Kitchen Remodel Color/Materials Help!

11 years ago

We are remodeling our kitchen. We currently have a golden pecan wood oak floor. We would like to get shaker style cabinets. We have a small kitchen without a ton of natural light so we were thinking lighter color is best for kitchen cabinets. We want a dramatic granite countertop, a lighter cabinet, and our wooden floors that can be restained if necessary. Any ideas? Something that we will love for years and not wonder "what were we thinking?" These are our top granite choices. Any ideas of which I should choose and how to color pair with cabinets and wood floors? Thanks!

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cpartist
11 years ago
You are in two different directions with your granite choices. One is your brown/beige direction and the other is the blues. Forget about the floors. The wood floor will go with everything.

Choose the granite you like the best and build from there. It's usually the easiest way to do it. Then you can pick a light color that works with the granite for your cabinets, and find a backsplash that blends. Great choices all of them. Also does the kitchen look out onto other rooms and if so what colors are the other rooms? That might help you make your choice.
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Patti
11 years ago
I love the blues! But that's just me.
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11 years ago
last modified: 11 years ago
Have you checked the cost of each of those? The care and maintenance? Budget often knocks out anything blue, as does the fact that most have a good deal of calcite in them and can etch. So, figure out the budget and functional requirements first. Pretty $300 a square counters that you can't really use wouldn't work for me at all.
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mresera
Original Author
11 years ago
Thanks for the ideas. Yes, cost will definitely play a role, and we are aware that some of these are higher end. What is calcite and how will that affect our choice? I thought most granite is low maintenance besides the need for sealing. The kitchen doesn't readily look to other rooms. I was most concerned with the floors going with the cabinets if we choose a different stain. WIll that be an issue? Thanks again!
Nothing Left to Say
11 years ago
last modified: 11 years ago
"Granite" is used by the stone countertop people to cover a lot of things that aren't really granite--and names for stones are very inconsistent in the industry. If you search, you will find several countertop geology threads on here with great input from a geologist. There are suggestions for testing stones to see how they will perform.

Personally I'm drawn to the blues--that top stone is a show stopper. If you like blue, you might consider blue pearl granite. It seems to be one of the stones that is pretty consistently labeled and it is very, very durable (and reportedly doesn't even need to be sealed). People have reported different prices for it, but I think it is often in a lower price category.