Name changed as photos are obviously outing!
I'm not sure if I'm being unreasonable or not.
Long story short, we're in the process of doing a quick DIY style tart up of our ancient kitchen. It's going really well. Before and after pics attached for you to have a look at - bearing in mind this is a 30+ year old kitchen (which we've painted a few time already) I think it looks good. So far its been lots of graft, but cheap as chips - total spend around £150 including paint, new handles, floor tiles and wall coverings. All that is left now is the worktop to replace.
At the start of this, I picked out a white square edged laminate worktop with a subtle sparkle. Pretty much cheap end - £120 per length - we need 2 lengths. Add the quite hefty delivery, edging strips, bits and bobs, it comes in at about £350 ish.
Husband is now getting cold feet, as he's never cut/fitted a worktop before, and if he makes a wrong cut, we'd need a new length at £120 plus £25 delivery per length. Hence any mistake would be expensive - I understand that.
He's now suggesting basic IKEA white worktop, which is £40 per length.
This means that the cost of any mistake he might make is limited to £40. I understand why he is happier with that, its very sensible. The IKEA worktop is OK, I guess, and it makes sense that in a cheap kitchen tart up, that a cheap worktop would be fine. I just feel that I'm always compromising on top of compromises, and I never end up with what I really want, because there's always an easier or cheaper or more sensible option.
Still being in this house rather than moving is a compromise, prioritising other things over extending the kitchen is a compromise, tarting the existing kitchen up over fitting a new one is a compromise, and now even the sodding worktop is a compromise.
This is not really a pure money issue, we have plenty of savings . I think its about sensible over frivolous, luxury over basic etc. I'm actually actually the more financially savvy/prudent of the two of us, but just sometimes, I'd like to be able to the item that I actually like, rather than a cheaper, basic or more sensible version of it.
DH would go along with what I want, if I put my foot down, but I understand how flipping sensible his suggestion is.
AIBU?
I've just splashed out on 6 gorgeous Le Creuset Coastal Blue mugs to make myself feel better!