Which kitchen color combo do you like better and why?
I've had a difficult time with countertop selection and has possibly brought me back to a white island rather then a teal island with a rustic glaze. My cabinets are Rustic Knotty Hickory. These images don't do them justice, however I feel its fair enough to compare.
If I do a white island then I plan to do white/grey swirls colored countertop.
If I do a teal island I plan to do a dark gray countertop.
Please help a girl out. I had no idea these choices would be so stressful for me. lol.
Thanks
This is my flooring
This is what my cabinets will look like.
pic doesn't quite capture colors, but you can see the glaze.
Comments (19)
cali59
5 years agolast modified: 5 years agofriedajune thank you. Do you like the teal with dark countertops best? and why. Thanks!
also the island is a wood top. We don't plan to change.
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5 years agocali59
5 years agocali59
5 years agoThanks all! I ready do like the teal too. Thanks. The kitchen above has a brighter richer teal. Do you like that color better. I realize its hard to tell in pictures. But I'm wondering if I should just let this go. I think he though this color is better with the glaze.
PROBeth H. :
5 years agome again cali,,,,I really like your inspiration picture. I like it exactly how they have it (except I might do a darker butcher block stain for the island. ) see the wood on this island? like this
instead of doing a glaze, what about doing more of a rustic type of paint job,,,similar to milk paint? Deepen you color instead of that light blue w/the glaze.
love this color butcher block, and this blue,,,but see how the finish is?
and like it is on these cabinets, but not as distressed.
cali59
5 years agoI really want quartz! I do understand that soapstone would look really great. In the inspirational pic, she did a glaze on her island too. However! It's a different glaze, just darker on the edges.(I don't know the technical term. I will not have the beautiful detailing work that she has on her island (over budget).) What do you all think of doing the same glaze she did on my simple frame cabinets on my island?
Jan you like the lighter teal on the island? I'm thinking about going into a paint store and just finding a different color that more closely matched the inspirational pic and going the glaze that she did.
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I am not doing a teal bump out sink! However this is a good pic of the color and glaze of the island.
cali59
5 years agolast modified: 5 years agoI'm thinking I will pass on the glaze. Thank you all!! What do you think of this countertop color on the perimeter?
Cambria Kirkstead
Also, I could modify the island to this color? Also, modify the island to this color to this teal.
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Beth H. :
5 years agolast modified: 5 years agocali,,,you're all over the place again. this is like the 5th countertop? And that island color,,,,that color is not teal. it's a sage green.
the Kirkstead looks nice and would work well.
everyone likes the turquoise island. like the inspiration photo. then you changed it to aqua (you know teal is a darker blue/green,,yes?) ,,everyone told you to forgo the glaze,,,so you've scratched that and now you've whittled it down to this sage-seafoam color!
this is teal, and it's very pretty. would work w/your butcher block and the Kirkstead.
what about a black island w/your hickory?
cali59 thanked Beth H. :
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