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I am looking around too. I am thinking of keeping my 1960's cabinets. As they work well and there aren't going to be many other configurations that will work because of entrys into the kitchen, outdoors and basement. I don't think it would be worth it to go with Ikea grade because of style.
I have always liked a white kitchen and will keep it. I would like countertops with classic white marble and light grey veining. This classic look is also a favorite for bathrooms. It can go from classic to modern to eclectic. A friend of mine found some granite that had this look. Can't stand all the busy granite and mismatch of tile backslashes. Very dated. I have noticed a lot of 1930's period homes are going back retro with this and tile counters again (won't do that).
I would consider milestone, but I think it is too slick. I like it when a kitchen looks more like a room. I also wish there were more choices for small 30'' cooktops. I can't stand a "range".
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When laminate is custom, without the built in curve backsplash and prefab look, it can look pretty nice. I would choose this over busy, wild colored granite.
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Deco,
I can definitely appreciate your choices in this regard. The bathroom in my apartment is floor to ceiling white carerra marble. Think along the lines of . The walls are 12" x12" tiles and the floor is 1" hexagons of the same type of tile.
The fixtures are chrome, the sink (pedestal), tub and toilet, white. The ceiling, door, medicine cabinet, wall cabinet and trim are white. Bengamin-Moore Atrium White, specifically. The lighting has white alabaster glass. All together, it works beautifully and the touches of gray in the tile, nice colors on the shower curtain and bright colors for the towels prevent the bathroom from being too stark and cold.
I chose a busy granite with noticeable variations of color because it worked well in the kitchen, i.e. matches nicely to the cherry cabinetry and the tannish of the porcelain tile backsplash (that looks near identical to travertine). The long veins of color and overall choice of color were key. I definitely wouldn't go with just wildly colored speckles. That'd kill my eyes and didn't work at all with the rest of the kitchen. I brought a dozen samples of stone home before choosing the crema bordeaux.
Which brings me back to stone. You have to choose what works for your particular kitchen/bath/etc as a whole and works for you in particular. I found a few other pieces of stone - including quartz - that looked nice but none worked nearly as well as the crema bordeaux granite.
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Mixing black & white also works in a kitchen.
We have a white fridge, white counter-top, black oven, black dishwasher.
Will soon replace the vinyl with a white (w/ black accent) pattern.
Not a fan of SS - 1920s house where I grew up had SS everything, including the counter-tops (guess it was supposed to mimic commercial kitchens of the time).
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Soapstone...... that's all I have to say about that.
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When come to Granite Counter tops for kitchen or bathroom, you have countless option of these. They are available in a number of brands, styles, colors and grades. Adding some granite based counter tops here is very important element of your kitchen remodeling. There are few people who consider the color of these tiles with the granite counter top. For the big size county kitchens which have a rustic decor about them, it would be better to fit the kitchen with kitchen granite counter tops which carry rustic country colors.
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Yeah that is very much true. And these days you will find granite material quite popular for kitchen and bathroom as now they are available at reasonable prices. Granite
vanity countertops are durable and rich in aesthetic values.
