Pretty backsplash--can't put anything on counter!!
Laura Weller
11 years ago
I loooooooooooooooooooooooove my new backsplash! So much that I don't want anything to go back on the counter.
I used to have the following: espresso machine, container with brushes (near sink), knife block, kitchenaid stand mixer (red), two hand made cruets (vinegar and oil), salt, a wrought iron cookbook holder, and a blender. Oh, and a phone!
Now I don't want anything on there! (Well, kind of hard to hide the espresso maker)
My husband is trying to talk me down--"it's a working kitchen."
I have even put the knife block in the lazy susan.
What do you think--am I nuts? Will I get over it?
First time trying to post an image--hope it works....
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Comments (34)Ahhh... wow. Never know what you'll find when you google. There was a thread - many threads no doubt, on this subject but at least one to which I contributed a couple years back. I googled and found this on pinterest, which I've never even visited; it's my kitchen!: http://www.pinterest.com/pin/44543483788641019/ Let me report that a couple years forward I consider my long-standing compost issue a complete non-issue now. All those years buying expensive compost buckets that break, being given wacky devices with filters and odor soakers and the rest .... all nonsense. For me, the solution was simple in the end. I have two sinks. Next to one is built in an open shelf, into which I set a plastic square food-service type bin. They're cheap, about $5 for the container and the same for the cover. They are, therefore, easy to replace for little money, but being plastic and a heavy duty good quality plastic at that, just don't need replacing. I think I have replaced them once in a couple years? Or maybe I just thought about it ... I do find that the opaque and not clear bins are better. Having an open shelf for the bucket makes it easy to just stuff the container in there off the counter when I am overtaken with a rare fit of cleanliness. I usually grab it back out within 5 minutes, but it's easy when the shelf is open like that. I have three bins total, a 4qt one and 2 2qt ones. The 2 qt ones fit, end to end, in the space as pictured on pinterest. It's the top of a totally groovy, very expensive rev-a-shelf double bin trash pullout. The cans are stainless steel and hence worth their weight in gold, evidently. The small sizes work great for me, I think the small container is 10L and the larger is 20L. Here's the piece. On top of that plastic shelf you can make out above the section the bins pull out of, is where I set the two smaller food service bins. Wow, Look at all the products this company has. The bins are called Camsquares, but any food service store will carry them for cheap. My cabinet is taller than the pull out bins need so as to leave space up top on that plastic shelves to set the compost. Those go at the food cleanup sink, the larger bucket at the prep sink. I prefer smaller bins for all of the above and just to take it out more often. Smell is *never* a problem unless I forget that third container back there! Which is just as well, how else would you know there had been an oversight? Do search the archives on GW on this topic. The subject has been explored for years. Some folks have some pretty imaginative solutions, with drawers that have overlids, and inset circles into the counters, etc. For the long haul, I recommend simple=good. Grunge happens and builds up and I think it's better to have cheap, easy, replaceable with time. I scrub my bins every time they come back from a compost dump but still, eventually they get a little grubby. I have nothing invested in plastic tubs, so that's easy to just change out....See MoreCounter top help for this cookie cutter kitchen..(pics)
Comments (15)Yea, the counters aren't in bad shape at all. Except there's some water damage around that wood trim. Which is also the part I hate the most. That trim! And with wanting to paint the cabs white, I can't leave that and I don't like the look of that part painted, either. You know how you walk in the room, and something just stands out and as eye sore, making you not like the entire room. That's what these counters do for me. I really wouldn't mind the kitchen at all, if it weren't for those. Heck..I'd probably not even paint the cabs, (a whole other fear there). But, the green with the red paint kills me. If we don't get them done in the next six months, we're painting the kitchen again. Just to get rid of the red and green. It's funny, one of the reasons we bought this house a yr ago over some of the others, was because of the counters. I was so sick of seeing the same granite everywhere, this was a nice change. I think if I could go to a granite yard, pick out a beautiful slab I'd consider doing granite. But, I'm really just tired of seeing it in every single house I go to. High end homes, to middle of the road ones like mine. I have no choice but to do something cheaper, from a box store. And I just can't see doing the thin, little granite slabs all the builders and flippers do around here....See Moregranite counter-top seams ... are we being too picky?
Comments (44)These are my pics of my countertops placed Friday June 22, 2018. I cried looking at these seams. It looks so cheap. Fabricator explains that's the way it comes. I explained that I shouldn't be able to see the seams so clearly. It looks so unprofessional. They ended up taking them back to their warehouse. In hopes they say if it is quality control will try and fix it just to make it look better. Otherwise I will have to pay an additional fee for them to come out again to install. I just don't know what to do and if still looks the same. This is the first time I've replaced my counters in 24 years. I don't and can't live with it. looking at this for another 24 years. It looks so cheap and it really was not it's a lot of money to me. I hope fingers crossed that they will fix this problem. They never told me that there would be such seams. I thought the edges were done by a machine and it would be all one piece. I have read up on this and now understand there are seams. But now I do know that they should not look like this. If they are good fabricator you shouldn't be able to see them so clearly. I will find out next week what happens....See Morephotoshop help for counters or anything?
Comments (8)Thanks! Glad, so did you choose a granite yet? And yes I do sort of like the movement. I had originally been thinking of very subdued tones which I still may go with, but the green kind of gave me a new thing to consider. Good point about the white of the appliances and floor...I do think it is peacock that has the white. Anyway, I would of course be looking at slabs to make sure becuase all these names are so "fluid". I think that colonial dream=colonial cream and it is gorgeous. WRitersblock- thank you so much for your help!! (I hope I am not contributing to your screen name.) With the kitchen, once the wallpaper and soffits are gone, it will be a lot quieter calmer look. I am doing this for me, but we are likely going to sell in a few years... the appliances are staying for now and might change in a bit, but they are totally fine and functional. Think the greens work or think the neutrals work better?...See MoreLaura Weller
11 years agoAnnaA
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11 years agoVery pretty!
I can't stand cluttery mess either. I also don't like knife blocks. How about a knife drawer? One of my fave things in my new kitchen!
Annie Deighnaugh
11 years agoLaura Weller
11 years ago
a2gemini
11 years ago
suzanne_sl
11 years agolauraxx - try Amazon for knife holders like these. Sur la Table has one as do many kitchen places. I think I did a Google search for mine and ended up on Amazon anyway.
Here is a link that might be useful: Amazon pg for knife holders
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