I don't like granite. I like butcher block, which no one else likes anymore.
I feel very much this way.
Love makes you do the wacky.
Willow ,'Beneath You'
Natter 72: We Were Unprepared for This
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Anne W. - Aug 11, 2013 5:12:50 pm PDT #2227 of 30000
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
-t - Aug 11, 2013 5:13:44 pm PDT #2228 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I like butcher's block. The cabin I stayed in this past June had it, and it was very nice (and recently built, I think, so maybe on trend?). I don't remember what the appliances were like for sure - oh, wait, there are pictures online [link] looks like stainless.
-t - Aug 11, 2013 5:17:17 pm PDT #2229 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
What I wish I could get are kitchen counters that gently slope into the sink so the drips from drying dishes don't just puddle there. Sinks all seem to be slightly raised above the counters now and it drives me nuts whenever I wipe down a counter and hit that lip of sink. I'd blame it on whoever renovated my kitchen, but I've run into it too many places.
meara - Aug 11, 2013 5:19:27 pm PDT #2230 of 30000
The thing I don't like about my granite countertops is they are black with sparkly flecks, and that makes it very hard to see if it's clean.
I don't dislike non-stainless appliances (and agree that HGTV people who are all "NO CANNOT HAVE THIS HOUSE WITH NO STAINLESS!" are ridic), but don't think there's a different thing I like better? I find the ones where everything including the fridge is disguised as a wood cabinet weird, and almond or white or black ones seem old, but colors seem like they'd go out of style quickly, so...yeah. Bronze! Bronze should be the new stainless!
brenda m - Aug 11, 2013 5:28:19 pm PDT #2231 of 30000
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
I would love butcher block. In the condo marketplace there's really nothing at all but the granite and stainless.
Laura - Aug 11, 2013 5:31:54 pm PDT #2232 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.
I like granite but not stainless, and yet I have both in the house I am renovating for sale because that is what it needs to be. The Ice stuff looks interesting.
Trudy Booth - Aug 11, 2013 5:40:56 pm PDT #2233 of 30000
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
My sister has granite and I always feel like I'm going to break stuff on it.
It's pretty though.
le nubian - Aug 11, 2013 5:45:48 pm PDT #2234 of 30000
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Debet,
2 surfboards (and a body of water)
What are the circumstances for this?
DebetEsse - Aug 11, 2013 5:52:00 pm PDT #2235 of 30000
Woe to the fucking wicked.
One surfer on each of two surfboards, holding connected tin can telephones. Bonus points for style.
Matt the Bruins fan - Aug 11, 2013 5:57:03 pm PDT #2236 of 30000
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
I'm very happy with all-black appliances—they barely show any smudges! But if owning rather than renting I'd probably want some kind of stone countertops rather than the speckled formica I currently have. (It's pretty enough, but I cracked the bathroom sink countertop by leaning on it too hard and it makes me leery of the sturdiness/heat resistance of the kitchen surfaces.)
Stone tile in the shower definitely makes this the best bathroom I've had in terms of appearance.