Just make sure whatever you install is able to be opened from the inside for getting out in case of fire. If you are the only house on the block with bars, it often draws savvy thieves as they wonder what you have in your place. If most of the block has bars, put them on too. Because then the lazy thieves will not go after the easy pickings, your place. I've been in big urban where both were true, either one or two houses on the block had the bars and they were targeted; or everyone pretty much did and whoever didn't got lots of breakins. One house I rented that had bars, they had some funny latches the landlord had to show me how to work, so I could get out of the house if I needed to for fire. It was code, the latches.

Yes, JudyG that's exactly the way people were using the taller table. Sort of a café look, or casual bar setting. One home had a beautiful huge kitchen all done in white with dark wood floors and RH style fixtures and hardware. Where you would normally think would be a traditional dining room, they had made it up with a large high table and 6 barstools. It almost looked like an extension of the island. Another one was in a very open and light kitchen. It was smaller and where you might think of putting a breakfast nook they had a round café-style table with four barstools. I liked it because it gave a more casual appearance. If people were sitting at them, they were on the same level as those working in the kitchen. Almost like a bar at the island for that effect, but with some separation.

The simplest thing will be that the faculties should be practioning architects as well as professors. There is a wide gap between the bookish curriculum and the one which is going outside in the field. The study should be grounded to the regional feasibility and how things are actually practised when you get into the field. There were great structures built but one should also study the whole process of design approval in each design, like what was the need, who were the clients and what they demanded, how did the architect come to build the said thing. The one miss in education I find is that the architects face difficulty running a business and that too should be a part of the architecture degree curriculum.

hi I bought an 18"by 18" black granite readymade sink to be used in my kitchen as opposed to stainless steel sink . what and how do I house it on the granite cooking platform to ensure that the weight of the granite sink can be taken . what supports would a granite stone sink need ?