The Bargain House kitchen is starting to look like a kitchen. Hick sent several updates.
"Got top of cabinets boxed in." I asked what he planned to do with the ceiling, and Hick said, "I have a trim board, then paint." When we bought the house, there was a piece of plywood nailed over the ceiling above the kitchen sink. When Hick and Old Buddy took it down, it was just a hole in the ceiling. Hick thinks he can recreate those swirls by using a wallpaper brush. He took one over there to see if it's the right size. If it doesn't work out, they will have to put up drywall for the whole ceiling.
That little piece of decorative trim hiding the sink light is the only original thing left from the kitchen. Hick wanted to include it.
The lower cabinets are set in place. Here's a look at the countertop. Of course that's not where it will stay. The sink will go under the window. Hick was trying to see how the countertop would look with the backsplash he plans to make out of flooring.
HICK IS RECONSIDERING!
Not the idea of using flooring. But the specific flooring he had on hand. Thank goodness he sent me a picture Thursday morning!
"Before I nail it all do you like the wood behind the counter?"
This was too important for a text! I called right away. "No. That doesn't look good together. The colors are too similar, yet different. Same with the patterns. No. Don't use that."
Hick agreed that it doesn't look quite right. He checked on some other stuff. Found something metallic, and brought back samples of gold and silver to see how they compare. I suggested the flooring that looks like tile. Just plain, like slate. Whatever he picks, Hick thinks he might also use it on the top of the cabinets where he boxed them in, for contrast. He's not sure of the actual flooring for the floor yet.
It does create a picture and not a good one! We had the same finish on the ceiling in the campground house. The ceiling had a water stain from a roof leak that we fixed when we put the new roof on. I used the same brush Hick is talking about and it did create the same swirl, but it never looked right. My eye was always drawn to it. We covered the ceiling with thin plywood and then put 1X2's in squares to create a different look. Very labor intensive for a small space and I wouldn't do it again.
ReplyDeleteHick is trying to avoid putting up drywall on the whole kitchen ceiling. We'll see how it goes.
DeleteI agree that wood doesn't look right, with pattern on the counter top, any backing should be plain (for me anyway) and I like the swirls a lot less now the upper cabinets are boxed in. I do like the original piece over the window.
ReplyDeleteI am leery of Hick's idea to try gold or silver metallic for the backsplash. I can't imagine it. More like I don't WANT to imagine it. I will hold out for a solid color. A dark gray, or maybe even blue. That decorative relic is a nice touch.
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