{"id":307,"date":"2009-10-09T19:49:24","date_gmt":"2009-10-09T23:49:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/arr-haus\/?p=307"},"modified":"2009-10-09T19:50:01","modified_gmt":"2009-10-09T23:50:01","slug":"dont-take-it-for-granite","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/arr-haus\/dont-take-it-for-granite","title":{"rendered":"Don&#8217;t Take It For Granite!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Beyond rearranging the kitchen from its previous layout, the biggest change there will be new granite counter tops.  Yes, it&#8217;s hackneyed, trite, commonplace &ndash; in a word, clich&eacute; &ndash; but darn it, they&#8217;re so shiny!  How can I resist?<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/arr-haus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/Granite.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/arr-haus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/Granite-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Granite\" title=\"Granite\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-309\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/arr-haus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/Granite-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/arr-haus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/Granite-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/arr-haus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/Granite.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s so shiny you can see the reflection of me &#038; John the Granite Guy.  I also asked him to pose next to the slab so you get a sense of scale:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/arr-haus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/John-+-Granite.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/arr-haus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/John-+-Granite-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"John + Granite\" title=\"John + Granite\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-310\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/arr-haus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/John-+-Granite-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/arr-haus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/John-+-Granite-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/arr-haus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/John-+-Granite.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I visited him at his shop in Franklin, MA and got to see the giant water-cooled blade that slices through granite more easily than I can cut through the aged Gouda:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/arr-haus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/Granite-Cutting-2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/arr-haus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/Granite-Cutting-2-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Granite Cutting\" title=\"Granite Cutting\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-308\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/arr-haus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/Granite-Cutting-2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/arr-haus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/Granite-Cutting-2-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/arr-haus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/Granite-Cutting-2.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Can&#8217;t wait to see what it looks like when it&#8217;s in my kitchen!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Beyond rearranging the kitchen from its previous layout, the biggest change there will be new granite counter tops. Yes, it&#8217;s hackneyed, trite, commonplace &ndash; in a word, clich&eacute; &ndash; but darn it, they&#8217;re so shiny! How can I resist? It&#8217;s so shiny you can see the reflection of me &#038; John the Granite Guy. 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