Help picking bar stools to complete kitchen! (pic included)
Kitchen is finished. Now I would love some help/ideas for bar stools. I have a lot of brown wood/stain(floors, table, island top) so I'm thinking maybe some thing different like black or metal. Any ideas? Here's a picture of our kitchen. I could fit two medium or three smaller size. Also, should I do some with backs or backless?
Thanks!
Jill
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Comments (33)That is a lovely kitchen on the Velvet and Linen blog. It's quite true as Tina mentions above that there is no black and in fact no strong contrast in it at all, and as such I think the main thing you would need to do to move toward the look is to mitigate the strong contrasts you have. I don't think bringing in more black or white will achieve this effect. Rather, perhaps you need something between black and white to mitigate the difference between them into a gradation, and not a sudden jump, and - this is where my understanding is too amateur to be certain - maybe one method would be to use things that have both black and white in them, like the chair or a variegated marble. I do think too that more wood would help. The other thing that might be worth considering is to change your knobs and handles to something that doesn't contrast quite so much. I think the green transparent pulls in the blog have a lot to do with the overall softness of the look. Maybe grey would have a nice effect for you. In terms of softening the counter contrast, one advantage that you have is that your counter is soapstone and not shiny granite or marble, which I think would be much harder to soften. Thanks for mentioning that, by the way, I wondered what it was and I really like it. Regarding the beadboard, I also have wood that gets wet often but is in fine shape. It all depends on how you finish it. We did our wood floors with a water-based clear coat, and that is definitely harmed by water - a mistake in our kitchen and bathroom. However, we did our bathroom window sill and our wood kitchen cabinets with diluted paint - I think it both cases it was oil-based but might have been latex in the bathroom. That window sill is right next to the tub and has gotten wet every day for 16 years and looks like new. And to repeat something I've said elsewhere, mocking up ideas is often not that hard. You could put coloured tape or fabric on your pulls and knobs to see how that would look, or put a few pieces of coloured paper on the backsplash. I find I can often rule out certain things really quickly doing stuff like that. KarinL...See MoreHelp me pick a stool, and should I have knobs on uppers?
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12 years agoYou might want to consider saddle stools. They are far from cutting edge, but they are comfortable, have a nice simple shape that will not distract from the elegance of your smashing kitchen, and fit neatly under most overhangs when not in use.
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12 years agoHey Lakegirl, What is OT? No, the pendant lights are straight now. The day the picture was taken before we moved in and one of the lights was crooked. Here's a pic from today I just took. The kitchen is a bit messy. I just fixed lunch for the kids. LOL! Did you see my post about finishing the wood counter top? I put a coat of the original back on it yesterday, because I've had trouble with the satin/original mix- long story. Anyways, I saw on another post that you had success and a finish that you are happy with using the WL satin. I'm trying to figure out if I should use a bristle pad or a natural bristle brush. Craft Art instructions say use the pad... WL person says use a natural bristle brush. What did you use? Did you get tiny bubbles? If so, did they evaporate while drying?
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12 years agoMissy- have you thought about having him stain the wood to get the exact color you want. I stained our walnut darker before putting on the waterlox. Can't wait to see it!
Lakegirl- our island is 84"x36"... I just went down and looked at them and it's hard to say if they would be too big for a 66" length...they could definitely be moved closer together... I'm just not sure if they would have to be too close together for the size. Could you order them and hold them up to see and then return them if they turn out to be too big. I did that with the hundi lanterns from Pottery Barn. After seeing them in person I realized they were too big. I have another idea. Ballard design has the carriage house lantern that is the same style, but a little smaller. The capital pendants are 10" square and the Ballard Design ones are 8" square. I have the larger (12") Carriage House lantern in my foyer. Here's a pic
I just looked at BD website and they have a new pendant I think would look great over an island. Check out the Calisse Pendants. I might have done two of those of the island. They are a little bigger (11").
I don't know why my pictures are so big. I resized it but it still huge!ejbrymom
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