Granite to go with maple toffee glaze cabinets
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Natural Maple cabinets - aging, fading and glaze...help!
Comments (16)FYI - we have 6 yr old Kraftmaid natural cabinets (custom) inherited from the PO. Bought new appliances & had to order a new, deeper cab for over the stove/microwave. After > 2 mths, the cabinet came and it was BLONDE not "yellow" as the older cabinets. Thankfully, the store ordered the wrong dimensions so we were able to send it back, but now we are crushed...new microwave that is still in the box mths later! No fan over the stove! Unfortunately, the fan for the stove is under the microwave or I'd just buy a vent hood or something. Can't find a mix 'n match (maple + darker cabinets) that uses maple. I found an article on the WWW where one can set the cabinet out in the sun to age it and check it hourly until it is the shade to match our other. Has anyone else tried this? Also found different advice from sanding and refinishing to tainting shellac and can honestly say am not remotely interested in those, i.e., we're at the tail end of major renovations (inside & out)& just do not have the will to start another project. New - matching - kitchen cabinets were not part of the budget. Any words of wisdom are appreciated....See MoreGranite Countertop to go with Maple Cabinet?
Comments (13)My kneejerk reaction is that with both colors of cabinets, you are looking at a wood with yellow undertones, so I would avoid a granite with deep orange or red undertones. However, your question is really broad in scope. What is your vision for your kitchen? Have you taken the Sweeby test? There are so many directions you can go with your countertop choice that would work well with your cabinets, which is why you need to develop a vision. I speak from experience on this one. And it didn't help that I fell in love some very different granites. Part of my problem was that my kitchen was SOO bad, they all looked good by comparison. Besides going to stone yards, it might help to look at more kitchens to have a better idea of what you like. Pretend you're a home buyer and go to open houses this weekend. Visit the fancier remodeling companies in your town that have demo kitchens, even if you know it's not your budget. Invest in some magazines and books from Home Depot or Barnes & Noble. Your library may have a few but most of my library's were too dated to be helpful. I used sticky notes and then went over my faves with DH... Ultimately, I found two or three inspiration pictures--one of them was a kitchen here on GW. Oh, and when shopping at the stoneyards, take a door sample with you; Home Depot checked one out to me. It's hard to remember color precisely. HTH...See MoreMaple Java Glazed Cabinets with Lapidus Gold Countertops
Comments (2)Do a search for "posting photos" at the bottom of the page. It gives detailed instructions...HTH...See MoreCrimson Maple Glaze Cabinets
Comments (5)Hi Leilani, I would go for a lighter colored granite and keep the hardware in the lighter tones as well like brushed nickel to offer contrast. If you have dark cabinets, dark granite, dark everything then the room will be just that...dark. I don't know about your area, but where we live we can get remnants of any kind of stone, exotic or more common at a discounted price. Here is a link to a great sight that offers the names and pictures of almost any kind of granite you can think of. I think something like Delirium in the mixed colors tab would look beautiful along with very simple and understated knobs, pulls. Good luck! Here is a link that might be useful: granite...See MoreLinda Giorgi
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