Tom said: How will you and Dan decide what to select?
Gretchen: Depends on how many choices we have - I brought my camera. Hope (architect) said we should have dark counter tops, I like matte/honed finished and we have a budget so our choice may be simple.
Lo and behold there were 2 options that were great - 1 was a more traditional granite pattern in the darker family that wasn't jet black. The other was a locally produced granite with an interesting finish. I liked both for different reasons. They're making a sample set for us.
On the way home Tom made the comment that he likes working with us because we make decisive choices based on their recommendation without a lot of obsession about every possible option or variation. I told him Dan shows his clients options in pairs or groups of 3. No more or it is too hard to decide. We're following the same rule with SethAnne - we're depending on their expertise to narrow our options to the top 2 or 3. If we hate all options we'll ask for another set but we're not not asking to visit the showroom or start combing catalogs....yet.
We're also trying hard to respect the budget so we can enjoy our additon WITH new furniture.
When I got home and showed Dan the pics he agreed with my first impression.
#1 has a black base with a lot of additional tones in white and brown. They said when they polish in a honed style (not high polish) it will have a lot of depth.
#2 is quarried is Culpepper, VA. It's cool because the base color is charcoal grey and it looks like a handful of white beach sand has been thrown across the slab. You can see a swirl pattern vs veritcal in the 2 slabs. It may be interesting to have 1 version on the counter and 1 version on the island.
This is what a honed vs high polish surface looks like. Same granite just 2 finishes.
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