No Pink In The Kitchen!
Tom,
The kitchen in our new home is 13 x 21′ with a long narrow center island,
counters on three perimeter walls, plus a small adjoining breakfast nook
with southern windows — so the light is pretty good.
Our kitchen is also open into the living room and dining room with simple
archway openings.
Cabinets are Armstrong Mocha Maple with arch doors. Appliances are mainly
stainless plus a black dishwasher. Flooring is 20 x 20″ very light warm
beige ceramic tile. Walls are light beige in kitchen and living room and
dining room is sage green. We have natural stain oak trim for baseboard and
windows.
I am considering Lady’s Dream for countertops with a stainless sink. Could
you offer thoughts on this or other stone suggestions? I don’t want anything
that’s dark since we already have walls of dark cabinets. Thanks for your
advice, and thanks for thinking of a creative way to support World Vision!
Moissy
Hello Moissy,
I can picture your color pallet well and thank you for the great description. First let me say, that if I owned the quarry that produced Lady Dream, I think I would close it down. There is one version of it with salmon vein that looks rather nice in a bathroom, but other than that, I really dislike the pink/grey colors in this granite. I just can’t think of one combination in which I could recommend it be a compliment. Never go pink in the kitchen – never.
I hope my comment above did not completely disrupt your direction and I seriously what to make two other suggestions that will go better and still give you some of the better coloring of Lady Dream, but with more warm and beautiful tones. Those two granite color choices are Amber Fantasy and Crema Bordeaux. The latter will look darker and more sophisticated but the light cream floors will allow you to go pretty dark without closing in the room. The Amber Fantasy will be brighter and more playful. I love both of these choices with the design and pallet you described.
The arched panel cabinets are perfect and I would recommend an Ogee Bullnose edge detail as shown on www.HomeGranite.com.
Stainless is not a must here. You could match the floor or appliances with a crème or white sink.
Thank you for supporting the Rock Blog’s kids and my very best to you!
