But wait...I've changed my mind!

Let's scratch that last post about having picked a floor tile and countertop for the kitchen remodeling. I made Yet Another trip to Home Depot Expo yesterday (intending to write down the details on the floor tile), and spotted another option. Discussed this with my sister-in-law and a friend of ours who has an artist's eye, and went with the new selection. It's called Crossville Cream Multicolor, in their "Quartzite" line.

It's a lighter color, though still has a good bit of color variation, and is a little less polished looking--it's "unpolished porcelain tile" instead of "glazed porcelain tile". With a lighter floor that I think will look less busy, Friend urged me to look for a granite for the countertops that will be a focal point, and not just "looks good, blends in with cabinets and floor". I will head back to the granite shop (or maybe a different one) with the new tile and a cabinet sample in hand, with my designer, to look for a granite with a little more character. She's ordered samples of the tile, so we'll make the trip when those come in.

Harking back to my long-past petrology class, I'm thinking a gneiss with some distinctive banding of the mafic (dark-colored) minerals, probably still in a "gold" as used by the stone industry. Maybe something like this. We'll see what catches my eye...

Floor plan and cabinet elevations

I scanned the current draft of the kitchen floor plan and the cabinet elevations, for better kibitzing by those too distant to see the actual drawings. Anyone interested is invited to take a look and offer comments.