The Noisettes

Countertops

We got a decent quote back for CaesarStone countertops yesterday. CaesarStone is similar to the Silestone and Zodiaq quartz countertops.

About the price of granite, but I think CaesarStone is a much better product for a few reasons:

And it looks nice.

This is the color we’ll probably go with, “Blizzard.” It’s kind of a white with gray quartz in it…

Flooring

It’s decided — we’re going with cork for our kitchen. The combination of eco-friendliness, natural resistance to water and bugs, and softness (for the back & knees) makes it the best choice we think.

We’ve been trying to come up with a way to get cork in the bathroom, but we keep reading that it’s not recommended. Darn.

We’re definitely doing it in the kitchen though. We found a few options in a floating floor snap-together form (awesome & easy!). Now we have to decide whether we go light floor or dark to go with our medium brown cabinets (example shown here)

What do you think works the best with the cabinets?

Our current choice:

Other options:

Research links:

http://www.apccork.com/gallery.html

http://www.hardwoodinstaller.com/hardwoodinstaller/cork.htm

http://www.hardwoodinstaller.com/hardwoodinstaller/apc-cork-review.htm
http://www.ifloor.com/item_184446/cork-flooring/apc-cork/prefinished-planks/athene-grey.html
http://www.ifloor.com/powersearch.pl?N=9+4294961679+4294964013

Our House

Well we’ve come to the more difficult part of the process.

In the next few days we’ll order our sinks, toilets, tub, and shower heads.

Since Summer 2007 is approaching fast we’re considering hiring out for the tile work for our shower. At the moment we envision a marble and glass shower stall, but we may go with a glass tile if the marble doesn’t work out.
What do you think?

Our House