On Wed, 25 Feb 2004 08:20:43 -0700, "Christopher J. Webster"
> wrote:

>
> > Any help appreciated, Aileen
> >
>
> When we recently re-modeled our kitchen it came down to Granite vs.
> Formica. Though SS didn't occur to me.

I like SS, but I think that totally ss counters are over the
top... and way too industrial/commercial for me.

> At first I couldn't find any
> granite I liked (we were on the 12" tile thing), too many veins that had
> to be matched, weird colors. Finally I found some plain old gray
> Yosemite style granite. Not only that it was only $5 a square. $500
> for granite and installation.
>
> While formic is not particularly indestructible, it's cheap enough to
> replace every 5 years.

AND the new designs are great. You want granite? They have
it (and it looks good). You want marble, soapstone or wood?
They have it. You want it to look like Corian? They
probably have something like that too.

;-)

Obviously, I was impressed by the "it's not your mother's
formica". AFAIC: If you don't have a lot of money, but you
need a new countertop - Formica is the way to go. I
absolutely HATE ceramic tile... mainly because most tile
setters today don't know how to set tiles the old fashioned
way: with little to no space between them.



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