Help Pick the Granite

impress · 06-07-2010, 08:07 PM

Opinions requested, please. The pictures show the new cabinet color, new wall color and tile for the kitchen. The square granite samples are two I'm considering. Which do you think would look better?

Thanks.

The darker one is called Cosmos Brown:
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The lighter one is called Giallo Vicenza:
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TheMercenary · 06-07-2010, 08:23 PM

Number 2!

squirell nutkin · 06-07-2010, 08:33 PM

cosmos brown
#2 is farto

jinx · 06-07-2010, 08:34 PM

I really like the second one a lot.

monster · 06-07-2010, 08:34 PM

I prefer the first one, but I think the second one matches better

Cloud · 06-07-2010, 08:36 PM

I like the first one better; the second just looks like spilled food or something--too busy. But the real answer is, pick the one you like the best; you have to live with it, not us

Shawnee123 · 06-07-2010, 08:37 PM

I like 2.

TheDaVinciChode · 06-07-2010, 08:59 PM

First one looks like an ancient chunk of a dead star.

Second one looks like an ancient relic from the Earth's core.

Are you an out-in-space, or down-to-Earth kind of person?

richlevy · 06-07-2010, 09:19 PM

Just be careful that there is no mother-of-pearl in there. After they installed our granite counter tops, they cautioned us about quickly cleaning up certain spills and staying away from some cleaners because they can dissolve the mother of pearl and leave pits.

It hasn't happened yet, but I'm still pissed that they told me that after the marble was installed.

But we didn't get 'true' marble, we got man made marble, so if it's coming from a quarry you don't have this problem.

lumberjim · 06-07-2010, 10:37 PM

A

Pete Zicato · 06-07-2010, 10:41 PM

To tell you the truth, I'd go back and look for another choice. If your counter is even reasonably large the first one will make your kitchen too dark. The second one is better for color, but is way too busy. Your counters will look cluttered before you even put anything on them.

monster · 06-07-2010, 11:19 PM

After a little consideration, I would say pick your countertops, then select wall color to complement.

classicman · 06-07-2010, 11:26 PM

My color taste is irrelevant. Yours is too based upon a 4" or 6" square of ANY granite.
The countertop in its entirety will look totally different than any small sample.
RANT/
I will offer you two pieces of advice I learned after buying a rather popular piece of granite called Shivakashi. Look at those - they are all so very different because they are NATURAL, not manufactured. You really have to look at the whole slab.
/END RANT
Lastly the darker the color of the granite the denser it is. This means that you won't have to keep resealing it every 6 months as some people do. Granite is basically a hard sponge. In a kitchen application, it is extremely important to know that lighter colored granites are more porous and stain far easier than darker ones. Pick the piece you want ONLY after looking at the whole slab - not some lil piece that they show you cut from who knows where which may not even be mined from the same place.
Just offering what I learned.

HungLikeJesus · 06-07-2010, 11:30 PM

I think a white and gray marble would look best with that combination.

zippyt · 06-07-2010, 11:42 PM

#2

06-07-2010, 08:07 PM	#1
impress It's better to be pissed off than pissed on. Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Irvine, California Posts: 936	Help Pick the Granite Opinions requested, please. The pictures show the new cabinet color, new wall color and tile for the kitchen. The square granite samples are two I'm considering. Which do you think would look better? Thanks. The darker one is called Cosmos Brown: The lighter one is called Giallo Vicenza: __________________ If I gave a crap, I'd give it to you.

06-07-2010, 08:33 PM	#3
squirell nutkin has a second hand user title Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: in a Nut House Posts: 2,017	cosmos brown #2 is farto __________________ And now I'm finished posting.

06-07-2010, 08:34 PM	#4
jinx Come on, cat. Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: general vicinity of Philadelphia area Posts: 7,013	I really like the second one a lot. __________________ Crying won't help you, praying won't do you no good.

06-07-2010, 08:34 PM	#5
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	I prefer the first one, but I think the second one matches better __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

06-07-2010, 08:36 PM	#6
Cloud ... Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 8,360	I like the first one better; the second just looks like spilled food or something--too busy. But the real answer is, pick the one you like the best; you have to live with it, not us __________________ "Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards!"

06-07-2010, 08:23 PM	#2
TheMercenary “Hypocrisy: prejudice with a halo” Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Savannah, Georgia Posts: 21,393	Number 2!

06-07-2010, 08:37 PM	#7
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	I like 2. __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

06-07-2010, 08:59 PM	#8
TheDaVinciChode Chews Food Coming In, And Going Out Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 339	First one looks like an ancient chunk of a dead star. Second one looks like an ancient relic from the Earth's core. Are you an out-in-space, or down-to-Earth kind of person? __________________ "O' Captain! My Captain! Our fearful trip is done;" "The ship has weather’d every rack, the prize we sought is won;" - Walt Whitman / Leaves Of Grass.

06-07-2010, 09:19 PM	#9
richlevy King Of Wishful Thinking Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Philadelphia Suburbs Posts: 6,669	Just be careful that there is no mother-of-pearl in there. After they installed our granite counter tops, they cautioned us about quickly cleaning up certain spills and staying away from some cleaners because they can dissolve the mother of pearl and leave pits. It hasn't happened yet, but I'm still pissed that they told me that after the marble was installed. But we didn't get 'true' marble, we got man made marble, so if it's coming from a quarry you don't have this problem. __________________ Exercise your rights and remember your obligations - VOTE! I have always believed that hope is that stubborn thing inside us that insists, despite all the evidence to the contrary, that something better awaits us so long as we have the courage to keep reaching, to keep working, to keep fighting. -- Barack Hussein Obama

06-07-2010, 10:37 PM	#10
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	A __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

06-07-2010, 10:41 PM	#11
Pete Zicato Turns out my CRS is a symptom of TMB. Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Chicago suburbs Posts: 2,916	To tell you the truth, I'd go back and look for another choice. If your counter is even reasonably large the first one will make your kitchen too dark. The second one is better for color, but is way too busy. Your counters will look cluttered before you even put anything on them. __________________ Talk nerdy to me.

06-07-2010, 11:19 PM	#12
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	After a little consideration, I would say pick your countertops, then select wall color to complement. __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

06-07-2010, 11:26 PM	#13
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	My color taste is irrelevant. Yours is too based upon a 4" or 6" square of ANY granite. The countertop in its entirety will look totally different than any small sample. RANT/ I will offer you two pieces of advice I learned after buying a rather popular piece of granite called Shivakashi. Look at those - they are all so very different because they are NATURAL, not manufactured. You really have to look at the whole slab. /END RANT Lastly the darker the color of the granite the denser it is. This means that you won't have to keep resealing it every 6 months as some people do. Granite is basically a hard sponge. In a kitchen application, it is extremely important to know that lighter colored granites are more porous and stain far easier than darker ones. Pick the piece you want ONLY after looking at the whole slab - not some lil piece that they show you cut from who knows where which may not even be mined from the same place. Just offering what I learned. __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt Last edited by classicman; 06-07-2010 at 11:33 PM.

06-07-2010, 11:30 PM	#14
HungLikeJesus Only looks like a disaster tourist Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: above 7,000 feet Posts: 7,208	I think a white and gray marble would look best with that combination. __________________ Keep Your Bodies Off My Lawn SteveDallas's Random Thread Picker.

06-07-2010, 11:42 PM	#15
zippyt LONG LIVE KING ZIPPY! per Feetz Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Arkansas Posts: 7,661	#2 __________________ "Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get. " Brother Dave Gardner

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