Hello Nicola! We love your kitchen, the simplicity with the slight pops of colour is very playful!

Although mustard would brighten up the space, I have a feeling the hue may clash with the slightly more beige tones on the cupboards. Also, with yellow tones the advantage is in the summer it will brighten the space and in the winter it will still act as a warm shade. However, my suggestion would be to go with slightly more green hues, keeping it fresh.

Perhaps you can consider, pale olive or green ground?

Hope that helps!

I think that the lounge area has many different colours and textures and so having a slightly cooler shade may work. I am scared that the yellow hues may not work with your cabinet colours and the brown tiles on the floor.

Personally, I think the white walls in the kitchen work really well.. it opens up the space and with your additions of the wine wall art and green biscuit tin, you are already adding pops of colour!

The only other suggestion I had, was if you were to replace your black splashback, and you could either add a pop of colour there, or across that whole wall.

A bit like the image below.

AluSplash in Totally Teal.

I think the white does your space a lot of justice. Adding pops of colour to your accessories, or even your furniture also help! Perhaps a coloured kettle or toaster?

These are accessories that you can mix up over time, rather than perhaps getting bored of a painted wall!

Saffron 4 on walls:

Or saffron 5/6 on the ceiling:

Because why not paint a ceiling? (I did, a really pale pink, with white walls, love it!) Reason: Your countertop now looks white, but with yellow against it, it looks gray.

Thank goodness you’re not having the yellow! I had bright yellow walls once but it was back in the 80’s, the era that taste forgot. I think your kitchen is lovely and doesn’t really need much, maybe a plant or two and a nice roman blind. You have warmth from the units, the floor and the curtains. Oxford Stone by F&B is a nice warm shade, as is Drop Cloth. London Stone is a deeper shade more like your curtains. Paler shades similar to your units is Skimming Stone and Dulux’s Egyptian Cotton.

I also think green is a good option. Green and earthy tones go well together. Have a look for inspiration on Pinterest where you can search for paint colours in room settings. Like you I wanted to jazz up a room and I had some excellent suggestions from Houzzers. I changed my cream walls to green and it was a real improvement.

If I was to pick any colour that would go with everything it would be an olive green. It would complement the wood and look good with the sofa. Keep most of it neutral but pick out the odd wall maybe.

I feel like it should be something quite strong. I have a very edgy olive in my kitchen (Little Green Light bronze green) which brings out really interesting violet tones in wood. For a paler more typical olive there is the original farrow and Ball colour Olive 13 which is now archived so it can be bought but alas no test pots. This is Little Greene light bronze green. Sorry for the old unfinished photo.

@colourhappy I do love your colour suggestions. You don’t follow fashion or trends and you always come up with some fabulous earthy shades that look stunning. Your kitchen is beautiful, finished or not!

Hi @forzaitalia, thank you. It has been finished for ages, I am just rubbish at photographing things. I teach colour workshops to all sorts of people but mainly illustration students. Fashion is a curse in many ways. Innovative fashion, great, but following fashion is illogical when on a budget. Look to past I say, and use colour to make a room 'feel' good, forget generic Instagram palettes, they will be gone tomorrow.

Wow @Nicola that looks fab! I’m looking for a green to go on one wall in my bedroom, that might be it! :-D

That green! <3

It looks amazing, well done. It's the sort of colour that some people react to in a negative way, my builders called it all sorts of names as you can imagine. However, as Dale Chihuly said 'I never met a colour I didn't like' colours are always part of a scheme, we don't look at them in isolation.