I think I've FINALLY made a choice

[neadods]

This is pending on my seeing it and still liking it, but I think I've FINALLY made my choice regarding the new kitchen counter: "Tuscany" which is actually called St. Cecilia:


It's not cheap - it's listed for the same price as the green butterfly, and I got a quote for that. But it's got a warmth that I like, I can coordinate with the linoleum (which isn't changing), still looks nice against the white appliances, and will work with the new stainless steel handles that will go on the cabinets. The cabinets themselves could stay the color they are, but also have wriggle room.

It's a pity that the dark wood molding in the kitchen was long ago painted white: I may paint it brown again to make the lighter colors pop.

ETA: It occurs to me that this is the coloring of the new kittens.

Comments

[darthfox.livejournal.com]

Choices are hard! I commend you for making one. :-)

May I recommend that instead of painting brown over the white, if possible you strip the white paint and re-finish the wood molding in a dark stain? (I happen to think wood finish is nicer than painted wood - but of course one has to get used to the fact that other people's tastes can and do differ from one's own. :-) So I suppose by "may I recommend", what I mean is "let me urge you to consider, in case two years from now you'll wish you hadn't settled for paint". Heh.)

[neadods.livejournal.com]

For the effort it would take to chip down through several layers of paint in a complex design full of grooves, I might as well rip off the molding entirely and start over.

...which is not necessarily out of the question.

*sigh* My chances of finishing the kitchen by the end of the year are vanishing. But I think in the end it's gonna be a gorgeous kitchen!

[tchwrtr.livejournal.com]

Call it a later improvement, and leave them as-is for the moment.

http://www.diynetwork.com/painting/paint-stripper-basics/index.html

You'll want fresh air, and a fine spring weekend will be better for this job.

[stlscape.livejournal.com]

It occurs to me that this is the coloring of the new kittens.

Well then clearly this is the right choice! LOL

[tchwrtr.livejournal.com]

I concur.

[amethyst-hunter.livejournal.com]

Looks good! And the kittens' similarity is probably what prompted you to pick it. ;)