ocd gc doesn't like tile around window, help me please.
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francoise47
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This painted kitchen doesn't work for me, but I'm not sure why
Comments (28)My cabinets were really white, but they were not a shiny laminate white. The cabinets had a baked on finish and were high end Haas, with a flat finish that was guaranteed not to yellow. The granite - Tropical Brown - has flecks of black, brown, white and gold which helped pull the colors together. The hardwood floors were supposed to be darker and more a brown tone, but that didn't happen. However, that picture was taken early-on, and the floors did darken to a nice patina. colorcrazy hit the nail on the head. I think if the ceiling in your first photo had white moulding, the cabinet would looked "married" to something instead of just being stuck on the wall. I love the kitchen in your second inspirational photo....See MorePlease help me fix bad sink window design decision!
Comments (30)Even if you do decide to do the basket weave there, I think you will still find it lacking unless you have a window stool as that is what is really throwing it off for me. To fix it since you have very little space due to the crank, you might be able to build a faux window stool, but you'll need to remove the trim around the window no matter what as it is common for it to rest on the window stool. You could use a think piece of plywood, maybe 1/8-1/4" - not sure how much space you have and then rest it on a molding strip that would form the lip of of the molding and then trim the edge out in a think strip of molding. Going to show you a picture of how generally the pieces are put together. A true stool is at a minimum 1/2" thick when it rests on the window frame and I don't think you have the space. I think you can get the trim strip to adhere to the marble with construction adhesive, but realize this will ruin the marble in that area. You will need to remove and redo the casing on the sides though for the right propertions so it looks correct resting on the stool. I don't think you need to add an apron under the faux stool as the picture has it. That is often forgone when using tile or other materials as a backsplash....See MoreUh-oh.... GC doesn't use contracts?
Comments (29)Lauraxx -- in this pair, it seems you are the one uncomfortable with not having a contract. As others have suggested, then (not meaning to sound nasty): you do it. Just print up your understanding of the work you've agreed to and ask the contractor to sign it. If he balks at that, seems uncomfortable or refuses, seems insulted or whatever -- well then you've got a situation to evaluate. If he has so many happy customers around with nary a contract in sight, perhaps he'll feel insulted. But you aren't asking for anything untoward. In the end he'll sort of have to make his peace with your "terms" and sign it (or negotiate misunderstandings first). If he won't, that's a pretty illustrative situation to find yourself in. What would it be like if he wouldn't respond to your needs in the event of a problem? As a test-case, this non-problem should be telling. Stick to your guns: if this situation makes you uncomfortable you have every right (with ample precedent) to want to alter it. Not for an instant does this imply you suspect there will be problems, that you harbor concerns about the GC, etc. It means you feel uncomfortable; it is your right to feel comfortable, and your GC likely is the very first to want to agree with that!...See MoreGrr... builder doesn't like my kitchen layout
Comments (66)I really like palimpsest's plan. It has nice symmetry and great function, and will look very nice from the front door. One of the things I do not like about many of the plans posted is that the range is not directly across the aisle from the prep counter. You want to be able to just pivot and access the range, not pivot and step. You might have to have a filler between freezer and pantry wall to ensure the freezer will open all the way. It also keeps the cleanup off the island, which I agree is very important. If you GIS "kitchen sink on wall" there are lots of lovely options, and here is an article we trot out from time to time with lots of examples: http://www.thingsthatinspire.net/2010/04/kitchen-sinks-on-walls.html. You could even have no uppers and just do a huge arched mirror that would reflect your DR window (slider?), if that's a nice view. It's a cheap way to "fake" a window :) Ballard has some nice ones that look like arched, paned windows too....See Morebabushka_cat
12 years agoboxerpups
12 years agoHi CelticNE,
I think it looks great. Does your tile guy need to
see other images?
Here are a few that might sway his worries.
~bp
tile around window
Tile lower with grantie sils
NatalieChantal
12 years agoMercymygft
12 years agoSee.. I think this looks like a kitchen in some institution.
Here is a link that might be useful:
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plllog
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12 years agoWe agonized over the same decision, but we are VERY glad we went with tile all the way around the window. I think it looks much more finished and appealing. This can't compete with most of the kitchens Boxerpups posted, but here's another pic for you anyway (if nothing else, mine gives an example of the tile next to stained cabs)...
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12 years agoYour pic was my inspiration for this idea holligator. Thank you. I fell in love with yours too! Yours does not have a lot of space between the casing and the cabs either. And I think it looks great!
Boxer's 11th pic down is what the GC is talking about. I'm not liking the look of tile and paint around the window. There is no paint anywhere else on that wall at all. I tried to take a better pic this am before the sun streams in.
Funny annettacm and dianalo! I like mercy's pic too. Well, except for the rug.
Thanks for that ammo pence. i wasn't thinking about damaging the cabs, great point.
Thanks enduring. I'm going to start out this morning by telling what a great install job he did with the tile so far. It does look like home.
I'm going to do just that flwrs_n_co. And I do like it. Even better than I did yesterday. IMO ANY trim work is a PITA to paint!
Tile it is breezy. I can't wait to see your space! Although I think if I mention Eurosplash he will give me that look. You know the look which clearly indicates I am nuts. Perhaps we should keep that thought between us :)
BTW marcolo, my great grandma's kitchen didn't have room to be institutional. I was a very tiny bowling alley shaped cooking challenge. But cook she did :)I'm going to take WhiteRiverSooner's cue today - just not wine. My sister and some girlfriends are coming over and there will be frozen Margarita's and frivolity :)
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12 years ago@celtinNE, here are some photos of ours.
The first is entitled "How Not To Cut Tiles," and you can see a very, very crappy sliver at the edge of the window sill (and another running immediately below the window moulding horizontally, though this one doesn't bother me). This particular sliver was unavoidable because we were wrapping two corners and had the challenge of a wall that sloped both top to bottom and side to side (yay old houses...)---if it looks like the slivers get smaller going up the wall, it's because they do! So it worked out that to compensate and still keep the tiles looking "normal" throughout most of the backsplash, someplace in the kitchen was going to get a weird crazy sliver. We chose this spot as the least conspicuous. We were able to avoid them in the other spots by creatively wrapping corners---basically, cutting tile such that it didn't always split exactly evenly (a 6" tile might be split with 5" and 2" pieces wrapping the corner, instead of the 5"/1" pieces that math would call for). Our ground rules were no more than an inch difference if we fudged the numbers, no slivers or cuts of less than 1.5" except for this one, and tile edges that always lined up whole-half in a classic brick pattern so your eye wouldn't spot the difference. The second photo is the broader view of that corner.
Even with a truly awful sliver/tile cut like this one, it's less noticeable in the bigger picture, and the reality is that this corner is virtually always filled with drying dishes or bottles or such, so you don't see the spot most of the time.
In contrast, your tile cuts are what I'd call ideal cuts---almost half a tile, and the cut edges are up against window or cabinet so you won't see any imperfections from cutting them. (This was a big problem with ours, partly b/c we were using a tile cutter from the library so no clean cuts like a pro would likely get.)
So---keep them! They look great! :) Incidentally, we also contemplated going all the way up our windows---didn't in our case because we ran the same height splash all the way around the room, and one side of our window is all moulding so it looked a little wonky (the side you can't see has about two feet between window moulding and the wall), but I love the look in general.
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