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we're looking to refresh our kitchen - new countertops, new backsplash, update hardware and floors.
Let me say too that we have a small kitchen in an 80 year old house. So this isn't a modern "open kitchen" with an island etc.
for the countertops, unless there are some glaring reasons against it, I think we're going with Solid Surface. The price is right and the quality is right as well. Quartz and Granite are nice but entirely unnecessary in our house and kitchen.
we're actually looking at going with one of these new(er) composite sinks - in black of all colors as my wife loves it. seems that the durability and upkeep on these sinks is pretty well regarded.
for the backsplash, it seems odd, but in effort to save some money and time/labor, and for something a little "different" (we don't like "normal" stuff) we're looking at shiplap. It will be slightly cheaper than a lot of tile and a lot less labor for me to install. The only concern is around the sink obviously due to water, but in reading, it seems that as long as you seal the wood and don't have water splashing everywhere all the damned time you should be ok.
the one question that keeps coming up is if we "need" to have the little 2-3" border of countertop running vertically on the backsplash. This seems to be a (dated) aesthetic more than anything really fucntional.
for the floors we're just getting some cheap(er) laminate to throw down. we're not too fussy with that - just as long as it's water resistant I think we should be fine
any thoughts or ideas or input?
Let me say too that we have a small kitchen in an 80 year old house. So this isn't a modern "open kitchen" with an island etc.
for the countertops, unless there are some glaring reasons against it, I think we're going with Solid Surface. The price is right and the quality is right as well. Quartz and Granite are nice but entirely unnecessary in our house and kitchen.
we're actually looking at going with one of these new(er) composite sinks - in black of all colors as my wife loves it. seems that the durability and upkeep on these sinks is pretty well regarded.
for the backsplash, it seems odd, but in effort to save some money and time/labor, and for something a little "different" (we don't like "normal" stuff) we're looking at shiplap. It will be slightly cheaper than a lot of tile and a lot less labor for me to install. The only concern is around the sink obviously due to water, but in reading, it seems that as long as you seal the wood and don't have water splashing everywhere all the damned time you should be ok.
the one question that keeps coming up is if we "need" to have the little 2-3" border of countertop running vertically on the backsplash. This seems to be a (dated) aesthetic more than anything really fucntional.
for the floors we're just getting some cheap(er) laminate to throw down. we're not too fussy with that - just as long as it's water resistant I think we should be fine
any thoughts or ideas or input?