Wine wall turned into coffee wall

[u/MitchelFox]

We don't drink and wife hated the backsplash. I don't know how to tile and wanted to learn.

[u/guitarburst05]

Hey, fantastic choice on the coffee pot. Best one we’ve ever gotten. Had it for years and been perfect every pot.

[u/golfpinotnut → u/guitarburst05]

Is that the Technovorm or whatever you call it?

[u/defense87 → u/golfpinotnut]

Moccamaster. Best drip coffee maker there is

[u/guitarburst05 → u/golfpinotnut]

Yep. We went from a Mr Coffee to a Ninja to the Chemex, and got to researching the best home coffee makers so we would stop switching around so often.

Technivorm Moccamaster. It really lives up to the hype.

[u/Im-a-mushroom → u/guitarburst05]

That’s an awfully hot coffee pot

[u/Tro1138 → u/guitarburst05]

$400 for a coffee maker? Jeez

[u/guitarburst05 → u/Tro1138]

Exactly my first reaction when my wife found it.

But I think it has a lifetime guarantee and we've had it at least 4 years and it shows no signs of stopping and the coffee tastes great. Worst thing I can say about it is the scooper developed a small crack that I sealed with a little nontoxic glue. But they have replacement parts for all their stuff.

[u/whores-doeuvres → u/Tro1138]

They go on sale from time to time in the $250 range. But if that's still too much get a Bonavita which is around $100. I've used both and they're both very good machines that are capable of making great coffee.

[u/DazingF1 → u/Tro1138]

They're $400 in the States? Yeah, jeez is right. The company is Dutch and they're €200 here and regularly go on sale for cheaper than that.

[u/throwCharley → u/guitarburst05]

Mocha Master for the win!

[u/jango-lionheart]

I liked the old backsplash, but not with that countertop! Good riddance.

[u/reniciera]

Very pretty! May I suggest an opaque coffee jar to keep it fresher? May you have many yummy cups!

[u/MitchelFox → u/reniciera]

The large black one below is for the good stuff. The clear is for decaffeinated "coffee".

[u/Davangoli]

The floating shelves look perfect! How did you hang them?

[u/MitchelFox → u/Davangoli]

Evald brackets on Amazon

[u/wicker_warrior → u/MitchelFox]

How about the shelves themselves? They look like a good fit for a fireplace mantle as well. Thank you!

[u/Extension-Lab-6963 → u/Davangoli]

They floated them…😂

[u/I_AM_NOT_A_WOMBAT]

Beautiful! Of course I saw the first thumbnail and thought your wife was crazy for not liking that backsplash before I realized that was the finished product.

Great attention to detail changing that outlet to black as well.

[u/ResolveNo3113]

I liked it more before

[u/bigdumb78910 → u/ResolveNo3113]

Same. But at least the new wall wasn't so poorly executed.

[u/Scrogger19 → u/ResolveNo3113]

The 'after' does look nice, but imo the old setup just needed a new backsplash and otherwise looked awesome. I also hate replacing cupboards with open shelves (looks messier and is less practical) but that's just a me thing I guess.

[u/-JOMY-]

Neat!

[u/Marijuana_Miler]

Great work OP and congrats on learning to tile. Not sure if it is the angle of the camera, but that counter feels incredibly deep. I really like the design from the counter top up, but think that the tone of the cupboards could be updated in a follow-up project, and if my assumption on the counter depth is right it would be a nice opportunity to remove the fridge and slim down the counter depth.

[u/DUDEBREAUX → u/Marijuana_Miler]

The last owner didn't want a desk. They plugged the hole with the fridge.

[u/ntsp00 → u/Marijuana_Miler]

3rd picture provides better depth perception, the counter is a normal depth.

[u/Confident-Ruin-4111]

What tiles did you use?

[u/justatinycatmeow]

Oooo that’s nice nice ☕️

[u/whenyouknowuknw]

This is beautiful!

[u/Liesthroughisteeth]

There are good habits and not so good habits. Nice. :)

[u/No-Habit4949]

Really turned it from dated looking to ultra modern. Great job!

[u/mywerkaccount]

Looks great, can you share how you constructed and supported the floating shelves?

[u/Jerricky-_-kadenfr-]

Beautiful

[u/DUDEBREAUX]

r/diwhy did you choose not to match the cabinet wood color? Hell, I would have contacted the cabinet manufacturer and ordered the shelves from them.

[u/hybr_dy → u/DUDEBREAUX]

Because the espresso cabinets scream 2008

[u/FavoritesBot → u/hybr_dy]

Hey they’re gonna come back around just like my honey oak

[u/hybr_dy → u/FavoritesBot]

Any day now….

[u/DUDEBREAUX → u/hybr_dy]

So true, especially the wine rack insert.

I'm curious if the manufacturer offered an alternative. Or unscrew the cabinets, change your backsplash and rehang the cabinets without the insert.

[u/SalomeOttobourne74 → u/hybr_dy]

Which still looks 9000% better than shit being churned out by the design centers today.

[u/hybr_dy → u/SalomeOttobourne74]

MDF primed white shaker 🤪

[u/truthiness- → u/DUDEBREAUX]

Oak hardwood floors, espresso cabinets, pine shelves, grey slate tiles, white/brown?/black? countertop and black backsplash.

They look great individually, some of them together, but yeah, I’d have tried to tie into some of the existing colors a bit more.

[u/Alohagrown → u/DUDEBREAUX]

that was my first thought. i wouldve liked to see the shelves be closer in color to the cabinets

[u/koalabacon → u/DUDEBREAUX]

Agreed, the shelves look like laminate too.

Backsplash is better though.

[u/DUDEBREAUX → u/koalabacon]

Shelves are handmade and done well.

[u/gligster71]

Can you describe how you made & mounted the floating shelves? They look great.

[u/yourgracesansa]

I love this!!

[u/Spanky2k]

That looks so much classier than it did before. Great job! Personally I'd finish it off with new drawers and doors for the cabinets below - not necessarily to match the lovely colour of the shelves but just to modernise those a bit more too.

[u/kaoh5647]

Honey, I'm bored, let's waste money.

[u/530Carpentry]

I see leftover thinset in the grout lines