Kitchen Remod In Progress

[parishht]

Brick really is not as hard is it sounds.

It is just time consuming as h377.

The trick to the mortar is getting the right consistency and matching the
existing.
For my house, I can't use straight from the bag,
I have to mix special because of the age of the house.
Built in 1820, the bricks are soft and the mortar just as soft,
today's mortars would not allow the house to move and just break the bricks.

[Stinky_Hooker]

JJ that kitchen is off the chain full of character! VERY NICE!

Thanks Skool.

What do you guys think of this granite for counter tops?
I like it a lot but want to make sure it won't go out of style. It is calles Marinace. Has a lot of dark sea-weedish greens in it and some reds.
My house is rustic for the most part and has dark brown wooden plank ceilings.

Thanks Skool.
What do you guys think of this granite. It is called "Marinace". I want to make sure it is not going to go out of style.
My house is rustic and I think this is beautiful. There is a lot of dark sea-weedish greens in it to offset all the browns in the kitchen. My ceilings are dark brown stained wood planks.

ceilings. my kitchen isn't that dark. the pics were taken at night witha weak flash.
and yes ugly azz wall paper is gettin ripped down.

[parishht]

My personal opinion, being as you are going for the rustic look,
one of three options:

1 - real butcher block
2 - slate
3 - concrete with slate tinting

The problem is these require maintenance and care to last long.

Personally, I hate when people put granite into
a house that is supposed to be rustic.
We have an old house tour every year in Berks county
and the slate just looks out of place in some of teh houses.

Here's a link to the yearly tour:

http://www.berkshistory.org/events/3cent.html

I haven't even considered slate I will look into it. I love butcher block, but it would get destroyed in no time in my house (refer to pic of two little monsters).
What kind of maintenance does slate require and how durable is it?

[parishht]

Butcher block is more durable than slate.

all three have to be oiled every so often.