[tommyz]

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don't intend to use ikea counters

[GardenOfDarwin]

Looks to me like it's screaming for a concrete counter.

Susan

[tommyz]

Originally Posted by GardenOfDarwin

Looks to me like it's screaming for a concrete counter.

Susan

Ok - so I initially thought Concrete counters too... but ... they take 6-8 weeks to get in Miami and I've found some silestones in Samora gold and Orange Fuego... but the final decison will depend on what color cabinets I pick. I've got the design all picked out - now I just have to figure out which color. With the grey floor - If I go with colored cabinets (like the Blue or Abstakt red) then I'd want a sedate counter - one that picks up the flooring color - but if instead I go with Tidaholm Oak or all white... then I could put color in the counter...

[DesignDiva]

Brushed cold rolled steel would be awesome. I think maybe a terrazzo style chipped glass in resin countertop would be really cool and different too. I've seen them before but I can't remember where.

[tommyz]

[DesignDiva]

That's cool, but I was thinking of one I've seen that looks like actual crushed glass embedded in the resin.

Here's a few sites to browse:
www.icestone.biz - Home - News
EnviroGLAS—Walking on recycled glass!
: : alkemi: : Recycled Composite Material
Vetrazzo

[animes2k]

That's sort of the look we got with our Caesarstone, just less pronounced. That's what I liked about it - the terrazzo sort of look. Almost retro.

[C.B]

I'd go with something warm and earthtone based, to sort of break up the straight lines of everything else. I'd also try incorporate curves on the countertop and a nice edge detail, something more complex than a bullnose.

I'd think about granite or silestone if you can't get concrete, with maybe a butcher block section somewhere.

Those floors are incredible, nice job!

[climber_grrl]

You could make your own concrete countertops, says the woman who spent all day yesterday doing just that.

[tommyz]

I bought Chengs instruction video last year, then sourced the grinder (variable speed), bought the diamond pads, got the wax, and was about to buy the melanim coated boards for the forms when I thought - this is way too much work for someone who is in town 3 days a week.