If you know that your white walls will still give a yellow tinge, why not go for a white with a hint of colour like apple white rather than plain white or warm white or give it the wow factor with a dark colour above the cabinets and one other wall, check out the effect on the crown or dulux websites.

I would hold off on doing the cabinets until you have replaced your white goods, but if your existing cabinets are metric you could just replace the doors to match your integrated appliance doors. You could also enclose the boiler with a unit, my friend did this with a unit that normally sits on the worktop. She put a false opening back on it, to access the controls and contains all her spice jars, so you would never know it was there. It also looks like you would have space for an island unit. (Just a suggestion).

To free up space remember your fridge/freezer or washer dryer can be stacked.

As for an entry area, a small porch if you have room or just use a tall larder unit, which is what I have.

If you possibly can, get the washer/dryer out of the kitchen: IMHO anywhere is better!

I dream of a laundry room, but unfortunately this is a small house, the only other option is in a bedroom! the bathroom is too small, unfortunately.

Thanks, some great ideas there! A friend of ours is making us a table so consider putting that centrally like an island would be.

Annoyingly the pipes from the boiler are in this strange box, which has complicated boxing it in. It also sticks out further than the other cupboards, but still would probably look better in a cupboard even if its different from the surrounding cabinets.

Nice big space. When I had a new kitchen 10 years ago I had all the appliances integrated, that is the washing machine, dishwasher, hob and oven. I also had a standard kitchen wall cupboard built around the ugly boiler. It really gives a tidy appearance. As your kitchen is sunny and bright (like mine) why not go for brilliant white walls? It will look a warm white. I agree don’t do anything with the units until everything is in place. I would seriously consider new cupboard and drawer fronts otherwise how are you going to match the new integrated cupboards with the old?

Here’s a row of cupboards in my kitchen containing my washing machine and dishwasher, and the wall cupboard housing the boiler.

You could paint the floor tiles, or add stencils - would wear off over time but maybe you'll be able to replace them by then and it could help you with getting the colour to work.

The most budget paint option is brilliant white and you could just go with that for both the walls and the wall tiles to start with. I would change all the door fronts when you get your appliances so they all work together. I would consider a timber shaker look door front to warm things up if you go for all white walls, and ceiling. You might find that the white boiler doesn't look as obvious once all the walls are white, it might kind of blend in a bit!

Then I would choose your favourite colour and look at accessorizing and styling the space with plants and a few select things so it doesn't look cluttered but reflects more of your personality and the things you love.

Hope this helps,

Jane, i-architect.co.uk

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I would paint above cabinets timeless by Dulux the tiles a dark royal blue (colour of 2020 apparently) and paint the cabinets white to make it pop against the blue. Box the boiler in to match the cabinets we have the same boiler and boxing it in was a great idea.

It sure does look messily uncoordinated now! Its a shame the previous owner thought alternating white goods and base units was a good idea :(

Replacement doors, as others have suggested, will help. But it doesn't look as if there is much worktop overhang, so that may not be so easy with the layout as is. What is in the blue unit at the left? I'm wondering if you could move the washer and dryer to that wall and stack them in a unit. Then it should be simple to add doors/shelves to the spaces they were in.

For the boiler, perhaps you could get a tall unit that sits on the countertop? You could add a shelf and keep eg spices inside the lower part.

What is the splashback made of? Unless you really like the colour, it rather prevents any other colour scheme. Gloss paint might be a cheap answer pro tem.

Hello all, thanks so much for all the suggestions. We've taken the first steps and made a few changes:

• painted the walls white
• painted the tile splashback white (may need one more coat, i can still sort of see a green cast)
• added a shoe cupboard with some bits on top
• new table and 2 comfy chairs (plus 2 old ones!)
• wall art
  I'm pretty happy with the changes so far, it doesn't show in the pics but the room feels much bigger. The next big step is going to be new appliances and new cupboard doors, I'm still unsure what colour to choose though, I'm leaning towards blue or green?
  I'm also unsure if I need to put something else next to the shoe cupboard, maybe coat hooks?
  We're also planning new doors and blinds at some point.
  I've attached some pics, sorry about the weird lighting, its the evening.
  Thanks all!
  
  

You are right, it is already looking calmer. Imagine when all the appliances are tucked behind doors it will look positively streamlined! I love those teal chairs which really tie in with the artwork. I wonder if a simple white or pale grey for the units will keep things calm, and then you could add colour with your accessories? of course blue or green would look lovely too.

I had a huge white boiler in the middle of my kitchen and found a really simple solution to hide it in plain sight: wrapping paper of books on shelves glued to it. I put it up as a temporary solution but it ended up staying for years until we moved. Guests coming into the kitchen just did not see it at all, I had to show the engineer who came to fix the boiler where it was as he couldn't find it.

You could do the same for the dishwasher(?) next to the cooker.

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