i always fall for the pet posts! this reminds me of a very hoity-toity hair salon i used to frequent in nyc. there was a woman who i saw every visit. it seems our roots were growing out at the same rate ...anyway, she used to bring her irish setter in so her hair could be dyed the EXACT color of the dog's. fascinating!

Anyone know where I can get a dog to match my azul macaubas granite? :)

OMG that's so totally cute!!

My pet isn't the perfect match shown in the 2 pics but I think he complements the color scheme quite well. Actually a good thing he doesn't blend in too much cause he's in there whenever I am and might get stepped on!

This close enough?

Hyacinth Macaw:
http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/staticfiles/NGS/Shared/StaticFiles/animals/images/primary/hyacinth-macaw.jpg

Here is a link that might be useful:

Oddly enough, my newly acquired cat almost precisely matches our cherry floor and cabs! I'll try to post a picture next week.

my kitty likes to test out flooring samples just to be sure ...

Dang, I don't have any pics, but I did color coordinate my pets with my kitchen and didn't even know I was doing it.

Too funny - I realized I did this when I brought home samples - kitchen won't be put in for another month. My dog is a rottie/chow mix with rottie coloring, black and brown, and I am putting in maple toffee stained cabinets and uba tuba counters - a very close match! I'll try to remember to take a pic!

I like the high contrast look myself...

And some camoflauge as well (after you recover from being blinded by my 100 lbs of white goldendoodle you may spot the cat in front of the island)

rmlanza - what is your floor - I love it and its just what we're looking for.

Thanks kitchenredo08! I LOVE my floor, I think it's the shining star in my kitchen. It's natural multiclored slate and we got it at Lowe's. I also have the slate backsplash in a 1x1 mosaic.

Since this is a pet post, here's another picture...

Of course! :-)

But of course.....! I have two Westies, and their white coats coordinate perfectly with my white cabinets.

Here is a link that might be useful:

Heavens, yes!

Our black pug is a perfect match for the soapstone and the lab's coat coordinates perfectly with the creamy cabinetry.

I'm usually not so much into matchy-matchy...

We think our new cherry cabinets will go very well with Maydl:

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When we had our old house on the market, I searched high and low until I found a comforter set for my DS's bed that matched our vizslas so that their fur wouldn't be noticed.

Maydl: What breed is your dog--I thought she was a vizsla until I noticed her black nose...

We try to keep the cat out of the kitchen, so we got one that co-ordinates well with the golden oak living room furniture - a yellow tabby cat. However I am getting tired of the 90's look of golden oak, should I go with a darker gel stain or an off-white paint with darker glaze? Which do you think will make the cat look better? :-)

nuccia, our Maydl is a 10-pound red sable miniature dachshund. When her hackles are up, she looks like a Rhodesian Ridgeback if you look at her from above.

We lost our beloved Brittany Spaniel a few years ago and have not been able to bring a new dog into the family yet. While I had not considered it before, our new kitchen with a blend of warm toned and white cabinets would have complimented him beautifully...perhaps we can find a new family member to coordinate, do you think people will think I'm too strange if I carry a picture of my new kitchen around and match it up to puppies?! LOL! Fun post, Thanks for the smile!

I'm like nanny2a, I have westies (I have 4 of them) and I have white cabinets.

It's hard to see in this picture, but I think I captured the color of Willow's eyes perfectly for the kitchen paint.

TKO or what! :-)

Pardon the nail holes in the baseboards, still on the 'things to do' list which has been put on hold while DH is on Jury Duty...starting week three!!!

He even missed the granite install due to jury duty and he was sooooo looking forward to watching. Civic duty calls even in the middle of a kitchen remodel.

I no longer have a pet, but my question is how well did you animals do with the remodel? We had to put ours to sleep in September and I believe he wouldn't have liked it one bit.
By the way, I enjoy looking at pet pics, because they are just so darn cute.

jujybean, we put up a temporary door at the beginning of the bedroom hallway so the cats had the run of that half of the upstairs, but were safely confined away from the reno going on. We let them out in the evenings when the workers had finished for the day, and locked them back up with us at bedtime. They did just fine.

PS sorry for your loss (((hug)))

We have a black lab who will look beautiful when she's begging for food in our soon to be new kitchen :)

During the first day of the reno (the tear out), she was in the basement & NOT happy. My in-laws took pity on her/us & took her to the cottage. So our dog is on vacation while we eat microwaved food in the basement!

jtalb, thanks for the hug. The reason why I ask is that sometimes pets don't like change, especially if its an area in which they spend a lot of time. Food/water bowls in kitchen. Litter boxes in laundry areas.
Our kitchen right now has no cabinets, but does have flooring.
Our house is a ranch with limited places to put a pet for a good portion of the day. I miss him terribly, but know that it is better that he not have to be inconvenienced. And it really is all about your babies, isn't it?

well i hadn't thought of this issue, but you have made me realize our island will match our 70-pound 1/2 chow (he's reddish, like our cherry cabinets will be), but we have nothing to match our black 7-pound cockapoo --since she rules the house, i better plan something black in our remodeled space!

yes, but completely unintentionally...

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Cat_mom: I just LOVE your kitchen!

Oh daki--your kitty is stunning!

rahime--thank you so much! We love it, too!

I planned for this, it helps me keep my sanity. I still have to clean like crazy but at least I don't have to see all the hairbunnies between cleanings.

Oh my goodness everyone. I'm in love!

The dogs work well with the colors in my office:

While the cat provides a nice contrast in the family room:

I used to laugh about my favorite accent piece: our orange cat, Pumpkin. She looked so right in every room!

daki, what a perfect match, and for such striking colors and markings!! Did you feel your stone looked kind of familiar or deja vous-ish when you picked it out? :-)

I have six dogs. When you have that many, the kitchen's gonna match someone for sure even without you trying. You're also bound to be "round the bend" by the time the kitchen remodel is over. I'm close. Anybody watch that show on TLC called "Jon and Kate plus eight"? I'm home by myself for awhile without hubby and tonight I was trying to keep the dog fights to a minimum...keep everyone happy...trying to keep all the balls in the air at one time. For a minute I likened myself to Kate....."Kathy alone plus six!" Six that slobber, snarl, and NEVER EVER GROW UP!!!

pupwhipped

Nope! Our black cat tends not to hang out on the countertops (much), but this one likes to birdwatch:

Granite:
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Cats:
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And because I don't like things that are too glaringly out of place...DS's hair also goes well with the granite:
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(We also color coordinate his friends)

LOL i-chic!

Megaul, until Daki stretched out on the counter like that, I had no idea how well she matched. I realized the cat and granite were both creamy colored, but not that the fur pattern and granite would blend so well.

We have 2 black labs and our granite name is Black Beauty. Certainly applies to the dogs too.