More on counters

Okay, sorry for the confusion. The large slab Elliott was modeling in the top two photos in the previous post was Mint Green. That is our top contender.

In these pictures here in this post, we're trying to approximate what that would look like on top of a white cabinet, which will be on top of cork floors.

The rounded granite sample is close to Mint Green but just a little bluer.

The darker samples were the other options we were considering, but they were not available at the warehouse we went to and we are tired of driving around! We think we do like the light green of Mint Green. Before we put the placemats on the buffet, we tried a lighter pillowcase and realized that Mint Green is not as light as we'd thought. It's not dark, but I think it will work.

Here are some other links if you're interested. Thanks for your consideration!
Mint Green
http://www.tradeindia.com/fp573139/Mint-Green-Granite.html
http://www.livingstonesindia.com/vareties.html

Verde Fantastico dark green
http://www.marblecityca.com/stones/verde-fantastico

or Costa Esmeralda
http://www.granitegurus.com/2010/02/slab-sunday-costa-smeralda-granite.html

or maybe Seafoam Green
http://www.marblecityca.com/stones/sea-foam-green
(will call this local place to see what they actually have in stock: http://www.daltilestone.com/series.cfm?c=2&s=1&cf=16)

Kitchen colors...

We are closing in on a granite choice for the kitchen. There will be a lot of this, and it will be visible from the front door as it will extend along the wall where the windows currently are.

The wall you'll see when you enter the house will have new windows above this counter, which will sit on new cabinets where the cherry piece of furniture is.

Cabinets will be white (not cream as they are now), the floor will be natural cork, the small bits of wall that have tile will have the existing white subway tile (with white grout, no longer the current gray. We whitened a sample area and like it a lot better).

We don't want a granite with lots and lots of variation in color (not a lot of dark and light, and not a lot of mica/flinty/reflective pieces). We've decided we like more monotone but don't want to stick with the current black, which doesn't really go with the warm tones of the adjoining room.

We have entertained a very dark green counter (esp Victoria, to the far right in the photos with three small samples), but all the dark green granites we like in theory are not available through the local wholesalers right now. So we're thinking about this lighter green called Mint Green. (It's being compared to our paint color and our cork color plus a small sample we had at home of something almost the same but a tiny bit more blue).

I think we have ruled out the jagged sample you see in the photos with the dark green -- that was Golden Beach. I think it has too much variation and that I'd always think the counter looked messy. No need for extra of that!

Let us know what you think!

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