Orange counters? The counters in my kitchen in my unsullied apartment are bright orange....
The counters in my kitchen in my unsullied apartment are bright orange. i can't replace them so i was wondering if anyone have any suggestions to make the kitchen less 60's?
Answers: You could do a mexican/italian focus.
Pulling the orange from your counters along with other bright colors similar to reds, yellow, greens, and blues like those found surrounded by mexican/italian tiles and ceramics.
Look for a set of ceramic canisters for sugar, flour, etc., a single canister for considerable utensils, a large bowl for fruit, some
decorative plates hung on the wall, some tiles hung over the stove or contained by a nook or used as trivets, a huge ceramic pitcher
for utensils or an indoor plant on the counter or as a centerpiece for your table.
You could do a chili pepper theme using one and the same colors mentioned or a fruit theme.
Well I personally would love the ginger counters but I would consider them the accent color so would tone down the remainder of the room. I live in FL and I hold a lot of orange within my kitchen so I played on the citrus colors and used lime and yellow along with the ginger. I use citrus print tea towels, cutting board, and decorations. It is sunny, bright and happy. If you don't want to be so bold use a buttery cream as a more nonpartisan combo and that would be still be light and sunny. You could use avocado green for accent next to that. Why doesn't that landlord do his tenants a favor and update their kitchen? My daughter is within a great apt but the kitchen is stuck in the '60s. It would not take much to update and afterwards she would be able to rent them out faster thus getting back the money she spent.
Anyway...Nana have great suggestions for you. If that is not the way you want to run then try adding black and gray items contained by the room. It would be modern looking.
Or for fun you could go with an unforeseen color like purple ( there are so tons variations to try) or a blue green.
A big colorful poster will distract the eye from the countertops ( or at least share the focal point).
A Morracan ( sp?) subject matter would also be cool.
-Melisa
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