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Choosing tile colour for new kitchen

cadburymisshape

6 years ago

Hello and happy new year!

We're about to get our new Ikea kitchen installed but we still haven't chosen any tiles - I'm finding it really hard to visualise without the kitchen being in! We are having glossy white units with an oak laminate worktop. The problem is that they are doing the tiling the week after installation and we can't get a sample of the worktop for colour matching.... :( Seemingly all the sample kitchens I've seen (on here too!) have white tiles, but I'm worried that's going to be a bit too white!! I wanted to inject some colour into the room but without putting off future buyers (in a couple of years time....). All I've come up with so far is cream which is a bit tame. What do you think? Will it actually look good with the worktop/units? Our current kitchen has white units, dark wood worktop, terracotta splashback and floor and yellow walls.

Any suggestions welcome, many thanks in advance!

Manda

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6 years ago

I think most tiles would go depending on the look your are after. Could you get some tile samples and take them to Ikea (where presumably they have the worktop on display?)

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Daisy England
6 years ago
I'd not bother with wall tiles. Just have an upstand and a splashback behind the hob then you can have any wall colour. I presume you're buying your laminate workshop from Ikea too? Other suppliers such as Axiom, Prima, Omega and Egger all offer samples by post.
cadburymisshape
Original Author
6 years ago
Yeah the laminate is custom made and comes from Germany so we can't have a sample :( We thought we'd go for tiles for a change from what we've got at the moment (splashback/paint) but it's proving difficult! ;)
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6 years ago
We'd agree with both the above responses! Definitely look around for other splashback ideas, or anything light grey toned could look great. Grey is still a very sought after colour and will enable future buyers to easily pair their accessories and style to those colours.
cadburymisshape
Original Author
6 years ago
Honeypoppet and Fisher & Paykel, thanks for the suggestion about grey - I did like those samples you attached, looks good! A touch more modern than 'just' beige, which is what I'm after! Jen, you're right, I think once we've narrowed it down a bit, we could get some samples and take them to Ikea, thanks again! :)
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Here’s some examples:
cadburymisshape
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ForzaItalia I really like the third one down :) I have a dodgy eye so colours aren't my strong point, is that grey or a sage green? Definitely thinking I need to colour match the floor with the worktop, it looks great in that one! Thanks! :)
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To my eye they are as follows - off white, pale grey, blue and then green. Go to a tile shop and have a look, as you do need to see them in real life before deciding.

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