Bistro Look With New Venetian Gold Granite
Hi Tom. I am in the process of buying a townhome from a builder that I almost passed up due to the granite selection, Venetian Gold. It is a spec home and I don’t have the option of changing it. I took some friends by to look at it and give their thoughts. They liked the stone, but one suggested that the tile flooring and backsplash is not a good match. The current tile is a creamy, yellowish color with a little veining. With that suggestion, I’m growing to like the Venetian Gold, but am not sure what color tile and b/s I should have it replaced with, as well as the paint choice.
My cabinet color is called cherry spice – 42″ meet the ceiling, canned lighting, appliances stainless steel with black trim. The kitchen is open to the living area and breakfast nook, both covered with wood flooring of a med reddish brown color, living area ceiling height is a full two floors. My furniture style is contemporary, but not a cold urban loft look.
I would appreciate your suggestions for tile and paint color to maintain a sort of coffee house/bistro sort of look with this granite color.
Shari
Hello Shari,
Even though you are working around the constraints of stainless appliances with black trim and New Venetian Gold Granite, you can still achieve the coffee house/bistro ambiance. The granite color is quite popular and tames the kitchen enough to allow you to go bolder with the paint. Paint is a funny thing because it can totally sell a home for top dollar if it is the right color, but if the color is wrong, buyers usually look past it and just imagine another color to change to after they own it.
The coffee house, bistro feel would work well with New Venetian Gold and Cherry Spice cabinets. Leave the floor as is. For the backsplash, I suggest Roman tumbled travertine (4″x4″) set on a 45 degree angle with almond grout. Now! Here is the fun part. Consider a blue or sage green paint for one wall as an accent. Paint the other walls to match the floor kitchen floor walls (creamy/yellowish). If the accent wall gets a lot of natural light, forget the blue and go with sage green. Blue is very tricky and it needs to be a purple/blue, as shown in the photo below, to warm the room up. I like this best but if it gets too much natural light it will turn everything in the room blue, including your face! In which case, go with a sage green and even consider matching the carpet in the living area. See the sage green carpet swatch below, also.
The goal is to darken up the area a little to get the coffee house mellowness but you need more color than just the New Venetian Gold offers. Going this route also allows for future buyers to change the whole décor but just changing the paint color. Also, it sounds like your furniture will go well in this setting as well.
My best wishes!
Tom
November 13th, 2007 at 5:44 am
Tom:
I am redoing a kitchen in a 1770 house in Litchfield, Ct. The NVG granite seems to lend itself well with the character of the house and what will be wide planked wooden floors stained a med. brown/red to match the rest of the house and light maple cabinets. Stainless steel appliances and a farm sink in white. (The granite has not yet been selected and someone suggested Kashmir white but to me it does not seem to fit as well in this old house though perhaps would blend better than NVG with appliances and the old dark steel oven which is embedded in the center wall of the hearth?)
There are four windows facing south and will be french doors leading to a terrace which will be built into the gardens.
Thank you for suggestions on color for the walls. I do like bright and agree that the color can make or break the place.
January 5th, 2008 at 12:35 pm
Hi Tom,
I am in the process of remodeling my kitchen, the granite I
selecetion is Venetain Gold. My cabinets color is honey maple
and my appliances is stainless steel with black. But I am not sure what color tile for the floor and for the b/s, and what color paint for the wall. I would appreciate your suggestion
to help me bring it all togetter.
Jean
July 29th, 2008 at 7:33 pm
Hi, We are totally redoing our kitchen from the ground up. Our cabinets are simple cottage style in natural cherry. I like a rustic feel, but not too cabiny as our home is more French country. I guess what I really like is a European country look. I am considering Venetian Gold Granite and an autumn-toned slate floor and backsplash. I also like oil-rubbed bronze and was considering that for hardware, light fixtures and faucet. What do you think? You seem to not like the golds with the natural cherry. I have to admit that I am not much of a “gold” person as a rule.
One of my concerns is that the cherry wood will darken and change color and I want it to still match the granite when it does. Right now, it is very light, almost blond and maple in appearance.
Our appliances are, or will be, stainless with practically no black on them.
The kitchen is not too huge and has plenty of light. The arrangement is kind of weird due to old house restraints we had to work around but three walls will have counters on them and I am trying to figure out if there is enough space for an island.
I originally thought I wanted dark granite like tan/brown or a black. I am starting to flounder and second guess myself. Normally, I am pretty secure about my decorating decisions and they come out great.
The difference this time is that it is a huge outlay of money and I can only view a little chunk of the granite in the light of my own kitchen.
Thanks for any help you can give.
Oh, and to further complicate things our budget will only go for a fairly common stone.
October 27th, 2008 at 2:03 pm
My new kitchen is 16 x 16, a large 6′ wide window, on the north side. The outside perimeter we have 42″ cherry cabinets with a walnut stain with black glazing. The island and hutch are painted maple in a vanilla color. The floor is porcelain tile, stone look, Daltile Pietre Vecchie (mix of greys/taupes/beiges/creams). Our wall color, although not much of it is a warm type color (Behr Harvest Brown). The kitchen opens up to the family room which has walnut hardwood. The granite we are considering is either New Venitian Gold, or Giallo Ornamental. Are these good choices or is there something else you would suggest. Please advise asap, I need to make a choice in the next day. Thank you very much.
May 1st, 2009 at 10:32 am
I have an 80 year old colonial home. I just purchased a granite countertop in Juparana vyara and have stainless/black ge profile appliances. Stove is not a countertop. The floor is red oak. My old cabinets will be painted. I also need to install a tile backsplah. I have a large oak butcher block table and matchjing chairs.
What color(s) do you suggest for the cabinets, walls and tile? I would prefer to keep the woodwork, (windows and doors) white.
Thanks,
Zee
June 9th, 2009 at 11:11 am
I have natural oak kitchen cabinets with new venetian gold countertops. What color floor tile would you sugget so my cabinets/counters are not washed out?
February 24th, 2010 at 7:13 am
What color tile will go with the New Venetian Gold granite with Biscotti cabinets with cocoa glaze?
November 14th, 2010 at 11:46 am
Hi there,
I am remodeling my 11×12 kitchen that opens into the living space.. Which has a striking cranberry and tan oriental rug with large print.
My kitchen will have cream colored cabinets.. full overlay top cabinets having glass inserts. Stainless applicances. A penisula will open into to the living area. The flooring throught is honey oak.
My question is what type of granite should I incorporate into this design. I like tropical brown but alslo love marble. I quess the question is should I go dark or stay light with the counter tops and backsplash.
My style is eclectic with warm tones.
Thank you.