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till worrying about what
goes with what when
you're decorating? Design
style leaders nix the match
— "too boring" — in favor of mixing
colors, wood grains, stains and tex-
tures throughout a room.
"Consumers think everything has
to match, but the pros mix," says
Laura Dalzell, owner and presi-
dent of Cabinets & Designs, Inc. in
Lexington, Ky. She's a firm believer
in combining, say, painted wood
cabinets with cabinets in both natural
wood tones and a wide range of col-
ored stains.
Mixing is the magic that brings a
kitchen to life, believes the designer.
"Different finishes create the 'furniture
look' that's been the trend in kitchens
for the last decade or so."
Across the country, California
designer Debbie Nassetta nods
agreement from her desk at
RoomScapes Inc., a top design
firm in Laguna Niguel. Debbie likes
contrast. "If you have dark cabinets,
make the floor lighter. With light cabi-
nets, go the other way around," she
advises.
Her own home kitchen features
cabinets in three different colors:
stained cherry on one wall and the
work island with the rest painted

cream. Plus, there's a piece de resis-
tance, a large armoire she painted
black to make it stand out in the
crowd.
At the Kitchen Source in Dallas,
designer Alison Gillespie also praises
contrasting colors. "We do our best
not to match cabinets and floors."
Alison advocates a mix of different
species of woods, for example, a
hand-scraped oak floor with maple
cabinets in an opaque finish.
From New Orleans and Cabinets
By Design, Inc., designer Christina
Sheets confirms, "Down here wood
species don't matter." Given the Big
Easy's penchant for preserving old
things, many homeowners refinish
rather than replace their vintage hard-
wood floors, Christina explains. The
floors are then stained to comple-
ment — not match — new hardwood
cabinets.
"We also like to mix cabinets in the
same kitchen," she says. "The idea is
to create visual contrast between the
work island and the perimeter cabi-
nets. Locally, popular mixes include
cherry and cypress for cabinets, and
butcher block on the work island.
"If the perimeter cabinets differ
from the work island, we might put
the same countertop material on
both," Chris says. "But if the cabinets