Holiday,

Can you post a picture of your cabinets and other fixtures? What metals are your faucet, switchplates and lights? If you can give us a better feel for the rest of your room - a picture - you'll get better feedback :)

FWIW I'm in a similar boat as you -- hoping for cabinet install in about 2-3 weeks. Wavering between satin nickel or matte black. Anthracite silgranit sink. My cabs are mostly white with a dark grey countertop. Walls are a warm, medium dark sagey green with wood floors.

How about lighting fixtures? Our peninsula pendants are a lot of brushed nickel as is the light fixture in our same-room dining room. Choosing brushed nickel for our pulls and knobs was a no-brainer. Do you have anything like that going on? Given the things you described, either brushed nickel or black would both work fine. For rusticity, I think the black may carry that off a little better.

right now the only pics I have are of bare sheer rock with no fixtures. The overhead lighting will be fixed track in brushed nickle, the pendent over the sink will be a hand blown glass of white and black hanging from nickle cables and the faucet is brushed nickle, one of the touch H2Os. I hope I like it as much as the reviews. I'm painting what little wall space will be left a neutral off white - creamy yellowy color (Romano). I wish I had pics. BTY, this is the first kitchen remodel I've ever done and do I put the pulls on or does the cabinet maker (fully custom cabs)?

here is the computer mock up of what my kitchen should look like.

Hi,
Congrats on the new kitchen!
Brushed nickel pulls are going to be more subtle, a softer tone. Black pulls, on the other hand, are bold (not louder, just stronger). So it really depends which flavor you prefer. Light fixtures don't have to match, but it's nice to have consistency between the other fixtures like the faucet and hardware. Good luck and enjoy!

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Here is a link that might be useful: Kitchen Cabinet Hardware

Hi again Holiday,

Do you have any inspiration pics? Something you've seen here, houzz dot com, or anywhere else (online, magazines, etc.)?

Your granite (based on the google pics I found) has a darker look to it. If your pulls are small like in the computer redering, either black or silver will be fine. If you go with long pulls you'll notice much more of an impact with black whereas the silver will be a softer look just as Ilana posted above.

Just like suzannesl posted, you don't need to match your other fixtures, but adding long black pulls will definitely pop more than silver pulls.

Good luck - it's a tough decision.