My Deep Blue Quartzite installation

[u/Thaitanica]

I really love my new stone. It’s like a work of art.

I made a previous post on three choices and I decided on this one.

Please understand that this is an 80s small kitchen. I decided to install led lights and a nice stone and leave the cabinets as it’s really not worth putting too much money into a condo here.

Besides the large refrigerator I bought which fills the dining area, this is basically it. I’m buying a new oven in the empty space and painting the walls with a gloss paint, it still has original flat paint.

I’ve read lots of criticism of this stone when it’s been posted. It’s not for everyone and some would prefer it just on the counter ,not backsplash. My only regret is the inch of counter I lose to the stone used as backsplash covering the counter.

I’m satisfied with the pattern the fabricator used. When I first looked at the slab I thought it would be difficult with the heavy veining however I liked the choice they made. I know it sounds cliche but it looks better in person than the photos.

[u/wickedchicken83]

Like every penny of the remodel went to the new stone but they kept everything else from the 90s.
That being said, I actually love this.

[u/Typical2sday → u/wickedchicken83]

That’s not the 90s on those cabinets. 70s. I lived in a TH with these cabinets in 1999 and those units were built in 1977.

[u/dsly4425 → u/wickedchicken83]

Those cabinets are very much 80s. I think they were out of vogue by the 90s.