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Originally Posted by linz06  I did a little more research last night and it seems that soapstone has issues with water marks. The only way to get rid of the water marks is to oil the counter which gives it an all over darkness, but then if you spill anything that would absorb the oil, or have unfinished ceramic on it, or even anything with rubber feet on the counter (such as my food processor) would leave white-ish marks, and you'd have to re-oil again. It just seems to be a little more work than I was hoping for!
Quartz also seems like a pretty good option from what I looked at last night. There seems to be less maintenance.
I was also looking at the kitchen last night and I feel like butcher block, although I love it, would just be too much wood. Our kitchen is pretty large and the original wood floors are a huge feature, and there is also one original wood doorway on one side of the counters. The floor and doorway are a different color so I'm not sure which way I would go with the counters - try to match one or the other, or just go completely different again, and I think it would just look too woody for me! |
Oh what a pain...that sounds too high maintenance. Have you thought about a black counter? I love that classic look of a black counter w/ white cupboards. Like this one, for ex:
http://media8.dropshots.com/photos/1...6/b_101918.jpg or this
http://artsandcraftshomes.com/wp-con...6/2-5-blwh.jpg
These next links are from a girl whose blog I follow...she does all her own renos, and has a great eye. She did her kitchen, and used marble - looks amazing (pics attached below). I think there may be some maintenance issues w/ marble, but I don't know what they are.
These are her renos:
.. in the Fun Lane: Our Renovations!
Her main blog:
.. in the Fun Lane