As for the cabinet, I intend to discuss that problem with the cabinet guy and my gc.

Could a custom piece of the tile be inserted there?

thanks for answering Florantha. The problem is the end of the cabinets on top is in a direct line where the tile ends, so to my eye it would look odd to extend the tile past the cabinets.

Just needs a little bit of spackle magic and it'll look fine. With some creative spackling, I think you can solve the problem and no one will ever know.

problem is if I spackle then ther is 3/8" of spackle which is white against a patterned wallpaper that has no white in it. If I was just painting the back wall, I would live with it but I'm not. Question to everyone. Would you find it acceptable to have a 3/8" gap between your counter and your wall? This is the start of the dining room wall.

I don't think it is acceptable. But the question is, can you get them to come back and do something about it.

My guess would be that you can either put a piece of tile trim there or what I would do -- fill it in with a lighter shade of caulk or epoxy and then work in some darker colors to faux the look of the granite. You can do it yourself or have someone do it depending on your comfort level. If I were going to do it myself, I'd practice a couple times on a scrap of something to make sure you could get the look you want. Doesn't look like your granite would be that tough once you do your color matching.

Would they have any left over granite from your job? They could fill it in with that. You mentioned a cook top. Was there a cut out left over from that?

yes I can get them to come back especially since we had problems before and we have yet to finish paying them. Plus we have the president's cell phone number. Lascatx, I am a professional artist and have no problem doin faux finishing. However painting a faux finish will still look like a faux finish because the surfaces are different and it would be almost impossible to duplicate the surface sheen, etc. Under this counter is our wine cooler, so it is in a prominent area. Also I have no tile trim anywhere else except behind my cooktop. Everything else in the kitchen is the subway tile you see in the photo.

If you can paint it, you can put a sheen on it. Also, once the eye has something to fill the void, you won't be focusing on it like you are now. I would think that a tiny sliver of granite in their would cause more issues and look even more like a goof. You can't control the pattern on that the way you can a faux treatment either -- the stone is what it is and might blend in one spot and not another.

I agree lascatx about that but I also think that for the money we paid it should be right and I shouldn't have to spend my time buying paints (I'm a colored pencil artist) and my time painting a faux finish. And as an artist I can tell you that yes you can put a sheen on it but it will NEVER be the same and while someone else might not notice it, it will Always bother me.

For example, I was the only one who noticed that the wall color didn't match my sample and was a bit more yellow. When the painter finally put one finger in the sample can and another finger in the newly mixed 5 gallon can, he was finally able to see the two colors were close but that I was right, the 5gallon can was too yellow.

If the cabinet was flush against the back wall the gap would be non existent. Can't see the whole cabinet side from the floor up but what is preventing it from being flush with the back wall?

Cpartist,as a granite installer for many years I will be lying if I said this has never happened to me⦠there are only two good solutions in my view and both are the responsibility of the stone installer. Either one, if done correctly will be almost unnoticeable. Here is what I would do: first I would get an exact measurement of the gap (down to a 32nd). I would then cut a few different strips of granite using scraps from the piece, making sure they are long enough to bury behind the new tile backsplash. If they are cut at the stone shop with a wet saw they will be more likely to have a clean sharp edge vs. having the guy cut them in your driveway with a hand held grinder. If both the granite strip and the cut edge of the countertop are cut clean, with no chipping, the seam will be nice and tight. Mixing some colored epoxy to hold it in place, a straight edge razor will clean up the residual once itâÂÂs dried. If they canâÂÂt cut a piece to fit, than have then fill it with a polyester resin. The tinting agents now available allows you to come really close with color and if it is tooled correctly it will follow the contour of the top and eased edge detail. Followed up by a ü round to cover the space between the cabinet and the wall; your doneâ¦
DonâÂÂt stress this can be fixed!