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MandyMilller
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Our tech team has launched updates to The Nest today. As a result of these updates, members of the Nest Community will need to change their password in order to continue participating in the community. In addition, The Nest community member's avatars will be replaced with generic default avatars. If you wish to revert to your original avatar, you will need to re-upload it via The Nest.
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Thank you.
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Here we go again (counters)
Now that I have to have my beautiful counters replaced, I'm struggling to pick a substitute 
It's so hard b/c I love the look of the marble, but it just won't work for us w/ the maintenance. Sucks!
Anyone care to weigh in? The first two are quartz, which I like the performance of, but they look sort of flat and unnatural next to the actual marble. DH likes the variation and dimension of natural stones, so he is very into the granite, but I'm worried it will look too busy.
Here's our kitchen now (the island will have distressed walnut if it ever comes in):
Example of Lyra quartz:
Cortina quartz:
Bianco Antico granite:
Re: Here we go again (counters)
Yeah, I had pretty much eliminated the Lyra, but figured I'd throw it out there. Next to the real marble it looks the most similar on the sample, but the pics I'm finding in a larger area don't look as nice.
I was sort of leaning Cortina, but it
What brands does HD carry(that's where you got it right)?
Caesar Stone has one called Misty Carrera:
http://www.caesarstoneus.com/products/color/4141/
I love your kitchen! bummer the marble won't work. It is gorgeous! What about Bianco Romano granite? It has a more movement but fewer specks, so it might look better. I don't think anything synthetic is going