I sit there with my jaw hanging down when I see people on House Hunters walking around a house twenty times better than anything I could even DREAM of living in, and saying "We'd have to gut the whole thing, of course." Well, of course.

OMG YES. That kills me..:mad:

They walk around that wonderful home and turn it down because the color of the painted kitchen cabinets is wrong. Or the play room has the wrong color. People, get real. You don't have to have it perfect when you move in. Let the house help tell you what it wants to be!

Has anyone had one of those concrete counter tops? I love it when they stain them. They are just gorgeous.

I'd like to think that I wouldn't turn into one of those people, turning up my nose at those beautiful homes, if a whole pile of money fell out of the sky.

Realistically? If you can afford it, and you're planning to live there a long time, why not have exactly what you want? I get that. But it's still hard to wrap my mind around being ABLE to do that!

Of course, if a whole pile of money fell out of the sky, it would probably fall on my head and paralyze me from the nose down or something. Be careful what you wish for. :D

We have Silestone counters. A man-made substance from glass-like material available in many multicolored looks, etc. It's made of Quartz, cleans up and shines with Windex, is solid (laminates can peel), is totally burn-proof, non-porous - I LOVE IT. Would get it again. 8 years later, still looks great and new.

I would love concrete counter tops with green sea glass mixed in, would that be nice?

I am currently painting my kitchen cabinets. They are wood colored and just a builders grade cabinet. not fancy cherry or oak. just wood. At first the hubby freaked out. You CANT paint them! Then i showed him several black and white kitchens in magazines. now he is excited to see how pretty our kitchen will be. Just a lick of paint and it will be wonderful! I didnt replace the light fixture above the sink or island, I painted them! six bucks versus sixty bucks.

I wouldnt mind corian counter tops or butcher block, because they are long haul materials. stone surface stuff requires alot of care, and maintenance. I dont want to work for my kitchen, I want it to work for me.

I just want it to work.

Yeah, I'd like to have a self-cooking, self-serving, self-cleaning kitchen.:D:p:D

I want Rosie from the Jetsons!

Hmm, yeah. I told my daughter the other day that all I wanted was my housework done for me (which Bob pretty much does), my clothes laundered, my food cooked and served, my groceries bought, my finances taken care of, and my hair washed. I'll brush my own teeth. My daughter said, "Um, that would be a nursing home." GACK!!! :eek: