Black cabinets with black appliances?

amy.matt

We are getting ready to redo our kitchen and found some "slate" colored cabinets we love (almost black) but were planning on staying with black appliances to help with budget. We are planning on pitying in light colored granite countertops and light colored tile floor. My question.. Will the black on black be too much? Anyone have it that can show me? Our kitchen is small,  but fairly open with a bay window, so I'm hoping that would help.... Any ideas or suggestions? Thesis our first major Reno.

toothpastechica

In theory it should be ok...but you added that your kitchen is small...A lot of black/dark is going to make it feel even smaller...are you prepared for that? Could you switch out for stainless steele appliances later if you ever need to sell? If you like it its fine, but if you needed to sell it might make it feel small and/or dark or just not appealing to the majority of buyers.

Passanie

Hmm, that seems like it would be a lot of black. I would want more ways to break it up.

moonlight

I'm normally not a fan of black with black or white with white because the shades are always slightly (or majorly) off. I'd rather see complimenting colors.

If you like the look of stainless, you can check out silver/black appliances. There are some brands (whirlpool is one I believe) who carry a color called silvermist which is just silver paint and is the same price as black or white. The bonus is fingerprints don't show like they do with SS. 

GFYULOSER

I love slate/black/grey kitchens- but they really only work best in large open concept spaces. You don't want you kitchen to look dark and small.

this is good:

http://www.houzz.com/black-kitchen

 

 

GildedIcon

SS is quickly on the way out, UNLESS it is true professional grade kitchen appliances. Black glass and slate gray are two of the upcoming colors.

nikip6454

The cabinets and appliances sound perfectly fine together.  I would recommend not going too light with both the countertop and the floor-it can cause a reverse Oreo look and tends to be unappealing. 

I would recommend going 3-4 shades lighter than the cabinets for the floor and lighter for the top.

letranger

If you are doing light floors/walls I see no issue with this. I love tiny black and white kitchens. 

amy.matt

http://www.tileshop.com/product/productdetail.aspx?familyID=2124&recordID=5062139

 This is the backsplash we love....

 I can't figure out how to post multiple links, so I'll post multiple times... Ha 

 

amy.matt

We've decided to stay with the dark espresso cabinets (peppercorn from Kraftmaid), the above backsplash and "Kashmir white" granite.... These are just all ideas.... It all looks good in my head!

amy.matt

http://www.houzz.com/kashmir-white-countertop

 

Counter tops we currently like. They have kind of a blue accent in them.... Goes with the backsplash

 

amy.matt

http://www.tileshop.com/search/index.aspx?q=Yale ceniza

 

Floor tile in 12x24. It's more of a medium gray with a hint of brown... Hard to explain. This is out of budget, so I need to find something similar :-(