White And Stainless Steel
We are remodeling our kitchen with white cabinets
and stainless appliances. The kitchen will be about 16X14 not including the breakfast area. We will have an island that is 8X3. There will be windows all around the breakfast area so I think we will get a lot of light. Our kitchen will look into the family room with a counter that is bar height separating the two. We haven’t picked out tile for the floor or the backsplash because we thought it would be easier to pick out the granite first. We generally prefer a transitional look. We are currently considering tan brown and sapphire brown granite. Any help or suggestions you have would be appreciated.Thanks,
Kathy
Hello Kathy,
One of the problems is that stainless appliances with white cabinets can look very sterile. I always suggest white cast iron sinks with pure white cabinets; however, if you break up the room with a good transitional color that works well with stainless but also compliments the brightness of the white cabinets, you can have a nice result.
Tan Brown granite is too dark and warm to pull this off. It looks great with stainless, but with white cabinets, you will pin-stripe the room. Sapphire Brown granite is a much better choice because the mineral colors are cooler with nice blue/green accents. This is a very good choice and you could use the same granite on the splash or select a white subway 3×6 tile to bring it all together.
Staying with the soft blues and green, while introducing darker colors, is the theme to carry. Other good colors would be Azul Mahogany, Butterfly Blue, Ascas Blue, and Waterfall Green. Watch out for the color gray! Gray or gray/blue would not be good, but silver or metallic is a nice accent. For example, Ruby Blue granite is a bad choice even though it seems to be blue.
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