{"id":4560,"date":"2013-08-28T07:00:23","date_gmt":"2013-08-28T11:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kikis-list.com\/?p=4560"},"modified":"2013-08-28T12:14:06","modified_gmt":"2013-08-28T16:14:06","slug":"fauxmica","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kikis-list.com\/blog\/2013\/08\/28\/fauxmica\/","title":{"rendered":"fauxmica."},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><a style=\"text-align: center;\" href=\"https:\/\/kikis-list.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Screen-Shot-2013-08-27-at-12.50.47-PM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4562\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2013-08-27 at 12.50.47 PM\" src=\"https:\/\/kikis-list.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Screen-Shot-2013-08-27-at-12.50.47-PM.png\" width=\"945\" height=\"1239\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kikis-list.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Screen-Shot-2013-08-27-at-12.50.47-PM.png 945w, https:\/\/kikis-list.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Screen-Shot-2013-08-27-at-12.50.47-PM-229x300.png 229w, https:\/\/kikis-list.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Screen-Shot-2013-08-27-at-12.50.47-PM-768x1007.png 768w, https:\/\/kikis-list.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Screen-Shot-2013-08-27-at-12.50.47-PM-781x1024.png 781w, https:\/\/kikis-list.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Screen-Shot-2013-08-27-at-12.50.47-PM-442x580.png 442w, https:\/\/kikis-list.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Screen-Shot-2013-08-27-at-12.50.47-PM-624x818.png 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 945px) 100vw, 945px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">I have had a lot of readers ask me about <a href=\"http:\/\/kikis-list.com\/2012\/10\/02\/family-circle\/\">our kitchen countertops<\/a> over the past year. \u00a0They are Carrara Marble slabs from <a href=\"http:\/\/beautifulgranite.com\">Dominion Granite<\/a>. \u00a0I love having marble in our kitchen, but I also don&#8217;t mind the patina that builds on marble countertops. \u00a0I like to think of them as my\u00a0<em>kitchen memoirs.<\/em> \u00a0Many people stay away from marble because of 1.) the patina and 2.) the cost.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/kikis-list.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Screen-Shot-2013-08-27-at-12.43.26-PM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4561\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2013-08-27 at 12.43.26 PM\" src=\"https:\/\/kikis-list.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Screen-Shot-2013-08-27-at-12.43.26-PM.png\" width=\"629\" height=\"620\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kikis-list.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Screen-Shot-2013-08-27-at-12.43.26-PM.png 629w, https:\/\/kikis-list.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Screen-Shot-2013-08-27-at-12.43.26-PM-300x295.png 300w, https:\/\/kikis-list.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Screen-Shot-2013-08-27-at-12.43.26-PM-624x615.png 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 629px) 100vw, 629px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Now, take a look at these countertops. \u00a0What do they all have in common?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kikis-list.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Screen-Shot-2013-08-27-at-12.43.01-PM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4563\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2013-08-27 at 12.43.01 PM\" src=\"https:\/\/kikis-list.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Screen-Shot-2013-08-27-at-12.43.01-PM.png\" width=\"587\" height=\"904\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kikis-list.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Screen-Shot-2013-08-27-at-12.43.01-PM.png 587w, https:\/\/kikis-list.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Screen-Shot-2013-08-27-at-12.43.01-PM-194x300.png 194w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 587px) 100vw, 587px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/kikis-list.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Screen-Shot-2013-08-27-at-12.39.50-PM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4564\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2013-08-27 at 12.39.50 PM\" src=\"https:\/\/kikis-list.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Screen-Shot-2013-08-27-at-12.39.50-PM.png\" width=\"601\" height=\"506\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kikis-list.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Screen-Shot-2013-08-27-at-12.39.50-PM.png 601w, https:\/\/kikis-list.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Screen-Shot-2013-08-27-at-12.39.50-PM-300x252.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 601px) 100vw, 601px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/kikis-list.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Screen-Shot-2013-08-27-at-12.39.21-PM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4565\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2013-08-27 at 12.39.21 PM\" src=\"https:\/\/kikis-list.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Screen-Shot-2013-08-27-at-12.39.21-PM.png\" width=\"601\" height=\"362\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kikis-list.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Screen-Shot-2013-08-27-at-12.39.21-PM.png 601w, https:\/\/kikis-list.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Screen-Shot-2013-08-27-at-12.39.21-PM-300x180.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 601px) 100vw, 601px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/kikis-list.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Screen-Shot-2013-08-27-at-12.39.10-PM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4566\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2013-08-27 at 12.39.10 PM\" src=\"https:\/\/kikis-list.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Screen-Shot-2013-08-27-at-12.39.10-PM.png\" width=\"601\" height=\"452\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kikis-list.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Screen-Shot-2013-08-27-at-12.39.10-PM.png 601w, https:\/\/kikis-list.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Screen-Shot-2013-08-27-at-12.39.10-PM-300x225.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 601px) 100vw, 601px\" \/><\/a>Well, if the title of this post was any indication- YES! \u00a0 They are all laminate. \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/formica180fx.com\/learn.php\">Calcutta 180 x Formica <\/a>to be exact. Don&#8217;t they look incredible? \u00a0At $16\/ sq. ft. they are a great alternative to marble. \u00a0Formica sure has come a long way!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have had a lot of readers ask me about our kitchen countertops over the past year. \u00a0They are Carrara Marble slabs from Dominion Granite. \u00a0I love having marble in our kitchen, but I also don&#8217;t mind the patina that builds on marble countertops. \u00a0I like to think of them as my\u00a0kitchen memoirs. \u00a0Many people [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31,80,18,4,13,34,61],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4560","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-deals-and-steals","category-in-my-kitchen","category-interior-design","category-interiors","category-on-a-dime","category-our-house","category-tile"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kikis-list.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4560","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kikis-list.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kikis-list.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kikis-list.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kikis-list.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4560"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kikis-list.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4560\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kikis-list.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4560"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kikis-list.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4560"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kikis-list.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4560"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}