Hate my counters and floor
Miranda James
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Comments (36)I was just about to post that I felt the problem was a lack of contrast, and that the whole would look better when you got some darker colors in place... But you beat me to it: I like your kitchen very much, congrats! Is something going over the toekick area? I'm not sure I've ever seen one lighter than the cabs. I think something dark there to separate the floor and cabs would help define the difference without calling too much attention. As to paint, I'm not a fan of sage greens, just because they were so common a few years ago. My sister painted her living room sage, used almost the same color all over the outside of her 3 story victorian, then bought a car, also sage. The exterior still looks fresh-- great contrast to her more somber neighbors-- but the the car and living room seem a little too common. But you do want to pick up on the granite color a bit, and sage would do that very nicely. I'd pick up a wide range of pale greens accross the yellow/blue spectrum, lay them on the granite, and see which one makes it pop. Have to say, the valspar colors at lowe's that have the holes cut in the cards really does make it easier to see how colors will relate....See MoreLove my house, hate my kitchen
Comments (24)I would also consider swapping spaces. But also, get your bids on removing walls and turning the French door into two windows. If the wall you want to remove/reduce is load-bearing, removing it and patching everything back up again will be SERIOUSLY expensive (easily $7000-$11,000, probably, but again, get bids; YMMV depending on whether there's plumbing, electrical, HVAC etc. in that wall, and other factors). Obviously that's going to factor in pretty strongly in your decisions. Also, what's the reasoning behind putting the half-bath there? Is there a bathroom above it on the second floor? If not, then there is presumably no toilet stack or plumbing stack in that location. When you put a half-bath in a place that isn't next to, under or over another toilet or bathroom in the house, you have to add a plumbing stack, which can get severely expensive (picture this: your basement full of workmen ripping up the concrete floor in order to locate the sewage pipe and link your new half-bath's toilet stack to it... and then of course, another workman crawling around your roof adding a vent for the sink). So obviously that would be another reason to put your half-bath in the same location or very close to the toilet you currently have. You may be able to keep it in the same exact spot by simply stacking the washer dryer, as Lawjedi said, and installing a sink. If needed, you can rotate the toilet 90 degrees so it's pointing whichever way works best for your floorplan. By stacking the WD you would of course lose that window (or cover it at least), but there are going to be compromises somewhere; there always are. If you'd rather not lose that light and view, you could put the washer and/or dryer on the other side of that little hallway. If the hallway's too narrow, see about stealing a foot or two from the office to make that possible. If your WD were on the other side of that hallway (stacked or not), you could put your half-bath right there where the toilet is--there's already plumbing there, so installing a sink would be no problem--and then put in a little bench between the half-bath and the window, where people could sit down to take off/put on shoes and boots....See MoreI hate my Kohler Stages sink. Learn from my mistake
Comments (56)I don’t think the Stages comes with a colander, at least it didn’t when I got it. It does come with a large wood cutting board, large white tray/cutting board, small tray/cutting board, 6 ceramic prep bowls, bottom sink grid, and under counter rack. The prep bowls are well designed to both stack and be reversible, although I mostly use them with the larger size up. I like the square design because it’s easy to use a wood spatula to scrape out the contents. The bottom grid hasn’t been a problem for me. You do have to lift it up or take it out to clean the sink, but that outweighs the advantages of being able to set things on it to drain and the fact that it protects the bottom of the sink from scratches. I do wish it was in two pieces so it would more easily fit in my dishwasher. It is so big that I have angle it to get it in and it’s hard to load other items around it....See MoreI hate my newly finished floors! Any options?
Comments (5)Average cost of a full sand/refinish = $5/sf. The fact your floors have been FRESHLY sanded, your refinisher will have an easy job of the 'sanding' part. They just need to knock off the finish, finish up with finishing grit and come back with an EXPENSIVE TWO PART water based polyurethane. I POINT OUT the 2part (aka 2K products) water based products. The reason: EXCELLENT DURABILITY. These new/expensive options are TOUGHER than the traditional oil based finishes. Personally I would find another refinisher if you do this again. The reason: the original guy didn't listen to you. I'm ASSUMING you pointed out you did NOT want ORANGE! Oil based finishes are SUPPOSED to turn orange. They all do. So if your first guy suggested 'oil based' when you did not want to have orange, then I would say there is a communication issue here. The other part: the guy is not aware of the SUPER TOUGH products currently on offer. I'm guessing he suggested the 'durability' of the oil based. When you compare the durability of the BIG BOYS (Bona Traffic HD or Loba 2K Supra AT) of water based vs. oil based finishes, then you will find you guy is wrong. And to be perfectly clear, the current 'yellow' you see on your floor today WILL TURN ORANGE in the next year or so. If you are going to pay the piper you might as well do it now. I'm a 'cheap-@ss' which means I normally suggest 'living with' the work until it needs redoing. But in this case, since you DO NOT WANT ORANGE, I suggest you do it now. And ask for a quote for Bona Traffic HD or Loba 2K Supra AT.... Do not settle for any other Bona (many use Mega = lowest level of finish = turns yellow and not tough) nor any other Loba option (EasyFinish is not even CLOSE to the 2K Surpa AT...I guarantee you will be SUPER upset with this one)....See Moredrblount10
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