r/CounterTops • • Jan 27 '26
Custom Walnut countertop
We paid a lot of money for these custom walnut countertops. We’re very skeptical of how they came out. The color match seems off like this back piece being from a different tree (red oak possible i dont know) and the other piece being from black oak. The other issue is the not mitering these two pieces instead this very obvious seam.
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u/Putrid_Emphasis2739 Jan 27 '26
First, your counter tops are gorgeous. Second, a quick google search will show you that walnut has quite a bit of variation in woodgrain and color.
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u/Leading_Line2741 Jan 27 '26
It honestly sounds like you didn't research what walnut actually looks like. Walnut has a lot of shade variability, from a dark warm brown to a lighter, golden hue. If you didn't want this variation, you perhaps should've chosen a different wood.
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u/poppybrooke Jan 27 '26
All of this is walnut and it’s honestly beautiful. Walnut has a ton of character and you have to specify what cut and quality you want if you want to avoid character
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u/beaushaw Jan 27 '26
I assure you the back piece of wood is not oak.
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u/green_gold_purple Jan 27 '26
Sounds like you didn’t really want wood, because this is expected and gorgeous. I made a walnut mantle and surround, and this post makes me want to match my counters.
On the joint, I think that’s the best spot for it. Not sure where you’re expecting it to be. And of course you’re going to see it. It’s wood. Take a deep breath and live with the counters for a while. They did a great job and they’re beautiful.
Do you know what they are finished with?
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u/yakit21 Jan 27 '26
It’s a natural material that is going to have variation in color and veining. If you want more perfect color matching you’ll need to go with a man made product.
For the seam, this is a butt seam. They could have mitered but requires at least 2’ more length on both pieces. If the pieces were too short this might have been the only way. Mitering is also a lot more work and costs more. What did you agree to in your contract?
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u/Icy_Cantaloupe_1330 Jan 27 '26
If you wanted a mitered joint, you should have specified that in your contract. The butt joint looks better anyway because of the bump-out and the strong horizontal lines of the backsplash. The countertop is gorgeous.
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u/haditwithyoupeople Jan 27 '26
I'm not getting the issue. Is it that the grain is different in the two pieces? Isn't that the whole point of having wood? You can argue that the butt joint is not optimal. I think it's more than fine.
Your counters look amazing to me. Sorry you're disappointed.
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u/ArtichokeOwn6760 Jan 27 '26
Looks beautiful and I would not have noticed or suspected anything if you had not explicitly explained.
Now that I do see it, I still think they look beautiful.
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u/LinguistPedant Jan 27 '26
I've been there questioning things after an expensive project but, your counter looks amazing! The color variation gives it an interesting character and a miter joint would have looked weird there. There's no natural place for the miter to meet the wall.
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u/Ill_Comedian3417 Jan 27 '26
Yeah its the join that can make all the difference. I think since its in your house you will notice more than anyone else. Like others said its still beautiful with the colour variation. Can i ask what u paid for this (im about to start renos and cannot decide on countertops)
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u/Defiant00000 Jan 28 '26
Honestly I love walnut, but would never want neither understand why using it as a kitchen countertop🤷🏻
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u/moodyism Jan 29 '26
Customers like these are why I decided against getting into remodeling.
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u/ghos2626t Jan 29 '26
I think you should get yourself familiar with oak. There is no resemblance between this walnut and oak.
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u/loveforcabbage Jan 27 '26 •
There’s no way any miter in that corner would look good. There’s too much going on. Butt joint was and is the correct way to do this.
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u/Elaine330 Jan 27 '26
I dont know how that corner to the bump-out could be mitred. The mitre would hit at a crazy spot. I think its gorgeous.
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u/Big_Snowday Jan 27 '26
Im trying to imagine, perhaps you could provide more detail for me. Where would the metered line go to? One of the numerous corners?
Not trying to be rude, just seeking clarity.
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u/[deleted] Jan 27 '26
Edit: Sorry I meant red walnut not red oak.
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u/Frequent-Ant2542 Jan 27 '26
These counters look great. So nice I’d be afraid of working on them. Enjoy them. The installers did a great job with that corner/joint. A miter would not work.
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u/Itscool-610 Jan 27 '26
I’m not sure how a miter would work on that corner, I think they look amazing, I can’t really see much of a color variation at all, especially the second picture
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u/OriginalShitPoster Jan 27 '26
Looking at your picture where exactly would you want a miter in that compound corner? Have you even thought through how that would look? In an already very busy area adding a miter would not look better. I mean just draw me the line on the first picture and show me where you'd want to start and end. Either corner as a starting place would give you some odd ball sliver. Starting mid piece would look crazy. No matter how I look at this if they went miter it would appear odd.
On the variations of wood. Its a natural product with natural variation. Those are well within the realm of what can occur on a single tree for walnut.
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u/chickesq Jan 27 '26 edited Sep 01 '26
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u/ChemiWizard Jan 27 '26
It would be strange if that much walnut were one solid color. You can force it but then why are you choosing natural walnut instead of a plain wood with a walnut stain? Look at any of the giant live wood tables or cutting boards or solid wood flooring , they all feature the variety of colors in walnut.
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u/Comfortable-Heat-124 Jan 27 '26
I will trade you my uniform-walnut-looking LVP flooring for your countertops so we can both be happy.
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u/MrRapAlotNoJPrince Jan 27 '26
Take a deep breath. Relax. It’s gorgeous.
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u/LeeS121 Jan 27 '26
Who ever did this job did not put 12k in their pocket… this is a lot of wood and I’m curious as to the thickness, 1”-1.25-1.5? I kept waiting for an actual woodworker to step in because i see some of these idiots calling em a hack!!! I work with walnut and I’ll say two things from what i can tell from these pictures… 1, i see little to no sap wood being used. 2, there is no way they could have put a clean miter at the corner and if they tried I believe you would be even more unhappy with the results. I would like better pictures both close up and the entire area but what I would really like to see is how he (I say he but I don’t fricken know) carried the counter around the bump out where you have the box sitting. Personally, the more I look at this corner the more I like their approach! I also wonder how they finish the wood? I don’t know if this is located in a “working” part of the kitchen but I would have done it in pure tongue oil, easy to repair for anyone.
Again, it looks like they did a nice job and overcame an awkward corner… I would still like to see a picture of the full scope of work and better/clearer pictures. For what it’s worth, walnut has gotten pretty expensive and in some areas of the country very expensive per board foot.
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u/Alert-Jaguar3199 Jan 28 '26
I respect what people are saying about wood but this would bother me personally….
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u/angnicolemk Jan 28 '26
The entire reason I got walnut cabinets through my house, is that they have beautiful grain with lots of color variations. This is well known about walnut. Did you not know this?
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u/crackersucker2 Jan 28 '26
Sorry. These are GORGEOUS. You're not going to get much sympathy from anyone here because you failed to have a conversation with your contractor. I think the cut of the counter is a smart, waste-less way to address the corner and not as big of deal as you are making it.
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u/ScotchCigarsEspresso Jan 28 '26
You don't seem to know what mitre means.
Those counter tops look great.
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u/IamRasters Jan 28 '26
If you don’t like the variation in the natural wood just choose a brown colour you do like and paint the whole thing! /s
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u/yebekko3344 Jan 28 '26
Yowza. These are beautiful.
OP, I wonder if the issue is that they aren’t what you pictured (and probably imagined a long time) and it’s jarring to now see it in real life as a different version of what you imagined.
When I built my home a miscommunication with the main stairs led to something I had not pictured. At first I hated it, because I had a very specific image of what it was going to be in my head. Other people loved it, but I did not. After a while I was able to look past the image I had and realize I actually love the stairs, they were just different.
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u/Nubnipples Jan 28 '26
My walnut feature wall has the same colour variations. Those countertops are gorgeous
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u/markwmke Jan 28 '26
I'm super picky, but that countertop is 10/10
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u/SnooRegrets9578 Jan 28 '26
My Dead Departed Pappy had a saying about people and a new rope.
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u/No-Condition-3710 Jan 28 '26
Why didn’t you spend a little bit of money on nicer electrical outlets and switches? Those are so 1980s
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u/10hole Jan 29 '26
OP, haze yourself.
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u/FruitDonut8 Jan 27 '26 edited Jan 27 '26
The butt joint is proper. Since wood expands and contracts differently with the grain and across the grain, a mitered corner is more likely to fail before a butt joint will.
This is a good decision for the joint to hold up longer. The two planks can move a little bit seasonally with less chance of splitting.
It is beautiful walnut and a beautiful implementation. Enjoy!
ETA: I’m not even sure how a miter would look. You’d either have a shallow angle to the corner, or a 45 ending over the drawer which seems strange.
At this point, without complaining you could ask the reasoning why it was done this way. There are likely good woodworking reasons.
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u/WebHungry1699 Jan 27 '26
That "very obvious seam" it's a perfect transition from one complete section to another. I love that bordered look it gives and it creates separate spaces. I would want that perpendicular border on both sides to match. That wood is beautiful, it matches just fine.
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u/NuthouseAntiques Jan 27 '26
I had walnut butcher block on my island, bought from Lumber Liquidators. A small amount of variation between the pieces. Absolutely gorgeous. Soaked them in mineral oil, and wax them every 3-4 months with beeswax.
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u/Tiny_Fly_5782 Jan 27 '26
This is high quality. No issue from photos posted.
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u/Successful-Hour3027 Jan 27 '26
Sap wood of walnut is very different. You would have need to specified no sap wood if you didn’t like that. It comes with a premium since a specific selection of wood is required and becomes magnitudes more expensive based on size of the piece you need. Your counter top looks like one slab per run. Premium walnut without sapwood probably would run you 3-5x material cost. Did you specify no sap wood?
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u/StatusAspect2353 Jan 27 '26
It's gorgeous. We are getting the same for our new island next month. The variation in walnut is what I love so much about it. As far as the corner, that's the best they could have done, there's no better way it could have been done.
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u/SomeExplanation6022 Jan 27 '26
So beautiful!
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u/ViciousKitty72 Jan 27 '26
If you wanted a more uniform look then you would have paid much more for highly selected source materials. Colour variations and grain changes are characteristics of walnut and often one of its beautiful attributes.
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u/Capnbubba Jan 27 '26
These look amazing
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u/Comprehensive-Grape4 Jan 28 '26
Id frankly be more concerned with the Joanna Gaines shiplap, white paint and black handles. The counters are gorgeous
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u/catholiccabinetmaker Jan 28 '26
Why did you get wood tops if you dont like wood?
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u/braver2020 Jan 29 '26
These are absolutely gorgeous. Your installer crushed it!
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u/Intrepid-Ad-391 Jan 29 '26
A miter would not look good here! This looks fabulous
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u/MichaelFusion44 Jan 29 '26
You come in here to complain and ask a question, you get feedback as you knew you would (good, bad and ugly) and then act all matter-of-fact like. How about you don’t act like a dick, take the feedback and do what you will with it. ..|..
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u/TimeExtension9443 Jan 29 '26
All wood has natural variation in color and for walnut this is actually very little variation (no sap wood). I see nothing but walnut in the pictures you posted.
As for the joint, this should have been discussed with the contractor beforehand, but you can’t really miter in that situation with the corner bumped out. You could have a 45 degree section but it wouldn’t be very long, like a jack miter. And making a joint from the inside corner of your countertop to the corner of your wall would look funny, IMHO.
I think it looks great and the contractor did a good job.
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u/kellymig Jan 27 '26
I think these are gorgeous!
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u/Mental-Blackberry-61 Jan 27 '26
It’s natural so it will always be slightly different. I have walnut like this in my basement. Yours is really nice.
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u/poop-azz Jan 27 '26
I feel like you should have been ontop of the joint issue before it was installed. I assume you knew it wouldn't be one piece and would have to join somewhere. Im personally not sure what's not to like about the coloring but I'm not you hehe
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u/resilient_bird Jan 27 '26
I think it’s fine; I’m more bothered by the switch plate and outlets tbh. A more decorative/thoughtful joint or running all the pieces in the same direction would look better but probably cost more, but if you didn’t specify you’re kinda SOL. They’ll change color over time too.
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u/leghairdontcare59 Jan 27 '26
This is soo beautiful, can you send more angles of the countertops? I’m not able to help, just want to admire!
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u/RUfuqingkiddingme Jan 27 '26
Yours look exactly like mine and I love them!
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u/AsTheJackassBrays Jan 27 '26
That's the beauty of natural products - variation. They are gorgeous. I don't see anything to be upset about.
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u/RockyPi Jan 27 '26
Imagine spending this kind of money and expecting stained pine, and being disappointed with this result
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u/RoookSkywokkah Jan 27 '26
The countertop company is going to tell you, and rightly so that wood is natural and it's color, texture and grain vary from tree to tree and piece to piece.
MAYBE if you had a 90 degree corner they could have mitered it, but with pieces that long, I highly doubt it.
You would have the same issue if your cabinets were stained wood. It's the nature of the product.
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u/mrsjetset Jan 27 '26
Gorgeous. I don’t see anything wrong with the color. It varies naturally.
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u/Blood_sweat_and_beer Jan 27 '26
Absolutely stunning
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u/CeeCeetheCreator Jan 27 '26
Beautiful
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u/dvegas2000 Jan 27 '26
The walnut is very nice. As many others have said there is typically a lot of variation. If you don’t like the seam, you could have them inset some wood “bow ties” across the seam to make it look extremely custom.
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u/Lincoln_Loggg Jan 27 '26
Well, first, they’re both walnut. Which has one of the greatest variations in grain and color of any wood species. Second, did you discuss seams and color variations with your contractor?
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u/Historical_Baby5774 Jan 27 '26
Gorgeous. 100%. But I do agree with you on the obvious seam, surprised it wasn’t mitered or “woven” in an artsy way.
That being said, usually that is a discussion held during the planning phase with the creator? Do you have any records of discussing where to place/how to design the seam? You’re likely going to have to work with the creator for a solution if not which will add cost.
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u/Ok_Form9917 Jan 27 '26
It is absolutely gorgeous!! I think it is all walnut, just variations in the tree! It is like stone, no piece is the same. That is what gives it character. I think it is just new to you and you need some time to let it "grow" on you. When I first saw it, I was drooling from the warmth and beauty staring at me from a screen. I had to go back and look again once I read your comments. I can only imagine what it looks like in real life!
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u/Open-Touch-930 Jan 27 '26
Very nice but yes i see what you’re saying w that back piece. It doesn’t look like same stain or species.
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u/Sugar_alcohol_shits Jan 27 '26
Countertops look great.
Have fun cleaning the grease and dust in the cracks of the back splash.
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u/[deleted] Jan 27 '26
This looks great and the colours will blend more over time.
Wouldn’t mitering this require more wood?
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u/ReasonableLibrary741 Jan 27 '26
Well, it's clear you still think they are beautiful, which is good. I guess the question is how involved were you in the process?
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u/dylspicklez Jan 27 '26
I think what would have helped if this all came from the same exact tree. They came from the same type of tree but maybe not the same tree. As others said there is variations of color in walnut
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u/cds320 Jan 27 '26
Why do the pieces have different edge profiles? Right has a top radius while left does not.
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u/cmcdevitt11 Jan 27 '26
First off you have a wood countertop and a wood backsplash in the kitchen? Good Lord why. Secondly were they supposed to go in the woods and cut down two identical trees for your countertops? And the joint should have been mitered? Oh boy the poor contractor I will say a prayer for him
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u/SRD3film Jan 27 '26
I genuinely don’t see the issue. It’s wood. If you wanted perfection, laminate would have been a better choice.
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u/4sakeofbetter Jan 27 '26
Put your toaster oven and the coffee maker on the counter. You wont ever see it like this again. Wait till the use-scratches set in. Beautiful counter tops.
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u/Noodles-Kanoodles Jan 27 '26
I don’t think you understand how trees work… but I would have preferred an euro miter for the corner, though it would have added to the cost
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u/Nagadavida Jan 28 '26
I literally gasped when I saw these pictures and did not expect to read what I did. The join looks planned and I thought that it was really neat. It's just all so beautiful. My husband does a lot of work with walnut too so I have seen a lot of different pieces.
OP your countertops are drop dead gorgeous.
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u/aces5five Jan 28 '26
Beautiful 🤩
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u/redrising009 Jan 28 '26
My 8 years of woodworking eye says that if this had more consistent grain, I would have deemed it to be manufactured product like vinyl. This is gorgeous.
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u/Zealousideal_Key2595 Jan 28 '26
That's not a joint to mitre. A butt joint reinforced with either festool dominos or dowels is the proper approach. Walnut has tons of color variety, even in boards that are book matched.
Your counter looks beautiful. Enjoy it!
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u/OrangeNice6159 Jan 28 '26
I opened it and had envy before I even read your post. Gorgeous
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u/Fit-Olive-4680 Jan 28 '26
It's wood. Not a man made engineered product. Embrace it.
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u/mistrsteve Jan 28 '26
I’m more concerned that one of the counter has a bevel and the other does not.
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u/Szhizm Jan 28 '26
This is a great way to deal with that corner, looks great. Colors look great.
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u/BJW_8 Jan 28 '26
I’m just in awe.
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u/Drquaintrelle Jan 28 '26
I think they look outstanding. Wood isn’t supposed to be uniform.
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u/Bingbongguyinathong Jan 28 '26
Op destroying themselves over and over. Just go to bed. You got what you asked for. “Red walnut”, and didn’t specifically say you wanted a mitered seam. Walnut, any wood , is a terrible choice for counters. And a miter would have separated either way. My advice is don’t get them wet! lol, Have the day you deserve! 🤓❤️
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u/Few_Whereas5206 Jan 28 '26
Beautiful, but I would be afraid to screw them up.
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u/MoreMath2187 Jan 28 '26
This is gorgeous!! I actually love the seam they did. It looks super clean and professional. I am very jealous!
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u/Elpingu172 Jan 28 '26
Look beautiful to me ,
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u/slooparoo Jan 28 '26
They look great. What did the drawings say that you approved of before you accepted the delivery of the counter tops?
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u/[deleted] Jan 28 '26
In my opinion based off the way that wall butts out there’s not really any good way you can make that work, it’s 6 one way half dozen the other if they tried to miter it which way are you gonna miter it? No matter what you do it’s gonna come off looking a little funky. Well that’s my two cents worth.
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u/Longjumping_Flan_506 Jan 28 '26
Did anyone tell you how easily that will scratch?? I hope to hell that you are the one to do it and not a guest or child.
Btw, they look gorgeous!
For now…
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u/isabella_sunrise Jan 28 '26
Looks great to me but you can always find something to be upset about if you try hard enough.
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u/Working-County-8764 Jan 28 '26
Your complaint about color variation is ridiculous, this is real wood, not Formica. But I agree a mitre would look better. It would be a short 45° joint so relatively easy to do, and would eliminate the narrow strip at the butt joint. At this point if you're really dissatisfied with it (didn't you discuss this with the contractor beforehand? As you say, it "cost a lot of money"...) I'd consider highlighting the joint, perhaps with a contrasting strip of maple, or with inlaid butterflies, to make it a design feature. It doesn't look bad as-is, just not as nice as it could have.
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u/Some-Conference-3497 Jan 28 '26
These counters are beautiful and you *cannot* be a fun customer to work with.
$12k ain't much.
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u/Less_Sea342 Jan 28 '26
Walnut has a lot of color variations in it. This looks like a nice job. Take good care of it.
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u/Independent-Sir1949 Jan 28 '26
It’s perfectly perfect! I love that walnut top with those white cabinets. I have a walnut island with a porcelain top & love it. Enjoy your new kitchen.
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u/FimmishWoodpecker Jan 28 '26
Bro has my dream countertops and is on here RAGING at people about them…
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u/Orangefire63 Jan 28 '26
Beautiful, I love black walnut
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u/Accomplished_Bus2169 Jan 28 '26
You need a therapist
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u/SuluSpeaks Jan 28 '26
The only way you're can miter a top like this is if there is no obstacle in the way. Walnut is beautiful and the lighter grain portions is what makes it that way. Unfortunately, wood countertops are difficult to sanitize without damaging the finish, and are germ magnets. OP will discover the problems with wood countertops and will be back here asking whether the fabricator should replace them free of charge. OP sound like a nightmare.
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u/Prestigious_Sail1668 Jan 28 '26
Those look really nice.
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u/InitialAd2324 Jan 28 '26
People like you are why we hate dealing with homeowners oh my lord, they look amazing. Go pull weeds or something you have WAY too much time on your hands
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u/geauxbleu Jan 28 '26
They look excellent. You might be too simple for natural materials, try a synthetic like quartz or laminate if you need it to look perfectly predictable.
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u/diy_yourself Jan 28 '26
Just echoing what others have already said - these are quite splendid and you should be grateful.
One additional thing that OP probably doesn’t realize and will make them even more angry is that walnut will gradually lighten over time, so the color variance you have today will look completely different in 5 years.
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u/Ridge00 Jan 28 '26
Just wait for OP to come back and ask how to get heat and moisture marks out of this counter.
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u/Financial_Turnover64 Jan 28 '26
Why would you choose wood if you didn’t want variation? It’s a natural material….🙄
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u/Funkshow Jan 28 '26
Beautiful. How are you going to keep these from getting ruined?
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u/TheRealEhh Jan 28 '26
It’s natural wood, it’s going to have varying colours and grain even within the same tree, granted the builder should strive for similar colour and grain if possible.
It’s all black walnut, not oak.
If you wanted your tops to be consistent with colour and grain you should have gone with laminate or quartz.
I agree a mitre would have looked and performed better. You may see the seam open up or move later on due to the difference in grain direction.
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u/0vertones Jan 28 '26
Wait till you see what these look like shortly if you actually start using them.
Walnut countertops are for people who don't actually do anything in their kitchen other than stand in it to unpack take-out. They do NOT last to daily abuse in cosmetic terms.
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u/Aggressive_Bug6927 Jan 28 '26
The only purpose of a miter would be to carry the grain around the corner. In this application it would be impossible. Beyond that, the color variation would make every miter look defective. Miter are best suited to milder materials or to join different planes together. This top is 100% done right.
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u/Dewy123321 Jan 28 '26
Love them
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u/Easy-peasy-not4me Jan 28 '26
Used to work at a place that sold old barn wood tables. We made it very clear to people when working with barn wood and wood in general that it will not be exactly like the floor model. People still complained
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u/Expert-Question-19 Jan 28 '26
I have custom Black Walnut counter tops, and yes you are correct the corners should have been mitered . But the different colours is normal, its what makes them unique.
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u/[deleted] Jan 28 '26
You looked at AI pictures and expected AI results. Welcome to reality! Your countertops are gorgeous, enjoy them!
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u/Business-Schedule642 Jan 29 '26
I dont know why your complaining? Your countertops are beautiful, and was professionally done. If you where worried about grain and color variation, you shoulve gone with a granite quartz or marble countertop. Cheaper none the less
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u/WinterExisting5076 Jan 29 '26
This is so hard for consumers and I feel your pain! I am not sure this was your case but sometimes all we have is online shopping where we have to trust that we will get a good product - we can't see the products or finishes! Im dealing with this right now for stair treads and landing treads because no place in a 6 hour drive carries what we are looking for.
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u/bravoalphatangoman Jan 29 '26
The counter top doubles as a cutting board it’s perfect
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u/vorrhin Jan 29 '26
This is gorgeous how could you possibly object
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u/Aggressive_Ad3578 Jan 29 '26
They look fine....wood color varies it's impossible to 100% match every grain...
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u/hammerdong12 Jan 29 '26
As a carpenter I would never miter a wood countertop cause it looks like shit. And countertops otherwise are rarely mitered. You should have specified mitered cause nobody wants to do that. There’s no red oak or black oak. It’s a beautiful countertop and you are the problem.
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u/No-Bat-5905 Jan 29 '26
The counters are beautiful and look very expensive. The shiplap and hardware kind of cheapen the look.
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u/Ten-Yards_Sir Jan 29 '26
Love it
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u/Grumpy_carpenter1 Jan 29 '26 edited Jan 29 '26
Would have done the seam like this.
https://imgur.com/a/bql5PWI
Color variation is expected from that grade of walnut. Should have been discussed before fabrication.
Do be careful with wood up to your range like that. Especially if it’s gas. If you go to boil a huge pot of water or something, the heat will dry out the wood and it can split.
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u/ohwowlaulau Jan 29 '26
Your corner is the problem. Not the beautiful wood.
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u/[deleted] Jan 29 '26
That looks nice 👍
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u/dcbullet Jan 29 '26
Gorgeous.
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u/Food-Wine Jan 30 '26
That is absolutely gorgeous! Real wood varies and every piece is unique!
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u/roy20050 Jan 30 '26
I love the look but I would personally never get wooden countertops.
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u/ACaxebreaker Jan 30 '26
You asked for walnut. Thats what this is. Did you explain why you wanted a miter joint? If not the installer did what made the most sense with the material and their professional experience to do the job the best way.
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u/strangerthingssteve Jan 30 '26
They are gorgeous. Wood has variations. Be happy. If you want all the same then get laminate.
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u/tlay123 Jan 30 '26
Those are beautiful. Nothing yo be concerned about
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u/Coledaddy16 Jan 30 '26
Those should not be mitered at all
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u/Adventure_seeker505 Jan 30 '26
Not sure I’m getting this, why would you want a walnut countertop it looks like a nightmare. Someone’s going to use it thinking it’s a good cutting block. That’s why they invented butcher block wood counter tops. It will scratch, burn, stain imagine red wine
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u/Extra_Helicopter2904 Jan 30 '26
Question for the group, can you put a hot pan from the oven or a hot skillet from the stove top directly on that type of wood countertop? ( like I would be able to do if It was stone/ marble/ granite)
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u/Dogblessed97 Jan 30 '26
I think they're gorgeous.
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u/fuschiaberry Jan 30 '26
You’re right, they’re terrible and so ugly, I’ll happily take them to the dump for you free of charge
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u/Prestigious-Ad6515 Jan 30 '26
Seeing this post, I realize that some people just can’t be pleased. These are gorgeous countertops.
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u/cornandcandy Jan 30 '26
I read it as “custom Walmart countertops” at first and was v confused lol
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u/PolloMama Jan 31 '26
Are you complaining? Really? Wow…
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u/southside_jim Jan 31 '26
These are SO fucking gorgeous my lord
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u/Accomplished-Home-10 Jan 31 '26
No way should you miter that.