Not a few weeks after we ordered our kitchen, Home Depot opened their new Design Center concept. Our region soft opened, and we rushed to see what kind of counters we could explore. As luck would have it, the second display in their showroom was our kitchen. Thomasville cabinets, Bosch appliances, and this drop dead sexy counter and backsplash. Little did we know we would end up with Bosch after our KitchenAid fiasco…
We grabbed our color samples from the array they had in store, and headed upstairs to look at materials. We brought our kitchen plans as well, so we could receive legit quotes. We had an estimate drawn up for Dekton, and just about dropped dead at the price. $17,000 without a backsplash! Why so much? We have 100 sqft of counter. Not going to happen. So, we started searching again.
After months of shopping for counters, we ended up where we started- Apex Cabinets in San Marcos. One of the first samples we chose was the color we would go with. One major downside, these slabs were not available in 52″ width for our island, and that meant some out of the box thinking on our part, coming in a later post.
We were referred to a granite contractor for our master bath slab, and they did a wonderful job. We hired him again to install our 3 wall slabs, and install our sink. This was a one day project, they mocked up templates, hauled the slabs to their shop, and came back late in the afternoon to install.
Our 36″ quartz single basin sink is in! We opted for equal spacing for all faucet openings, to allow room to operate all of the appliances.
Counter panorama. This was a straightforward project on our part. Cost break down: $1200 in quartz slabs, $2400 in installation. We would build out our 11′ island for $1500 plus a lot of legwork. At the end of the day, we saved a ton compared to our “dream” materials, and are very happy with our finish choices two years later.