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I am making final decision on the color scheme of my home.
I am getting granite counter tops, and wood floor.
I initially wanted cherry colored cabinets and wood floor to go with dark granite (Turbana) and black appliances.
My husband thinks the kitchen should be lighter... mid brown colored floor like Autumn and lighter granite like Baltic brown (brown/tan/black) or Santa Celia (a lighter tan/brown).
So first what in your opinion would look best, refined... dark granite with black appliances? Those examples I have seen look the best to me.
However if I went with lighter colors, I could go with base appliances and save about $2000 just for getting black appliances.
I think it depends on where you live, I have seen some very nice dark kitchens, as long as you make sure there is enough light in the kitchen and choose a lighter wall color to balance it all out and puncuate the design with some high color touches I think it could work well.
I personally prefer something lighter but I live in Florida. I have cherry cabinets and an offwhite tile. The walls are butter yellow. I want a light green-beige granite when I can afford it.
I am personally not fond of brown, I like color. For me there is enough brown in the wood that your furniture and cabinets are made out of but thats a personal thing. I should imagine that some color pallets are so personalized it might be limiting for resale value. What if the next owner of my home doesn't care for green?
You might also consider stainless steel appliances, they are very popular and reflect alot of light as well, they go with everything literally from a more traditional farm house look all the way to an ultra modern design.
as an interior designer, I am not a big fan of the lighter kitchen, it just looks "dated". I have not done a light kitchen like that in a decade.
The darker kitchen has some problems as well, the tile on the backsplash is too dark, and there is not enough contrast between the floor and the cabinets.
I would use a contrasting, lighter granite for the backsplash, and tie that in with the island in the lighter granite. Its a very high-end look, and can be very affordable. I would liven the whole place up with a warm paint, perhaps in a yellow, to really make the wood sing......sorry, I just cant help analyzing whats wrong with the pix, its what I do, you know?
I would go with the darker, richer look, it will have better resale value, and will look a lot better than the washed out look of the lighter, more "dated" look of the first pix.
I hate to disagree with Lindsey, but stainless is on its way out, I havent done a stainless kitchen in 2 years.
That first picture is a poor representation of a light color kitchen. In fact it is down right ugly and mismatched.In the right hoiuse a light kitchen just looks right. In a otherwise light colored house a dark kitchen like that pictured(everything dark) loks terrible.
the newest thing is to clad appliances in the same front as your cabinets. its really not that expensive, the box part of the cabinet is what costs the big $$$$. It gives a very high-end, "bespoke" kitchen look, gives more continuity to the cabinetry that way.
The focus falls on the range, usually done with a cool hood in wood, tile or other things that give all the focus to that part of the kitchen. Its the natural focus anyway, kinda like a modern hearth look, ya know?
the newest thing is to clad appliances in the same front as your cabinets. its really not that expensive, the box part of the cabinet is what costs the big $$$$. It gives a very high-end, "bespoke" kitchen look, gives more continuity to the cabinetry that way.
The focus falls on the range, usually done with a cool hood in wood, tile or other things that give all the focus to that part of the kitchen. Its the natural focus anyway, kinda like a modern hearth look, ya know?
OH thats cool and I like that idea. You mean the carcas of the cabinet and they call the panels that go in front a DIP if I remember correctly. My brother used to work for TriPac. I love the look of all the appliances being hidden like that.
Are you sure we weren't seperated at birth or something, I was born in March how about you? I am adopted after all.
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