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Finish my kitchen please counters and backsplash?

3 years ago

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White oak hardwood floors , simply white cabinets with bead inset, top knobs honey bronze hardware, cherry island . House interior walls and trim all simply white Benjamin Moore. Need advice on choosing the counters and backsplash. Foyer tile is statuario marble porcelain. House has mix of antiques and modern furniture.

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3 years ago

Embeth We got our tile in Vancouver , Canada at Ames Tile . Our cabinets are painted with Benjamin Moore in Simply white which is a warmer white. That being said the silestone is a bit cool but the carrara tile has both warm and cool tones and ties it all together. We have soapstone with white veining on our island .Hardware we went with top knobs honey bronze which also is a warm tone.

It is certainly not easy to find real stone tile to coordinate with a quartz . Make sure you bring the samples home and see them in your kitchen lighting. Also I brought home multiples of the marble tile and stacked in our kitchen to get a better idea of what the overall effect would be in the kitchen. We also were restrained by trying to match the tile in our foyer which this one does.

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jck910
3 years ago
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Embeth
3 years ago
Hi there, I saw on another thread you said you installed Silestone Eternal statuario and a 3x12 marble backsplash tile. That is what I am currently planning and I have white cabinets as well. Wonder if you’d be so kind to share what marble tile you ended up using and any pictures. I’m really struggling. My eternal statuario sample seems to have a bit of a beige undertone which is throwing me when I see it next to cooler toned marbles. Seems people who have installed it are not seeing that. Thank you!
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Thanks y'all. Good ideas! The Corian is only dirty because it doesn't show dirt so it doesn't get cleaned (it was a great countertop aside from being so darned ugly). I think we'd be OK with marble there, but would still want to keep any grouted bits (tile) up high or away from the cooktop. I WILL check with other fabricators before ruling anything out due to a seam. I'm too lazy to clean my kitchen to get a picture of the sink, but here's an old one. If you squint you can sort of see how the stainless 4" backsplash goes along the wall, and you can see the spot under the window over the sink that I'd want to cover with an extra large window apron. Or I could tile the entire sink wall--if I use tile on the cooktop wall I could see doing it on the other side. It's not a big room and the fridge might end up being stainless so I'm not sure I want to put even more stainless on the walls. (If the pictures aren't clear--they aren't--the main counters are stainless steel.)
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oh, momo...now I have google ann sacks and found those tiles...I JUST LOVE THEM. $83 per square foot, eh? Ay yi yi! I also found other tiles there that I love. Part of me almost wants to go nuts and ethnic and busy, since the rest of my kitchen is so simple. I am just afraid I will tire of it. Like this... (not this exactly, I just mean a busy, ethnic pattern. Kind of looks 70s to me, also.) cherry-Yes, we addressed the torso issue already! Yet another reason I want the mirror antiqued, and also not flat panes but rather tiles, so the "cuts" will break up the view a bit! I know what you mean, some of these threads get so long and I want to give my 2 cents but I just *know* one of my comments has probably already been made, but I say it anyway. Thanks for the input. You are not the only one with the opinion that with so much stainless and "coolness" I should go with warmth/color/texture. The things is...I see so many finished white kitchens similar to mine that have white tile as a BS, and I like them. I also like those pics that momo posted in her link, and they are white, with SS appliances, and mirrored BS and I think they look good. Well, I am torn and DH really wants me to make a decision so he can install. He wants the tile/color/texture look. I will keep you guys updated! Thanks so much!
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My house was built in 1989, and we remodeled our kitchen 4 years ago. Ours was a spec house, and while the cabinets were in perfect condition, the kitchen was very inefficient. We put in custom cabinets in essentially the same layout, and the difference in functionality is like night and day! It's very possible that you would be better off starting from scratch, rather than investing in a poor layout. Please post pictures!
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HU-765755942
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Statuary Marble. No beige in my slab piece. I’ve also looked at tile and no beige.
b c
Original Author
3 years ago
Hello Embeth We went with 3 by 12 real carrara marble tile. I brought home various samples from the blocks at the tile store that they had available. We were lucky as the carrara lots we found were very white with light grey veining. The few pieces that were dark we discarded.

Some of the tiles are all white and some are a slight grey . Overall we are very pleased with how it looks . We wanted to go with real marble counters but now are happy we went with quartz. Your eye goes to the real marble tile that we took to the ceiling and the quartz silestone is the supporting cast so to speak. Hope this helps
Embeth
3 years ago
Thank you! You did get lucky. That tile is beautiful and exactly what I’ve been looking for. It’s not easy with real stone. What tile store did you use? Also curious, are your cabinets a stark white and do you find the quartz to read pretty true white or warmer white? Thanks for your help.
Embeth
3 years ago
Thanks, good suggestions and your kitchen turned out great. Last question. What color grout did you use? White, light gray?
eld6161
3 years ago
I love how successful you were with this. Everyone is quick to nay say a mix of the two.

You have proven that with determination it can be done.

Bravo!
b c
Original Author
3 years ago
We went with the white grout to give a more uniform look to the backsplash.

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