Countertop Options For The Walk-In Closet

I’ve to confess that I didn’t get a lot precise work on the closet achieved this previous weekend. I wanted some relaxation to gear up for the work that must be achieved 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 an alternative of being left white.

However apart from that, any of my closet-related work was all in planning and attempting to make selections. And the largest determination I’m attempting to make proper now could be what countertop materials to make use of on the washer and dryer cupboards, in addition to on high 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 a whole lot of it left over, so I believed I’d put it to good use. In truth, I had already minimize the entire items for the washer cupboard countertop means firstly of this closet challenge.

So I’m fairly certain that I’m going to do one thing completely different, and I narrowed it down to 3 choices. I want a complete of 30 sq. ft, so actual stone, quartz, and so forth., is simply 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 great stuff for our future new kitchen, however not for a closet.

The primary choice is laminate. Laminate has come a great distance previously few years. There are methods they’ll do the perimeters now which makes some laminate counter tops fairly arduous to differentiate from actual stone counter tops…till you contact it, after all. However I believed laminate could be an ideal choice for the closet since I don’t want something that’s actually arduous sporting in a closet like I’d in a kitchen.

The one pattern I actually preferred was this one from Formica referred to as Manhattan Marble. And naturally, it’s not low-cost. I feel the set up value 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 value for Formica lately is just a bit lower than the set up value for stable stone remnants.

The subsequent thought I had was to do concrete. I do know, I do know! Been there, achieved 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 can read about here), they seemed so significantly better. And for essentially the most half (apart from the realm the place I spilled isopropyl alcohol on it and didn’t notice it till two days later, so it ate via the end), the counter tops have held up remarkably effectively 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 carry mustard or turmeric into my closet 😀 , so I feel it might end up significantly better getting used as closet counter tops. I priced it out for the entire concrete, edge varieties, 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 elevate and pour all of that concrete on my own. And sadly, my brother wouldn’t be obtainable to assist me this time round due to his job.

So this leads me to the one choice that I’m actually tempted to attempt. I did a faux paint treatment on my living room coffee table to make it look like marble. I do know, a few of us cringe once we hear (or learn) these phrases “fake paint remedy”, proper? It takes us again to the 80s when that stuff was all the fad.

However I feel I did a fairly good job on my espresso desk! And individuals who have truly been inside my residence have thought that it was actual marble…till they touched it. 😀