I would do the silgranit, but in the cafe brown color. I think it would be nice with your cabinets and counters. In fact, that is what I am going with myself. I also like stainless, but I am tired of trying to keep mine looking good. I've just heard so many positives on the Silgranit. The cafe brown is really dark, almost a black, but softer which I think would look nice in your kitchen. By the way, I really like your faucets.

Another vote on looks only for the Silgranite. Either would be just fine and if I were you I'd choose the one I'd rather touch. But for color, I vote Silgranite (either the brown or black).

Mitri89,

Pardon the hijack, but have you test driven your hardware?

I've been picking out hardware and put a couple of pulls in my current kitchen to see how they felt when I used them. One of them was smooth, the other had some decorative circles on it, a bit like yours. I found that opening my cabinets using the more decorative knob was quite uncomfortable -- there was a protruding edge in the back, not visible to the eye, that makes it uncomfortable to use. I'm so glad I found this out before the reno.

Just thought I'd mention it, although you may have already put your very handsome knobs and handles through their paces.

Your kitchen is looking lovely! I prefer the "softness" of the silgranite, also in either black or brown. I have a SS sink, GO granite, tumbled marble b/s and a cafe brown sink and love the way they all look together. I think it's a very warm combo.

BTW, I also have a sim. knob and have no issues with how they feel.

Your choices all sound lovely and I can't wait to see the rest!
Out of the two I prefer the silgranit in anthracite. The cafe brown is not bad concidering the brown glaze on cabinets, floor, and wall color however, it might be too brown compared to your orb fixtures.

I'm no designer and perhaps I'm going against the grain, but I think a sink in biscuit would look great. Of course the right brand with the right shade. Some biscuit sinks look too creamy and some are just creamy enough to not be white. And if your cabinets will look more white than cream I would do a white sink. Just my two cents!

Another vote for silgranit. I have the Blanco super single in black and LOVE it! It looks great and is super easy to clean-just a simple wipe dry before I go to bed at night. I think the black would work well with your cabs, hardware, and granite choices. JMO.

silgranit...black or brown both are beautiful, love mine

Thank you all so much. It sounds like Silgranit is winning. That's the one I've been leaning towards, but for some reason got cold feet at the last minute. I had not even thought about the brown one. Does anyone have any pics of the brown installed?

Marytw - I haven't ordered the hardware yet. I'm definitely going to order one of each kind to test it first. Thanks for the heads up.:-)

Crazyhouse6 - I'd love to see pics of your kitchen if you have some.

Thank you all again!

I have also ordered the Silgranit single bowl in cafe brown. My granite does not have any black in it and I thought the brown would be a softer look. I hope it does not clash because all my knobs will be ORB as well as my faucet. You are one step ahead of me. My cabs will not be installed until Tuesday.

Ami - sounds like either choice would work great. Good luck with your cabinets. I hope you will post pics when you can.

Crazyhouse, your kitchen is beautiful! It helps a lot to see the sink with a stainless faucet, similar backsplash and granite. Is your hardware ORB? Trying to decide if brown or black would best go with the hardware we picked...

Mitri89 - it would be good if you could find somewhere you could see both colors in person. I will tell you that when I was first shown the cafe brown I had to ask the salesman if he was sure it wasn't the black. Then he showed me a black one and I saw the difference. So, what I am saying is that the brown is a really dark brown.

Hi Mitri,

Don't mean to hijack your thread, but what faucets are those? And what faucets did you see in ORB that you liked? I'm also looking at that same sink in anthracite. Thanks for your help.

When I read your message I somehow skipped the two sinks, but read the list of materials you had picked out: oddly I was thinking Siligrant anthricite. I think dark gray would go great with all of the color combinations. Nothing against the brown, I just like a more neutral sink.

Warmfridge, the faucets are Danze Opulence. They come in ORB as well as the stainless. I haven't seen them in person, but here they are incase you're interested...

My vote would be for a sink in biscuit. However, that wasn't one of the options you were asking about, so maybe you don't like it. My preference is that the sink should blend into the granite. I think your pretty faucets should be your focal point, instead. Looks like you have made some beautiful choices.

I too think biscuit would also be a good option for you and as cakelady mentioned, the cafe brown is a deep, dark chocolate brown. They'll all look nice in your kitchen, it's just going to be a personal preference.

My hardware is pewter (black/silver looking) on the stained cabinets and brown on the painted/glazed island. You will probably want to bring home samples and look at them once your cabinets are painted. Just another decision...

I am missing something, I think, but I have a cold so maybe that's why. You will have light painted cabinets and light counter, but want a blackish sink? Are you planning it as an accent? I don't see an undermount sink as an accent, so would want it to blend more...but my personal preference. I'd want the hardware and maybe the faucet to be the bling, and the sink to allow them to stand out.

I'm not a stainless fan, or a biscuit fan, so would probably consider the silver-gray Silgranite color to resemble stainless.

I think Alicia58801 has the cafe brown sink in her wood-topped island and with an ORB faucet. I'll see if I can find a photo or get her to chime in.

Does the biscuit show stains easier? I could see it looking nice but am a little nervous about it possibly clashing with the white cabinets. I can't believe I'm making this one decision so hard.

Here is a link to a thread that shows the cafe brown sink in Alicia's island from a distance. Not sure if it's much help.

With white cabs, you could do the white sink...But if the biscuit blended with the countertop, I don't think it'd be a problem with the cabinets, since it will be completely surrounded by counter. It might be different if it was an apron front sink.

Here is a link that might be useful: Alicia58801's kitchen

Thanks Mitri, will check them out.

Sure, no problem Warmfridge.:-)

Rhome, thanks for the link. I was thinking the black or brown sink could work, because the granite we've been looking at has a lot of black and brown in it. The black or brown would also tie in with the ORB hardware and light fixtures. But, maybe biscuit would look even better and allow the faucets/hardware to pop instead. So, if we went with biscuit would ORB faucets make more sense than stainless?

I'm not a great fan of ORB faucets...so far I sound like I dislike almost everything, but it's far from the truth...ANYway...I was saying that I prefer stainless or chrome faucets because of the classicness (not a word, I know) and the timelessness. But I can see where an ORB faucet would look natural with the other choices. Whichever you prefer, I think, will look fine. You can go crazy worrying over details no one else will notice. It's your opinion that matters.

And, BTW, I keep forgetting to tell you how great your kitchen looks and how excited I am for you!!!

Hi!

Do you mind if I hijack and ask you the details of your hardware? Love it so much and it's exactly what I'm looking for!

TIA!

p.s. I say go stainless!

I think crazy fits me right now, lol. All this obsessing over details, that, like you said no one else will even care about.;-) I love ORB hardware and fixtures, and I like some ORB faucets too but am fairly particular about the finish on them. I love the stainless finish on the Danze but haven't seen the ORB irl to know if I'd like it as much, so I'm a little nervous to go that route. I'm sure any of it will be fine, and I just need to pick one and move on to the next detail. Thanks for the feedback on my kitchen. I am so excited to see it coming together and am grateful to you and all the others that helped so much in the early stages.:-)

Beschenbach - The hardware is Amerock French Country. I have samples on the way from Knobs4less.com, and I'm hoping I like it as it's very inexpensive. I also found those and some others similar to it on Myknobs.com for great prices if you haven't tried that already.

Just thought I'd update what we decided to do.:-)

We ended up picking out some pretty Giallo Ornamental slabs yesterday. We had looked at various New Venetians, Santa Cecelias and others and liked them all, but when we saw the Giallo Ornamental we loved it and knew that was the one. Since the slabs we picked have a very creamy base we decided to go with the biscuit sinks. We thought going with sinks that would blend would really let the faucets shine. So, this morning I ordered 1 Blanco Precis Super Single and 1 Blanco Rondo Bar Sink, both in Biscuit.

On a side note, we also went to a plumbing showroom yesterday that had the Danze Opulence pulldown in stainless on display. It's so beautiful, the stainless finish is very nice. So, now after getting the sinks and faucets lined out, I can move onto lighting. Whee..

Congratulations on some big decisions checked off! Looking forward to seeing the results.

Thank you, I will sure share pics once it's all done.:-)

Thanks for the follow up. Excellent choices! If you haven't already looked at Marybeth1's kitchen, you should check it out. She has GO granite (I believe), with a biscuit silgranit sink and it looks fabulous! Looking forward to seeing yours completed.

I'll have to check her's out too. Thanks for pointing it out. I was just looking at Tisker's lovely kitchen earlier too and noticed that she also has a biscuit silgranit sink with Santa Cecelia Light granite which looks amazingly similar to our Giallo Ornamental. It's fun to look at all these pretty kitchens and hope mine comes together half as nicely. I'm so glad I stumbled upon this forum early into our building process. Thanks for all your help.:-)

I love the hardware that you picked out. Did you get your samples yet? Are you happy with the finish?