Tuesday, June 27, 2006

We feel like the ONLY PEOPLE IN SOUTHERN CAL who don’t especially DROOL over granite counters.

Now mind you—I’m not knockin em!
And believe me—I don’t have a Mc Mansion...so I’m not tryin to sound like sour grapes, either.

(I’ll post about “personality” a bit more, down the road, but my beef with granite, like my beef with so
many things in the building industry, has to do with the fact that somehow so many people have bought into
the idea that THEY HAVE TO HAVE ____________ (fill in the blank).

And I hate to say this, but after working in beautiful homes for several years....many of them
LOOK MORE ALIKE THAN THEIR OWNERS REALIZE.)

MEANWHILE.....BACK AT THE RANCH:

We toyed with the idea of concrete counters, but by then had already started placing
our hardyboard, and didn’t want to pull it up and reinforce the counters
the way we would need to, if they were to withstand the weight of concrete.

And then.....I have always loved pique-assiette, the art of mosaic using broken china.
(Ohhhhhh ----I feel more posts comin’ on!!!)

Hmmmm....we thought........could we MOSAIC OUR COUNTERS???  YUP!

We pulled in an awesome mosaic artist to work with us, and lots of discussion
among the three of us finally led to a combination of stone, glass smalti, and stained glass pieces.

I’ll post a couple more pics of this later --- Bob created a stainless hood and some pull outs
for me, based on pictures....and I HAD NO IDEA HE COULD DO ALL THIS!!

(OH!  JUST SO YOU KNOW: WE’RE STILL WORKING ON THINGS!

New flooring and a new frig are coming soon -
and the cabinetry you see below the counter morphs into the living room,
(which is the room we’re currently working on) ---
so it won’t be staying white....
JUST BE KIND, OK??!  DESIGNING AS YOU GO TAKES TIME!)

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