http://tomcordova.com The Rock Blog Sun, 15 Jun 2008 20:45:14 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en We have been pricing granite countertops and we have a few concerns... We are going back & forth about the color. I'm posting the link for you to view some pictures of the area: Link 1 | Link 2 If you cant see the picture, we have natural maple floors, natural hickory cabinets, ... http://tomcordova.com/306/spectrolite-and-black-galaxy-granite/ Dear Tom, I'm changing out my boring blue laminate countertops for granite and am struggling on the perfect color. I've narrowed down the colors to Golden Leaf, Tropical Brown, and Santa Cecilia Gold. My dilema is that I have brazilian cherry floors, medium brown maple cabinets, and a fireplace ... http://tomcordova.com/305/compliment-dark-wood-with-golden-leaf-granite/ Hello Tom, I am building a tile roof home, hacienda-Spanish style. My kitchen is medium size and I have dark, probably espresso, large plank wood floors (knotted). I chose oil rubbed bronze for fixtures. The back splash is a lighter natural stone tile with a few 4x4 deco inserts that ... http://tomcordova.com/302/granite-for-a-verdigris-patina/ Tom, We will be installing Armstrong's Waverly cabinets in Toffee and wood floors in our kitchen. I was leaning toward a dark granite with green (perhaps peacock, butterfly or pocono) because I thought a brown granite would be boring and "samey" with the cabinets and floor. Do you ... http://tomcordova.com/301/worries-about-dark-green-granites/ Hi Tom, Thanks for providing this service to support a wonderful cause, which I am happy to support. I have just had a kitchen renovation that is 20X13 space L shaped with Peninsula, lots of natural lighting, Cappucino Villa pattern travertine floors, hazelnut stain Cherry shaker cabinets, and smoky taupe ... http://tomcordova.com/300/seams-extraordinary-granite-choice/ Tom, We are remodeling a small condo kitchen and would like your advice on choice of granite for counter tops. The cabinets are frameless, Italian design black glass and the appliances are also all black. The floor is a light beige ceramic tile with some veining (sort of marble-ish). ... http://tomcordova.com/299/dark-blue-pearl-granite/ Tom, We are completely remodeling our kitchen and my husband and I (both engineers) do not have an artistic bone in our body and are struggling on granite color choices and are running out of time. We have gone back and forth on cabinet colors and finally decided on a ... http://tomcordova.com/298/avoiding-pepto-pink-look/ Hi - With regard to Pompeii granite from Brazil... I saw some comments to the fact (not necessary from your blog) that it is not a true granite, and is also a weak/fractured granite. What are your thoughts on this and how should this effect my decision to ... http://tomcordova.com/297/pompeii-granite/ Hi Tom, We're very grateful to be able to ask your advice. We have a small kitchen that is getting new shaker style cherry cabinets with a natural finish (some with glass panels). We have pine floors, nice and golden. We have stainless steel appliances & undermount sink, ... http://tomcordova.com/296/granite-for-shaker-style-cherry-cabinets/ I am in the process of remodeling my kitchen and am having difficulty in choosing the granite. My kitchen is 13 X 19 and has 30 year old rustic hexagonal shaped saltillo tile with dark gray brown grout. I have chosen cabinets of rustic hickory with a cinnamon stain and ... http://tomcordova.com/295/granite-instead-of-ceramic-tile/