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

I bear in mind once we have been nonetheless in our apartment and I used to be simply starting to weblog about my DIY tasks, I had this concept to design and embellish all the apartment utilizing a democratic technique 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 need to implement no matter thought the bulk voted for.

That ended up not understanding 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 have the ability to really implement my design and adorning concepts into the apartment. I nonetheless assume it might be an fascinating social experiment, however I don’t assume 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 alter my thoughts on any adorning choice, and typically I achieve this a number of occasions a day.

However this time is completely different. I’ve narrowed down my studio countertop choices to 2 — a light-weight alternative and a darkish alternative. I’ve been watching these samples since Tuesday, and nonetheless, I haven’t budged come what may. 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″ vast, and 4 ft lengthy. It’s $2.99/sq. foot. The sunshine one is an engineered vinyl plank flooring from LL Flooring within the coloration Capistrano Seaside Oak. Every bit is 1/2″ thick, 7.5″ vast, and simply over 4 ft lengthy. It’s $3.19/sq. foot.

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

I really like each of them! I like that the sunshine one is…effectively…mild. And I like that it’s that comfortable medium between a pure (brownish) wooden tone and a light-weight 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 coloration. And I feel the sunshine can be very fairly with the cupboard coloration.

Alternatively, I really like the richness of the darkish pattern. And I don’t assume you may ever go incorrect with a impartial darkish wooden in most rooms. I feel it appears to be like stunning with the ground, the cupboard coloration, 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 coloration 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 essentially the most used lavatory in our home. So I’m not likely involved in regards to the darkish countertop being exhausting 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 bored with attempting to make this choice. 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!