Kitchen Remodel: Day 8

Tuesday, September 22, 2009

Today was another electrical work day.  Not a lot of exciting things to report on that front.  Wiring the appropriate circuits for the new clothes washer & dryer, putting the new switches into the walls, etc.

We need to decide on our counter backsplash, though, so Jen and I spent an hour at the tile shop, actually called "Tile Shop".  We hadn't really thought much about how the backsplash would look, so we were kind of starting from scratch.  Here's a few ideas that we liked.

Smaller tiles might look fancier but are multiples more expensive, and as Jen found out earlier, recycled "greener" options are double (or more) the expensive prices, so it's not so easy to go green.  We took some of these samples home and will consider it.  This place stocks most everything and seems to be where the larger contractors shop, so we feel comfortable putting off our decision for a little while.  We'll meet with the tile setter later this week to help us out with some practical issues, such as "What goes on top?"  These designs all have their own bullnose or rounded edge solutions that will have to be incorporated into the design.  Grout color, too, we'll have to pick out.