Farmhouse Sink + A Tile Snafu

Our IKEA farmhouse sink is finally in, over at the Dutch colonial!

See for yourself:

IKEA

While I like that sink + (a little bit less) that faucet,

I love my choice of back splash tile!

They are 3″ x 6″ subways with a crackled gray glaze.

Home Depot, online.

Martha Stewart paintable bead board wallpaper from Home Depot

Perfection — the way they complement all my design choices!

But wait.

There’s a problem with the size of my tiles

as they relate to the size available for our back splash.

We would end up with a row of tile slivers, to fit the space,

and nobody wants that.

ON TO PLAN B!

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My mind immediately raced to the oh-so-cute penny rounds.

Exhibit A:

Home Depot

In addition to their being super charming,

they are very vintage style, which is just the ticket!

After a somewhat lengthy online search last night,

I found them in the color I desire — gray!

Galaxy gray penny rounds Source unknown

Marble mosaic penny rounds Sarah Richardson

Beautiful, ’tis true, but I fear they’re too busy for our kitchen.

They’d clash with our semi-busy counter tops:

So.  After yet more online searching,

I finally found penny rounds in a solid gray!

Lowe’s online

But wait.

Our grandlad G.O. immediately nixed the idea,

as he claimed small mosaic tiles like that are very difficult to install.

So is it on to Plan C?

Or will I get my penny rounds?

Stay tuned!

Kitchen Countertops Are Here!

 Progress!

Kitchen countertops!

After a slightly exhaustive search, we chose quartz.

We ordered it from Menards,

which is a Midwestern version of Home Depot or Lowes.

A dark gray — Genesis — will top our white perimeter cabinets:

I love the contrast of the dark against the white!

For our oak kitchen island, we chose Flaked Pearl quartz.

Again, there is a nice contrast!

Lovely!

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Well, just wait a minute — here’s where it got scary.

Believe it or not, G.O. measured + ordered them by himself!

WOW — I thought, what could possibly go wrong???

The good news is that nothing went wrong, + they look fantastic!

I should have never doubted him!

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Anyway, I’m especially fond of the beefy ogee edges

+ think they add vintage charm.

Sadly most places charge a hefty additional fee.

I couldn’t remember the exact $ amount, so I asked G.O. just now.

He said something about $30 per linear foot.

Yikes — no can do!

Fingers crossed the gray Genesis quartz will play nicely

with everything else in our kitchen’s ‘color story’. . .

. . . especially my beloved gray backsplash tiles:

Stay tuned!