I’ve to confess that I didn’t get a lot precise work on the closet accomplished this previous weekend. I wanted some relaxation to gear up for the work that must be accomplished this week — putting in the remainder of the molding and trim, shifting the washer and dryer into the room, and beginning the construct for the island. I did get the within of the washer and dryer cupboards painted, although. That’s not terribly thrilling, however I made a decision the within of those cupboards wanted to be painted to match the washer and dryer as a substitute of being left white.
However apart from that, any of my closet-related work was all in planning and making an attempt to make choices. And the largest resolution I’m making an attempt to make proper now’s what countertop materials to make use of on the washer and dryer cupboards, in addition to on prime of the island.
Initially, I had supposed to do wooden counter tops utilizing the identical crimson oak hardwood flooring that’s on the ground. I had quite a lot of it left over, so I assumed I’d put it to good use. Actually, I had already reduce all the items for the washer cupboard countertop means at the start of this closet mission.
I’m not ruling out that possibility fully, however now that my flooring have been redone, I’m simply unsure about having wooden counter tops. I’m so enthusiastic about how the flooring turned out, however I don’t wish to go overboard by repeating the identical colour of wooden on three totally different counter tops within the room. There are positively occasions when extra is best. However there are occasions when extra is simply overkill. I sort of really feel like including three extra surfaces within the room which can be the identical colour as the ground will fall into the “overkill” class, particularly since one in every of them will probably be proper within the middle of the room, and will probably be 72″ lengthy and 30″ extensive.
So I’m fairly positive that I’m going to do one thing totally different, and I narrowed it down to a few choices. I would like a complete of 30 sq. toes, so actual stone, quartz, and many others., is just too costly, even at remnant costs. I don’t wish to pay near or greater than $1000 for counter tops for a closet. I’ll save the good stuff for our future new kitchen, however not for a closet.
The primary possibility is laminate. Laminate has come a great distance prior to now few years. There are methods they will do the perimeters now which makes some laminate counter tops fairly laborious to differentiate from actual stone counter tops…till you contact it, after all. However I assumed laminate is likely to be an ideal possibility for the closet since I don’t want something that’s actually laborious carrying in a closet like I’d in a kitchen.
The one pattern I actually preferred was this one from Formica known as Manhattan Marble. And naturally, it’s not low-cost. I feel the set up worth got here to about $900 or so. I simply don’t wish to pay that a lot for closet counter tops. It’s loopy to me that the set up worth for Formica nowadays is just a bit lower than the set up worth for stable stone remnants.
The subsequent thought I had was to do concrete. I do know, I do know! Been there, accomplished that, proper? I’ve concrete counter tops in our kitchen, and I’ve vowed by no means once more to have concrete kitchen counter tops after they stained so badly the primary time round.
However that was a few years in the past, and after I had them refinished (which you’ll be able to examine right here), they seemed so a lot better. And for probably the most half (apart from the world the place I spilled isopropyl alcohol on it and didn’t understand it till two days later, so it ate via the end), the counter tops have held up remarkably properly and nonetheless look actually good.
And I’ve a sense that concrete countertop sealers have come a great distance since my very first try. However once more, I gained’t be doing something in a closet which may stain the counter tops. I don’t convey mustard or turmeric into my closet 😀 , so I feel it might end up a lot better getting used as closet counter tops. I priced it out for all the concrete, edge kinds, and different supplies. The value got here to about $450, together with delivery. However then I’d should have somebody come assist me as a result of I can’t raise and pour all of that concrete on my own. And sadly, my brother wouldn’t be accessible to assist me this time round due to his job.
So this leads me to the one possibility that I’m actually tempted to strive. I did a pretend paint remedy on my front room espresso desk to make it appear to be marble. I do know, a few of us cringe after we hear (or learn) these phrases “fake paint remedy”, proper? It takes us again to the 80s when that stuff was all the craze.
However I feel I did a reasonably good job on my espresso desk! And individuals who have truly been inside my house have thought that it was actual marble…till they touched it. 😀
So I feel I’d give {that a} strive. It could solely price me the worth of two sheets of plywood to get all three counter tops since I have already got all the different provides wanted. And I don’t even want to make use of the costly plywood, so it might price lower than $100. I feel I’ll at the very least give it a strive. If I don’t prefer it, at the very least I’ll have discovered one thing (i.e., preserve the fake portray to one thing small like a espresso desk), I can share my DIY fake marble countertop fail with y’all so that you simply don’t should go to the expense of making an attempt it out, and I can transfer to Plan B for my counter tops. I feel that is going to be my Plan A.
Addicted 2 Adorning is the place I share my DIY and adorning journey as I rework and embellish the 1948 fixer higher that my husband, Matt, and I purchased in 2013. Matt has M.S. and is unable to do bodily work, so I do nearly all of the work on the home on my own. You possibly can study extra about me right here.
