this allows
for more cupboards under the countertop. As for the countertops, buffed
concrete is nice and quite affordable, and can be tinted any color you want.


--

Stu

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Bigbazza wrote:

See if you can at least view some antiqued granite. I am not
really the shiny sort. I did get the normal shiny granite for the
upstairs bathroom before I discovered the antiqued stuff. I may
have said that we had two slabs on hold, matching with nice
veining etc. So, lo and behold, the granite company decided we
didn't need two and sold one! I had to look everywhere in
Massachusetts and New Hampshire to find some decent slabs. That
was my level of determination!

Did I ever say my shower is also granite? Long story. That is
honed granite, which is easier to find. The vanity top was cut
from the same slab as some of my kitchen counters.

Anyway, yes, one learns whom to trust. My daughter's father is
careless and responsible for most of the damage that has occurred.
Needless to say when he offers to help me move, I say no
thanks--but that qould segue into another story.

--
Jean B.
 
Steve Pope wrote:

Yes, and some people just don't care no matter how many times they
hear it. My daughter and I live Japanese-style in this regard.

--
Jean B.
 
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