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Comments (150)Peke, you will get a beautiful look with just one color of the crackle. My silver has about 4-5 different tiles within the mix of them, having plenty enough interest. If you start mixing more than one color together (unless it's a mosaic), it's going to be crazy. I know cuz I wanted to mix some blues in with the silver & both my KD & the tile sales girl said NO. I can see now that it would have ruined the mix. It ends up all blending together & creating a beautiful, interesting look with depth (and sparkle when you get close). Not a busy look. It all blends. I like the Riviera better than the Bali. Sounds like you do too. That's one eliminated. You don't like the celery (the description has yellow sage in it). Two gone. The Moonlight isn't doing much for the Sea Pearl & I'm guessing the Ice isn't either? The Storm is going to give you the most variation, the 5th on the left side of the tile board. My tiles sat on my counter for 6 weeks because I thought they were too taupey & I wanted some blue. Once they were up & grouted, a totally different look. Like Bookworm said, you just have to pick. I think you now have the largest collection of Encore samples on Gardenweb. I love crackle tiles. If Seapearl's tile isn't in this bunch, there are more manufacturers of beautiful crackle. Here the level of variation in your samples: Ice -minimum variation Moonlight-moderate Sky- minimum to moderate Bali - moderate Riviera - moderate Mint - moderate Celery- minimum to moderate Cashmere- moderate to high Lagoon-moderate Slate-moderate to high Storm-high Stream- high Cameo (bookworm's) - moderate Silver- (mine) - moderate This post was edited by romy718 on Sun, Mar 16, 14 at 13:35...See MoreSneak peek Sea Pearl installed
Comments (24)Thank you everyone! Peke, the blue is Sherwin Williams Dutch Tile Blue. Our designer used it in another kitchen and we fell in love with it. So happy we decided to have the island painted a different color from the rest of the cabinets. The openings are for pullout cutting boards. We took them out before the counter install because they still need the little knobs put in them. We have pullout boards in our house now and we use them all the time. Floor finisher starts on the 12th. All of the floors are being done in the house(except for bathrooms). I'm excited to see how they turn out....See MoreOT but just got our sea pearl quartzite remnants installed outside!
Comments (14)Rocks are perfectly fine outdoors but they do weather in time and the colors become muted. Yes, that does happen in stone yards too. Our remnant piece had "shadows" where another rock was stored on top of it for a few years. This is why geologists break rocks with a hammer to examine them. A fresh, unweathered surface reveals the truest view of the stone. That, plus it's fun to hit things with hammers....See MoreBacksplash with sea pearl quartzite counters suggestions?
Comments (2)Beautiful color with your other elements! I hope you find what you want to use....See MorePeke
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