Avoiding Pepto Pink
Tom,
We are completely remodeling our kitchen and my husband and I (both engineers) do not have an artistic bone in our body and are struggling on granite color choices and are running out of time. We have gone back and forth on cabinet colors and finally decided on a nutmeg glaze cherry by Merillat Masterpiece (doesn’t have that orangy undertone of natural) but isn’t super dark. They will be full overlay raised panel arched. We have a medium size kitchen which will have an L shaped peninsula (no room for an island) and will have stainless appliances and stainless undermount sink. We will have undercabinet lighting and can lights. We are going to go with ceramic tile flooring but are going to pick that out last after the countertop so we can be flexible. Not sure yet if we will do a tile backsplash or full granite. From the granite slabs we have seen we tend to like the flowing veins rather than a uniform pattern but not too busy looking. Some of the patterns almost make you dizzy.
Without having our cabinet on hand we liked the African Ivory, but then when we bought our cabinet in we realized how pink it looked and were afraid it would cast a pepto bismol look on the entire kitchen. My husband isn’t fond of the real yellowy gold undertones. We are just clueless and need help.
Gina
Hello Gina,
Raised panels door fronts in a nutmeg glaze cherry make for a more formal traditional décor. Your floor tile color is critical to send this kitchen into its final direction so think about the formality you want to achieve because the granite will also play a huge part in the total package. I always say, the only thing that can wait, is paint, all else needs to be decided together.
That being said, you’ve got two great ways to go. First, the more formal look with dark large modular tile flooring or mahogany wood looking porcelain tile. Then the granite must be lighter like Arandis (with no pink) or Colonial Cream or Terra Brazilis. Not a bit of pink in the granite countertops will do here. If your kitchen has enough light and can handle even a dark color, then I strongly recommend looking at Taupe and Suede Granite in person. You can go with a large modular Noce travertine for the splash or similar.
The other direction is to lighten the room up and create a more family or ‘lower maintenance’ feeling in the kitchen. To do this you would select an ivory colored large modular tile in either natural travertine or porcelain.
The granite would be more colorful like Mascarello, Sunset Delicatus, Verde Imperial, Juparana Columbo or Juparana Classico. You still want to avoid pink.
For the edge detail, I strongly recommend a Roman OG as seen on www.HomeGranite.com.
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