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Having second thoughts about the barnyard gray-blue cabinets I bought

8 years ago

We have black appliances. They are new so we won't be changing them out. We bought blue-gray cabinets, pictured below. Do you think they will go with the black appliances? We plan to do a lighter granite, also pictured below. What do you think of this combination--black appliances, barnyard blue cabinets, and blanco something granite. Please help before we make our final decision.

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dcward89

8 years ago

In the pics the cabinets read much more gray than blue...could be my monitor...I think black appliances will look great with them.

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ck_squared
8 years ago
I think the contrast will be great. Better than stainless (and I love stainless). Are those your pulls, too? They look like mine.
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Karlinab Jones
Original Author
8 years ago
Not yet! But they will be. I think they do lean toward gray, actually. Any advice on where to buy the pulls? I was thinking ebay where they are really inexpensive.

A few more questions, and thanks for replying!

Would you go with a black sink and stainless steel faucet, or a stainless steel sink, and black faucet?

And the granite? What do you think about that? We were thinking it was too light, but it has streaks of black and gray/blue throughout. Thanks again.
herbflavor
8 years ago
The granite you show doesn't attract me...I'd go bigger swirl-your things so far have a bit of dramatic feel-keep going with your stone choice-that one is too timid. I'd think cool brown mixed with some metallic perhaps with white or cream. Do you have other granites you liked?
Fori
8 years ago
Nice cabinet color. I don't like the granite or color of the pulls with it though--would a black pull be too weird for you? The light pulls sort of disappear. (And black appliances will be just right.)
dcward89
8 years ago
I think a darker countertop would look better...the granite you show would be sort of a monochromatic look with the cabinets...maybe not completely black but something with more dark swirls or something.
zorroslw1
8 years ago
With the granite you showed pictured, the black appliances would be great. It would really bring out the black in the counter. If you do choose another granite, I would pick something with a small amount of black.
ck_squared
8 years ago
I'm with zorroslw1 for the reason to keep the counter. I like it! And I like the pulls, too, in brushed nickel (or similar).

I'm not a fan of black sinks or faucets so I don't think I'd go that route. Maybe this is where you do bring in the stainless (to go with your pulls) along with a stainless faucet.

I like build.com for everything - pullsdirect.com is where you'd find pulls. We bought ours at a local hardware company but I'm sure you can find the same or very similar just about anywhere.
These are the pulls we have.
Patti
8 years ago
I love your cabinets! I think I'd go for more black in the granite. At first I thought maybe amadeus granite, but it might be too dramatic.
Karlinab Jones
Original Author
8 years ago
Thanks! I am going to look at more granite--at the House of Granite. I'm in the Chicago area. I don't know how much to trust those sort of outfits. They have decent reviews and will do the install. They want 28 a sq ft, installed, and we are currently paying 76 a sq ft.

If anyone has any granite pics they'd recommend, that would be great. We were looking at darker stuff with some blue swirls in it, but it was 100 bucks a sq ft.

Thanks again! I've been on this site before, but this is the first time I'm remodeling my own home.

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