Color Question about Kohler Cast Iron Sea Salt
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Kohler Smart Divide Cast Iron Sink
Comments (14)If you like the design of the Kohler Smart Divide, but would rather have silgranite like material instead of cast iron, you might like what I got. It is made by Swanstone and is most likely more reasonable in price for the budget concious folks like me. The sink is being installed as we speak, and I can take a picture later and post. Obviously have not used it yet and cannot give you life experience report. But from all the silgranite sink owners we hear from here, we know it's well loved. Below is a link to Swanstone. They have 2 styles - one called Ascend Bowl and the other called Large/Small Bowl. I have the latter, but really like the Ascend Bowl and almost bought it. Here is a link that might be useful: Swanstone sinks...See MorePlease help quickly - does Kohler Sea Salt go with Torquay?
Comments (13)Oldbat2be - thanks for the info. I'll be anxious to see your countertop in! Beausrose - thank you for comments. That tile gets positive comments wherever I take it (and yes, I take it with me shopping). I once had people working in my house (not related to the kitchen work), and one of them said "I hope you picked that blue tile." :) I'd be happy to share the information about it. It's Grazia Essenze in the color Genziana. I added the link below. The tile in the picture is the 13x13cm Neoclassico. It's made in Italy, so beware that it's an unusual size - 13 x 13 cm, which is something close to 5x5". I'm putting 3 of those tiles over the rangetop, on the diagonal, surrounded by straight white tiles, bordered by the 6cm high voluta. Around the kitchen, I will have white tile on the diagonal, with the 3x3 cm blue voluta as an accent. So I'm mixing the voluta and the Neoclassico lines of the Essenze. My problem is that the matching tile in white is in "magnolia" and it's not a bright white. It's more creamy. I really wanted a white tile with the white cabinets and Torquay countertop, but couldn't find one that exact size. So I'm using 6x6 inch Market-Collection Asbury field tile as the background. The sizes aren't exact, but by mixing them straight with the diagonal Grazia accents (and the other way around), I hope it will be okay. I thought it better to have the right color, wrong size, than the wrong color, right size. It looks fine on paper... we'll see. If I have time tomorrow, I'll post the pictures of the sample board of this tile. And get this! When I was pouring over magazines, I found a diagonal accent I liked. I found out who made it, went to a boutique tile store, they located it, and it was ... $195 a tile. I realize some of you reading this might spend that on a tile, but it was over my budget by far. I then found the Grazia - I think the big diagonal tiles are $18 each or something like that. And I love it! Tile is VERY hard for me to pick out (when I did a bathroom, it took me 11 trips to the tile store just to pick a cream tile). But when I found the Grazia, I was done. It's perfect for what I was looking for! So, onto the sink. We went yesterday to see sea salt in person. It is lovely, but was too creamy compared to the Torquay. They had a cashmere there that was lovely with Torquay, but the color didn't match our chip exactly, and our chip didn't match their chip exactly (one was browner, one greyer - they are going to bring this to Kohler's attention), so we were worried about ordering another sink and not being sure of the exact color. Plus it would take 10-12 days to get in. Plus, there is really nothing in my kitchen design that goes with cashmere, even thought it's VERY pretty. It just doesn't add anything to my color scheme. That last is what sold me against cashmere (it IS really pretty though!). So we are going with ... a white Kohler sink (Langlade smart divide). All this, for a white sink. But I think it will be beautiful with the white cabs, white and blue tiles, and Torquay. In addition, it's cheaper, I can get it in 2 days, it's classic and traditional, and it CANNOT be a wrong choice! So white it is! I am hoping it will POP with the other design elements I have. Thanks everyone for your help! I'll post pictures when I find the time! Piglet Here is a link that might be useful: Link to Grazia Essenze Tile...See MoreSilgranit vs. Kohler cast iron Smart Divide
Comments (38)We put in the kohler cast iron sink in our last house and I loved it .We had heavy minerals in our water that stained everything and bonami keep that sink looking new. The down side is its a very hard serface so I broke a few things before I got used to it. The other real negative was the weight of the sink its self . The sink that was in the house was horribly stained so we replaced it withen weeks of buying the house and before we redid the total kitchen a year later. The sink was so heavy it cracked the counter top and the frame of the cabinet. We replaced it with a really heavy duty cabinet when we redid the kitchen and it held up really well. I choose kohler cast iron for the bathtub we put in last month because of my good experance with the kohler kitchen sink....See MoreKohler Riverby undermount sink- White or Sea Salt ?
Comments (36)Has anyone found a tile for the backsplash that coordinates with the sea salt sink? I'm debating between white and sea salt for my kitchen sink, too, but with cherry cabinets and white appliances, I am concerned about introducing another color/texture in the tiled backsplash....See MoreUser
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