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Comments (19)I have lived in homes that needed changes on a budget. Much impact can be made with small and economical changes. Many homes today have varying woods, finishes, etc. Therefore, personally, unless I hated the cabinets I would work with them. The counter really needs to go either by painting or replacing in my thoughts. Any time you make changes it costs $. Retiling the backsplash, unless u do it, will cost some cash. Repainting the cabinets will take time if u do it yourself-and they don't look worn or old to begin with. The easiest seems to be countertops and wall color. Buying a neutral countertop can be fairly inexpensive if you get a regular counter and not fancy ones. But then there is installation involved, etc...again..$! If it were me, I would paint counters and walls and see how it looks, not a lot spent, and not much to lose....See MorePlease HONESTLY tell me what you think of this FLOOR... Like? Dislike?? Impressions??
Comments (45)@shortped - definitely hear you on that. The walnut has the slightest bit of red/warmth that shows in it. It is exaggerated by the warm incandescent lighting that was used to take the pic a bit and fortunately isn't super red in person. I agree that makes furniture choice tough! Our furniture is really basic at the moment... actually, who am i kidding... we actually don't own any furniture for this room yet. This project has draimed us, but we will piece things together as we can. :) lol - I can say that I got a great area rug on sale from PB (blues and whites in it!). - @monowad - thank you! - can't wait to see what it does look like after the finishing coat... i do feel it will be better....See MorePlease Help with Grout Color for Montauk Blue/ Brazilian Gray Slate
Comments (27)Jen From NJ-Thank you so much for this discussion as I ended up ordering Montauk Blue/Brazilian Gray from Marble Warehouse too. My tile installer is going to use a Laticrete grout with the tile...so I'm trying to decide between Platinum (almost matches the stone) or Sterling Silver. Here's the link: https://laticrete.com/en/support-and-downloads/marketing-support/grout-selector Of course, the colors online are difficult to fully know. So-Of the two colors you were contemplating, was the Pewter darker of the two? I found another chart with different brands but didn't see Polyblend. http://www.grout-aide.com/colors2.html And how has it worn? Is it darker with dirt/traffic (do you wish you'd gone lighter?) for example?...See MorePlease help me feel better about my cabinets and built-in shelving...
Comments (16)I can thoroughly empathize on the troubles you're going through, and the stressful toll it takes on one. But on the whole, I'm with Laurie Brasnett's advice and detailed info (from your previous thread), with which I'd become quite familiarized when renovating our own home. You certainly *should* have been, or still be, provided a (door-sized) colour sample to check out right IN the exact room(s) the cabinetry is to be installed, prior to "signing off" on your choice. If there *was* no official "sign-off," were it me, I'd use that as leverage. Yet I also truly understand that feeling of just wanting to be DONE, with both the process and the builder, who doesn't sound to me like he's very professional or organized about what are normally considered necessary steps in the cabinetry finishing process. But from my own perspective, after having suffered through over 4 YEARS(!!) of reno nightmares to finally get our own re-do vision completed to our satisfaction (for the most part), I'd hold my ground for what I'd envisioned. After all, it's YOUR money and YOUR desires, for YOUR home. And if those contracted can't communicate as well as they should, you may need to suffer a bit more delay by asking more questions and insisting on enough clear answers until you're satisfied with the end result. If you're a "uniformity" gal, as I am too, my hunch is that this colour difference could bother you, and if so, now is the best time to tackle it, delays notwithstanding. Trying to fix such a major component later may well end up creating even MORE stress, trouble and additional expense for you. After all, you'd still have to have *someone* in your home to try and refinish everything (then disrupting your entire kitchen/daily living), there would be a lot of dust from sanding the existing finish first, and if you can't find anyone willing and capable enough to do a "smaller" job like this, you'd then be forced into removing cabinetry and likely damaging other already-in-place components as well. You may need to think deeply about which scenario could be worse for your mental health and/or pocketbook. After finally finding (only in the final stages) a Degree-d Interior Designer whose colour sense is exemplary, and who has assisted me in matching or complimenting this or that, I couldn't be happier that at least we'd gotten the colours of our major components right in the first place (I have a pretty keen eye for that myself, thank goodness). We had also ended up hiring a very good Kitchen Designer's company on our own for our cabinetry throughout -- yes, we got samples to approve first, but STAINED & lacquered maple veneer, not painted -- so might a white stain be another option for you at this stage, instead of paint? Another possible option IF your builder's cabinet finishing place isn't up to snuff, might be to find another company who does finishing for professionals, and see if the builder would consider jobbing out to THEM instead, even if that costs you more. All that said, and despite knowing about proper factory finishes being "best," I've heard (but can't attest to for certain) that Benjamin Moore's "Advance" paint is supposed to be excellent and quite hardy for refinishing cabinetry or furniture. However, it might not give you the type of "feel" or "look" you're after, compared to professional spray techniques and lacquers; ours are done to a typical 15% sheen. I've used it only on the legs of one $$$ chair which, similarly to your dilemma, were off-white/creamy, not the "purer" white I needed to match everything else in the grand scheme of our design. It was not that easy to work with, but since they are only short legs, no one but me will ever really notice the slight streaking that remained after 2-3 coats. Keep in mind, I'm not "in the biz" of painting, either....See MorejohnCT
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