Kitchen Remodel – Critical Color Coordination

We would like to write about the importance of ensuring that the color of the different materials used in a kitchen really does complement each other; In other words, color coordination is just as important in the kitchen as it is anywhere in the home.

Now almost everyone in ‘the business’ recommended us to start with the selection of materials and the primary color for the kitchen with the floor. So that’s what we did. We had previous homes with just a little bit of hardwood flooring that was a very light shade. With the back of our house facing a forest, we wanted to have a dark brown hardwood floor to help bring the forest into our home and give it that richness that only dark hardwood can give.

Next, we needed to decide if we wanted the countertop or the cabinets to be the focal point of the kitchen. Once we saw the price of solid wood cabinets, we decided on countertops. Our kitchen designer suggested that we coordinate all three in our decision making…the flooring, the cabinets, and the countertops. He recommended that since we had our hearts set on dark hardwood floors, we opted for a dark countertop and light cabinets. This would cause the kitchen to ‘explode’.

We brought a sample of the hardwood we had ordered to our next meeting with our kitchen designer. Of course, we also brought color samples of the paint that would be placed on the walls in the kitchen and family room, as well as the paint sample that would also be placed in the hallways adjacent to the kitchen.

Since our hardwood was Jatoba Expresso, we felt the matching countertop should also be a very dark brown and decided on the Coffee Brown quartz countertop.

Next, to make the countertop ‘pop’, we opted for an off-white cabinet, or to be more precise, Tuscan Canvas. This is an MDF (Medium Density Fibreboard) product which is an engineered wood product formed by breaking down softwood into wood fibers and combining it with wax and resin to form panels by applying very high temperatures and pressures during the woodworking process. manufacturing.

We felt that this type of cabinetry would be a very nice complement to the flooring and countertops, which would continue to be the visual focal point of the kitchen.

For the sinks, we had to make a decision based on our choices to date: brushed nickel sink or a type of sink that would match the cabinetry. We chose the latter.

The backsplash was selected to be a similar color to the cabinets and therefore would also complement, not detract from, the darker colors as you can see in the image above.

The same approach was taken for the brushed nickel cabinet handles, as all the faucets in the kitchen were also brushed nickel. We chose cabinet handles that were thin enough to blend in with the background.

Finally, don’t forget that the kitchen does not exist in isolation from the rest of the house. The colors and shades of the paint in the adjoining rooms/hallways should also match the color scheme of the kitchen. For us, we have an earthy undertone to our house colors, so there was a good match everywhere.

We hope you enjoyed our take on color coordination in the kitchen.