I apologize in advance for not having specific measurements. This is a fixer-up that we've been working on, and we need some suggestions. We have the kitchen countertop, sink, upper/lower cabinets, and tile. The only thing undecided is the paint color. We have a window right behind the sink, which is pretty low. Low enough that the molding under the windowsill touches the top of the back of the counter. We are going to have a long counter, range, and four upper cabinets to the left of the window, while we will have a washer, dryer, and two upper cabinets to the right of the window. The bottom of the cabinets will be about 2 feet above the counter top. My wife's plan was to lay tile to about 16" above the countertop, continue it all the way to the left, go up higher behind the range, bend around the left side of the range, and then stop at the front of the range. This would allow her about 6"-8" of paint between the tile and cabinets to continue the color. This plan would mean that there would be no tile under the window, obviously, since there's no room. We would then continue on the right side of the window at the same height to go behind the washer and dryer. She had also picked out a nice border tile to go all along the top of the tiles. She is now having second thoughts, because the more she looks at pictures on the internet and TV, it seems that everyone is laying the tile all the way up to touch the bottom of the cabinets, which rules out the border and the paint. All you would see is appliances, cabinets and tile on the entire wall. She's now thinking that instead of going right up to the side molding of the window, maybe stop where the cabinets end (about 6" away from the window) to give room for the paint color around the window. Hopefully I described it well enough, but if not, I may have to make a picture.

I was looking at renovating the bathroom and starting from scratch, but then I watched this episode of The Living Room and it occurred to me that it could save me a lot of money by getting the tiles, bathtub and shower resurfaced instead. I didn't know bathroom restoration was a thing. Apparently you can get the tiles and bath re-enamelled in a new colour so you don't need to replace them. Has anyone had a resurfacing done on their bathroom before and what was your experience?