Coffee bar area to match the rest of the cabinets or not to match
Five years ago we built this house and we never added cabinets to a wall in the kitchen was torn to put cabinets or to just put a piece of furniture today I wish I had added the cabinets to the wall and now the stain color is discontinued should I match the stain as best as possible or put a whole different color cabinetry same cabinet make and design but maybe white on that wall would like to do a coffee bar/wet bar not sure if I should add top cabinets either since it is on the other side of the dining room entrance should I match both sides of the entrance with the top cabinets. I have been contemplating this since we moved in still don’t know what to do need advice. And yes I have posted before and still have not decided what to do
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3 years agoIf you decide to put cabinets in that corner, I wouldn't try to match the kitchen (although your current dresser blends nicely!), but use it as an opportunity to either go very light (just to lighten the overall space) or to add some color. That cabinet is more in the eating area than in the kitchen proper, so you could go in a hutch direction. Helps distinguish the spaces too.
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Here is pic of island. Just measured it in the wall is an inch shorter than the cabinets which I don’t know if I can move these to the coffee bar area another idea I had has anyone seen a two-tone island I could always use one cabinet for the bar leave the drawer unit and add to that to make a larger island which I think would look better in this kitchen and make that cabinetry a creamy color white not sure if a two-tone island is something that people do
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