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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here. Why? Is "country" ever so passe and gauche?

So here it is, laugh if you like: terra cotta floor (porcelain, real is too fragile), cream cabinets with some kind of chocolate glaze, copper sink, dark wood countertop. The "country" is mostly in the terra cotta and copper, also a bit in the wood counter. Some kind of fleur de lys accent tiles on backsplash maybe.

This is my first house, and I SO want it to look like my family's country house in France - with terra cotta and wood counters. DH thinks I'm crazy...[/quote]

OP, I think your kitchen would be beautiful.  I love that look and I have seen it in a lot of kitchen renovation magazines so apparently it is still stylish.  I had wood counters at my old house and, while they did stain and scratch pretty easily, it was not at all difficult to sand out the stains and scratches and coat them with Tung oil which is non-toxic.  They looked absolutely perfect when we sold our house.  Also, don't believe people who tell you that wood is unhygienic.  Wood has its own ant-microbial properties and is more hygienic than plastic.[/quote]

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