Comments on: Kitchen Transformation: A pretty shiny thing, and a story about communication

By: Mark

Mark — Fri, 20 Oct 2006 18:03:37 +0000

Hi:

We’re about to install large absolute black honed countertops. Until this morning, we were unaware of the whole staining situation. Now we’re faced with choosing between sealer with enhancer (less likely to show staining?) versus no enhancer. We chose honed because we like the lighter color – we don’t want a dramatic dark color. I’m really curious how your counter has held up relative to your expectations.

Thanks!

By: lindy

lindy — Mon, 25 Sep 2006 23:55:01 +0000

I want a pot filler exactly like that. It is a wonderful thing, and also lovely to look at. I am consumed with envy.

I have not had much experience with contractors, only the redoing of one bathroom, but your countertop situation brings it back with a horrible rush. I felt the whole time that my contractor believed it would be somehow uncool to discuss anything with me, and the whole experience would be satisfying to him proportionate to how much he managed to make all the decisions about my bathroom without any input from me whatsoever.
I had to get up pretty early in the morning to get any measure of control. Never since childhood have I been so close to actually hitting someone!

By: Cowtown Pattie

Cowtown Pattie — Sun, 24 Sep 2006 02:00:53 +0000

Dang, and I was hopin’ it was a built in tap for Shiner Boch…

By: Lisa

Lisa — Fri, 22 Sep 2006 15:38:30 +0000

VERY nice pot filler–didn’t even know there was such a thing until I saw it here. No need to be embarrassed about it–some day, maybe you won’t be able to lift a huge filled-with-water pot, and you’ll be grateful to your younger self for your foresight every time you use it!!

By: joanna

joanna — Fri, 22 Sep 2006 03:18:35 +0000

The pot filler is lovely. My husband would be envious to know that such a thing exists. I thought it was a coffee machine at first glance. Ah, contractors. I manage my father’s property and have dealt with some doozies. Once the counters are in, will everything else just quickly fall in place?

By: 'mouse

'mouse — Thu, 21 Sep 2006 23:41:34 +0000

Communication. Who’dda thunk?

The potfiller’s cool. But in my world if I have to choose between water on the stove versus one less piece of chrome near the stove to get greasy (lots of cooking, esp. Chinese in my house), I know where the equation comes out. Is there any way to keep it clean other than elbow grease?

By: srp

srp — Thu, 21 Sep 2006 21:37:31 +0000

And when will we see your shiny new gas stove…. I bet it will be a knockout too. We had a similar problem in MS… When they brought the countertops for my kitchen, they threw in the whirlpool tub for the bathroom… only the contractor wasn’t ready for it…. and Tommy never was one to hold things in when he got mad. Most of the suppliers knew he was the best around so they went out of their way to do it like he said. I looked great (all three rooms) when it was done.

By: Tom

Tom — Thu, 21 Sep 2006 16:09:52 +0000

Kimberly,

I’m glad it is working out well. Surely the granite fabricators have some method of stabilizing the long counter top for purposes of assuring that it doesn’t break, like strapping it between some pieces of plywood. You might mention that to your contractor. The pot filler is very handsome! They are not usually so aesthetically pleasing.