Countertops!

*Warning, if reading about my countertop choices sounds exceedingly boring, read no further.*

Choosing countertops is giving me an ulcer...do people still get ulcers? Maybe that was hot in the 90's, I'm thinking people don't get them anymore. Well, I might be being a little dramatic, maybe.

The thing is, I love honed white calacatta counters but Pat is really against white counter tops. So my second choice, I think, is soapstone. However, people will tell you how terrible it is and then the next person will tell you how wonderful they are...it is very confusing. Also, I feel like if the counters aren't great, it brings the entire kitchen down. So after several trips to various stone yards, I think that I have chosen a couple of slabs. They are soapstone so I will let you know a year from now how I feel about them. They have some crazy veining...

Here it is next to calacatta marble

Here are some of the other things I came across:

 Above is "Green Leather" Soapstone...it is definitely not for me. Of course, it is much cheaper...that is the story of my life.

Above is a more traditional soapstone without the treatment to make it darker...I like it, but I went with the crazier veining in the first picture. I am happy to have made the decision but my 1998 ulcer is still flared up worrying that I made the wrong decision!