When planning your kitchen, you may need some design inspiration. Choosing a style can help you make many of your selections, when you know what fits into that design style. Things like architectural details, decoration, and colors can be found in the details of each design style. Regardless of the design style you choose when planning your dream kitchen, if you have a countertop with an extended overhang, you’ll need support brackets. Listed below are the best layout styles and some of their features. We hope this helps you in planning and designing the new kitchen of your dreams.
Rustic American – Stainless steel is an attractive design element that complements gray tones and pewter hardware. The steel countertop support brackets can also be painted off white and neutral colors if you prefer to match the wall color.
Color accents in shades of gray or sun tan with predominantly white, off-white, or neutral base colors work well. Surface selections such as ceramic tile, soapstone, slate, and wood in a matte finish with a heavy, natural appearance are all appropriate. Pewter, rustic metals, wood, and wrought iron can all be used in hardware options. Wood finishes in oak, pine, and walnut are the most popular wood species for these styles.
Modern/Contemporary – Sleek contemporary stainless steel brackets would work well in this style. This design style is an excellent complement to stainless steel countertop brackets, as noted in the hardware options below.
Stainless steel can be used as an accent color, but vibrant blues, oranges, reds, and yellows predominate. Recently, dark dark brown colors are becoming more popular. Surface selections would be natural stone, quartz or concrete as your best options. Nickel, chrome and stainless steel are the most appropriate for hardware. Straight-grained woods such as birch, maple, and bamboo are the most common for wood finishes in this design style.
Traditional/Country: In this design style, you may want to use the hidden bracket mount or choose a decorative bracket to paint in a color from the following categories.
It reflects the original tint colors of the American colonial period using reds, blues, and yellows. Items that contain small patterns also reflect this time period. Soapstone, granite, laminate with wood trim, and solid surface material with square edge profiles can all be used as your surface selections. Hardware choices should be rustic finishes like wrought iron and oil rubbed bronze that fit together nicely, as well as copper and antique brass. Light wood finishes in maple, pine, oak, birch, and cherry work well in this style.
Missions/Arts and Crafts: This style lends itself well to the metallic finishes on offer. Any metal stand of solid construction would make a reliable and beautiful support for your counter. Warm colors like golden yellow, soft green, natural tints, and earth tones all work in this look. Natural stone, multicolored porcelain ceramics, and the matte finish of raw earthenware materials are natural choices for surfaces. Almost any metal or brushed finish except brass will work with this design. Quest-inspired designs primarily use items constructed from oak. Arts & Crafts designs often use cherry instead of oak today.
French Country – This style comes from France and has predominantly curved lines and light colors. Several styles of stands have curved lines that would fit nicely into this category. Pastels are the best choice for colors in a French country setting. Ceramic tile backsplash areas with laminate countertops that have a wood trim are appropriate. You can also use natural stone, quartz and solid surface materials. Your hardware options would be good hammered finishes in iron, pewter, copper, or bronze. Your wood colors would be in lighter finishes like pine, walnut, or cherry with some distress.
Tuscan/Mediterranean: Arched openings and oversized, heavily plastered rooms along with vibrantly painted tile murals and dark wood balanced with soft-edged stone surfaces help define this style. Concealed brackets lend themselves well to this design style for counter overhangs. Olive green and terracotta have a clear Italian touch, as do warm colors in yellows, oranges and reds balanced with blues and greens. Granite with an active pattern and other surfaces with rustic patterns are appropriate in this style. Italian environments allow the use of metallic surfaces beyond hardware, but in most cases, rustic metals and porcelain crackle finishes are excellent selections. Heavy woods with strong grains work well in this environment. Painted finishes should be weathered and distressed.
Victorian: medieval motifs such as stylized floral motifs, filigree; Ogival arch windows and led glass panels are part of this design style. Any cold rolled steel material bracket can be painted in the dark colors that go so well with this time period. A black powder coat would provide a beautiful supported counter. Golden tones along with olive green, black and burgundy can be used as a color palette. Ceramic tile, granite and wood are all appropriate for surfaces and hardware can be ceramic or marble, usually you’ll see ornate polished brass. Heavy dark woods such as mahogany, blackened oak, walnut, satinwood, or rosewood are commonly used for their wood finishes.
Transitional – is a relatively new style that blends modern/contemporary with a more traditional Old World design style, creating a bridge between the old and new styles. Brushed metals would be a very common sight in this style. Stainless steel brackets have become very popular, they come in various styles and are a perfect match in this setting. While colors in the contemporary style tend to be bright and bold, more subtle colors or a combination of colors lean more towards the traditional style. Combining granite or quartz with wood accent areas would help define a transitional space. Brushed metals, oil rubbed bronze, or wrought iron finishes will work. Close-grained woods such as maple, birch, and cherry can be used.
American Shaker – Defines a style of woodwork that is beautifully executed and simple in detail. The Shakers’ homes were multipurpose rooms, and they hung chairs on pegs along the exterior walls so that space was available for other activities. This style lends itself to beautiful wood décor. A strong metal L-bracket with a wood façade provides the sturdiness of steel with the beautiful look of wood to match this design style. Colors range from pink tones and terracotta earth tones, through yellow ocher and olive green, to teal blues and denim. Granite, limestone, slate and square edged solid surfaces are suitable for surface finishes. Wooden pegs are the most authentic instead of hardware. You can also use simple metal or hand-forged finishes. Predominant wood choices include maple and cherry. Warm or mid-range wood tones are appropriate.