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Posted by mfhoop (My Page) on Tue, Feb 9, 10 at 10:58
| I think we want to do white cabinets (sorry, I know this is a tired idea...) with soapstone counters but I think I'll want a pop of color. Current idea is to have a dark blue island (probably still with the soapstone top) that would "go with" the loads of polish pottery I have. Anyone done/seen something similar?
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RE: ISO photos - white cabinets with blue island?
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| I just saw the latest issue of Old House Interiors, April. The cover of the mag has a white kitchen with blue island. "Cottage kitchens" they're calling it. Hey, I just checked their website, and it's there! |
Here is a link that might be useful: OHI
RE: ISO photos - white cabinets with blue island?
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| I just wanted to encourage you to "just do it". Blue and white are my favorite. If I had an island I would have made it blue...alas, I have a pennisula, so I stuck with all white cabinets and put the blue on my backsplash. Good Luck....I'd love to see when you're done. |
RE: ISO photos - white cabinets with blue island?
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| Sort of. Hope these help, even though they aren't exactly the right color blue. I love the idea, although a dark island with dark counter *might* end up looking like a big dark hole. We looked at a dark blue, but the color from the cab company ended up reading almost black. (We ended up doing a custom color anyway, but that was after I had forgotten about the blue. Oh well.) 
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RE: ISO photos - white cabinets with blue island?
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| I painted my old cabinets cream on the uppers and a dark blue (almost black) on the lowers. I really liked the blue - and we're still going with a two tone-- but not blue (to get a deep blue paint we would have had to go to a more expensive cabinet manufacturer). Abbey Hill cabinets and Decora both have a dark blue finish. I think a wood countertop on the island (walnut, other butcherblock) would look great |
RE: ISO photos - white cabinets with blue island?
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Not everyone is tired of white kitchens.
And I think Blue and White is amazing!
Here are a few ideas I hope they inspire you to go
with Blue and white. I am one fan.
~boxerpups This kitch would look even better with soapstone.
 Lavoy
 
From the SimplifiedBeeblog
 Zinc Reclaimed home
 Fox Kitchens
Chris Kaufman
 KB Ideas 
Okay this one doesn't have a blue island but isn't
it lovely
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RE: ISO photos - white cabinets with blue island?
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| mfhoop - I had to cringe when I read "sorry, I know this is a tired idea". Please, please, please don't think you ever need to apologize for how you want YOUR kitchen. Boxerpups and Segbrown have provided examples of beautiful kitchens with the blue & white color combination for proof that it's a winning combination. That 2nd one in segbrown's post is just amazing. I also want to encourage you to go for it. Find the style and color you like and ENJOY the journey! |
RE: ISO photos - white cabinets with blue island?
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| Somebody here has a lake house, I think in North Carolina, that has a blue, bi-level island with soapstone. I think (but am not sure) that the perimeter cabs were white. I had bookmarked a link to it, but alas, it no longer works (snif!) and I tried searching, but couldn't find it. Anybody know the one I mean? Wood floors, nice view out the window. It was from a couple of years ago. It wasn't dark blue, but rather a medium-ish blue (similar to the first one tha segbrown showed). |
RE: ISO photos - white cabinets with blue island?
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| This month's House Beautiful is devoted entirely to blue, and there are a couple of blue kitchens. |
RE: ISO photos - white cabinets with blue island?
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| The House Beautiful blue and white kitchen is pretty close to the color I'm thinking about - thanks for pointing me there - I always forget about that site. boxerpups - yours are great options too. Thanks!! |
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