Kitchen Inspiration: Mixing Steel with Wood

We've never gravitated towards the stainless steel kitchen craze; our preferences lean towards cozy, warm, wooded kitchens. This kitchen, which we stumbled across in the June edition of House Beautiful, stole our hearts because....

It brilliantly uses stainless steel drawers to lend an industrial accent to what might be a blander kitchen without the drawers. In the case of this kitchen, designed by interior designer Jay Griffith, the metal drawers relate particularly well to the black metal window casings and the Douglas Fir wood used for the walls and cabinets.

Have you used metal accents, other than appliances, to modernize your kitchen without making it feel chilly?

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Pure materials like wood and steel are a great combo. We did this in our own kitchen. I absolutely love how warm and clean it feels all at the same time. Steel accents along with the appliances, carry the look through in subtle ways. The shaker cabinets we chose are a good backdrop for it. I love how rich it all looks together. A rustic-tile backsplash in a clean uniform white breaks it up a bit but still keeps it clean/warm/earthy.

posted by medusa12120 on October 7th 2008 at 9:13am
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love this kitchen!! i went to a parade of homes this weekend and this kitchen looks like what we saw in some of the higher-end homes. Very nice.
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posted by Tabitha (From Single to Married) on October 7th 2008 at 9:40am
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Gorgeous. Love the windows, too. And I want all those wonderful green bowls! (I have a bowl, ahem, problem.)

posted by Farmgirl Susan on October 7th 2008 at 10:52am
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The steel and wood look like they were made for each other!

posted by gordon on October 9th 2008 at 11:26am
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Heh. Wooden kitchens are so cool nowadays that than I see something like this wooden kitchen inspirations I want to throw away my lacquer kitchen and buy a new one...

posted by Mikkee on January 24th 2009 at 4:09am
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