Please give me your advice! Kitchen counter and backsplash
We are closing on a house in 2 weeks. We are updating the kitchen and going for a farmhouse look on a budget. In our area, Bedrosian's quartz seems to be the most cost effective especially because we need a "jumbo" slab (136x76?). We went with Sequel Organic White. After receiving the sample we are worried it has too much of a beige look to it... we would love bright white but it is out of our price range. We would love something with grey marble tile backsplash. Please give me your opinions on how these combos look. Are there any tips or tricks to make an "off white" counter look more white? LED lights in the kitchen? Will grey grout help the marble stand out? Painting the walls lighter or darker?
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PROAnglophilia
4 years agolast modified: 4 years agoIf you want a bright white countertop and marble backsplash, use Glacier White Corian for your countertop. You will save a LOT of money, and this countertop is bullet-proof. Mine are now 34 years old and look like new. I do NOT baby them! I used a honed Carrera marble large subway tile for my backsplash when I redid my kitchen 3 years ago (re-used the countertops!).
Tyler Smith
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Please help me choose a countertop to go with this backsplash
Comments (20)If budget was a consideration for the Eco Cosentino Iron Ore, it will probably be a factor with a real blue granite. Besides, if you want your bs to stand out, I'd let it be the one strong blue element in the room. I'd like the Blue Volga or Blue Pearl because the blues in those are subtle and won't shout for attention. If you have the blue granite picked first, I'd want a calm bs. If you try to have too many stars in the room, then it gets noisy. We have Corian in their Rain Cloud pattern and it has a marble like vibe but it also has some small amount of taupe-ish beige. You would have to see if its soft white works with your cab's paint color. Here is a mellow pic of our counters. There is more color to them IRL but from the distance, they do look like a soft white. I am posting pix of this and linking to another one below to give you an idea of the color range to go with your tiles. You could find the equivalent in stone, but we are happy with the Corian. (try to find the seam.. even blown up big it is well done) I could also see a counter with an orange beige tone in it. That would work with the wood look floor and still pair with your cabs and bs. Here is a link that might be useful: Corian Saffron...See MoreNeed counter top and back splash Advice for a Modern Remodel
Comments (21)I think we are moving in the direction to do the island, perimeter counters and backs splash (all the way up the wall) in the same White Santorini Quartzite. Any feedback on this? Im sensitive to adding too many different materials into the mix. Is this too much of one thing?...See MoreNeed advice with kitchen counters and backsplash, please
Comments (3)Soapstone is impervious to heat and staining. The soft and medium hardness varieties will indeed scratch or chip easily _but_ the hardest kinds do not. Check out companies like M. Teixeira and ask them about their hardest stones. No one should use a knife directly on stone btw - it ruins the edge, but if you have to live with countertop abusers in your household :) then an appropriate soapstone (or perhaps a honed Virginia Mist granite) is a good option. I did go with soapstone myself in my recent kitchen remodel - Black Venata, which is somewhat soft . .As a consequence my counters are acquiring a patina of light scratches and dings, most of which are visible for a week or two and then slowly fade away. There are always a few fine marks, but they are never the same ones. It’s an evolving surface, which I’ve come to really like as a factor in its own right. It feels like the kitchen has some life to it. - I appreciate that it is not static. And I love that I can set down a roasting pan direct from the oven without a worry,. As for spilled wine or tomatoes ?Phttf. No problem....See MorePlease help? Time to up date kitchen counters and backsplash - Help!
Comments (24)Rachel M. Frazier - Whew - I've been second guessing myself so badly. Thanks for affirming my choices. I keep scrolling back to all the comments about going with a white counter on the perimeter and the picture you posted. And while it's actually almond in color, not white, I'm thinking maybe I can get the same effect using the same principles applied for white. I wasn't planning to change the base color of the island - should I be? And I'm planning to keep the island counter the same as the perimeter. I can't see myself giving a wood counter the proper care it'd need over time. Do you think I'll need to swap hardware? It's currently a satin nickel color? Maybe I'm getting ahead of myself. I just want to update it! In the next few weeks, the BS will be removed, Silken Pearl installed as well as a new undermounted sink and faucet. I keep telling myself, one step at a time - all the while wanting all the pieces of this puzzle put together before I start. So many details! I sure appreciate the help!...See Moremmilos
4 years agoTyler Smith
4 years agoTyler Smith
4 years agoThis is the current color of the cabinets. We dont have money in the budget to change them. we are going for that farmhouse look but spicing it up a bit with a grey marble backsplash if possible. We need about 50 sqft. we dont like the warm tone. We like the cooler cleaner look. I would love to see pics your suggestions on tile backsplash. Thank you!!!
PROBeth H. :
4 years agolast modified: 4 years agoGcubed
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4 years agoTyler Smith
4 years agoYep now I see that this direction we are looking might not work.. Need to go back to the drawing board. We will get the countertops installed and go from there. I forgot to mention that all of the walls in the house will be painted a light grey. I've attached a kitchen visualizer I drew up... I think the picture looks great.. So why wouldn't it work on my kitchen? I appreciate all the help and I really do want your honest opinions!!
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Beth H. :
4 years agolast modified: 4 years agobecause your rendition doesn't take into account how the warm tones really look in person. Your picture actually looks more like a cool cherry color stain on the cabinets. Your actual cabinets are a very warm brown w/yellow undertones. Your floor tiles have a coppery tone w/the reddish brown color. Very much autumn tone colors. The colors you're trying to throw in are the dead of winter in the arctic circle! Cool blue/white/gray clash with warm yellow/brown/copper/cream
Bring home a sheet of that marble tile and hold it up next to your upper cabinet. take a picture and post it.
That's why I keep pressing the calacatta marble. it has tones of yellow in it that will play better w/your wood.
for the gray paint, again, don't do a cool gray. go w/a warmer toned gray, for the same reason. If you don't believe me, get a sample of a cool gray and paint it on the wall next to your cabinet. take a picture.
these are warmer neutrals.
Tyler Smith
4 years ago
Beth H. :