Help with kitchen please

8 years ago

After lots of tester pots with farrow and ball we have decided to go ( I think!) with one of these
Pointing, skimming stone or Joas White although we seem to keep going back to pointing!
We will have walnut worktops and a similar floor
I need advice on what colours/ accessories to create a country kitchen as the house is a cottage/ farm
The lounge which is the nearest room is decorated in LAURA Ashley (cranberry accents) would like it to flow if possible
Really stuck on this need some inspiration
Any advice gratefully welcome
I've attached some pics
The sketch is of one wall in kitchen where range is going (black)

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Sustainable Kitchens

8 years ago

Hi Julie! Might we suggest using Farrow & Ball Tallow? It's quite a warm colour which works really well in a country kitchen. Here's an example of a country kitchen we did with it.

A Traditional Country Kitchen · More Info

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Najeebah
8 years ago
hello. of the paints, I like joas white the most, with pointing a close second. I love the table, and think all flooring choices you've displayed would work well. Will the units around the range be wood/ painted? are you able to post any pictures of the lounge? If you've not yet decided on seating in the kitchen, that is one area you can 'tie in' the kithen and lounge decor/ furniture. depending on the window covering you're using in the lounge, you may be able to use a similar one in the kitchen. how closely situated are the spaces?
hawleyjulie
Original Author
8 years ago
Thank you
Was worried Joas White looked too pinky in different lights
Was looking at the pointing as I may have better colour choice in future
Just not sure what to put with it
Red sounds a bit in your face ?
I will need blinds rather than curtains I think for practicality so maybe bring colour in there
Not got many pics as house being renovated but will try to pop on what I can
Wallpaper is LAURA Ashley
The room is next to kitchen seperate with stairs which will be again LAURA Ashley pussy willow dove grey/ off white
Sounds terrible when it's written down
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hawleyjulie
Original Author
8 years ago
Paper in lounge
Najeebah
8 years ago
do you have furniture in the lounge? what do you think of wood and reddish seating in the kitchen
Lynne Mellis
8 years ago
If you have room in your kitchen for a piece of free standing furniture like a larder cupboard? If you do paint it in the cranberry and tie the colour into window and chair treatments (even if it's just cushions or towels).
hawleyjulie
Original Author
8 years ago
Also I had picked the black handles not wood?
Amanda Robinson
8 years ago
last modified: 8 years ago
Just thought I'd mention this to help. I have JW in my sitting room. Sometimes it looks a stony colour, other times there's a definite pink to it and it looks very 'warm'- with your walnut w'tops it may look too warm? I like JW when it's stony and our sofas are the exact same colour hence the choice. A friend of mine has gone the SK route, this has a more neutral but modern feel. There's both blue and magenta in SK. Pointing is one I looked at but it was too light and in sunlight looked very pink! If I had daughters, I would paint their b'rooms with this. F&B colours are great and their website the best for working out colour schemes but their colours can change dramatically whilst in situ. You're going for a country feel (love the table), I agree with the comment above re a more 'aged' colour such as Tallow with cranberry accents (paint the table legs?)
Jonathan
8 years ago
I also vote Tallow.
I like Calamine and Dimpse for wall colours in your kitchen so that the kitchen looks like it came from the same imagination as the next room.
In you lounge I wonder if it is Joas white next to your cranberry paper? It may be the resolution on my screen but to me the cranberry paper makes the neutral paint look peach (equally it might be the electric light) and perhaps a cleaner white would sit better (or a white with green tones).
hawleyjulie
Original Author
8 years ago
Thank you
Think it's the light in the lounge as the paint is LAURA Ashley
Think I'll get a tallow sample pot !
So it's between those two now
Nearly there
ali270
8 years ago
I know your dilemma , I had the same problem choosing a colour that looked right in all lights . Tried pointing...too light and almost garish in sunlight , then went for fawn...looked sludgy on dull days ....tallow turned out pale cream...went on to skimming stone which I liked but eventually settled for shaded white , a lovely neutral , neither pink nor cream in tone and goes well with the raspberry tulip design on my kitchen blind . Good luck!
hawleyjulie
Original Author
8 years ago
Thank Ali
Tallow does look creamy but it's a very difficult decision and expensive mistake if I get it wrong
Do you have shaded white on kitchen units or walls?
I need a colour for units to go with walnut tops and floor?
And then a contrast for walls
hawleyjulie
Original Author
8 years ago
Anyone used clunch? On units?
ali270
8 years ago
My kitchen units are painted shaded white , walls painted Dulux vintage in linen , work tops are dark brown , blinds have some raspberry colour in them . The whole effect is fresh and light . However colour schemes are so subjective . All I can say is go with heart and some head !

As to clunch....yes , in two bedrooms I have painted old orange pine ( yuk ) furniture in clunch . It's a colour that seems to go with everything .

i have tried to send you a photo but since Houzz changed their website can't seem to manage it !!! Will keep trying !
ali270
8 years ago
Yay ! Managed a photo . Hope this helps with your decision .
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Katherina Saunders Design
8 years ago
Hi there, poor you, it is a nightmare choosing colours! I always use Pointing on the ceilings as it works really well with the lighting. Colours always look different depending on the light, so my suggestion is put a swatch of the colour on all the walls, as you will be amazed at how the colours change!

good luck!
hawleyjulie
Original Author
8 years ago
That looks great so now I'm leaning towards
Shaded white or clunch
Pointing on ceilings a good idea!
On my god what a dilemma
I will get those this week and then hopefully can decide
Thanks guys!
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Pat Tucker
8 years ago
I am just repainting my kitchen. It has been in Farrow Cream for a few years and I have chosen F&B Clunch this time.
hawleyjulie
Original Author
8 years ago
Yes that's lovely thank you
Do you find its light?
Pat Tucker
8 years ago
I am just about to repaint...picked paint up today!
hawleyjulie
Original Author
8 years ago
Think I'm going for clunch!!
Let me know what yours looks like please
What colour are you painting wall ?
I've got cranberry accessories ?
Lindsey Pearce
8 years ago
Hi just reading your notes, I think the pointing would be too modern and white. What are the colours on the walls in the lounge? Might be fun to carry this through to the kitchen either on the walls or as the cupboard colour.

I love the dark wood vinyl and dark wood worktops but think it will need more strength if colour to tie these two toghter, eg may be a warm Charleston Grey on the cupboards which would smart although still traditional then pale off white skimming stone on the walls. It might be too darker but it would look great.

A red strip linen fabric at the Windows would link the two rooms together.

Happy to help

Lindsey
hawleyjulie
Original Author
8 years ago
Thanks Lindsey
I tried the grey but it looks cold in the kitchen and has lots different tones as day goes on
I'll pop a pic of the room so far - it's a bit bare but had issues with carpet so only half room done - not got round to finding boxes with everything in yet
What I was thinking was pale kitchen but the boot room would be mainly wood with bits of the White/ cream?
I need to pick the unit colour soon as it's being made now
I've ordered blinds for kitchen and will put pic on of that
It's the units and walls I stuck with
hawleyjulie
Original Author
8 years ago
Blinds for kitchen
Units colour
Lindsey Pearce
8 years ago
Hi linen check fabric looks good but would be concerned tattle clunch might look green in some light ! It might be better with white tie if you like the creamy colour or stony ground. It's very difficult to give you advice without having the samples of wallpaper and wood worktop in front of me

I do sometimes goggle rooms or kitchens painted in farrow and ball white tie for example lots of images come up it also might be worth calling farrow and ball direct as they offer a great service on the tel for free

Am assuming you are using an water based eggshell from farrow and ball and not colour matching the paint !otherwise all your work will be in vain as colour matching paint will never be the same as buying the paint from farrow and ball

Advice don't paint the wall in any farrow and ball tester pots paint some lining paper or card board then you can move the board around the room and see the colour in different day light and in the evening in artificial light. Also means you can then save your £3.50 pot on the board ready to use in another room or lend to a friend.

If you paint squares of colours all over the wall then it will only confuse you and it's difficult to paint over

Farrow and ball paint is brilliant but never colour match

Best of luck wish I could help you further

Lindsey
Pat Tucker
8 years ago
Hi Julie
When thinking about repainting, my overall intention was for grey for the units, but like you found, it made everything look so cold. We use the kitchen/family room all the time so I wanted a warm feel.

The material you have chosen, white with red stripe is what I am using when the kitchen is painted...with Clunch. I also have a red rug in front of the sofa area in the kitchen...
hawleyjulie
Original Author
8 years ago
Thank you
I've kept looking at them in the light and clunch seems to be the softer colour
So possibly go with that
It looks more country
I just need to make sure the wall and ceiling colours are bang on
hawleyjulie
Original Author
8 years ago
I'm down to last few now
Was looking at possibly dimity for units and
Pointing for ceiling and woodwork?
Maybe Joas White or Oxford stone on walls?
Or white Tie a possibility?
Bronagh Hanna
5 years ago
Julie, I am in the same boat and I can't decide on dimity, clunch, Joa's White or to go the green and grays. What did you do in the end?
hawleyjulie
Original Author
5 years ago
Hi Bronagh
It’s a while since we did it but in the end I used
Oxford stone on walls and ceilings London stone on wall with log burner on
Pointing on doors/ skirting
Joas in the kitchen part where sink is
Photos not great but Oxford stone has to be my all time favourite
I used what I had left to do a spare room and the colour is so great it goes with anything
I’ll add some pics for you xx
hawleyjulie
Original Author
5 years ago
Some more shots
hawleyjulie
Original Author
5 years ago
I’ve just decorated another house and used little green paints
Have to say they very nice too so you could try them also ?
Good luck with it
Bronagh Hanna
5 years ago
Thank you so much Julie, your house looks gorgeous. I love oxford stone also but I am afraid it may be a bit dark for the kitchen cabinets. I need to make a decision over the weekend as the Man in a Van is due to collect the doors to respray next week.

Many thanks for your suggestions.

Kind regards

Bronagh