Suggestions for flooring to go with gray shaker units & viscon grani
We are about to take delivery of our new kitchen! After weeks of deliberating we have settled on a gray shaker unit, the worktop is to be viscon granite. See images.. my question is what flooring do people think would work best? We are thinking tiles, perhaps a paler gray than the unit. I would love one that looks like distressed whitewashed wood so it's enough of a contrast to the units rather than blending or trying to match grays. We have also considered charcoal/black slate, or gray karndean flooring. But we are open to suggestions! I've added 2 stock pics of the units to give an idea, also one of the granite in a display.
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Comments (12)Hi Magic M new kitchens have more drawers than doors. They also have soft closers on doors and drawers, as well as full extension runners on the drawers. Your kitchen is therefore immediately showing its age because it clearly has more doors and is probably missing the other elements I mentioned that are considered standard in today's functional kitchen. So it really comes down to your budget. If you have the budget I would replace the whole kitchen with cabinets (more drawers than doors) with a shaker style profile. Custom cabinets to the ceiling. Manmade stone such as Caesarstone benchtops. You could think about the same stone on the splashback as subway tiles are on their way out. If your budget doesn't run to a new kitchen then the Annie Sloan chalk paint as suggested is a good option on both the existing cabinets and the new add on ones. Any of your suggested colours in muted tones would work....See MoreWall colour and kitchen colour
Comments (57)Wish i found this Q &A before. So many beautiful people advising and sharing here! I am Repainting Tropical Queenslander with dark red and orangy timber floors and this thread is so helpful. I painted Whisper white and it is throwing so much Green it makes me so sad I am going to repaint. I get loads of tropical sun in the north facing - with eastern morning sunlight. Was just about to go and buy Natural White just to cover it. Do you think it will be too dull/warm a colour. I do like a fresh feel and contrasting with vivid white decorative trims. The whisper white looks nice For a while in the morning while the morning sunlight throws read up onto it but then it returns to a green...See MoreFeedback wanted for a new kitchen/living family friendly floorplan
Comments (24)Love the choice of kitchen - shaker style! I have that style myself and I love it. An interior designer definitely will be able to help you with design and configuration, colour scheme etc. Just letting you know, we had to put 5 structural beams in our ceiling for support and the cost blew us away, it is a very expensive exercise. You'll need an engineer to draw these up. Your draftsman will know of an engineer. Also, as a rule you have to allow for budget blowout. Everyone who has ever done a renovation will tell you. Once you start on the journey, you're emotionally involved and you want it all to be right, and you always add on more changes as you go along. It might be worth pricing things from your kitchen to floorboards to fixtures and fittings, ovens, fridges, lighting choices etc and then draw up your own costings. Builders generally don't do costings, they allow a budget for certain things, like $5 a handle, but then if you choose a $7 handle, then you get hit with a bill at the end of the job with all the extra costs. Make sure you know what the builder has allowed for when it comes to the kitchen, fixtures and fittings etc. I also agree with the others, the oven is too tight in that spot. I would swap that with the sink and put the sink in the island. Hope this is helpful. Good luck with it all, it's very exciting!...See MoreUpdate this kitchen - what would you do?
Comments (41)Besides the fact that it isn't my style (and thus I agree with oklouise to sell on ebay...), the first thing which strikes me, is the crammed working area: stove/ sink/ prep. How can you operate in that space? Other side appears to be too far away to be practical? Then the fridge! If you have an expensive and very ornate kitchen, you can't have a free standing fridge! One way or another your fridge has to be integrated, which brings you back to the style question. Either you like the style and just want to i.e.white wash it (liked that option, if you are into beachy, country), then you need a matching door made up (I'd calculate 2K) and buy an integrated fridge (A$ 2-4K) or you don't like the deco, lay-out, impractical space and want to replace it all, then you can possibly get away with a free-standing fridge in a much less ornate kitchen. If you basically don't mind the kitchen and can work well in the crammed working area, or your budget doesn't stretch to a new one (think about $ 25k+), I agree with the white wash solution and taking off all the excessive ornaments and trims, putting in a flat SS or glass range hood. Also install rails with hooks next to cook top and hang your utensils, you need every square inch on the counter! Microwave to be incorporated perhaps under oven and off benchtop. Maybe spend the money and buy a matching Miele microwave, will look nice with the oven. Look into brightening the gloomy kitchen (on top of white wash) by changing the black bench top and splash backs with light ones. It might save $$ if you just get the ex one covered ( I guess about A$ 6-7k). If it was my kitchen I would definitely sell it, before spending all that money on bench tops, fridge door, integrated fridge, m/w integration, removal of trims, painting, splash back etc. and still end up with a mediocre and impractical kitchen. Would be very interested to see more of your actual style. Can only make out an Ikea shelving unit on one photo... Your decision has a lot to do with the longevity (and cost) of a kitchen, your actual style and the practicability of the ex kitchen! If you can afford it, think long term and maybe save up for THE kitchen you want. If you want some tips on how to keep costs in check and still get a great result for a new kitchen, just contact me. Good luck....See MoreUser
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5 years agoYep that's what I mentioned in the original post... attached is a pic of one we found today. Just need to get the grays right. We are considering switching to river white granite to take the black out... this has very slight flecks of a wine colour which would work as the accent colour. Attached is a few ideas for accents for the breakfast bar.
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5 years agoThe problem is I've scrolled through heaps of kitchen inspiration pics on houzz last night and neither l nor my husband can see that grey and brown belong together. Have been playing around with visuals .... what if we jumped out the box with studio green on the walls and a pattern tile floor?? Not usually my style but what are the reactions?
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5 years agoHi Sasha, there's not just the colour, there's the tone. The last image, everything is quite tonally similar but the dark brown chairs break it up, and the texture of the splashback.
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5 years agolast modified: 5 years agoWhite wood effect tiles would look lovely, we have a few different styles or have a look on our website for more
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5 years agoI love wood effect porcelein tile planks. They look like wood but are much tougher and easy to maintain. My step daughter has them in her conservatory with underfloor heating. They come in a huge range of colours from palest white to deep walnut. They are best laid before the kitchen is installed, and can be laid straight or herringbone. Here’s a few sample pics
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5 years agoOur kitchen is grey with white worktop, we have quickstep largo Dominica oak grey, will try and post other photo but looks great with tones in kitchen area.
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5 years agolast modified: 5 years agoLots of ideas here, the best advice is to get as many samples of finishes and make a mood board. Put each sample side by side then you will see how they sit next to one another,if it's wrong and not pleasing to you it will stand out. If the tones are wrong you can see it. Little Green paint company have a great grey paint chart.. each section has a completely different tone. The first has a blue undertone,second green,third brown and fourth slightly Heather. By placing the items next to one another the undertones will show through.
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This grey kitchen shows an alternative floor and is warmed by the wood table. Good luck.
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