Choosing a Kitchen Color Scheme
By / June 28, 2017 June 7, 2017Many people struggle with choosing a kitchen color scheme, mostly because so much goes into planning a kitchen remodel. You must think about cabinetry, floor color, countertops and appliances when choosing your kitchen color scheme.
When choosing the colors of your kitchen, you should start with any of the main components. Floor color, countertop color, or cabinetry color. Depending on what you are passionate about the most, your color scheme can be based off what you begin with. Some people have a passion for one unique color and that may be the base of their color scheme.
How to Make your Kitchen Match
Choosing your kitchen cabinetry is a great first step. Complement your cabinets with the floor color and use your countertop color as an accent piece (or vice versa). Kountry Kraft offers many unique cabinet colors to choose from – which allows you to bring personality into your kitchen. Deciding your budget is the first step to choosing your cabinetry, this can be used as a guide to selecting your style. White cabinetry pairs well with dark wood floors and an accented countertop. Natural wood cabinetry pair well with neutral colored countertops and an accented backsplash.
Once you choose your cabinetry color, you can move onto your floor color. Hardwood flooring is a great choice for your kitchen space because it is warm on bare feet, absorbs sound and kinder to a long-standing chef. You may choose from light, medium or dark wood for your flooring. Once you choose your floor color, it is time for your countertops. You can get very artsy when it comes to countertops. Countertops vary in color, pattern and style making it sometimes difficult to match with your existing cabinetry and flooring. Whether you choose granite, tile, wood, etc., your countertop will become a signature piece in your kitchen – maybe even the focal point.
Kitchen Color Scheme
This colorful kitchen by Stonington features navy blue cabinetry complimented by a light wood floor and marble countertops. All three components complete the color scheme of this kitchen. Incorporating a unique backsplash along with floating shelves to create a symmetrical look on the back wall.
White cabinetry with dark wood accents create the color scheme in this kitchen. The grey subway and paint balance the white and dark wood to complete the look of the kitchen.
Kountry Kraft’s cabinetry accessories will go well with any kitchen color scheme you choose! To view more design inspiration for your kitchen, visit our houzz page.
Top Kitchen Cabinet Colors
By / April 26, 2017 February 25, 2023Kountry Kraft has many ways to offer you a large variety of kitchen cabinet colors. With our custom stain matching room and extensive library of custom paint match formulas, we can provide our customers with custom color solutions. We can offer you custom colors to express your own unique taste!
Top Kitchen Cabinet Colors
According to Houzz, white cabinetry remains the most popular choice for kitchen cabinet colors with wood (light, medium and dark) in second place. While white cabinetry can make the overall kitchen look fresh and clean, there are many other kitchen cabinet colors by Kountry Kraft.
We produce an abundance of white cabinetry, but have seen many unique color choices from our clients – creating breathtaking spaces. There is blue cabinetry in our KBIS 2017 display. Our team wanted to showcase the unique cabinet colors Kountry Kraft can create. This cabinetry in our display became very eye-catching and brought a lot of attention to our booth.
You bring it, we create it – in other words, bring in a paint sample and we will match it. We match many known paint brands including; Sherwin Williams and Benjamin Moore. The color of your cabinetry can reflect your style and personality. Let us build the kitchen of your dreams with our custom color options.
Be sure to visit our planning center to see all options you have to create your custom cabinetry. Like us on Facebook and follow us on Houzz to keep up with our latest design inspirations.
Kountry Kraft Attends KBIS 2017
By / March 1, 2017 September 2, 2021As many of you already know, Kountry Kraft attended KBIS 2017 in Orlando this past January. We had a fantastic time and would like to thank everyone who came out to support us. KBIS is a fantastic opportunity for Kountry Kraft to show off our commitment to impeccable quality in custom made cabinetry.
KBIS 2017
The Kitchen and Bath Industry Show is an exceptional opportunity for companies to showcase their latest products and innovations. Kountry Kraft put our quality cabinetry and innovative designs on display for all to see. Kitchen and Bath enthusiasts from all around the country attend the show to witness what companies have to showcase. Not only do companies want to show off their products, designers want to witness the latest and greatest so that they can give their customers a dream kitchen.
Kountry Kraft fireplace display at KBIS 2009
The last time Kountry Kraft attended KBIS was in 2009, when we featured a fireplace display, a butler’s pantry and horizontal grain kitchen cabinetry. So much has changed throughout those 8 years, but Kountry Kraft has continued to provide the finest products and excellent service.
Metal Fusion Range Hoods
One of our exclusive products featured in our booth was our metal fusion range hoods. These hoods replicate the look of metal when applied to wood. This product is lighter in weight and lower in price than real metal hoods. Our metal fusion hoods come in eight metal finishes; Bronze, Copper, White Gold, Iron, Nickel Silver, Oil Rubbed Bronze, and Stainless Steel. Metal Fusion creates an affordable option for our customers to create dramatic accents and focal points throughout the kitchen.
Kountry Kraft metal fusion range on hood display at KBIS 2017
We proudly take advantage of opportunities to exhibit our fine cabinetry that maintains a harmonious balance between quality craftsmanship and modern technology. Experience bespoke precision and inspiration by visiting our Houzz Page.
Kountry Kraft Custom Wood Stain Colors
By / February 15, 2017 March 20, 2023Kountry Kraft offers a variety of custom wood stain colors to make your kitchen as unique as you. Our custom stain matching room allows us to create a customized color for your kitchen. You bring in a color and it’s guaranteed we can match it.
Custom Wood Stain Colors
Giving your home the perfect color palette goes beyond paint. Our finishing process offers affordable options for dramatic accents and focal points throughout the home. With our customized stain matching abilities, the possibilities are endless here at Kountry Kraft.
Some think it is impossible to match the stain color that appears in other elements of their home. At Kountry Kraft, you bring in a sample stain color and we can match it. Our custom wood stain colors make it easy to match different elements of your home to make an entire look come together. We have everything you need for a quality finish every time.
Gunstock Stain Color
One of our most popular stain colors this year was the Gunstock stain color. This stain color can enhance any type of wood, paint or glaze. Gunstock is easily applied and penetrates deep into pores of the wood giving a long-lasting appearance. This stain color compliments the finest wood species and brings out it’s best attributes. Using custom wood stain colors can bring a dramatic effect to your kitchen.
At Kountry Kraft, we make it possible for your cabinetry to resemble you. View more of our custom finishing options or request our literature for inspiration on custom cabinetry designs.
Custom Range Hoods by Kountry Kraft
By / January 4, 2017 March 11, 2023When designing your kitchen, you always want a focal point to bring the overall look together. Custom range hoods can be that unique piece of your kitchen. Kountry Kraft creates custom cabinetry and more.
Custom range hoods can add a dramatic effect to a kitchen through color, style or shape. Having custom features in your kitchen bring personality and character to your home. When you incorporate one into your kitchen, it can become the focal point of the room. The focal point of a room is the first thing people see when they walk in, and it typically brings the whole kitchen together. A focal point piece should be exciting and eye-catching, drawing in the attention of your visitors.
Range hoods are one of the main components of a kitchen, but that doesn’t mean it has to be an ordinary range hood. Range hoods are typically rectangular however, you can make your custom range hood any shape you’d like – triangular, circular or even cylinder shaped! Your custom range hood doesn’t necessarily need to stand out, you can also make it blend in with your cabinetry and barely noticeable in plain sight. You can even design your range hood to be a storage space so that you don’t lose any storage room from a range hood.
Custom Range Hoods
Through contrasting paint colors, this piece became a natural focal point of the room – standing out in midst of the white cabinetry.
Put some personality into your kitchen! Give your kitchen a high-end treatment with a custom range hood by Kountry Kraft.
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D&B Elite Construction Group Kountry Kraft Cabinet Dealer
By / December 7, 2016 February 20, 2017Design. Build. Deliver
D&B Elite Construction is a commercial and residential design build firm located in Sinking Spring, Pennsylvania.
Allan Henn founded Elite Home builders in 1993 and Dan Gring and Brennan Reichenbach founded D&B Construction Group in 2010. D&B Elite Construction Group is a culmination of D&B Construction Group and Elite Home Builders. The two groups came together for a bigger and better purpose. D&B Elite Construction offers collaborative, full-service project services for both commercial and residential projects.
- Dan Gring – Head of the Commercial Construction Division
- Brennan Reichenbach – Head of D&B Elite’s Home Remodeling Division
- Allen Henn – Head of D&B Elite’s New Home Division
Collectively, they have over 60 years of experience and a team of production managers, project managers, an in-house licensed design specialist, and a crew of estimators and field carpenters. The number one goal of D&B is to satisfy their clients and make their vision come to life.
Award Winning Designs
The spirit of the company is one of providing endless inspiration to us all. D&B Elite is proud of its work and the company has been recognized for its quality design and excellent construction by local, regional, and national builder and remodeler associations. They have won Best of 2015 Bathroom Remodeler of the Year Wyomissing, PA – Wyomissing Awards Program, 2015 Qualified Remodeler Magazine Top 500 and 2015 Remodelers Magazine BIG 50 National Award just to name a few.
Luxury Kitchen Cabinets and Quality Products
D&B Elite is also a direct dealer of quality products homeowners can trust, giving clients the best price and quality installation. They have designed a stunning array of kitchens that feature Kountry Kraft cabinetry and our cabinetry and many other quality products are on display in the design showroom, offering the ability to see the quality and experience the functionality of the items firsthand.
- Kountry Kraft Cabinetry
- Thermador Appliances
- Top Knob – residential hardware
- Kessenbohmer / Clever Storage (home storage solutions)
- Easy Track Closet Systems
- Grothouse Lumber – Wood Counter Tops
- Hafele – decorative hardware
- Rustica Hardware
Luxury Kitchen Cabinets in Mohnton, PA.
Visit their website to learn more about this incredibly talented, trustworthy company.
Cabinetry Terms You Should Know
By / October 5, 2016 March 20, 2023Kountry Kraft offers a variety of custom kitchen cabinets, and with this variety comes a lot of cabinetry terms that homeowners should be familiar with to select the right product. To make custom cabinetry unique for every customer, we supply an array of options for door styles, wood species, and wood finishes.
Cabinetry Terms To Know
Door Styles
There are 3 main types of cabinet doors that can be further enhanced in different ways.
- Inset Cabinet Doors – a popular style in the early 1900’s. The doors are mounted inside the frame of the box making the hinges visible when the door is shut.
- Partial Overlay Cabinet Doors – these doors are mounted over the face of the box, meaning parts of the frame and hinges may be visible.
- Full Overlay Cabinet Doors – this door style covers the whole face of the box which means very small gaps between different doors. This creates a consistent and continuous appearance.
Wood Species
Choosing your wood species is important when your cabinetry is not going to be painted. This is because each wood species has natural characteristics.
- Red Oak – light to medium brown with a reddish cast.
- Distressed Knotty Pine – large knots and defects which make a striking pattern.
- Cherry – light pinkish brown, darkens to a medium reddish brown.
- Rustic Cherry – same as cherry but with more mineral streaks and different sized knots.
- Hard Maple – off white to light brown in color with a golden hue.
- Hickory – open grained rustic hardwood, colors vary from near white to light brown.
- Quarter Sawn White Oak – pale brown to dark brown with a greenish gray tinge and very straight grain.
- Walnut – color may vary from light grey-brown, to a deep rich chocolate brown.
- Alder – tends to be light tan to reddish brown; darkens and reddens with age.
- Rustic Alder – same as Alder but contains knots of all sizes including cracks/holes.
Finishes
Finishes bring your cabinetry to life and can also protect your wood from different external elements.
- Natural – the original characteristics of your chosen wood species.
- Paint – paint will completely cover the wood grain look.
- Glaze – glaze will add definition to the wood grain look because it is semi-transparent.
- Stain – enhances the wood grain patterns.
- Paint with glaze – glaze will darken your paint color.
- Stain with glaze – glaze will highlight the look of a stain finish.
- Metal fusion finish – includes brass, bronze, copper, white gold, oil rubbed bronze, iron, nickel silver, and stainless steel finishes.
- Distressing wood finish – gives the wood an aged and rustic appearance.
- Weathered grain finish – lightly distressed to replicate age and wear.
Understanding the basic terminology outlined above is the first step on the path to a successful kitchen design. For design inspiration, check out our gallery of completed custom kitchens here.