We decided last night to forgo the floors. Only because we can’t find anything we like more than what we have. None of the vinyl flooring is white enough to stand up to the glossy white of the cupboards and it ends up looking like what it is….plastic. I found a nice cork flooring, but it would add significant height and also isn’t white enough. In both cases the floorings are too pink or too yellow. To replace the tile would require a jackhammer to remove it. Our floor below the tile is concrete which means that the tile is as good as welded onto it…. to put down new tile we would be looking at about $5 per square foot to remove it, another $5-$10 per square foot to buy new tile, and another $5 per square foot to lay it. For that cost, we can fill the 20 chips in the existing floor and go back to loving it.
I found a couple of backsplash tile ideas that I like. One is a small pebble sheet that would look fabulous cut in a 6″ wave running above the granite. Unfortunately, we’d be doing it ourselves if we go that route….Brian basically said “have fun with that” so we have a plan B. A gunmetal grey 4″ square tile in a single row topped with a 2″ stainless steel thickness of mini tiles. It would tie in with the new appliances and pull the kitchen together nicely. So I think we will go that route. It’s funky and industrial.
Unfortunately the sink and faucet are backordered! So this won’t start as soon as we thought.
Gives me time to mull over that bathroom that I hate so much…..