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

I bear in mind after we have been nonetheless in our rental and I used to be simply starting to weblog about my DIY tasks, I had this concept to design and adorn the complete rental utilizing a democratic technique by which 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 must 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 have the ability to truly implement my design and adorning concepts into the rental. I nonetheless suppose it could be an attention-grabbing social experiment, however I don’t suppose I’d have the braveness to embellish our home in that manner. I’m a little bit of a management freak, if you happen to haven’t already figured that out. 😀 Plus, I like the liberty to vary my thoughts on any adorning choice, and typically I accomplish that a number of instances a day.

However this time is totally different. I’ve narrowed down my studio countertop choices to 2 — a light-weight selection and a darkish selection. I’ve been gazing these samples since Tuesday, and nonetheless, I haven’t budged by some means. I like them each for various causes, and I can’t appear to resolve 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″ huge, 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″ huge, and simply over 4 ft lengthy. It’s $3.19/sq. foot.

Listed below are each of them subsequent to the wallpaper (the outdated wallpaper, not the brand new one with the edited colours, however this one must do for now), the ground paint colours, and two paint colours which are just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

I like each of them! I like that the sunshine one is…properly…gentle. And I like that it’s that completely satisfied medium between a pure (brownish) wooden tone and a light-weight grey wooden tone. It comes off as a heat grey, similar to the Basic 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 could be very fairly with the cupboard coloration.

Then again, I like the richness of the darkish pattern. And I don’t suppose you’ll be able to ever go mistaken with a impartial darkish wooden in most rooms. I feel it appears to be like lovely with the ground, the cupboard coloration, and the wallpaper. Darker wooden provides such an exquisite 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 troublesome to maintain clear, and it’s in essentially the most used lavatory in our home. So I’m not likely involved concerning the darkish countertop being arduous to maintain clear in my studio.

So y’all get to resolve, and I’ll go together with the bulk on this as a result of, fairly frankly, I’m uninterested in making an attempt to make this choice. What say you? Gentle countertop or darkish countertop?

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