Today’s decorating dilemma:
We’re in the process of selling and our agent has recommended we repaint our cabinets. They are currently green with the walls and trim being light blue and light yellow. Our appliances are stainless and we have verde butterfly granite. I am really not sure what color to go with- any help would be much appreciated. Thanks, Nic
Kate suggests:
By painting your cabinets to be more neutral the Verde Butterfly granite will show off more. This granite looks great with warm mid-tone brown cabinets but for a painted finish I would go for a different hue.
I would find a mid to light neutral in the granite and then match that color in paint. Depending on your actual slab this would probably be a mid-value color somewhere between a muted gold and a warm gray.
Don’t go for too much color but just enough to make it more interesting than white, cream or gray. I saw an interesting color on a table at Pottery Barn yesterday. It is from a collection called Bailey and was a warm creamy neutral and you could use that kind of a color and even go slightly darker in value.
Once you find the color use the same one but a few steps lighter for the walls and maybe even the ceiling if the ceiling is smooth and contained to the kitchen area.
This will give the kitchen a more contemporary feel so you may want to keep the soffit free from decorations and keep the countertops as free as possible of extra items.
I think this will visually expand the space and make your kitchen look up-to-date.
We are considering this granite for our kitchen – verde butterfly. We will keep our oak craftmade cupboards and replace the hardware. Can you recommend a mosaic tile backsplash that would compliment the granite. We will probably go with 4″ of the granite and then a tile/mosaic. Any input on color or deign would be appreciated.
Hello Coreen!
As Kate has recommended, colors such as muted gold and warm grey would be a nice combination to compliement the Verde Butterfly. I am envisioning small 1″ tiles that are slight variations of different colors that are found in the slab, all toned down as not to compete with how punchy the granite is. Since the granite is darker, the tiles should read light.
I looked up a couple of colors I thought it would be good to match the tiles with: Sico, Inc’s “Polar Grey” #4303-11, Benjamin Moore’s “Lime Froth” #2031-70 “Stolen Moments #0477 & “Lemon Glow” #2025-60. I think these colors, or any other variations inbetween would be wonderful with the Verde Butterfly!
Enjoy the process, this can be fun! ~Bethany
To anyone with design knowledge—I am also considering verde butterfly granite but am using painted cabinets and have a similar backsplash question. I chose mushroom w/ coffee glaze cabinet around the perimeter of the kitchen (just like the warm gray suggested above) and java stained cabinets for the island with a black walnut floor. Should the backsplash color match the mushroom cabinet’s color? I was thinking of a monocolor subway tile or brick pattern-I don’t want to take away from the granite. Or do I introduce another color?
Thanks.
We do a lot of remodeling and I often work with the customers (mostly the wives) on selecting things. Verde Butterfly is a beautiful granite and it shows really nicely with slate. They have various colors and sizes of slate available to choose from. I prefer the smaller tiles since this is so popular now. Several patterns could be used and you could even work it together with an enhanced lighter color tumbled stone. Lowes has a good price on theirs. There is also a 2×2 crackled glass at Daltile to use if you worked the lighter stone in and if you don’t like the slate, there is also a glass 1×1 to work into a pattern as well.