Modern Cottage Feel
Hello Tom!
We love Worldvision! Thank you for all the great info on this site!
Our kitchen is down to the studs. It is U-Shaped and opens onto the living room area. The cabinets will all be white. The floors are hardwoods, with a slight pink tint in their natural state. We are trying for a “modern cottage” feel. I can send you pictures of the kitchen before it was gutted if that would help. I do not really like gold, so we’ve looked at slate and black and green granites. We could sure use some suggestions. The kitchen has 7 to 9 feet of uninterrupted counter space for serving, so the countertops are a big feature in the kitchen.
Thank you for your help. - Carmen
Hello Carmen,
I love the modern cottage decor and I wish it was intended more often. True white cabinets are great but you need to avoid black countertops or else you present a more contemporary/modern kitchen. The one exception is a color like Peribonka Granite, which is more green/back. This color would work very well but I think you will have a hard time finding it. It is from Canada, so ask around for it.
The green granite direction is more appropriate but there are so many greens that are totally wrong. There is nothing worse than a wavy green and white granite (like Lapland Green Granite) on white cabinets. Many dark greens are nice but are just too contrasting when they have the ‘true green’ color in them (such as San Francisco Green Granite).
Consider granite with some movement to keep the kitchen ‘cottage-playful’, yet cozy and still elegant. Good colors for this are Verde Borgogna Granite, which is on the darker side or Vermont Green on the lighter side. The Borgogna will look the best with your appliances but I think you will like the Vermont Green better as it has a slate feel but with earthy inclusions.
You could actually go with Vermont Green Slate in a honed finish as well, but you would need to be prepared for the higher maintenance issues of routing sealing and using cutting boards. Slate seems to scratch just by looking at it! I don’t like slate for kitchen countertops because they simply wear down too quickly.
For the edge detail, you can round the top edge and still maintain the cottage charm but a full bullnose will blow the overall style. A square edge would be best, though. Keep that in mind. Match knob and pulls with the stove finish.
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