On Sun, 05 Mar 2006 10:24:47 GMT, "Viviane" >
wrote:

>I agree with having smooth benchtops. In our old house we had a laminate
>that wasn't smooth and it was difficult to keep clean and not easy to work
>on for pastry, bread etc. We have marble in our new home and it's great for
>working on and cleaning.

Is it really marble, rather than granite? Marble is porous and an awful lot more
work to maintain than granite.

-- Larry