Please help determining which slab, which templating

6 years ago

Due to a last-minute realization that someone (not me the homeowner) did not measure correctly the length of the countertop in our master bath, they are now re-doing the templating on the slab that we had originally chosen. The slab of Monte Cristo will be used both there and in our kitchen, on a raised bar portion of our island (yes I know that's not "in" now), with waterfall sides. I've been told that we can use a different slab. I'm not real happy with the new design and the way the flow of the pattern in the original slab would work on the kitchen island. I've attached pictures of both slabs and options 1 (slab 1) and option 2 (slab 2) below. Both the tile-countertop company and our builder's designer like the option 1 for slab 1; I do not. The seam on option 1 bathroom counter would be at one sink, the seam on option 2 would be at the other bathroom sink. Please provide your input, is there something better about option 1 vs. option 2 that I'm missing? (I'm intentionally not saying why I prefer one over the other to see of anyone else has the same thoughts that I do).

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Joseph Corlett, LLC

6 years ago

This thread makes me soooo happy I'm not a fabricator.

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Pam A
6 years ago
I prefer Option 2. The changes in direction on Option 1 are too much for me. I just wish there was a way to ease that color change in the bottom portion of Option 2 ... I don't love that. I don't know if the pieces in the middle of the slab on option 2 could be swapped (so the one with the backsplash pieces moves to the right and the one on the right moves to the middle. No idea if that would help get a better color match there.
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lexma90
Original Author
6 years ago
Pam A, that's what bothers me about option 1. I want the veining or grain, or whatever it's called, to all go the same way.

Luckily for all involved, the fabricator had not started work when it was discovered that the measurements were incorrect.

The color change is not actually on the slab; I took the pictures of the new slab, partly in the shade with the slab at an angle (I didn't realize at the time that the designer and countertop company would be using my photos for this purpose). The other pictures that I took do not show a color change, other than from shadows (see the bottom photo).
chispa
6 years ago
Option 1 seem too choppy when looking at the photos. Does it look as choppy in person?
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Filipe Custom Woodwork
6 years ago
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I'm having a problem with both.

In the 1st one the first section has a joint that does not match on the left and the veining goes in completely different directions.

In the 2nd the same issue but with the second piece. Also the colors are not the same. Might be shadows in the pics etc. Had a poster recently receive two colors of the same next to her farm sink and it was obvious.

Wondering if it's bc of the computer in terms of color, but the veining is off.

Might have to rethink the layout within the slab or upgrade to another slab. More money to match veining though.....
lexma90
Original Author
6 years ago
Thanks for the suggestions. The color differences were due to my very amateur photos. And it turns out that with the second slab, all of the pieces can be placed horizontally, so that both pieces of the waterfall part of the island much quite well. It's all good