Can we talk about New Venetian Gold granite, please?
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tiskers
15 years agoauchmedden
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Comments (17)I am a fabricator. You can't accurately assess color match from a video screen or printed color sample. For technical reasons (I used to be a technical manager in the printing industry) the color rendition of computer displays and 4 or even 5 color printing is at best a close approximation of the actual color. Additionally, the color and hue of a particular granite can vary significantly from lot to lot so even comparing to a sample is risky unless the sample is from the slab(s) you fabricator will use for your counters. The safe thing to do is take a cabinet door or other sample of the finished wood to the fabricator and do a color match with the slabs that will be used to make your counters....See MoreNeed Help Choosing Backsplash & Sink For New Venetian Gold Granit
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Comments (2)"This is not our forever home so I would prefer to be budget savvy/conscious . . . " Nothing about what you're proposing seems budget savvy/conscious. Here's a question: If the shower hadn't leaked would you be doing anything to the bathroom at all besides painting? Why not just repair/rebuild the existing shower area and be done with it? That would the most budget savvy and in keeping with it not being your forever home. A complete bathroom gut and remodel (which is the path you're on) is not....See Moremaryelizabeth78
15 years agotiskers
15 years ago
Bethpen
15 years agoHi,
I have New Venetian gold in my kitchen and love it more every day! We have cherry cabinets and a light floor...here is a sample...
I chose to paint my kitchen BM's brookline beige and that looks great with it, but I think it looks REALLY good in the bathroom with BM Clay. I'll try to get a photo of that this week. I don't know how it would play with seaside colors, I chose the beige-y ones. Mine is more gold than I thought it would be.
My favorite part of the granite are the little chunks of pearly quartzy looking stuff that shimmer. Every day I find a spot that is different.
Good luck with your search!
OH, here's another look
Hope that helps, I will try to take new photos with the new wall color today.
Bethjackiemcg
15 years agoI have New Venetian Gold and love it. I have stainless steel appliances and my cabinets are cream on the perimeter and cherry with an espresso finish on the island. Here are a couple of pictures
tiskers
15 years agoacountryfarm
15 years agoI have it in my old, very modest kitchen ( we are building, almost done). I do love it & could very easily have put it in my new kitchen.
I have only sealed it once. It is durable and for us seems to be be stain resistant. We have coffee & wine spills, much cooking & it still looks as good as it did the day it was installed.
Bethpen
15 years agoHere's a photo of the NVG with the BM clay color that I love....Sorry it is blurry, I am a bad photographer!
You really can't tell how "blingy" the white and garnet spots are...it really is lovely.
marybeth1
15 years agohouseful
15 years agoI have it in my master bath. I absolutely love it with my dark cherry cabinets. But I also love the way it looks with the white cabinets. The only draw back is that is doesn't show any dirt. You have to feel it to see if it's dirty. So far nothing has stained and I have spilled a number of different things on it.
I don't know why the first pic is so washed out. The second pic is much truer. I painted my walls a golden beige color. I mixed it myself, so there is no name for it.
Best wishes! I'm sure your kitchen will be gorgeous!
tiskers
15 years ago
nhb22
15 years agoWe have it in our kitchen and on the Butlers Pantry! Our bathrooms have Tropical Brown granite, or travertine slabs.
The NVG goes with just about everything. However, I can't say that I love my granite. Two reasons, with the first being the main reason.
#1 - We picked out our slab from a local yard. The fabricator did no extra polishing to the granite, and it is not real smooth. Plus, it has some noticeable divots on the surface. I complained and they said that's how it comes when they receive it, and they do noting more to the surface...they only cut and polish the edges. So, when picking out your slab, if the stone is not silky smooth, ask the fabricator if the surface feel will improve, or if that is what you will get.
#2 - The pattern is just busy enough that I cannot see crumbs, dirt, etc., very well. While some may like this, it drives me crazy! I like to have a spotless countertop, and it probably looks spotless, but I know it isn't always clean.
Our previous granite was Tropical Brown and it had the best shine. I could see every little smudge, and I loved to clean the nice silky smooth tops. :)
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13 years agoklaus96
13 years agogoldsboc
11 years agoI KNOW this is an old link.. But, we just picked out NVG for our remodeled kitchen. We, too also were going to get "Giallo Ornamental", but after seeing the slab - we decided to get NVG. NVG has more movement, whereas the "GO" looks more like paint swirls to me.. I wanted it to look like it was stone, not paint :--D.. After seeing these pics I am happy with the decision! Our finished product should look VERY similar one of first posts here..
Unfortunately with holidays, etc. We will be "topless" (& sink-less!) until after Christmas! BOO! Here is a pic of our kitchen so far... (also glad to see light yellow walls in this post - which is what we have).. We haven't decided on wall tiles yet - figured we'd wait til we get he counters first (thinking ceramic & some glass colored inserts to add color).
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10 years agolmn2222
9 years ago
mark_rachel
9 years agoI love NVG! I don't have it, but mine is very similar. We did a mini brick backsplash that has matching tones & we went with Avocado by Valspar for the paint. I think all of the colors are very earthy and warm.
mark_rachel
9 years agoHere is a pic of my wall color with the granite. This is on a side wall, so it doesn't have the backslash.
twinboys4me
9 years agoNin9
9 years agoHi ladies since this topic is about NVG . And the builder just installed granite & when we went to look at it .I dont believe its NVG.. Can you ladies give me your opinion of this countertop....thanks in advance
Diane Elrod
8 years agoritalynn123
8 years agoWendyB 5A/MA
7 years agoI know this is an old thread, but I hate my combination of Venetian Gold (not sure if its "new" VG or not) with my orangey cabinets. I find the cabinets very warm and the granite very cool and it's a big annoying clash when I see it. They just don't seem to relate to each other at all!!! I would probably like VG with creamy white cabinets but hard to know for sure. I think its a bit too porous too. It is sealed but I get a lot of dark areas.
Someday I hope to paint the cabinets white/off-white but for now, I need a tile backsplash and one that will go with it now and also when/if the cabinets are painted. I am thinking probably just some super neutral offwhite subway tile would be safe, but when I have white cabinets, it might be too much white or too boring.
Ideas?
I also would be interested in painting the kitchen walls, but I absolutely cannot come up with any color that pulls it together. blech... Currently its BM Manchester Tan (builder choice).
I see from this series of pictures, its hard for the camera to reproduce the granite color consistently. I see varying amount of gold/warm/cool but none of them work for me. :(
Donna E
7 years agocatherinemalstrom
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