Kashmir Cream or Fantasy Brown granite with my dark kitchen cabinets?
Glynis Steel
6 years ago
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Glynis Steel
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Lissa711's finished kitchen_Cream Cabinets, Dark Cherry Island
Comments (7)Your kitchen looks amazing!! I am currently building a Farmhouse. I have the cabinets picked out they are Brookhaven by Woodmode. The color is antique white. I have my heart set on honed absolute black countertops. I have read so many things about them and how hard they are to deal with. Do you like yours? Would you use it again? My other option is Cambria either cambrian black or sussex. The cambria is actually cheaper for me. Also, what size are your pendants? I bought the "harmon pendant" through Restoration Hardware and I couldn't decide what size to get. I got the 15 inch. However my cabinets havn't even been installed yet. My island is 7'3 by 3'7. Thanks for your help....See MoreHelp! dark brown cabinets and Venetian gold granite?
Comments (5)I meant Indian descent and not decent, of course! Morton, I and many others love your kitchen! Yes, your granite is darker but does give me an idea that the venetian gold might work. I was also wondering about the Santa Cecilia. My cabinets will be a chocolate fudge colour with a slightly reddish hue so are a little lighter than yours. Yours was one of the kitchens which convinced me to go with brown! Good thing I can't find fire and ice tiling where I live or I'd be copying your kitchen colours!...See MoreDark Granite with Cream Cabinets
Comments (9)Thank you everyone for your comments! Ellendi - we haven't really decided on the backsplash yet. We've been just trying to focus on the granite (which we've been going crazy over for the last several weeks) and for me adding one more thing to think about will make my head spin! Although I know it's another decision that needs to be made :-) I envy those who know exactly what they like. The selection of granite is even harder since I prefer more of a mid-tone granite and my husband prefers the high contrast. The Santa Cecelia slab we orginally picked (but had what looked like a large scrape on it) was a really nice color. The Santa Cecelia comes in so many shades and we couldn't find this exact color anywhere. All the other Santa Cecelias were very light and when we brought the sample of those home it looked washed out. Is the Giallo Ornamental darker than the Santa Cecelia? cbusmomof3 - I love your kitchen! The granite is beautiful. The deep chocolate brown color looks so rich. Husband is sooo against brown. If the verde peacock gold has alot of brown and gold in it, I think I would feel ok. I'm nervous about it looking too green or blue which is why I want to go towards the browns but hubby is not interested in that. I didn't get a chance to look at the actual slab of the peacock gold because it was in their other warehouse so hopefully today or tomorrow I can see the actual slab and that will put me at ease....See MoreIs fantasy brown too busy for my cabinets?
Comments (9)We reused our dark stained oak cabinets when we renovated our house last year. We did a new center island with gray cabinets since we couldn't match the older cabinets we had. We picked brown fantasy leathered for our countertops because of the brown and grey coloring. I've gotten many compliments and am very happy with the way it turned out. Here are some pics: edited to add: Our brown fantasy is not as richly variegated as the one you show. Your slab does not have as much brown as ours does. I do think that makes a difference. Maybe look at other brown fantasy slabs?...See MoreGlynis Steel
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My3dogs ME zone 5A
6 years agoI have Fantasy Brown Quartzite. It was leathered as recommended by the stone supplier two years ago. I tested a sample given to me before deciding, by putting lemon juice, ketchup, you-name-it overnight and it was bullet-proof. I also did the test by trying to scratch glass with it, and it it DID scratch the glass. It hasn't stained, etched or scratched in two years of not babying it at all.
Here's a page of things to read about it being different stones, but mine is quartzite for certain.
https://www.google.com/search?q=fantasy+brown+quartzite&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8
Glynis Steel thanked My3dogs ME zone 5A
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