Wanted:Nice Quiet Green to Grow Old w/ Fantasy Brown Granite Island
helmsley
6 years ago
Finally building the forever home on the lake, and room by room I'm challenged. The current dilemma is trying to find the right green for my kitchen island that will be topped with Fantasy Brown Granite. The floors and cabinets will be medium wood tone-- I'm thinking along the lines of walnut stain for the cabinets. The backsplash will be a white-gray subway tile, and as of now the walls are undecided until I can find the right green for the island. I just really wanted to bring some warmth into the picture, and since we will have all those windows on the backside for the lake view, I wanted to be able to naturally blend the outside mossy-trees with the inside. Can anyone recommend some paint colors for me to consider for the island? The two pictures are an example of the floor plan layout, but all the colors will be the details I shared above.
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Comments (150)"Shake and Bake" refers to the nickname given to the state of California, which it is not only named for, but it is the state flower for :) California is often referred to as "Shake and Bake, USA WELL DUH!...lol, FANNA WHO IS Hysterical laughing at herself for FORGETTING THIS FACT about Callie! See I am afraid to TRY any Poppy for breadseed because what if someone sends one they THINK is safe and it isn't? JASMINE, I ACCIDENTLY TYPED THE WRONG NUMBER! All is WELL it WAS Margos I was working on and since I believe I meanted the gift she gave me it was clear it was just a slip of the finger or brainwave or something along those lines..... Lisa I stayed up last night til 5:00 am or would that be stayed up this morning til? Oh well, which ever that is what I did. It is just a matter of me bring ODC and can't stop until I feel HAPPY with the results....lol!!! WOW you all are sending in some REALLY REALLY good stuff!!! Wendy, thanks for my GIFT...I will be on a CHOCOLATE high tonight, haha! That was so sweet of you to think of me, thanks again. I am actaully taking a breather at this minute to eat supper then I will get back to the seeds. :) Fran I will go ahead and post #11 thread!...See MoreHelp w/ granite choice PLEASE!!
Comments (51)I JUST had crema bordeaux installed 2 days ago. The stone sample you have was one of the choices. But higher up in the numbers where I went, were the richer colors - the gray shows but so do the other colors. Put is this way, my stones are numbers 20 and 20. When I went backwards in the numbers I saw "your" color at around 12. My stone actually turned out to be quite neutral. I have put every color and pattern of odds and ends from my old kitchen and it all looks surprisingly GREAT. There is a lot of salmon, red-cinnamon and a rustic orangey-gold (very toned down - not bright or shiney, like a butternut colored cinammon gold, if that makes sense). My cabinets are very rustic and the slabs I chose really marry the prettiness of the stone (which is gorgeous)with the rusticness of my kitchen. Since the colors in the stone stand out a little more than your sample stone, the gray is basically the background. It is ever soooo pretty in my kitchen. EVERYONE, even the stone installers were amazed! You may want to ask around to see the darker or more colorful Crema. I would post pics but not quite there yet. Best of luck with your choice. Your pics look great by the way!! gng...See MoreGranite 911: Will you help me narrow the choices???
Comments (40)Bk wow you are moving at record speed! Hope things are going well w/remodel Ok here's my humble op #1 Harvest cream - goes well w/both, subtle, classy - works #2 Ivory Chiffon - same as above #3 River white - because it is creamy - not white & works #4 Kashmir Gold - I initially totally ruled it out, because yellows are a very hard color to work with - but now that you have shown your family room - I would def put this in the running - Lots of yellow & golds in there including mantle, flooring I find the silver one too cold as most the whites (valley)- & fighting the cream cabs as does the top green I would request sample of your top 3-4 as large as you can get & bring them into your space w/ANY other parts of your palette - stainless(if you are using any DW, range,etc), wood flooring, furnishing, paint, backsplash, of course cabs, hardware - leave & "live" with it (even though i think you are in a condo now) - but see it in different lights etc The counter stone is just one part of the pallette and a big one - So, any of the palette that is known at this time would be critical to use to make the decision. i.e. I had r/o the kashmir gold until I saw more of the family room. Good luck!...See Morewhite granite
Comments (96)I know I'm a bit late to this post but it was so helpful to me in choosing my granite for our kitchen renovation. I wanted the white marble, but knew it wouldn't work for our family. Maybe someday. For now, I went with River White and just had it installed. I love it and it doesn't have any browns in it which was what I was going for. I love the very white sections, but the contrasting grays and bits of light garnet are a nice contrast to my white painted cabinets. Take a look! Here is a link that might be useful: My White Kitchen...See Morehelmsley
6 years agohelmsley
6 years ago
Edmund Lee
5 years agoNot sure if this is too late, but here's some photos of our reno from last summer. We wanted some colour to balance the dominant grey and white tones in the kitchen. Bottle green glass tiles works really well, there's some subtle green in our Fantasy Brown / Terra Bianca countertops as well, that was part of the idea to compliment with the tiles. We didn't want it to be too uniform with 2 colours, though I know many people like that style.
helmsley
5 years agoEdmond I LOVE your kitchen! We are nearing the end of construction, so pretty much all selections have been made. These aren’t the best photos, so I’ll have to repost some cleaner updates. But, if you remember my earlier post, I wanted to bring a little green color in from outside and was struggling with how to do that. I’m very happy with how it’s turning out.
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