BD and DdB are very different roses in style and growth habit. BD is a modern (1988) shrub rose, and DdB is an old tea rose. From the pictures I saw on HMF, BD makes a rounded, small to medium shrub with almost hybrid tea shaped blooms, which are all the same color and do not vary from a medium pink towards the blue end. Duchesse de Brabant gets MUCH bigger in warm climates - check out the pictures on HMF. Its growth habit is that of an old tea - all over the place until it matures into a rounded, but very large, bush. I have it in my garden and love it. The colors of its blooms vary from medium pink to a paler pink, to sometimes a much darker pink towards the yellow end. The blooms are the old elegant tea style - relaxed and frequently nodding. They are sometimes almost translucent in the sun and incredibly beautiful. So in my opinion they would not look good together. It is just a matter of personal preference which style you like better, but I would pick one and stick to it for the roses nearby. DdB looks great with Mrs. Dudley Cross, another, although smaller, old tea rose which is a light pink/yellow blend. Look up Maggie - the color is almost cerise, it is such a dark and bright pink. It is also an old tea, so it would look fine re growth habit, but I am not sure about the color. If you want to have Belinda's Dream, I would keep it away from the old teas - it is a much more formal shape - perhaps you could tuck it in somewhere where you have some sun and only room for one smaller rose. Just my thoughts - Jackie

Hi someone linked me to this thread when I was struggling with the FD frig decision to match my Elux single wall oven- they will be right next to each other. Thought I'd comment in case anyone else is in my position. First of all Vate- GORGEOUS counters! Meg_ma- Thank you- Also really helped to see your handles and SS right next to each other as that will be my scenario. And if anyone is considering an Elux wall oven and the KA FD frig, I do believe that Vate's handles on her double wall oven are different than the Elux single wall oven handle. They do match the KA frig much better. If you do a search on AJ Madison of Elux double ovens, it is the Pro or Desinger style. Not offered in the Single wall oven, but I'm off to see if it is possible to switch the handle on my Elux wave touch single wall oven. Originally started questioning if I could switch the handles on the KA FD frig with the KA pro handles...so off in a new direction. But again, because I saw these pics, if I can't switch them, I'm okay with it now. Thanks again to everyone here.

I think the colors match ok, but with them both being largish prints I think they would be too busy/jumbled looking together. I'd have to see the finished product though to render a complete opinion. And of course, by then, you would have already made it...

Sorry, I thought the questions in my actual post were fairly clear. - Is the ORB faucet going to look funny with the SS sink? - Will the SS appliances blend ok with the hardware, faucet, light fixtures, etc? Again, I appreciate your comments, but these are the things I was wondering about, not the ENTIRE kitchen...if I was questioning the entire kitchen, I doubt I would have selected it all to begin with! lol I think what I'm finding is that it is all personal preference, as I could NEVER EVER have a white kitchen again in my life (seriously feels dated to me and entirely impossible to keep clean with small children) and I detest light wood cabinets (oak, maple, etc) and I really don't like dark counters with light wood or light wood with dark counters...much to much contrast for me and feels very '90's to me. So, it's probably better if I don't ask "opinion" type questions again:)