What style is the kitchen? C'mon, it's never too early to post pictures!

I'd guess that a brushed nickel would be enough contrast if you wanted to go that direction, but the black sounds good too. Black glass knobs? :)

fori, posting pictures... are you serious! All the cabinet doors are in another room and we are looking at empty boxes. There is no way you can get a feel for the style. I would say I'm shooting for traditional.

I don't think you need to stay with black, but I do like the contrast with the darker color. I have alder cabinets, SS appliances & faucet, cafe brown silgranit sink and went with brushed pewter knobs & pulls on the cabinets. I went with an antique rust on the island, which is white painted and glazed. It was such a difficult decision, but am very happy with our choices. I found it much easier to bring home samples and hold them up to the cabinets once they were installed.

I chose not to use metal knobs, but have knobs that are the same lightly stained cherry as are my cabinets. I was going for a very "old fashioned" look, and I didn't want to introduce yet another metal color and finish. Also, I had some ORB(cabinet hinges) in the room, as well as a pewter colored chandelier. My range is SS, and the sink is an off-white farm sink. The counter tops are Verde Peacock (medium green very similar to Uba Tuba).

The kitchen was finished a couple of years ago, and the wood knobs have held up very well. They are large and deep enough that you don't scratch the cabinet fronts when you open the cabinets.

Rich

Here is a link that might be useful: kitchen pic's

I think the contrast of black would be great. Is there a style that DH WILL go for?? something with a little less going on? Can't wait to see it all together - sounds beautiful!

Rich, thanks for taking the time to link to your kitchen which is fabulous, and timeless. You threw in another possibility with the matching wood knobs. I think I will have to bring home several samples to see what looks best.

I think black looks nice with cherry. I have light cherry cabinets with a brown glaze, I would say they are traditional. I went with ORB highlighted with copper.

I have natural cherry, no glaze, in my butler's pantry. We used oil rubbed bronze. I thought the contrast was nice.

Hi--we went through the same thing and decided to go with contrast also. The cabinets are cherry with the next lightest finish from natural, KraftMaid Honey Spice. We were going for a simple, kind of understated arts & crafts style. The counters are dark so it helped pick them up. The knobs are just flat rounds. We got them from a store on eBay.

I don't want to hijack, but I have to ask.... joandaugh, your kitchen looks beautiful; do you have more pictures and details? I checked the FKB, but I don't see you listed.

Ditto Lyno -- joandaugh let's see more of that kitchen. You've peeked our interest, do you have it listed on the FinishedKitchens.com?