I am not a color maven like some of the people on this website so mine is not an educated opinion, that said, I do not like the cherry with the blue....

The blue granite doesn't go at all. Your feel (which I thought from previous posts was supposed to be modern) seems to be heading for a vintage country French..warm wood, dark leather granite and antique copper. The blue ray, especially glossy, is just too modern. Navy tile won't look good next to your dark counters either. But white subway doesn't need to be so stark or glaring.

practigal, thanks for weighing in. :)

junco East Georgia zone 8a, yay! Um, I was thrilled to find these two pictures. The second of the two pics has a light floor which is mostly covered by a rug in the picture.

Wall area: I have the sink wall which has two floating shelves to the left of the window, about 1' above the window, and 2-ish feet on the right side. The wall below the seating island, and the wall with the slider and side window on the right above and to the sides of the glass. The wall behind the bench where the coat hooks are will be two shades darker, but it's still a light gray. The other gray that is covering most of the room is very pale.

I think you should consider townlakecakes' point about the design direction you are going in and how the blue backsplash and blue granite will look with the black granite. Can you get samples to look at in your space?

townlakecakes, I have struggled with trying to pull this design into a transitional aesthetic. My BF (strongly) likes too many opposing styles. We talked last night and I think we're going to go with white tile, maybe the Brick Ceres, or Tusk or Gardenia. It's a safer bet, but part of me still says go for the bold look.

I haven't been able to get samples of the granites. I've asked twice and both times they thought they had some, but they didn't. This week I've been thinking about calling them and asking them to pull the slabs so we can see them separately and also remind them that I'd like samples of each to take with me.

Cheryl, have you committed to everything but the bs? What can be changed at this point? Is the flooring essentially white?

I like your second inspiration image a lot. One thing to note, though, is that that kitchen gets a lot of sun, and the flooring is a warm beige, not a cool white.

Regarding the thin brick, Supernova and Vintage Blue are a little lighter than Abyss and might work better for you in a darker space. Vintage Blue has the benefit of bein a matte glaze as well. (Absolutely order samples!)

The thing is, you don't have much room for tile at all, by which I mean you don't have a tall space in which to show off your vertical herringbone. If you'd like to do it in blue just behind the range, you could use a white thin brick in a brick layout, or a stacked "straight set" layout everywhere else. I don't love the 2" granite idea, but if you do, go for it.

My BF loves the blue granite. At this stage in the game I can't even imagine changing it for another.

ETA: And I would strongly suggest, if you can, changing either the shape or the copper finish on the hood. Really your hood and your blue granite are leading the way. And they're going in opposite directions.

eam44, yes. I have samples on the way, but after discussion last night I think we're going to skip the blue and go with a white - just not a pure white-white.

The flooring is rather cool toned. Here is a picture of it laid on our current flooring.

Sounds good! Don't forget to post images as you progress!

The hood is ordered, so no changing that now. Cabinets ship next Monday. No changes there either.

"Really your hood and your blue granite are leading the way. And they're going in opposite directions."

Yes, and it's breaking my brain.

Here are your current finishes (I picked an all stainless hood because the orange of the polished copper was throwing the look off)

Here it is with the warmer color LVT in the same line (stucco)

IMHO, you'll do better steering clear of the vintage look with polished American Black.

I agree with the flooring change, but changing the finish on the granite would break my heart.

I suspected as much. I would feel the same.

What is the wood and stain on that door panel? I like it.

The wood is cherry and the stain is caramel.

I like the blue! I think it is pretty and I think that the change in color to the Stucco for the LVT would help immensely. I think it's very pretty. I'd be tempted to do that granite everywhere and I also like the lighter navy backsplash.

I'm totally forgetting about trying to create a modern aesthetic. This kitchen will be what it is. We're quirky and I guess it'll be the same.

We ordered this light fixture for over the seating island:

Fireclay sent me samples of Tusk and Gardenia tile and Supernova, Cotton, Vintage Blue, and Snow brick samples earlier this week. I love the brick! It's thicker than regular tile. I'm guessing that it's ~ 1/2" thick. I'm not sure if that's a concern or not. As with anything I'm sure there are pros and cons. My Fireclay rep offered to send me a full sized brick and was gracious enough to agree to send me two, one in Cotton and the other in Silk.

FYI: Brick is 2.5" x 8"

Cotton: With its hazy fine-spun finish infused with the slightest hint of gray, Cotton offers a soft and cloudy white.

Here is an inspiration pic from their site where they mixed Cotton and Snow.

Ceres: Named for an asteroid barely visible from earth, this milky white glaze resonates with the same subtle beauty.

Because of townlakecakes' collages, we're going to revisit the color options for the LVP. Our GC sent out an email connecting us with his flooring guy this morning. Hopefully we'll be able to meet in the next few days to look at other options.

Taken this morning: the rough plumbing is in. The window is boarded up for now. Starting to think I may have gone a tad too big with that window.

townlakecakes, you were right about changing our LVP color to Stucco. We revisited the flooring store this weekend and brought a friend along. My BF and I had a hard time letting go of the porcelain color, but our friend thankfully spoke up and said that the Stucco went with the cabinet color much better.

He said, "You know that it goes better, you need to accept it."

Word. I was a much quicker sell on it than my BF, but he finally toppled and we feel really good about the switch now. Once we removed the sample of Porcelain and were only viewing the Stucco with the cabinet door, the Stucco didn't look dingy anymore.

This morning the electrician needed to know which backsplash tile I had decided upon, because I want the outlets to be low on the counter and horizontal rather than vertical and centered and he needed to know for placement. Right then and there, standing in the garage with my lunch bag in one hand, a shake in the other, I decided that we were going with the Fireclay 2.5" x 8" Brick (color TBD.) Whew!

Two big decisions made. Relief.

Glad you're feeling better about the whole thing! What a relief to have a couple of problems figured out!

I haven't even started mine (we're ordering cabinets after the holidays) but have already had to let go of some stuff that was really hard. Notably a dropped counter desk space that made me really unhappy about the layout in one whole end of the kitchen. Also, what was originally intended to be vintage modern is kind of morphing into just vintage.

Ive learned over time that design is really a living thing. You can have the whole thing pictured in your head and not have it turn out anywhere close. Changes made because you can't find something in your price range, or sometimes even at all, or you found a bargain that was too good to pass up, or you fell in love with something that takes you in a completely different direction (I'm looking at you, antique copper hood!)

i look forward to the backsplash choices. :-)

Great decisions. Thanks for keeping us posted!

Good choices so far. Glad you went with the stucco color.