I’ve posted over on GardenWeb too, but I figure there are some people with a good eye for design here who might help out.
Here is a little thing I put together that shows all the materials we’re using in the new kitchen–quarter-sawn oak cabinets, slate flooring (with shades of gray and amber, lots of natural variation), quartz countertops and a hickory butcher block top on the island, a slate and glass mosaic backsplash, and some Craftsman-style lighting. The lighting has shades of amber, rust, gold, cream, and some blue-gray veining in the glass.
Most of the area will be painted a creamy antique white, but there is one wall toward the front of the kitchen that would be perfect for an accent wall…I just can’t decide what color to make it. I’m worried that anything I do will clash with either the slate or the cabinets or the lighting or all three. We have a designer who will help, but I’d like to at least narrow it down to a color family and go looking for some chips before I meet with her next week.
If it would help, let me know and I’ll post a rendering of what the layout will look like when it’s done–unfortunately it’s in all the wrong colors and won’t show the accent wall, so I didn’t bother posting it here.
Thanks for any help you can give. I’m useless at this stuff.