Getting rid of perfectly good granite countertops for marble

[Anonymous]

We actually passed on a few houses with ugly, cheap basic granite for this reason. We didn't want to have to toss out granite. We finally found our home with formica and gutted it to our heart's content!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We actually passed on a few houses with ugly, cheap basic granite for this reason. We didn't want to have to toss out granite. We finally found our home with formica and gutted it to our heart's content!

So the granite is cheap and you wouldn't toss it out? WTF.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We actually passed on a few houses with ugly, cheap basic granite for this reason. We didn't want to have to toss out granite. We finally found our home with formica and gutted it to our heart's content!

So the granite is cheap and you wouldn't toss it out? WTF.

No. And I know quite a few people that feel that way. My DH would have made us live with it, even though both of us hated it. I know him.

We ended up with exotic granite that's gorgeous. People think it's marble, but it's granite and cleans up perfectly.

[Anonymous]

Be careful OP. Our white marble is a huge PITA.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

My granite was stained by a professional, but it is really risky as it is difficult to predict the final product. Also, I was going from a light color to dark.

Going from granite to marble makes absolutely no sense at all. They are basically the same thing, although one is more porous (marble) than the other.

OP, I would think twice before putting marble in your entire kitchen. While it is great for baking, usually it is only a small section of a counter or an overlay.

If you are a kid-free house, don't drink red wine and rarely cook, then it might be great.

No. Most granite is tacky and dated, marble is beautiful and timeless... But perhaps more impractical.

You're being ridiculous. Granite comes in different colors and patterns, I've seen beautiful granite that looks like quartz and has no movement at all.

Have fun with your cracks and staining marble though. I'm sure you think that it gives it "character".

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We actually passed on a few houses with ugly, cheap basic granite for this reason. We didn't want to have to toss out granite. We finally found our home with formica and gutted it to our heart's content!

So the granite is cheap and you wouldn't toss it out? WTF.

No. And I know quite a few people that feel that way. My DH would have made us live with it, even though both of us hated it. I know him.

We ended up with exotic granite that's gorgeous. People think it's marble, but it's granite and cleans up perfectly.

Smart man

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

My granite was stained by a professional, but it is really risky as it is difficult to predict the final product. Also, I was going from a light color to dark.

Going from granite to marble makes absolutely no sense at all. They are basically the same thing, although one is more porous (marble) than the other.

OP, I would think twice before putting marble in your entire kitchen. While it is great for baking, usually it is only a small section of a counter or an overlay.

If you are a kid-free house, don't drink red wine and rarely cook, then it might be great.

No. Most granite is tacky and dated, marble is beautiful and timeless... But perhaps more impractical.

Please. A lot of it is difficult to distinguish without it being labeled. In fact, when I was looking at various remnants, our experienced fabricator had to look up certain pieces because even he couldn't tell what was granite and what was marble.

[Anonymous]

Just curious, OP, what color granite is it currently?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

My granite was stained by a professional, but it is really risky as it is difficult to predict the final product. Also, I was going from a light color to dark.

Going from granite to marble makes absolutely no sense at all. They are basically the same thing, although one is more porous (marble) than the other.

OP, I would think twice before putting marble in your entire kitchen. While it is great for baking, usually it is only a small section of a counter or an overlay.

If you are a kid-free house, don't drink red wine and rarely cook, then it might be great.

No. Most granite is tacky and dated, marble is beautiful and timeless... But perhaps more impractical.

I think that is hilarious because my grandmother's home had all marble countertops which she was told was "dated" and "very obviously Italian" (not even sure what this means, but we are Italian FWIW) when she went to sell a few years ago.

[Anonymous]

The problem with granite is that it is now standard in almost all new construction so us poors who have to live way out in rural commuter hell have this in our house. It is no longer cool so now the Richie riches have to update to something more expensive to stay one step ahead of us poors.

[Anonymous]

No. Most granite is tacky and dated, marble is beautiful and timeless... But perhaps more impractical.



I think that is hilarious because my grandmother's home had all marble countertops which she was told was "dated" and "very obviously Italian" (not even sure what this means, but we are Italian FWIW) when she went to sell a few years ago.

I grew up in a part of the world where there was marble everywhere including the stairs. I loved it then and I love it now--and think it's timeless, too.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The problem with granite is that it is now standard in almost all new construction so us poors who have to live way out in rural commuter hell have this in our house. It is no longer cool so now the Richie riches have to update to something more expensive to stay one step ahead of us poors.

This. It's now all about the marble and brass now that us 'poors' have granite and nickel.

[Anonymous]

We bought a house that had been updated (just put in some granite!) with a wild and ugly pattern. They told us that removing it would break the cabinets. We renovated the whole kitchen with another shade of granite (white) LOVE how low maintenance it is, but understand granite pattern hatred.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We bought a house that had been updated (just put in some granite!) with a wild and ugly pattern. They told us that removing it would break the cabinets. We renovated the whole kitchen with another shade of granite (white) LOVE how low maintenance it is, but understand granite pattern hatred.

So dummy, what did you do with the old granite?

[Anonymous]

I wouldn't replace granite counter tops in the kitchen with marble - although I love the marble look. I might do a marble look quartz though. That would be durable and beautiful. Marble just seems too soft and porous for the kitchen.