A Wild Kitchen

Take a look at this article I received from DuraSupreme. Here are some fun ideas for a kitchen. How many mornings could you wake up to this color in your house??

- BuilderBob

"Needless to say, she became my dream client and I became her dream designer! Finally someone who's not afraid of color and wants to have visual fun!" explained Barbra Bright, of Barbra Bright Design in San Francisco, CA. Barbra designed this Dura Supreme kitchen for her client using a daring finish combination of cherry cabinetry with a custom, bright green paint. Above: Evelyn clipped this photo from a magazine as inspiration for her new kitchen. Barbra christened this project "The Chartreuse Kitchen", because the color speaks for itself and was instantly recognizable by everyone involved. A referral client, Evelyn G., brought in a photo she had discovered in a European Kitchen and Bath magazine, with bright green paint and warm cherry tones. Barbra discussed with Evelyn what she liked about the kitchen in the photo. It was the combination of the chartreuse green paint with the cherry wood, in a traditional shaker door style. The door style was traditional but the color scheme offered a bold, fun and modern twist. "My first concern was that there was too much green paint. Was this color scheme going to be truly livable for the long run?" So Barbra suggested that they add more cherry cabinetry to ground the kitchen and use the chartreuse green paint as more of an accent. She explained, "I immediately thought of Dura Supreme cabinetry because of their quality AND I knew they would do a great color match." Evelyn was tasked with finding the "perfect" chartreuse green paint color, one that she could live with and love for the long term. She brought in a small 2" x 2" paint swatch that was a screaming neon green. "I had a feeling that when she saw it painted on a larger sample, she would realize how neon and overly intense this color was. She didn't realize that what looks good on a small chip will look much different on 42" wide wall cabinets." With that in mind, Barbra went to the paint store to get a quart of Evelyn's paint and while she was there, she selected another color that she felt would work better for the long term. She had both of these colors painted up on a large board - and Evelyn agreed with Barbra's choice. "We went with my choice, and then sent the sample to be color matched by Dura Supreme's finish department. They sent us a half-door sample and the color was right the very first time! Barbra smiled in recollection and explained, "That's when this project became the talk of the finish department at Dura Supreme as everyone was curious about the end result." Barbra selected Dura Supreme's frameless "Alectra" cabinetry with a "Craftsman" door style for its contemporary styling. Cherry cabinetry with a "Harvest" finish was an ideal complement to the custom "Chartreuse Green" paint. This project was completed in January and Evelyn LOVES her new Dura Supreme kitchen and Barbra proudly points to this project with the daring color scheme as one of her favorites!