Browse Forums Kitchen Corner 1 Mar 26, 2008 11:24 am Well am having a little bit of a crisis at present. We have bought some gorgeous blue Caesarstone - Ming Blue - for our benchtops but am now having second thoughts about the gloss white cabinetry. Here is a link to the colour of the benchtop http://www.mitchellplastics.com.au/ml/i ... 0Stone.pdf
The flooring will be timber - something along the lines of Merbau or Kempas. The appliances will all be stainless steel. Our kitchen is part of a massive open plan area which incorporates our dining area / kitchen / sitting room area. Our lounges are pale blue with cream / chocolate / caramel cushions with a floor rug in the same tonings. The dining room suite will more then likely be a chocolate / wenge colour. Kitchen is a galley style with a massive 4m long island bench which will have waterfall sides and a 50mm profile at the front in the caesarstone. Will also have the sink in it - either Franke Hurricane in Polar white (white with grey flecks) or a stainless steel Abey. The appliance wall will have the caesarstone benchtop with my Falcon 1100mm Range - also comes with a black splashback and canopy. On either side of the black splashback I will be having either glass or some sort of Akril panels (which were going to be white but obviously this is now up in the air with the possible change in colour of cupboards!) Here is a link to a white kitchen with the Ming benchtops - not sure whether it is too stark for me now? http://www.spec-net.com.au/press/1206/won_061206.htm Re: Help Needed with Door Colours 4Mar 26, 2008 12:32 pm I’d be looking at a Butter, or light coffee colour. Internal and External Building and Colour Consultant Online - Worldwide http://www.denovoconcepts.com Re: Help Needed with Door Colours 5Mar 26, 2008 1:01 pm I love your choice of tops - it's great to see someone being daring for a change.
As a secondary issue, having just put in some very nice Caesarstone tops on a job may I seriously recommend that you consider an undermount sink. My client keeps raving about how she was orignally going for an inset sink but bit the bullet for an undermount and now says that she would have hated herself for spending the money on the schmick tops and then compromising on the sink. Back to your doors... I would be staying with white on all of your vertical surfaces. Those tops are bold enough that you don't need anything else to work against them. The featured kitchen with the Ming tops and satin two pack looks the goods to me. I like white doors, but that's just me. Cheers, Earl Re: Help Needed with Door Colours 6Mar 26, 2008 3:42 pm I think with timber floors your white cupboards will be fine, no matter what bench top colour you have.
The photo you have of the kitchen had tiles on the floor - changes the whole look of the kitchen. All of the white kitches that have been posted on here look fantastic with the timber floors. Paula Re: Help Needed with Door Colours 7Mar 26, 2008 7:22 pm Can't say I'm a fan of blue either -
I went with Ice Snow but regret not going for Cracked Pepper. But if I did learn anything it was go with what you really really want. If you compromise and take the safer option you could regret it. Re: Help Needed with Door Colours 8Mar 26, 2008 7:29 pm Paula I think with timber floors your white cupboards will be fine, no matter what bench top colour you have. The photo you have of the kitchen had tiles on the floor - changes the whole look of the kitchen. All of the white kitches that have been posted on here look fantastic with the timber floors. But what everyone is forgetting….the blue is a very dominate colour, and I agree kyton about having misgivings about white cupboards. White will accentuate the blue even more, making it stand out even bolder! The colours I have suggested will tone down the blue, not making it so “out there” Plus, they will still complement the timber floor. Internal and External Building and Colour Consultant Online - Worldwide http://www.denovoconcepts.com Re: Help Needed with Door Colours 9Mar 28, 2008 9:08 am Wow that blue is brave!!
I really like white too but I think that you could go slightly off white, I think the last link you pated the cupbards aren't stark white. you can see that they're slightly darker than the wall? I think they look good in that colour. Re: Help Needed with Door Colours 10Mar 28, 2008 1:24 pm Well so far it has been narrowed down to either the white (will only do pure white as not that into creamy whites!) or alternatively Laminex Oyster Linea or Zincworks or Fresh Reed. We have the same coloured floors in our existing home so am trying to lay them down and imagine the benchtop. Might have to ask the stonemason if he can cut me off a chunk so I can see it for real.
http://www.laminex.com.au/images/sample ... SHREED.jpg http://www.laminex.com.au/images/sample ... cWorks.jpg http://www.laminex.com.au/images/sample ... RLINEA.jpg Re: Help Needed with Door Colours 11Mar 28, 2008 3:23 pm Michelle Paula I think with timber floors your white cupboards will be fine, no matter what bench top colour you have. The photo you have of the kitchen had tiles on the floor - changes the whole look of the kitchen. All of the white kitches that have been posted on here look fantastic with the timber floors. But what everyone is forgetting….the blue is a very dominate colour, and I agree kyton about having misgivings about white cupboards. White will accentuate the blue even more, making it stand out even bolder! The colours I have suggested will tone down the blue, not making it so “out there” Plus, they will still complement the timber floor. I like the warm colour idea to counter the blue as well. But how to match this against the colour of the wood floor ? Do you try for a match ? Re: Help Needed with Door Colours 12Mar 28, 2008 6:16 pm The good thing about timber is everything goes with it.
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