Again I am asking for help from all of you wise ones!

I chose an induction cooktop for our new kitchen. Because I love the look of a gas range, I thought that I'd try to make the drop-in induction cooktop have the visual "weight" of a gas range. I know that it won't look like a gas range, but I wanted the cooking area to be a focal point on that wall.

My idea was to have the cooktop cabinet painted black (the rest of the cabinetry is white) and pulled out 2". So far, so good. Additionally, I thought I'd have the countertop for the cooktop cabinet be stainless. The rest of the countertop on that wall will be black antiqued granite. This will introduce two seams where the granite meets the stainless on each side of the cooktop cabinet, much like having a range. My question is, am I crazy for introducing seams when I could just have seamless granite from end to end, with a regular cutout for the cooktop? For those of you who have ranges, how much of pain is that seam between the range and your countertop?

Thanks again for your help!

Camille

Here's the kitchen in progress. The cabinetry is only primed so far, but you can see the cooktop cabinet primed in dark gray. Don't mind that exposed plumbing drain! That's another whole story!

{{!gwi}}