Avoiding white countertops
Lynn Johnson-McBee
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Comments (9)That was a great thread to read. Thanks for sharing it. I totally agree with your thinking, damiarain. I’ve taken my paint sample to the local quartz shop and have found one good possibility (LG Viatera Porcelain white) and am waiting to receive a larger sample from them to consider it further... I think it is a smidge brighter than our paint sample for cabinets, so I need to consider whether that will be an issue. The fact that it is on a horizontal plane and that it has a higher sheen than the cabinet paint makes exact-matching tricky, and I’m not sure that exact-matching is even what we should be striving for... Finding a subtly creamy solid white quartz (not ivory but not bright white either) has proven a little more difficult than I anticipated! The picture below is the look we’re going for - white cabinets and countertops with soft taupe (matte) backsplash. mcgoverntheory, why avoid all-white countertop? Just for the practical reasons of showing dirt?...See Moreneed help avoiding white grout
Comments (3)Use good grout: look at the higher end of the product spectrum from Laticrete, Ardex, Mapei. Then use a good cleaner like from the Laticrete Stonetech product line....See MoreZeus White Extreme quartz countertop - can walls be off-white?
Comments (7)Cutting or increasing a colour by a percentage is open to a great deal of interpretation. So it’s kind of a clunky approach unless you have actually seen the results of a specific colour being manipulated from a specific store and liked it. Does it mean somewhat lighter - but the same degree of colourfulness? Does it mean both lighter + less colourful? Whichever it is - you end up with a new colour - which you may - or may not like. You can however, create an effective palette layering white & off-white tones together. The secret? Ensuring the two ’whites’ look deliberate, by having enough contrast so neither looks dingy or dirty next to the other. This can be done by managing their difference in Chroma. (degree of colourfulness) And if they aren’t too close together in Hue, nor too far apart either, this also adds to the degree of contrast. As Colour Guru Lori Saway explains ,if two white surfaces ’have a minimum difference in Chroma of at least 0.2 then neither will appear dingy or dirty alongside the other.’ #huefamilies #white #chroma...See MoreAvoid messy seams on IKEA Ringhult High Gloss White Paneling on island
Comments (0)Our island will have a U-shaped knee wall (both ends and back). We plan to panel the knee wall with IKEA Ringhult High Gloss white panels to match our cabinets. We will have to cut the panels to size. And that means, we will have seams, as shown in diagram attached. Q: What can we do to get neat and clean seams with this high gloss white paneling? BTW, IKEA's refrigerator and dishwasher end panels are 5/8 inch thick, but their other panels are 1/2 inch thick. So I guess we have to use all 5/8 or all 1/2 inch panels, but not both, or there would be a mismatch at the seams. Many thanks in advance for sharing your experience and expertise!...See MoreLynn Johnson-McBee
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