Is this counter too busy to use in entire kitchen??
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Am I using too many materials for my kitchen counters?
Comments (24)Did you go to Elizpiz's album so you could see all of her photos and enlarge them? I have several coats of Waterlox on my wood island top. It is a wonderful finish and I have no worries about how it will hold up to the water around the sink. (I am always creating a lake around our sink, and we have kids who cook and bake, so aren't the most careful and neat either.) Our sink could be undermount or self-rimming and we did the self-rimming, feeling it was safer with the wood (and to match our main sink, which was self-rimming because of being in a laminate counter.) Many people here, though, have done undermount in a wood counter. If we did that, I would have made sure to also finish the under side of the wood for a good radius around the sink opening....See MoreIs this backsplash too busy for super white quartzite countertop?
Comments (21)I have it and love it. We did do a project with the man made and I regret it. Nothing compares to the natural stone. The super white has enough movement that you won’t even notice an etch or a stain. We’ve had ours and used them for 7 months and have had no issues SINCE we resealed them. Note we did have issues when we first got them. Had the fabricator buff them out and then resealed. And we resealed again and since then have had no issues. I had decided that we’d use the counters and if there was etching or staining we spend a couple of hundred dollars every few years to buff them out, but we haven’t had any issues! Get what you love. You’ll regret it if you don’t. Excuse mess....See MoreUsing Quartzite and Wood for Countertops in Kitchen - Too Much?
Comments (5)We are building a kitchen and have all natural cherry cabinets, and considering things such as white/gray marble, soapstone, and Fusion quartzite, so not afraid of light or dark, or heavily veined vibrant colors. But the proposed quartzite in the original post, in my opinion, doesn't belong in a domestic kitchen - maybe in a commercial setting, but it's too somber and depressing for me to look at for any period of time [like 5 minutes or more], and I think the owner will tire of it pretty quickly. But as an old Italian friend use to say, "Taste is taste said the cat...." [Fill in the blank] Our island will be a 4 by 8 edge grain Boos butcher block, 2 ¼ inches thick, and from my experience it goes with most anything [not so end grain, which is too busy, less stable, not available in as large a size, and fights the counters and cabinets for attention], Hard to beat the manufacturer or quality of the countertop, and NOT "very expensive," even in that thickness. It is being delivered on site at a cost of about $65 per sq. ft., but installation is almost free by comparison to anything but laminate - it's an easy DIY project for a capable woodworker or any finish carpenter. The biggest hassle will be finding 4 strong backs to carry it into the house. :)...See MoreHelp! I chose Countertops that are too busy.
Comments (2)Can you post a picture? Try a solid cream color tile for backsplash. I have river bordeaux and slate floors. It's kind of wild but I love the natural element it brings....See Morekksmama
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