It's such a manly response!

Thanks for the laugh. It is so great that he is enjoying it. I got DH to go granite shopping yesterday after many failed attempts. When we were leaving he actually said "That was fun". He has come a long way.

So glad you both are enjoying your beautiful kitchen.

Isn't it funny what gets them excited in this process? I remember when I first figured out that soapstone was what I wanted and had to follow up that discovery with the job of convincing my husband that it was worth it. I showed him a lot of pics and he would just kind of grunt a "ho-hum" grunt at them. Then, I read that soapstone had been, for many years, the counter of choice in chemistry labs. When I told him that, he completely changed his tune and, all of a sudden, we had to have it, and nothing else would do!

LOL....after all your photos, I was expecting to SEE DH on soapstone!!

that is really cute! :)

gee, you all have given me a little hope that something will spark dh's interest!

ironcook... don't hold out too much hope. Everything he's now impressed with is after the fact. He had no clue what soapstone was and didn't come with me to see it. (OK.. I did fly to NY but that's besides the point) He can't stop talking about our disposal... it's a batch feed. Prior and until after installation and use; he did not understand why/how it did not have a switch and thought it would be a PIA. Sink... thought I'd seriously regret not having two bowls since that's what he always had had. Shows it off like a shiny new hot rod. And the list goes on...

It's so tempting to "I told you so " him. For three years I collected stuff, shopped stuff, researched till I was cross eyed and he thought I was obsessing. Right down to taking out walls and opening up the space as much as possible. It's very gratifying to see him so happy with what was originally his home. In the beginning he thought I should be happy with his original layout (about a 9x10 broken U with a peninsula that let less them a 2' walkway between it and the table) and just buy a new stove and frig. AHHHHHH.... so happy!

lol funny, remodelfla. okay... maybe not, then. i don't think we'll have anything like a shiny new hot rod in our kitchen.

i'll have to admit, regarding that other thread about kitchen stuff being "sexy", that the first thing that came to my mind was that sink of yours! ;)

it's wonderful to hear that you're BOTH so happy!

I know exactly how you feel! My DH is the same, I had to do a lot of talking for him to be more than "unenthusiastic" about soapstone, and he finally agreed with a "get what you want, I don't care" attitude.

And now he loves the soapstone, it along with the induction cooktop are his favorite things in the kitchen.

For my DH, I think he secretly would have loved to have wild stone in the kitchen. Way back we were looking at marble for my hutch (still don't have it) and I asked him to pick out his favorite, and he picked out Forest Green!

If I had picked a calm soapstone, he'd probably be indifferent, but Monsoon Wave is pretty "involved" for a soapstone, and its also very green- my DH's favorite color.

While I'm not going back, I have a twinge of regret getting the soapstone now, because of the problems I'm having with the color matching (I didn't start with planning on having this color countertops). But I like having soapstone too. . . I'm suppose to be putting in the backsplash today and I already changed the wall color, so hopefully that will make it look more tied together. If not, I'll just get use to it.

remodelfla, I think this thread needs a picture of your beautiful soapstone to dress it up! I know they are elsewhere, but seriously? Talking about it without a pic?? ;-p

I agree, I thought I'd see DH on the counter...

macy... I don't remember your wall color or the issue you had with it. Re-painting is a pain but definitely doable.
Oh fine.... :-)))

Yup.....that is gorgeous! I, too, thought you might have a pic of your DH lying on the soapstone wearing nothing but a teatowel, or pot holder. LOL!

Always love to see that mesmerizing soapstone! It's great to hear that DH has fallen under the soapstone spell!

You guys are too funny!

My DH loves our soapstone too. I think he is attractd to the matte feel and the dark color. Sorta dark and moody...reminds me of someone LOL!

I feel like we are married to the same man (well, we share between Macybaby and Boxerpups as well).

My husband actually fell in love with the slabs we picked...I let him peruse around, I knew what I wanted, but wanted to let him make the decision. One was more beautiful than the next...I just hope it isn't too soft...look at that, we finally agree on it and now I'M worried about the decision.

You're soapstone is beautiful...and I agree, watching the transformation from light, to dark is an amazing process. I liken it to when we got our front load washing machine...we all would sit in front of it like it was a TV watching... funny.