"Terry Pulliam Burd" > wrote in message
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> On Sat, 29 Jan 2005 08:50:34 -0500, Al Fresco
> > wrote:
>
>>If you were building a new kitchen, what kind of counters would you have?
>>
>>I like stainless, but I know it will scratch up eventually. I'm
>>thinking I should get something like Corian, made with a seamless joint
>>where the wall meets the counter, with the Corian running all the way up
>>to the bottoms of the cabinets.
>
> Granite, without a doubt. Slab granite if you can afford it. I've had
> it in two houses now and swear by it. Great stuff.
>

Granite is indeed great stuff. The only drawback we have had in 5 years is
that the granite pattern - beautiful in itself - makes it diffiicult to see
dirt. This is a good thing sometimes (granite almost always looks good) ,
but when you want to clean up it is a bother!

Be sure that you see the actual slab you will get first. Even rock from the
same quarry can differ a lot.


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