Lots of questions on murals behind stove top
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ccoombs1
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mural as a backsplash behind the stove
Comments (4)The idea is very close. How pretty yours is. Mine will be painted on the same tiles as the rest of the white backsplash and it will have an inch and a half wide pencil tile as a border. Do you mind telling me how large the mural is and how much space you had above the range to work with? That would help me a lot visualizing it. My entire height is 22 inches and I will have only one and a half inches on the top and sides. Do you have any problems with grease splatters? Do you seal it annually? Thanks so much for your help....See Moreniche behind stove
Comments (9)buehl and lmaretto - thank you so much for sharing your dimensions and what you'll keep there. That is really helpful. I really appreciate showing the pics too and buehl great info with the drawing as well. I really like both of yours. Mine would have to be much skinnier, I guess more like a shower niche in size. I have already decided what I'm doing for a backsplash, but if I do a niche I just need to order some trim pieces etc. when I place my order and figure out what to do for the ledge. weissman - I think it will be fine for storage there it will be not be much closer than it is now on the countertop. I may pull them all off before starting cooking and put back when done to avoid reaching over. It will still free up that counterspace for mw landing space instead of on top of cooktop where it goes now. remodelfla - I do think you have a point that area will be a nice break up above the cooktop even if it may not fit all the functionality I want. So any input on using painted wood for the ledge where the items will be standing on since I need more depth than tile edging would provide and I don't want something that sticks out in my white/bone combo subtle checkered backsplash....See MoreHelp with sink .... And a backsplash behind stove question
Comments (15)I think that a gorgeous stone with some movement can look like artwork when used as a full height backsplash. It becomes the center stage of the whole look. That can be especially important with cabinets that don't have a lot of detail to them, like shaker or slab. Sometimes a gorgeous color can be that lynchpin, like doing a dramatic grey paint. Sometimes, it's a highly figured wood, like zebrawood or bamboo. And sometimes it's a gorgeous piece of stone that becomes the "oooh" statement. You'd have to extensively alter your sink base cabinet to do a farm sink. I'd just do a plain large bowl undermount sink. Stainless would be fine. Or a cast iron or silgrante in a color like the chocolate brown that we used in the kitchen above....See MoreSecuring quartz countertop piece behind stove, plus backsplash seal
Comments (8)I'm going to start from your last question. You'll definitely want to use silicone, color-matched if possible, to do the seam between your finished quartz and the first tile of your backsplash. That will help with water resistance and also give you some flex. You'll probably be fine with silicone underneath to secure the quartz to the brackets, but I wouldn't count on silicone raising the quartz to the appropriate level. You either need to re-position your brackets slightly or shim it to get it to the best height where it will stay. Silicone could flex and strain the seams if your quartz piece isn't securely set at the right height. As for finishing the two seams, a pro would use something that would be near permanent and very difficult to remove in the event of future problems, also something color matched that would be inconspicuous. They'd also have equipment to pull the sides of the seams together tightly, but since you're working with two pieces on the sides that are previously affixed, you won't be able to do that. There is some type of solution I've seen discussed in these forums that can be ordered color matched for this job, but it would take a while to go back through my saved information and find it. Maybe Joseph Corlett or someone else will see your post and comment. If not, let me know, and I'll try to find it for you. You might want to just do the seams with silicone for now so that if anything else goes wrong, you can re-do the job without damaging all the pieces of quartz trying to take it apart again....See Moreigloochic
15 years agoI purchased both of my marble mosaic off of ebay from Phoenecian Arts (I probably am spelling that wrong...but do a search for marble mosaic and you'll find them...they sell thousands).
They are both fabulous quality. I'd highly recommend him, and his prices were quite good!
So how to choose, well I have a busy granite as well, but you can have more than one bling focal point in a kitchen :) I'd limit it to three or four but no more. So if you have crazy granite, lighting that's unique, the other BS is beyond eye catching, and your knobs are bling bling...well maybe keep it simple.
For me, I wanted the range to be a major focal point, and for some odd reason I wanted chickens (they say kitchen to me). We did debate over the Ronald Regan and the Pope mosaic though...heh heh
Anyhoo, I decided size based on the size the mosaic was available in. I did this for both of mine (one is a carpet) and then made them fit the space with the use of a boardering trim. I have a hood as well, so the height was determined by the distance between that and the stove, and then some astetics were involved (if you look at the top black granite you'll see it's actually inside the hood about an inch....that was for framing purposes, and was a bugger to do because the granite had to be shaved down to fit over the already high steel).
I haven't removed tape and stuff, but here's an idea of how nice a mosaic can look: (OK I think they're nice LOL)
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They're not grouted and cleaned here. Today they get their enhancements :)
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