Coming out of Lurkerdom - PIP heavy kitchen inspir

[greencrayon]

Hi everyone! I posted once or twice before on a different screen name about butcher block countertops before, and how I should join the two pieces together. I decided against it because I don't think my husband and I would be careful enough to have wood around the sink.

I've been looking online for inspiration for my kitchen, and I came across this:

www.lindahomeiswheremyheartis.com/2012/05/kitchen-is-complete-but-is-it-really.html

So this is what we've done so far:

This is what it looked like when we bought it.


We painted the kitchen SW Essential Gray, and are half-way through painting our cabinets white with the Rustoleum Cabinet Transformation Kit. (Please excuse the crazy mess!) We did the top first because we have dogs. In order to do the bottom, we'd have to put them in daycare/kennel them for a few days. Dog hair likes to stick to the top coat, lol.



I really like the idea in the blog of adding beadboard on the side of the cabinets. We have cheap-ish cabinets, and I think this would help.



Secondly, I really like that they mixed Kashmir White (my favorite granite) and butcher block on their island. We don't quite have an island, but we do have an area where that would work (prep area with a bar, which you can see on the left of the first picture)



Here's a final before-after




Things I'd like to do the same:

• Kashmir white with butcher block
  
• Beadboard on the side of the cabinets
  
• Add some trim to the top of my cabinets
  

Things I'd like to do differently:

• NO bead board on the back splash. That wouldn't last long in my house
  

I really would love to do subway tile, but DH hates it, so I'm probably going to go with something like this:



What do you guys think?

[greencrayon]

It says two coats, but that's definitely not enough. We're going to have to go back and do a third coat. It's time consuming, but probably not as much as sanding!

[Ramz-ee]

I think it sounds great. We have Kashmir white granite and I love it. We just did a white subway tile backsplash. I decided to keep it one color because with the grains and spots in the granite, it looked too busy with a multicolored backsplash. You might not think so, but I would definitely think about it.

I haven't taken pictures of the backsplash yet because its not 100% done, but if you want to see I will take some.

[sratsey]

Like PP, I paired a creamy subway tile with Kashmir white...I also found the multicolor, smaller tiles to look too busy. We'll be doing a butcher block countertop on our island. It took me over a year make that decision because I'm not particularly careful with my countertops, but I LOVE how butcher block looks and it's a nice way to break up all the white.

ETA: we painted SW Jogging Path which is a warm grey. The Kashmir white looks really nice with most of the grey paints, even the cooler tones.

[goaskalice]

It's going to look great with those updates! I like the idea of your prep/bar area having butcher block to give the space some definition. I also think white subway tile might look better but if your husband won't go for it then the tile in the photo seems light enough to not look too busy.

[greencrayon]

I love how white subway tile looks with SS appliances and light granite, but DH has said over and over again how much he hates it. He thinks it looks old and dated and ugly.

[Ramz-ee]

Jan 11, 2013 10:40:56 GMT -5 greencrayon said:

I love how white subway tile looks with SS appliances and light granite, but DH has said over and over again how much he hates it. He thinks it looks old and dated and ugly.

What if you didn't do it in the standard pattern? We did a herringbone pattern.

ETA: Picture of backsplash with herringbone pattern.