Backsplash advice - "floating kitchen" concern
Nearing the start of a full kitchen remodel. We will be extending the existing hardwood floors (red oak plank with a medium finish - reads a warm reddish brown) into the kitchen. I'm concerned that compared to the rest of the kitchen, the floor will be dark and the kitchen will "float" and not look right. I'm not interested in trying to do a different floor because the layout will really demand we keep going with the wood floor.
Kitchen cabs will be shaker, painted a light blue-green, with white appliances. Because of the white appliances, we are going with white countertops. I'm struggling with the BS and whether I should try to do something there to help "ground" the kitchen. There is no island (just a peninsula that bridges the kitchen/dining) so no chance to do something different in just part of the kitchen. The cabinet/countertop look will be similar to pic below (obviously the floors will be wood, appliances white and BS is TBD).
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9 years ago
9 years agoYou also have the option of wood or another color for the lowers. Or wood for the peninsula side and end that faces the dining room. You can add movement with a light to white quartzite like White Macaubas or Calacatta.
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PRO9 years ago- 9 years ago
I agree with homechef59 that your floors will ground your kitchen. Here's a picture from Houzz showing green cabs, white appliances and wood floors. I'm planning on having the same elements in my kitchen. I think a nice quiet backsplash will let your cabinets shine.
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9 years agolast modified: 9 years agoYou could play around with a black and white cement tile for the backsplash, or something along the backsplash in jodeby's example that uses the black and blue green in a stripe set in a white subway. I think the backsplash in your photo works as well.
The only other thought I had was to play around with warming up the white counter to a cream and use a cream backsplash and black fixtures as in this photo. But really, I think your kitchen will be lovely. I love all these photos.
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