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On Mon, 21 Feb 2011 07:27:53 -0800, sf wrote:


Granite is hard but it's brittle.... natural granite counters can
fracture fairly easily... composite granite contains no natural fault
lines so is much less apt to fracture.

I think granite counters are morbid... I would no more consider a
granite counter than I would a formica gravestone.


Fragile dishes will break when dropped onto most any solid surface but
the harder the surface the more readily they'll break.

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i guess when it comes to it I am probably too lazy to be that careful in a
room that to me is meant to live in, sorta like people who have formal
living rooms and never let anyone go in... just not for me, if others like
it fine, and nothing wrong with it, just not our lifestyle, Lee
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Storrmmee wrote:

I had heard about nasty things in wall-to-wall carpets
(especially), which is one reason why I got rid of them. I can
see that that could be the case with curtains. although to a
lesser extent because they aren't walked on, and things aren't
dropped into them.


Of course, sheers offer almost no privacy, as I well know.

Ah. You won't miss what you didn't have. My situation is
different. I have a full basement in the current house, but the
lower level of the new house is my daughter's domain. I WAS going
to use one small room for storage, but now it looks like it will
be half a room.

The things that were in half of my garage also need to find other
homes--and the only home is the end of the new garage, the shop
area, and the garage's attic.


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Jean B.

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Storrmmee wrote:

I do have rugs but obviously need something more--like carpeting
on at least the first sets of stairs going up and going down.
Hmm. probably should have put tile down in the entry area. BUT
that whole area is so awful that I hope to get it redone anyway.
(It is really small--so small that two people entering have to
arrange themselves in order to do so.)
--
Jean B.

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thanks, Lee
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"Janet" wrote:


I bet leaning over that bottom freezer makes your nipples hard. heheh

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On 1/28/2011 12:27 PM, sf wrote:
Sorry, replying to this late. My point about the soffit was that I
would like to rip that waste of space out and put in cabinets that go
all the way up to the ceiling. From what I understand after watching
some home improvement shows is that cabinets that tall are probably
custom made and out of my price range, I'd think.

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"Storrmmee" wrote:



When we did our kitchen update 8yrs or so ago I threw in a hot water
dispenser almost as an afterthought. It was next to the garbage
disposals at Lowes & on sale- so I grabbed one. It is my wife's
favorite kitchen gadget. I use it on occasion & it is handy-- but
she uses it every evening for tea & every morning for hot cereal.

Jim

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Ophelia wrote:


If the walls and cabnitrey are painted (as opposed ot having some
facny finish), and the appliances are not custom-fitted into their
spaces (i.e. they are free-standing), then a long time. You repaint, you
replace failed appliances, you're mostly up against the surface lifetime
of your floor and countertops. It could go for 50 years without
needing to be gutted.

The tile in my kitchen is 90 years old. Granite lasts that long
or longer.

Three other considerations to add here:

(1) Make your countertops about 1/2" higher than you consider optimal.
This is because re-flooring often involves building up on the previous
floor, which makes the countertops lower. To rip up the previous
floor is extra cost.

(2) Don't place the oven high off the floor, otherwise
to place anything heavy into it (large Dutch ovens) you will
be straining your back. (Which may be strong now, but this
will probably not be forever the case.)

(3) If you go for a kitchen island, make sure a wheelchair can
navigate around it. In a roundabout way this will extend the lifetime
of your kitchen.

Steve

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On 1/24/2011 1:38 PM, Storrmmee wrote:


Gosh, Lee, I forgot about that. Now that you mention it, I remember the
tragedy now. I'm so sorry.