Finally upgraded my kitchen counters and I'm loving it!

Sometimes “lived-in” just means you actually use your kitchen, right?

I get what you mean, but I’m still on the fence about the whole “lived-in” look. We just built our place and went with quartz, mostly because I was tired of replacing stuff that didn’t last. Laminate’s fine, but after a few years, the edges started peeling and it just looked... tired. I don’t need everything to be museum-level perfect, but I do want it to hold up. Maybe I’m just paranoid after my last place, but I’d rather deal with a few coffee rings than a whole counter lifting up.