For the budget conscious kitchen designer oak is lower in price than maple cherry or birch.
Oak kitchen cabinets with different color island.
Here the island s slate blue tone is echoed on drapes and a patterned roman shade.
Kitchen island with different color cabinets.
This gorgeous traditional kitchen uses a formal yet refreshing teal blue hue for the contrasting island.
The kitchen island also matches the blue and white of the rest of the space keeping the various elements connected.
Oak is widely available in stock kitchen cabinetry which allows for much less expensive kitchen renovation.
Set onto natural oak gray floors and white decorative cabinetry the breakfast bar island pops out in the space rendering an unoverwhelming intensity of color to the neutral palette.
I still think it breaks up all of the cabinetry and creates more interest and makes it look more custom not builder grade.
Repeating colors will help blend a contrasting kitchen island into the overall design.
Take the flooring into consideration when selecting colors for the rest of your kitchen.
In this space navy and white kitchen cabinets stand out against dark wood flooring making the colors pop even more.
Use light fixtures window treatments rugs and countertop accessories to bounce the island color around the room.
I too though would use the same counter top and the same type of hardware.
I don t think doing a different kitchen cabinet color on the island is out.
Stain oak cabinets brown gray or lacquer.