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I chose to go without. My kitchen opens to our family room and I wanted a good view to watch the Masters or Football games. I have lightening inside, outside, under and over.
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Kitchens without island light fixtures
Its hard to find them but there are kitchens without pendants above the island.
Option to not having a pendant Houzz Discussion
Of course you don't HAVE to, but figure out if you need lighting there.
Have the electrician place one box over the island, and if you feel the need for extra lighting, get a linear fixture. If not, just close it up.
Wall is 45 " Vent is 22 w x 28?
More this size, and a demi will be much nicer
40 w 18/ d 33 hi
Add a really really fluffy faux fern below TO DISGUISE..., Add tall !!! art above and move on: )
Excellent here........ 40 w x 33 h x 15.75 d
THE AIR WILL GO thru the fern
add a BIG FERN BE
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Oooh I like your choices. Much better. I was at a golf tournament so missed all the fun.
Happy to help.
I don't like this slab. Fissures are natural and to be expected with this stone, but the fissuring is excessive and much too obvious on the top part of the stone and going down on the diagonal on the one side. It looks all scratched up in the distance shot, even though it's not.
It's thicker than the other backsplash. Shorter in height than the other back splash. Does not reach the end of the countertop. The "marble" does not match the other "marble" backsplash or top.
Other than that it is perfect!
This is a tract home:
https://www.redfin.com/CA/Rancho-Santa-Fe/7045-Corte-Laguna-92091/home/6539991
There is nothing "wrong" with tract or production, as LONG as you understand the are not custom, or even semi custom.
Don't apply the expectations for more than they are, or can provide. You make that choice, when you decide price and delivery speed are more important the the highest quality, or breadth of selection, or finishing quality in every inch of the house.
The plan currently calls for 4 slabs and several “remnants” from the fabricator’s supply.
Who created this plan? A builder? General contractor? Did they provide you an allowance for countertop material? If so, did they tell you how they came up with that allowance? Is it based on granite, mid-level quartz, quartzite, etc?
Most of the fabricators I work with carry remnants, not slabs. Remnants are a great way to save money in spaces that require a small amount of material like bathrooms. But you are limited by the selection/availability of material in the fabricator's stock.
When looking for slabs for spaces that require more material than you can get from a remnant, you need to know first your fabricator. They are the ones that will provide to you pricing. Does your builder have a fabricator or are they leaving it to you to find one? Then you need to know how your countertop budget was established. Did it include the waterfall ends and backsplash? If not, expect to pay a lot more than your allowance. What did the builder assume was the material when giving you a budget?
Loosely speaking, pricing follows this structure from least to most expensive (for slabs only, not considering materials like Formica, Corian, etc.):
Granite - Common
Quartz - MSI, Hanstone
Granite - Mid to Exotic
Quartz- Silestone, Cambria, Caesarstone
Marble - Common
Quartzite - Common
Marble - Luxury
Quartzite - Luxury
Four slabs of common granite can be $8000 vs four slabs of luxury Iceberg quartzite can be $40k. So before worrying about the price of each slab you see, make sure you are looking at the correct general material that fits your budget. In other words, it doesn't matter the difference between Taj Mahal quartzite and Cristallo quartzite if your budget is for MSI quartz.
Your builder and/or your designer should have made sure you understood your budget and the material you should consider before setting you loose to shop for slabs. Also, it's perfectly reasonable to select slabs and then send the information to the fabricator for pricing. If they price too high, you can cancel the slabs. Warehouse typically give a few days to a week or two before you commit.
Get Danby marble, and live with the patina.
Or skip the idea of marble. Marble has been on work surfaces for centuries, on floors for centuries. If you need 24/7 perfection? You don't use it. Etching is a far more common occurrence than staining. If you can't live with etch? You're overestimating your tolerance for that imperfection as it WILL happen.
As to knives? Use a cutting board, and your head : ) unless you love very dull knives lol.
The experienced tile installers I have used usually have the pattern flow in one direction. I prefer that look also.
Some people like it totally random and that is their personal preference.
My guest bathroom with marble-look porcelain ... pattern flowing from top left to bottom right.
Ugh, hate what the phone camera does to the colors! The wall paint is definitely not gray! The tile is a calacatta gold look and has some warm brown/gold veining.
If you look closely, the tiler does try to match similar veins from tile to tile, but the ultimate goal is a smooth flow across the wall.
There is no right or wrong, just what is pleasing to the homeowner's eye!