She then found outlets by Lutron that closely matched the tile color. Turning the outlets sideways made them more discreet.
When King couldn’t find grout to match the color of the tile, she discovered Grout Shields, a company that would create a custom grout sealer matched to any Benjamin Moore color. She applied porous, unsealed white grout and then paid an artist to come in and use a small paintbrush to apply the colored stainproof sealer on top. “The grout was cheap in material cost but expensive in labor,” she says. “But totally worth it in the end.”
LED strip lighting under the cabinets highlights the backsplash. King says she prefers to install lights in kitchens that are 3,000 Kelvin. “I’ve found this amount renders nicely. It’s not too warm or cold,” she says.
The opaque panels on the upper cabinets are Lustrolite, a scratch-resistant, acrylic-like material.
“It also works better than a whiteboard,” King says. “I’ve used it in showers, as a barn door in my office; it’s my designer secret.”
Backsplash tile: Crystile Wave series and Crystile series, 4 by 12 inches, both in Soft Mint; cooktop: 36-inch DCS, Fisher & Paykel; range hood: Whirlpool; flush-mount lights: Nuvo; opaque panels: Lustrolite in Glacier
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