| We would like to write about the importance of | | | | counter top. |
| ensuring that the colour of the different materials used | | | | Next, to make the counter top 'pop' we went with an |
| in a kitchen actually complement each other; in other | | | | off white, or to be more precise, Tuscan Canvas |
| words, colour coordination is just as important in the | | | | cabinetry. This is an MDF (Medium Density Fiber board) |
| kitchen as it is in any part of the home. | | | | product which is an engineered wood product formed |
| Now, it was recommended to us by almost everyone | | | | by breaking down softwood into wood fibers and |
| in 'the business' to start both the materials selection | | | | combining it with wax and resin to form panels by |
| and the primary colour for the kitchen with the flooring. | | | | applying very high temperatures and pressure during |
| So that is what we did. We had previous homes with | | | | the manufacturing process. |
| just a little hardwood flooring which had been a very | | | | We felt that this type of cabinetry would be a very |
| light shade. With the back of our home facing a forest | | | | nice complement to the flooring and counters which |
| we wanted to have a dark brown hardwood floor to | | | | would remain the visual focal point of the kitchen. |
| help bring the forest into our home and to give that | | | | For the sinks we had a decision to make based on our |
| richness which only dark hardwood can give. | | | | choices to date: brushed nickel sink or a type of sink to |
| Next, we needed to decide if we wanted the counter | | | | match the cabinetry. We chose the latter. |
| top or the cabinets to be the focal point of the kitchen. | | | | The back-splash was selected to be similar in colour to |
| Once we saw the pricing of the solid wood cabinetry, | | | | the cabinetry and thereby would also complement, not |
| we decided on the counter tops. Our kitchen designer | | | | detract, from the darker colours as can be seen in the |
| suggested we coordinate all three in our decision | | | | above picture. |
| making......the flooring, cabinets and counters. He | | | | The same approach was taken for the brushed nickel |
| recommended that since we had our hearts set on | | | | cabinet handles, in that all of the taps in the kitchen |
| dark hardwood flooring we go with a dark counter top | | | | were also brushed nickel. We chose cabinet handles |
| and light cabinetry. This would make the kitchen 'pop'. | | | | which were sufficiently thin to blend into the |
| We brought into our next meeting with our kitchen | | | | background. |
| designer a sample of the hardwood we had ordered. | | | | Lastly, don't forget that the kitchen does not exist in |
| We also of course brought in colour samples of the | | | | isolation to the rest of the house. The colours and |
| paint which would go on the kitchen and family room | | | | shades of the paint in the adjacent rooms / hallways |
| walls as well as the paint chip sample for that which | | | | should also blend in with the kitchen's colour scheme. |
| would also go in the hallways adjacent to the kitchen. | | | | For us, we have a earthy tone to the colours in our |
| Since our hardwood was a Jatoba Expresso we felt | | | | home, so there was a nice match all around. |
| that the matching counter top should also be a very | | | | We hope you have enjoyed our take on coordinating |
| dark brown and settled on the Coffee Brown quartz | | | | the colours within the kitchen. |