You Get To Select My Studio Counter tops (As a result of I Can’t Make A Choice!)

I bear in mind once we had been nonetheless in our condominium and I used to be simply starting to weblog about my DIY initiatives, I had this concept to design and enhance your complete condominium utilizing a democratic methodology wherein I current my readers with choices, and it doesn’t matter what the result of the vote was, the bulk vote would win, and I’d should implement no matter concept the bulk voted for.

That ended up not figuring out as a result of, on the time, we had little or no cash, and I had no concept at any given time once I’d be capable to truly implement my design and adorning concepts into the condominium. I nonetheless suppose it will be an attention-grabbing social experiment, however I don’t suppose I’d have the braveness to embellish our home in that method. I’m a little bit of a management freak, for those who haven’t already figured that out. 😀 Plus, I like the liberty to vary my thoughts on any adorning resolution, and generally I accomplish that a number of instances a day.

However this time is completely different. I’ve narrowed down my studio countertop choices to 2 — a lightweight selection and a darkish selection. I’ve been gazing these samples since Tuesday, and nonetheless, I haven’t budged by hook or by crook. I like them each for various causes, and I can’t appear to resolve between the 2.

The darkish one is an engineered hardwood flooring from Lowe’s, and the colour is Saddle Hickory. Each bit is 3/8″ thick, 3.5″ large, and 4 ft lengthy. It’s $2.99/sq. foot. The sunshine one is an engineered vinyl plank flooring from LL Flooring within the colour Capistrano Seashore Oak. Each bit is 1/2″ thick, 7.5″ large, and simply over 4 ft lengthy. It’s $3.19/sq. foot.

Listed below are each of them subsequent to the wallpaper (the previous wallpaper, not the brand new one with the edited colours, however this one should do for now), the ground paint colours, and two paint colours which can be much like the colour that may go on the cupboards.

I like each of them! I like that the sunshine one is…effectively…mild. And I like that it’s that joyful medium between a pure (brownish) wooden tone and a lightweight grey wooden tone. It comes off as a heat grey, similar to the Traditional Grey that I used on the ground, besides that it’s a contact extra on the brown aspect than the ground colour. And I believe the sunshine can be very fairly with the cupboard colour.

Alternatively, I like the richness of the darkish pattern. And I don’t suppose you’ll be able to ever go mistaken with a impartial darkish wooden in most rooms. I believe it appears stunning with the ground, the cupboard colour, and the wallpaper. Darker wooden provides such a phenomenal heat to a room.

I do occur to have an instance of a darkish wooden countertop with a heat colour on cupboards in our hallway lavatory. That is the butcherblock-style countertop that I made 9 years in the past. As an apart, I’ve by no means discovered this darkish wooden countertop troublesome to maintain clear, and it’s in probably the most used lavatory in our home. So I’m probably not involved in regards to the darkish countertop being laborious to maintain clear in my studio.

So y’all get to resolve, and I’ll go together with the bulk on this as a result of, fairly frankly, I’m bored with making an attempt to make this resolution. What say you? Gentle countertop or darkish countertop?

I’m glad I don’t have to consider it anymore. 😀 It’s as much as y’all!