A facelift for my kitchen

by Christina

My kitchen is the heart of my home and it is stuck in the 90's. A gut would be our dream but it's not going to happen for a while. We've lived in this house with this ugly kitchen for 6 years, and that's long enough!

I have it all planned out! That's the easy part, there's no sanding or fumes when you're planning. Here's a shot of my kitchen as is, today.

 And this is my plan! 

 

The island will be painted Mediterranean by Sherwin Williams and the rest of the cabinetry will be Creamy, also by SW. This part of the plan is solid. Here's where I ask you if I'm nuts. I have light fixtures that I like, we put them in just after we moved in, unfortunately, finding hardware in this same tone that I like and is affordable is proving impossible. So, I've chosen some in an oil rubbed bronze, and I am in love with them. But this week we got a new dishwasher in stainless and the old black one went to live on a dishwasher farm. So now I'm looking at a kitchen with 3 metals. stainless, antique brass and oil rubbed bronze. I think I'm cool with it. Even if we were doing this as a forever option, I wouldn't choose silver or pewter hardware so, yeah, looks like I'm going to have 3 metals in here.

What do you think, am I crazy for choosing mixed metals, or a blue island?

(personal photos)

Comments

[elz]

I think it will look fine. Mixed metal kitchens have been popping up more often in the design mags. I think I just saw a feature on it in Elle Decor (don't quote me on that). I say go for it.

[Kelly P]

It's not crazy to mix metals. I'm a kitchen designer and I do it all the time. It really depends on the kitchen, but lots of times I don't want a perfectly matched look.

[Kate]

I know this isn't the question you asked but have you really scoured the internet? When we moved our kitchen had hideous white plastic handles but the hinges were antique brass. I couldn't find any antique brass hardware I liked that was cheap locally and I had zero interest in putting real money into it since we're (hopefully) gutting the kitchen in a few years. I was finally able to find some online for a couple bucks a piece and the whole thing only cost about $25. Sorry, I'm a little OCD about this stuff and having the three metals would drive me crazy.