Harware to blend with Kohler’s Vibrant brushed bronze.
Kristin Murray
5 years ago
I’m at a bit of an impasse trying to find hardware for our shower doors to match with the Kohler Vibrant Brushed bronze on our sink faucet. Has anyone found a good match or blend with CR Laurence? Or any other brands for that matter. I’m attaching a photo for reference. Thank you!
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Need help with color choice - White or Kohler Biscuit?
Comments (8)Hey Margar, great question! I�m a designer at Kohler Co and have a lot of experience with matching the Kohler colors. The Cane Sugar cast iron top is a perfect complement to the Ballard vanity in the nutmeg finish, it�s sort of a hybrid between biscuit and almond. As for biscuit and white--Biscuit has a warmer feel while white is a very crisp, clean hue, but with the right colors around it, can be made to appear warmer. Pairing white with warmer metal accents such as brushed nickel and brushed bronze can help give you the warmer feel you are looking for. Now, for the divided bath debate. If you keep the vanity area separate, with the cane sugar separate from the white fixtures, you can escape replacing the other fixtures in the biscuit color. The separate areas will be great for guests or children who may want more privacy. I would take a warmer toned tile (biscuit/ almond color family) and run it through both spaces- the lavatory and toilet/ bath area. This will give the idea that you are trying to blend the cane sugar and white together in harmony. If you�re going to take the door off and give it more of that open look, I would vote for changing everything to biscuit. You could also choose Cane Sugar for the tub or almond for the toilet color, that could be a great option as well. Last but not least, don�t forget the small design details that can sometime prove to be the most important. Be sure that the tp holder, towel bars, shower fixtures and even the toilet trip lever match the sink faucet finish. Seeing the same finish run all the way through the bathroom definitely shows you thought your design through and really care for the space. Tip: There seems to be much confusion on the differences between the colors. Often times when I show colors to clientele in the showroom, I always send them home with the actual finish chip color. Colors have the potential to look drastically different from the showroom lighting, to your computer screen to the light in your own kitchen or bathroom. Take a color sample home, get it in your own light and then make a decision on how you feel about it. Hope that helps!...See Morestainless or brushed or something else?
Comments (7)I also agree that chrome is timeless but it also depends on the faucet. Our last reno I had a vintage looking kitchen - in that it had hard wood floors, white cabs, black counters. And was in an old home. Since we did stainless appliances, we did brushed nickel hardware, thinking that was best. The faucet was stainless looking but it was modern - functional instead of for aesthetics. And it looked really good. But had we done a more vintage faucet, like a bridge or gooseneck, then we definitely would have done chrome. this kitchen is similar - creamy white cabs, soapstone, stainless appliances. but we're doing the faucet in chrome b/c it's a bridge and i thought it would look better. I also agree that ORB will likely be dated soon, but I wasn't ever that crazy about it anyway, so that might be a personal view. I was considering bronze for my hardware but reconsidered. (now down to black or pewter. Ugh. STILL can't decide.) Ok that was rambly LOL but what I'm trying to say is that you can totally do a stainless faucet - we did it in our previous reno and it looked great. The appliances were modern (because they weren't vintage looking repos) and so it blended with those....See MoreOh my!...What to do with this kitchen?
Comments (67)When I first read your post I thought of using a deeper golden color that mimics the cabinet color. I think it would give a lot of height to the cabinets and integrate the look. The white appliances will still work with the white door and trim that is there. Once I painted a one-wall cabin kitchen all light blue, including the space above the cabinets, the backsplash and the back door, door trim and all the one-wall in the same color. Other than the countertops, everything on that one wall was painted blue. Before, the kitchen looked squat and off-center. After painting it all out, it looked tall and larger and "of a piece". I really like how it changed that dinky little off-centered toad of a kitchen into a bigger, taller, more planned look. Your daughter's kitchen is large, so no problem there, but I think it would benefit from the added illusion of height and streamlining by painting the walls in the golden color of the cabinets....See MoreDesign Around This #4: Formica Patterns are coooool!
Comments (58)I've been out for a week, so I'm catching up. GreenDesigns, thanks for posting the Euro pics. Laminate is fun, and I think we in the U.S. have lost our appreciation for that. I've loved seeing the different laminates people found to work with--those roses! And the Molten Glass Blue!! Sochi, you credited me with the kitchen with the Beluga pulls--that was Roarah (gorgeous kitchen). Pal, I like the B/W kitchen. Which of the Marmoeum graphic series is that? It looks like a slate gray background rather than black, and I think I'd like to see a sharp B/W (Sgraffito rather than Signo or Dry Point). GreenDesigns, you said, "Butter yellow and taupe is almost too sophisticated for a cabin in the Sierras." I totally agree. My "story" was a client (not that I'm actually a pro) who SAID they wanted rustic, but rejected things that were actually rustic and kept drifting toward a sleeker modern look. "You know, rustic, but modern." The resulting kitchen would be considered "rustic" by no one but the fictional clients. Mtnfever, I like the last set of tile you posted. Very pretty. I like the Seagrass strand, but I think the tangled seaweed would tie in well with the existing Oak cabinets. I didn't think the dogbone white/stainless would work with the oak. Good luck with your choices!...See MoreKristin Murray
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