How to Mix Stainless Steel and Black Appliances in Your Kitchen

Mix stainless steel and black appliances in your kitchen to save money without sacrificing on style. The trick is to complement the two colors in the other design elements of the space. Bring in many accents of black and silver with accessories and other items. With interior design, the more deliberate looking a scheme the better. Even if you are forced to mix different appliances together due to budget constraints, none of your guests will know the difference if you keep the same look flowing throughout the room.

Materials Needed:
Paint
Chrome or black cabinet hardware
Counter-tops
Back-splash materials
Stainless steel and black small appliances
Black and chrome large appliance accessories
Black and silver frames
Other black, chrome and silver elements

Ideas for How to Mix Stainless Steel and Black Appliances in Your Kitchen:
Paint your cabinetry black and add all chrome hardware, knobs and drawer pulls. If you have stained wood cabinets and cupboards, choose either a black or chrome hardware.

Install black counter-tops with a stainless steel back-splash or vice versus. Stainless steel counter-tops are very durable and adding just a few black tiles to your back-splash will help the look flow throughout the space.

Buy small appliances that are both black and stainless steel. For example a black ceramic crock pot in a stainless steel holder or a black coffee pot where the carafe is stainless steel.

Add the opposite elements to your large appliances. For example, put a black handle on your stainless steel refrigerator or change out the front panel on your black dishwasher to a stainless steel one. (Many dishwashers come with a few different choices already stored behind the front panel.)

Frame your artwork in both silver and black frames that are of the same style and basic shape to keep the look of a cohesive collection. Bring in other accessories that mimic the mix of stainless steel and black appliances such as black dishes with a silver rim around the edge.

Mix black and silver in the smallest of design elements in your kitchen to help successfully mix appliance colors in your kitchen. For example, install black outlets and light switches with chrome outlet covers or attach black prisms or finials to chrome lighting in the space.