Freshening Up Kitchen.. colour options
Will Byrne
5 years ago
Hi guys, hoping you might have some good suggestions. We have decided to give the kitchen a bit of a change. We are replacing the cooker (will be stainless steel) and are going to paint the walls and re-tile. Thing is... the worktop is black and the cupboards are brown. It's not a great combination. Want to brighten it up a little but not look mismatched. Anyone have some good colour combo ideas that might look good?
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5 years agoWill Byrne
5 years agoThanks Ed, yes the cupboards are in good nick so we are going to do the tiling and painting first before committing to painting the cupboards, but won't rule it out. If we do paint the cupboards it will be a neutral colour choice I think. Another image attached to show you general layout.
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