Honed Marble basketweave as a kitchen backsplash?
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Comments (5)Thanks everyone, my BOS is starting to clear up! I do love the look of charlie 123's kitchen and I think his counters are honed? rmkitchen, coming from you (LUUUUV your gorgeous kitchen), I will take it as a green light to go for it and I promise to post pictures when we are done - hopefully by then I will have figured out how to do that!...See Morehoned marble counters w/polished marble back splash?
Comments (9)Hi Kateskouros, I think it's a lovely idea as the honed tends to lose some of it's drama of the veining and the backsplash would be a great place to show it off! I think I saw early pics of your slabs and they are beautiful! One thing to think about, our polished countertops have been in now for 5 months and still look fabulous, even have stood up to spills that I thought it wouldn't. Now, we have an etch or two, but they are small and nearly impossible to find. We used a polished marble backsplash tile - Thassos and I put a different sealer on it than is on the counters. Remember, on the backsplash, you can use something that is more durable and not necessarily food safe because you aren't going to prepare your food right on it. The sealer we used sits a bit on the surface, I would not have liked on the counters because it takes away a bit of the glorious marble feel. I don't care on the backsplash a bit and it makes everything wipe off beautifully! As for stains or etching on the backsplash, we don't have either. Good luck! I can't wait to see your end result because so far your selections sound lovely!...See MoreHoned or polished? Question for marble backsplash owners
Comments (1)I'm going through the same decision process with soapstone counters and marble backsplash. I brought home a sample of a polished calacatta board - with mini (1"x1") tiles. It has a a lot of variance in terms of some tiles that are warm and creamy-even golden; others are grey, cool and veiny, etc. Anyway, the lady there told me that she would do polished because if they etched you would never notice it, but you'd still get the "bling" from the polished ones. I'm learning that I personally prefer a mix of shiny and matte in the kitchen (as well as cool and warm tones ) so that's why I'm thinking if I go with soapstone I want something texturally different. Having said that, though, it depends on how shiny you want your soapstone. If it's going to be oiled, I think a honed marble (if that's the direction you're going) would be a beautiful contrast. Have you brought both samples home and compared them against a sample of your soapstone? You might even want to take a few pics and post your options - and have the forum vote. They'll give you their opinion :). Good luck - it sounds like it will be beautiful!...See Morepolished or honed marble for kitchen backsplash?
Comments (7)I think you already have nice contrast with shiny vs matte with the chrome pulls-- my sense is that honed would look better with your quartz countertop. I'm going to do the same thing with a marble hex inset above the range and I prefer the honed finish. You may want to see a sample of each with the countertop to be sure....See MoreL C
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