Green Granite Counter w Green Backsplash?
aimeekm
7 years ago
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Can a new counter top be installed w/o replacng tile backsplash?
Comments (6)The tiled backsplash usually sits just off the countertop by an 1/8th inch or so and the gap is caulked. The caulk can be cut away and the countertop should be able to be removed without damaging the backsplash. That's in a perfect world. Some installers set the bottom course of tile right on the countertop. Less clearance. Depending on how the countertop is attached to the cabinets below, that can affect things. The shape of the counter. A straight run or and "L" shaped? Are the ends open or captured? How the countertop is constructed? A slab of stone? Or a tiled-in mud bed? Sometimes the countertop needs to be sectioned out in pieces. In general, the backsplash can usually be preserved, but getting the countertop out might be ugly, especially if it's piece by piece. So..."it depends"....See Moregranite counters w/back splash
Comments (3)wow, thanks bill vincent. You see so many photos of flat countertops with flat stoves, I forget it doesn't HAVE to be that way. I actually like both looks. I kinda feel the granite back splash is more old school and so is my stove!!! But that's no reason I suppose to do that. My counters now (formica from the 50s like the rest of the kitchen doesn't have a counter back splash and there's a HUUUUGE gap between the counter and the tiled back splash which makes me crazy. I think that's why I'm considering the granite back splash. I don't want to see that in the future. melanie1422, my luck: the dishwasher died within 6 months of buying this cottage. The sink faucet's sprayer is cracked and now leaking so I have a bowl under the sink. what are my odds on the stove??? LOL the flat stoves I looked at also come with their own back splash panel, so I think when this stove kicks the bucket, I'll get a flat one and the counters should work. thanks....See MoreNew to GW: help with counter/backsplash w/cream cabinets
Comments (8)First for your own planning sake, you need to get your undercounter lights in if you are going to have them and you should try to turn off the flash in your camera, which is flattening how your kitchen looks. Second, I am not a granite person either, but I think it's worth your while to look at the pics of Positano's lovely kitchen. She does have Costa Esmeralda, but the green seems to be a very greyish olive and the pattern is subtle. Even if you don't like the stone, it will give you sense of what a polished surface in a medium tone would look like with cabinets, floors, and lighting conditions not dissimilar to yours. Your cabinets are beautiful, and I think when you get the lighting as you want it, you will find that you have lots of options for counters and backsplash. Best of luck. Here is a link that might be useful: cucina di Positano....See Moreneed a backsplash for laborite blue/green counter top in kitchen
Comments (21)I LOVE your counters - I considered a Blue Australe which seems similar to laboradite, but it was almost twice the price, at the time, of what I ended up choosing, Volga Blue. (very hard capturing either of these stones in a picture, isn't it) So I understand your challenge, I spent a long time puzzled over a backsplash for my counters. I went with the Seneca Tile company's Blue Lagoon from the Studio line. My counter reads black and hints of silver at first glance, the blue inclusions are subtle until you are trying to look for them, so it doesn't read too busy in real life. In the same line, they have a gorgeous variegated green called Waterlily, it might work in your kitchen Seneca waterlily- here's some more inspiration, some of these blue/ green mixes that may work- from http://senecatiles.com/senecablends-gallery/nggallery/page/1 Here's a work in progress shot of our Blue Lagoon backsplash going up- I have no regrets going bold and colorful, I feel happy every time I look at it...See Moreaimeekm
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