It is very expensive to replace countertops. Why is everyone suggesting that?

For all of you posting about being dated....how often to you think/expect people to renovate/update kitchens? If renovated a kitchen in 2005 and used "in style" black granite/white cabinets, do you think/expect that people are updating their kitchens 8 years later?

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Anonymous wrote:you will rue the day you installed black granite

It's timeless

We have white cabinets and black granite. Walls are BM glass slipper. Love the wall color.

I hate the black granite. OP rethink the black!!! It shows everything!! You have NO wiggle room it shows EVERYTHING.

Not to mention polished black granite and white cabinets are dated...very 2003.

Not really. You still see it in a lot of home magazines. White cabinets are classic.

White cabinets are classic. Black granite (or granite anything) is dated.

White cabinets are classically dated black granite is timeless.

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Anonymous wrote:you will rue the day you installed black granite

It's timeless

We have white cabinets and black granite. Walls are BM glass slipper. Love the wall color.

I hate the black granite. OP rethink the black!!! It shows everything!! You have NO wiggle room it shows EVERYTHING.

Not to mention polished black granite and white cabinets are dated...very 2003.

Not really. You still see it in a lot of home magazines. White cabinets are classic.

White cabinets are classic. Black granite (or granite anything) is dated.

Anonymous wrote:21:14 is your granite polished. honed, or antiqued?

I've heard polished black shows everything but the antiqued black is very nice

My black is honed and I was reading this over breakfast. I looked at my counters and couldn't figure out what the other poster was complaining about. My black counters don't show any more or less than the the other counter surfaces in the house.

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Anonymous wrote:you will rue the day you installed black granite

It's timeless

We have white cabinets and black granite. Walls are BM glass slipper. Love the wall color.

I hate the black granite. OP rethink the black!!! It shows everything!! You have NO wiggle room it shows EVERYTHING.

Not to mention polished black granite and white cabinets are dated...very 2003.

Not really. You still see it in a lot of home magazines. White cabinets are classic.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:you will rue the day you installed black granite

It's timeless

We have white cabinets and black granite. Walls are BM glass slipper. Love the wall color.

I hate the black granite. OP rethink the black!!! It shows everything!! You have NO wiggle room it shows EVERYTHING.

Not to mention polished black granite and white cabinets are dated...very 2003.

Anonymous wrote:If you want a bit more color than grey, a nice light blue with lots of grey in it would look nice.

This is what we have.

21:14 here. It's polished. I bet honed would be much better but not experienced in that. The polished black is beautiful but only when it's totally clean... Which is like 5 minutes a week right after the housekeeper leaves.

We have that combo and went with Sherwin Williams' Pavilion Beige on the walls (and red accents). Like it a lot.

Benjamin Moore's "Marilyn's Dress"

21:14 is your granite polished. honed, or antiqued?

I've heard polished black shows everything but the antiqued black is very nice

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:you will rue the day you installed black granite

It's timeless

We have white cabinets and black granite. Walls are BM glass slipper. Love the wall color.

I hate the black granite. OP rethink the black!!! It shows everything!! You have NO wiggle room it shows EVERYTHING.

The ryegrass is nice.

Anonymous wrote:I'd use this color:

http://www.myperfectcolor.com/en/color/72065_Behr-600C-3-Periwinkle-Bud

We used something like that but lighter.