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

I keep in mind after we have been nonetheless in our condominium and I used to be simply starting to weblog about my DIY tasks, I had this concept to design and beautify the complete condominium utilizing a democratic methodology wherein I current my readers with choices, and it doesn’t matter what the end result of the vote was, the bulk vote would win, and I’d should implement no matter thought 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 thought at any given time once I’d be capable to really implement my design and adorning concepts into the condominium. I nonetheless assume it could be an fascinating social experiment, however I don’t assume I’d have the braveness to brighten our home in that means. I’m a little bit of a management freak, should you haven’t already figured that out. 😀 Plus, I like the liberty to vary my thoughts on any adorning determination, and typically I achieve this a number of instances a day.

However this time is completely different. I’ve narrowed down my studio countertop choices to 2 — a lightweight alternative and a darkish alternative. I’ve been watching 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 determine between the 2.

The darkish one is an engineered hardwood flooring from Lowe’s, and the colour is Saddle Hickory. Every bit is 3/8″ thick, 3.5″ large, and 4 toes lengthy. It’s $2.99/sq. foot. The sunshine one is an engineered vinyl plank flooring from LL Flooring within the colour Capistrano Seaside Oak. Every bit is 1/2″ thick, 7.5″ large, and simply over 4 toes 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 are much like the colour that can go on the cupboards.

I really like each of them! I like that the sunshine one is…nicely…mild. And I like that it’s that completely happy medium between a pure (brownish) wooden tone and a lightweight grey wooden tone. It comes off as a heat grey, identical to the Basic 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 could be very fairly with the cupboard colour.

However, I really like the richness of the darkish pattern. And I don’t assume you possibly can 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 lovely 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 tough to maintain clear, and it’s in probably the most used lavatory in our home. So I’m probably not involved concerning the darkish countertop being laborious to maintain clear in my studio.

So y’all get to determine, and I’ll go together with the bulk on this as a result of, fairly frankly, I’m uninterested in attempting to make this determination. What say you? Mild countertop or darkish countertop?

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