Galaxy Indigo Decorative Accessories

A perimeter run shows one face. An island shows four, and in an open plan the one guests see first is usually the back, the seating side, where the stools go. On a white island a plain panel there disappears. On a saturated navy it becomes the largest single surface of colour in the house, so what it is made of shows.

Indigo is a flat paint with no grain, so any depth on that surface has to come from shape rather than wood figure. That is the thread through this whole page: texture on the big faces, clean edges on the corners, and a floor line that is kept as deliberately as the top.

There are two ways to close the back of an island. A flat panel is quick: GI PAN-1/4 at $263.25, the ½″ and ¾″ plywood panels at $448.50 and $516.75 (or $806.00 and $910.00 in the 48″ × 120″ size), and the refacing panels GI REP2496 at $295.75, REP3096 at $341.25 and REP30120 at $594.75. The 1½″ and 3″ thick versions of the 30″ panels run $367.25 to $890.50. Cladding is the other way: narrow profiled pieces that give the navy a pattern of light and shadow.

Put a number on the favourite. Reeded panels are 96″ long, and an island back is roughly counter height minus the kick. Running them vertically, each stick cuts into two strips. A 96″-long island needs sixteen 6″ strips, which is eight sticks, or $2,002.00. A single REP3096 at $341.25 covers the same face flat if its 30″ dimension suits your island. Confirm the fit with your designer, because the island height and the kick depth decide it.

Two cautions about paint. A stool footrest scuffs a dark opaque finish, and a pale scuff on navy shows at ten paces. Leave room for a counter overhang deep enough that knees and shoes stay off the panel. And every site-cut end of a cladding piece is raw, so plan cuts to land at the floor or under the counter edge, where nobody looks.

An island end is usually one cabinet side. The cheapest cover is the GI SK BASE end skin at $62.40, which is a thin, finished face. The GI BEP base end panel at $149.50 is listed as the decorative alternative; ask your designer for its drawing, because the list gives no profile. On a navy island seen from the dining table, the end panel is usually the one to buy: a flat skin on a large dark surface reads as the side of a box, and a panel with some depth reads as the end of a piece of furniture.

Posts are the next step up. GI SP3X3 (a 3″ × 3″ square post) is $344.50, the 36″ square post SP36 is $425.75, the 36″ corner post CP36 is $312.00 and the square pilaster post SQP36 is $594.75. Where an island has a seating overhang at one end, a post at each outside corner makes it look like a table. Whether a post can carry any weight is a question for your installer, not the price list. Treat these as trim unless you are told otherwise.

The base pilaster, GI PP-BASE at $227.50, is the flat version: it adds a column of shadow at the corner without standing proud. It suits a navy island with a traditional crown elsewhere in the room.

Outside corners are where an island gets knocked by chairs, hips and vacuum cleaners, and where two panels meet in a seam. GI OCM8 outside corner molding is $62.40 for 8 ft, and the 1¼″ version is $78.00. The inside corner molding ICM8 is $59.80. A corner molding closes the seam in the finish, so a knock lands on trim rather than on the edge of a door.

The toe kick is the part that tells you whether an island was designed or simply delivered. GI TK8 is $55.90 for 8 ft, TK8-3/4 is $58.50, and the cap and ¾″ clip are $7.80 and $10.40. On an island the kick runs all four sides, so measure the full perimeter and round up to whole sticks. A navy kick shows dust and mop splashes as a pale haze in the way a white one does not. If that bothers you, set the kick back a little further, which your installer can do, and it falls into shadow.

Where the floor is not flat, GI SM8-S scribe molding at $39.00 or the decorative SM8-D at $41.60 closes the gap, and GI QRM quarter round is $62.40. GI BBM baseboard molding at $188.50 carries a navy baseboard past a tall cabinet. White oak floors are the classic partner for navy: the warm floor stops the blue from feeling cold. The countertop, backsplash and flooring guide covers the rest of that pairing.

Some kitchens take Indigo all the way round, and then the list picks up the parts every perimeter needs. The dishwasher panel GI DWR6 is $201.50. The 12″ × 96″ refrigerator end panel GI REP1296 is $224.25, with REP1-1/2 at $250.25, REP3 at $325.00 and the two end caps, RFPEC and SFPEC, at $97.50 each. Plain fillers run from $26.00 (GI BF3, WF330) to $156.00 (TF3120). The overlay fillers GI OLF330 to OLF396, at $71.50 to $230.75, stand in the plane of the doors rather than behind it. Wall skins are $50.05 at every height, the microwave skin is $50.05, the tall skins are $126.75 and $169.00, and SK WD is $169.00.

Crown is where a full navy wall meets the ceiling, and a dark crown under a white ceiling draws a hard line. That can look crisp, or it can make an 8-foot ceiling feel lower. Seven profiles are listed: CM-1 at $117.00, CM-3 at $123.50, CM-4 at $139.75, CM-6 and CM-9 at $152.75, CM-7 at $295.75 and CM-8 at $367.25. A small profile keeps the line thin. GI STRM-8 and STKM-8 at $133.25 each and MEX-8 at $289.25 stack the crown up to a higher ceiling. The tops of the crown and the uppers are where a navy kitchen collects visible dust, so a crown run to the ceiling also means one less ledge to wipe.

The light rail GI LRM ($149.50) hides the under-cabinet bars, and the valances (VAR36 at $91.00, VAR54 at $100.75, VARP36 to VARP54 at $217.75–$234.00, VST96 at $188.50) bridge a window. On a two-tone kitchen, none of this is ordered in Indigo: the crown, rail and valance belong to the white uppers, and the Frost vs Dove comparison is the place to pick which white.

The floating shelves are the one part of this list that decides a material rather than a colour. GI LED FLS24 to FLS60 cost $487.50 to $1,027.00 in the standard finish, the same in Timber, and $585.00 to $1,098.50 in Walnut. The stainless steel shelf, SSFLS36, is $510.25.

Navy commits the room’s metal, and the shelf is where that shows. Brass or gold hardware on navy is the classic pairing, and it wants a warm shelf: Timber, which reads close to white oak, is the natural partner. Brushed nickel or matte black hardware reads cooler, and there the stainless shelf repeats the pulls and the appliances. Walnut on navy is dark on dark. It is handsome in a bright room and heavy in a dim one. Choose the hardware first, then the shelf that agrees with it, and use one wood tone only.

Pilasters, columns and the decorative extras are here too: wall pilasters $201.50–$243.75, tall pantry pilasters $455.00–$464.75, columns CLM-3012 to CLM-4212 at $217.75–$260.00, the column base at $299.00, the 96″ column at $624.00, the oversized custom column at $1,088.75, mirror molding at $87.75 and the drawer panels DWR1-1/2 and DWR3 at $123.50 and $130.00. Send the plan for a free 3D design and the island’s four faces come back itemised against the full Indigo collection.