Initially, Farr designed the kitchen with less saturated colors. She chose teal blue cabinets, chartreuse green island chairs, and light blue tiles for the backsplash. But Jennifer wanted more vibrant colors. “Very bright colors are very important to Jennifer and Jason. They communicated that very well to me and my design team. In fact, they turned down every option we showed them,” Farr said in the episode. When she met with the couple for a second design meeting, Jennifer admitted that she wanted more color in the space, including bright blue cabinets and a lime green backsplash. To make that work, the designer decided to go with plain white countertops, a kitchen renovation tip Farr swears by. “So the island is your canvas,” the designer explained. “Use whatever you like in all the colors of the rainbow to set it up when people sit around it.”
Farr emphasized that to make the colorful kitchen work, the countertop color needed to be understated. “The countertops are not the focal point,” Farr explained. “They are the focal point,” she said, pointing to samples of blue cabinet doors and backsplash tile. Though the client resisted at first, she was pleased with the end result and acknowledged that Farr was right to go for the white accents. “Yeah, the countertops work well with the colors,” Jennifer said, “and they bring in all the colors used in the rest of the room.”
