Popular countertop materials for 2012: Zinc and Walnut
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Miriam Illions on Mar 21, 2012I love the walnut. Thanks for the pictures!Helpful Reply
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Brooks Custom on Mar 21, 2012Yea, I love the walnut. That's one of our most popular pictures. I'm not sure if you're on Houzz.com, but that's where we post a lot of our projects. It's similar to this site, but more design-oriented: http://www.houzz.com/pro/toddcostello/brooks-customHelpful Reply
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KMS Woodworks on Mar 21, 2012I have always been a fan of walnut...and not just in the kitchen. My home office is done in mostly walnut and I have built a number of projects for clients in walnut as well.Helpful Reply
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Brooks Custom on Mar 21, 2012Yea...for wood....walnut, teak and maple are always pretty popular selections when we have people in the showroom. I like the zebra wood, also.Helpful Reply
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Miriam Illions on Mar 21, 2012I took a look, very impressive!Helpful Reply
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Kelli E on Mar 21, 2012The walnut looks very nice but wood countertops wouldn't hold up at my house. The zinc looks too institutional.Helpful Reply
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Robin on Mar 21, 2012I'm still wantin' me some concrete counter tops...Helpful Reply
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Patrick L on Mar 21, 2012That zinc CT, is sleek and looks beautiful with the stainless, but that back is atrocious.Helpful Reply
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Brooks Custom on Mar 21, 2012haha, yea we can't control every aspect at the shows....I'll post some more zinc pics. It's one of my personal favorites with the materials we work with.Helpful Reply
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Rachel Z on Mar 21, 2012I'm a huge fan of dark woodwork...so I think I like the walnut because of the rich color.Helpful Reply
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Donna S on Mar 21, 2012love the walnut - how can zinc be safe for food prep ?Helpful Reply
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Susan H on Mar 21, 2012The zinc looks like an institutional kitchen -- I prefer the walnut.Helpful Reply
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Brooks Custom on Mar 21, 2012Zinc doesn't have any compounds that would react with food prep...It actually has antimicrobial properties. Similar to stainless steel when it was said that it kills E.Coli in the kitchen....Helpful Reply
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Najwa S on Mar 21, 2012I have to go with Zinc.. Walnut finish would not last in our household. End up looking destroyed.Helpful Reply
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Linda M on Mar 21, 2012I have to admit, I went with Corian. About 35 years ago a friend of mine was remodeling her kitchen at the same time an old school was being torn down. Her hubby was on the demo crew, who were allowed to use whatever would otherwise have been dumped (yeah, recycling even then). He brought home this beautiful oak flooring, refinished it and used it as her counters. He used some sort of epoxy-type finish on it and it was gorgeous! (He also scored the glass doorknobs that were already turning purple.)Helpful Reply
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Shannon L on Mar 21, 2012love the zinc. and love the industrial look in that particular kitchen too.Helpful Reply
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Brooks Custom on Mar 21, 2012@Linda....When it comes to all our premium wide plank tops...We have a Marine Oil Finish that we use exclusively in our shop and we guarantee it for the life-span of the kitchen: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tbCJEYk4EgY When choosing a wood top, the finish is EXTREMELY important!Helpful Reply
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Lucie P on Mar 21, 2012The walnut..... gorgeous piece of wood :-DHelpful Reply
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Donna J on Mar 21, 2012I like them both. It would depend on what I was putting in the rest of the kitchen, which one I would go with.Helpful Reply
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Nancy L on Mar 21, 2012I love them both! Maybe counters out of one and the island topped with the other!Helpful Reply
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Kathi J on Mar 21, 2012Both are lovely in their surrounding design. Very nice!Helpful Reply
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Sandra C on Mar 21, 2012Like the walnut the best, but the zinc is nice too!Helpful Reply
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Su T on Mar 21, 2012gotta go with walnutHelpful Reply
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Cathy B on Mar 21, 2012the walnut is showier in photo but the other looks richer and more modern, I thinkHelpful Reply
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Melanie L on Mar 25, 2012stainless steel the best cleans easy especially with kidsHelpful Reply
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Brooks Custom on Mar 27, 2012Stainless is great, Melanie...I'll dig up some unique stainless projects next!Helpful Reply
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Susan S on Jun 05, 2012The walnut is soooo rich looking - reminds me of really dark dark CHOCOLATE!! Many many years ago when I first began in furniture sales we were told that very little was being made w/Walnut any more because there had been a blight that almost destroyed all the Walnut trees! Older furniture made in the 40's or so used to be made with a fair amount of walnut but now there seems to be a come back. Is Walnut being imported or have new forests been planted???Helpful Reply
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Brooks Custom on Jun 05, 2012Are you sure it was walnut and not chestnut?Helpful Reply
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Susan S on Jun 05, 2012Yep, I specifically remember Walnut!! Maybe some over-zealous furniture rep fed us a big line - they were always imbellishing things!! LOL And, at that time I was rather new in the field so I probably believed every word they said!! (then I married one) ;~)Helpful Reply
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Brooks Custom on Jun 05, 2012Yea, I'm not sure. That description of the blight and all the trees being wiped out aligns with chestnut and why the chestnut used today is mostly reclaimed.Helpful Reply
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Susan S on Jun 05, 2012???? One more of life's mysteries . . . . .Helpful Reply
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