Originally Posted by DanielDudley (Post 9365762)

Simple solution would be to put in a marble windowsill that juts out and has slight ears to the sides. Then run a subway tile with a bullnose on the 3'' side up each side of the window, leaving the current bullnode on the window edge exposed about 1/8''.

Very simple and elegant. Easy to do if you make all your cuts with a wet saw. You ,may have to remove some material from the bottom to get the marble where you want it.

Originally Posted by look 171 (Post 9365983)

I was going to suggest that too, but a typical sill will not match the rest of the (newer) house due to the Bullnose drywall corners. It looks funny without window casing and the corners being round (just my stupid opinion).

Originally Posted by beepbeep (Post 9365713)

I do not know if you already decided to use tiles, but here is an idea:

After tiling numerous kitchens, I got tired of grout been discoloured by cooking splash behind the hob and this time used tempered glass around whole kitchen desk. I actually have the same kitchen wallpaper behind the glass as well. Glass panes are sealed underneath (towards the stone desk) so no water can leak behind it.

We had it for three years now and it has been absolutely perfect and easy to clean. Any kind of food splash is just wiped off with wet tissue, and that's it.

I used 6mm thick tempered glass for safety (=breaks into zillion small cubes instead of sharp shards). Tempering adds 5x the cost but it is a safety issue.

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Originally Posted by porsche4life (Post 9365451)

There's two GFIs in the kitchen that all the other outlets are tied into, so it's up to code. :)