Tom, Hi I’m from London England. I stumbled upon your site by accident just at the moment of making some final choices on my Kitchen scheme. I would like your advice on the following colours please.

We are having a new Walnut kitchen installed. We are considering Kashmir White Granite worktops with no upstands but instead having glass splashbacks in lime green or something slightly paler, such as the border on this website page, along the back of the kitchen from the top of the granite to the underside of the wall units

My question is will the splashbacks go with the the rest of the scheme.

I understand that the walnut, green and Kasmir white are rather a contrast which i like, but I do not want to make a complete dogs dinner of it.

Thanks, Kieron

Hello Kieron,

Kashmir White from India is the same color in my kitchen so I certainly like that choice. This granite has a very soft green/blue/gray cast beyond the predominately white background. Here are a couple things to know about this granite: Check the garnets and be sure they are not heavily fractured. This can cause the garnets to pop out later. If the slabs you chose have heavily fractured garnets, just choose other slabs. Secondly, Kashmir White is more porous than other granites. This is not a problem as long as you seal it well. See my article called “Sealing and Cleaning Your Granite“.

You mentioned lime green glass for the splash. I certainly think glass in a 4″x4″ module would look beautiful as long it is opaque and a small variety of shades. I’m not sure about the lime green tone. Please take a looks at a pale blue/green glass. Even some stronger opaque blue accents would look nice, compliment the stone and the walnut cabinets, and bring some more color into your kitchen. This gives you more options with dish towels and other accessories as well.

Lastly, I did not hear you mention the color of your sink. Hopefully, you are going with white cast iron as I don’t think stainless looks good with Kashmir white. My best wishes!

Tom Cordova

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