Advice on kitchen cabinet colours
We have painted all the walls white in our kitchen and open dining room in white . The kitchen is being made and the floor is being laid next week ...semi honed limestone . I'm am thinking of having cornforth white cabinets and purbeck stone on two cupboards that are going either side of the fireplace. The work top will be Carrara quartz and an oak breakfast bar on the partition . I am worried that the grey cabinets will look cold? Or should I change the colour of the walls? I will be warming it up with oak shelves as the only thing on the top half of the wall will be the hood above the hob . I have an old dining table that I will be leaving the top oak and painting the base and the chairs in what I choose to have the kitchen cabinets painted in . I want it cottage style ( the cabinets are shaker ) ...I want advice as to wether the grey for the cabinets is a good choice?.. don't want a yellow cream . Thank you in advance for any advice.
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Carolina
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Comments (8)Hi Joanne. Have a look at Little Greenes warm whites. Some of their colours come in different tones. I would start by looking at either clay pale, with clay mid for the island or slaked lime with slaked lime mid for the island. Work tops I'd go for a white Quartz, a marble one may be nice. You could also look at wood for the island http://www.littlegreene.com/paint/colour/white-paint/warm-white-paint...See MorePavilion Grey or Purbeck Stone?
Comments (1)They’re both lovely aren’t they? Purbeck Stone looks warmer but I like the pureness of Pavilion Grey. Also depends on the light and aspect in the room. I found this image of Pavilion Grey and it looks lovely....See MoreBroken plan kitchen/diner and living room colour advice
Comments (2)Dear Fearn, I believe you are doing the right thing by opening up the dining room and living room. This will allow the double aspect to maximise on the natural daylight and give you more options to play with colour. I am a big fan of green and believe it has been very underestimated in the past, however it is coming back into fashion! Calke Green is beautiful, I believe it would work very well for a dining room, making it inviting and cosy. Do bear in mind though that colours come out darker once they are on the wall than originally anticipated. Before you make your final decision, I would try samples of the colour on each wall so you see the colour in different lights and throughout the day and evening. I would also try at least a couple of other colours such as Cooking Apple Green, Vert de Terre or Lichen. For the woodwork, it depends what effect you want to achieve, for instance if you want to close the room in to make it more cosy, I would paint it all the same colour, otherwise I find Wimborne White is always a winner and I use it a lot, it has a very warm creamy hue and is very versatile, it could be an alternative to Slipper Satin which could perhaps be a bit stark, however it is difficult to judge without being in the space. Good luck, Delphine...See Morekitchen paint wall colour advice Pls
Comments (14)If those kitchen units are sound it appears they suit the character of the building. It seems a shame to plan on ripping them out. If anything it is the colour of them that is wrong. I would find a tile that I loved and do all the splashback up to the wall cupboards including the cooker back and remove the little upstand from the worksurface too. Get the units professionally repainted to compliment the tiling. Dispense with the roller blind and maybe get a painted wooden venetian then get a large rug to make it all feel more cosy. A bit more than a paint job but a lot less disruptive than a whole new kitchen....See More
qwerty556
6 years agominnie101
6 years ago
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The greys I had chosen ( before trying a sample) was farrow and ball cornforth white for the kitchen and fb purbeck stone for the open dining room cupboards. I've had over £35 of samples and have now decided on farrow and ball All White for the kitchen and Matt Dakkar ( it's a grey pale olive) for the floor to ceiling dining room cupboards which will have oak running through them . I'll try to put the kitchen design photos on . Minnie 101, the floor is being laid next week , it's semi honed forest limestone . The kitchen is west facing with a small window , the grey looked too drab . The dining room is south facing and gets the sun, there are steps down into the kitchen and the sun doesn't really reach it . I was thinking of having a mirror splash back under the hob hood as this will face the small window and reflect some light back ?
ive seen some lovely white cottage/country kitchens on here and hope to pinch some ideas. I only have till the end of next week to decide. I've really had far too long to make a choice as I've changed my mind so many times and have gone back to my original choice! I will put photos on of the floor in progress next week .
qwerty556
6 years agominnie101
6 years agoI can't find the paint colour but a grey green should work really well with the brick and the limestone. I'd just check the all white against a Quartz sample although white is good in a west facing room and you can add colour and/or texture for accessories. An antiqued mirror splashback could look good and add interest? (These pics were just illustrating with your style of mantle rather than glass pattern). I'd also get the designer to do a render with a shorter upstand and without the shelves next to the mantle to see what you think.
qwerty556
6 years ago
Daisy England