Kitchen Update—Looking for Opinions!
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Comments (17)I did give the spray paint a try and was not pleased with the result. They looked... well... spray painted! Stephanielyn! You saved my life! With tax at a local business these were gonna cost me $480.74. On Ebay $146.85. I just saved $333.89! THANK YOU!!!!!!! This was my first time to post on this forum. You all have been fantastic! Thanks so much!...See Moreneed to update country looking kitchen part two.
Comments (150)Mayflower, per the link you posted I was pleasantly surprised to read how inexpensively they did that beautiful counter. My goal here is not to break the bank as the market in this area not great and hopefully this redo will be the last and I like what I saw with the 24" square tiles and would surely last a long time. Can I assume that they could over my existing formica a sink could be undermounted if 24" porcelain or granite tiles are used I would love and undermounted sink and what material other than SS? Thanks for the idea and I will look for a source to check out the tiles. I still am working with that last color scheme with the valance and think I want a dark counter. Would that be easier to achieve with 24: granite tiles than porcelain?...See MoreOpinions on Kitchen Cabinet
Comments (30)Painting begins tomorrow. I didn't use fill for the grain, but I did use primer and two coats regular BM paint. It was present a little on the left sample. For my second sample, I primed again and another coat of BM paint. It was not present at all. My painter is using an even better primer and two coats of aura paint. I am ok with a tiny bit of grain. I used two coats of aura paint and no primer on an oak wall unit and ended up with a teeny tiny bit of grain. I will let you know how it goes....See MoreHelp! Replacing kitchen floor with updated look that coordinates
Comments (15)Since your wood floor appears to be factory finished or engineered hardwood, it will be INTENSELY difficult to match it. If you can...great but don't set your hopes on it. For that reason I vote "no" to continuing the wood. Not because it would look 'bad' but because it will be near impossible to find. Now onto the question at hand. You have counters that 'read' gray (regardless of the other colours found in them...from 10ft away they look gray = reads gray). You have backslpash that reads gray. You have what appear to be (photos can be deceiving) off-white cabs and a light tan colour on the walls. In other words you have a monochromatic scheme in the kitchen. That makes this a bit more difficult to deal with. Your hardwoods are a deep espresso colour (which mean you have a dark house). This would be easier if the wood was lighter...but that probably won't change for another 10 years....so we have to deal with things as they are. Personally I would say a 'vein cut' travertine-look porcelain tile will look very good in the kitchen. BUT any colour you add to the kitchen (gray with some gray and some off white) is going to have issues with the DARK reddish/brown hardwood. That's where things will need work. Personally I think the ideal colour is currently on your kitchen floor. It is light, it is bright and it is soft enough to work with the wood. An update at this point would be a repeat of what you have. Or you have to choose a THIRD colour for your kitchen. Right now you don't have a third colour. You have monochromatic. A blue slate-look tile would work but your kitchen will look VERY dark...as in 'black hole' dark. A dark(er) floor will require a lighting update, a paint up date and then furniture update. Dark wood table on dark flooring is a tough look to 'like'. That would mean you either update the stools and table OR you find a WHITE or very light AREA RUG to help define the table from the floor (this is super helpful when walking through late at night with the lights off...your toes will thank you for it). Think this through. And think through the hardwood as well. And think through the wall colours and the budget for new lighting (as in adding 50% more lighting)....See Moremcarroll16
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