Black and white kitchen project in Atlanta

I had the opportunity to redo a kitchen in Atlanta this summer. The client wanted a black and white kitchen- of which we started a pin board on Pinterest.

She is opposed to subway tiles, but likes Moroccan tiles and wanted dark counter tops.

We decided on plain raised panels in a creamy white with creamy walls and a black granite with copper flecks.

The copper flecks sparkle under the recessed lighting and under mount cabinet lighting.

We kept the original medium tone wood floors, added red small appliances and used her collection of Tracey Porter Pottery.

pinterest and the kitchen

I am newly discovering pinterest. As a visual person, I find it a great way to create cohesive imagery and make new observations. For me it has the elements of Dumbledore's pensive, I can add images that I find anywhere and look at the all together to find the pattern, trend or commonality.

Additionally, I am interested in statistical nature of the medium. What to know if other people like something, just pin and wait to see how much it gets re-pinned! To the left is an image from countryliving.com that I pinned for a work project. We were looking at a variety of white kitchens with dark countertops. This image, out of 12 images on the board received twice as many pins as most others. Not that it is not a nice kitchen, but what about this image is so pin-able? The flooring, the green door, the view outside, the homy-ness of the dark wood, maybe the chandalier? I'm still deciding... your thoughts?