Kitchen colours
Discussion
I am sure some of you have had new kitchens recently. Mine is currently being made - and I need to choose a colour to paint wooden units.
Floor is pale sand coloured tiles - they might be travertine ( i didn't order them"!). Work surface is black granite (long story there).
We have a country cottage which we have gutted and restored. Kitchen is now large long and light. Units are solid wood.
I was thinking about pale grey but not sure.
ETA - we have a large black rangemaster cooker thing and a silver covered fridge which aren't going to be hidden by units.
Floor is pale sand coloured tiles - they might be travertine ( i didn't order them"!). Work surface is black granite (long story there).
We have a country cottage which we have gutted and restored. Kitchen is now large long and light. Units are solid wood.
I was thinking about pale grey but not sure.
ETA - we have a large black rangemaster cooker thing and a silver covered fridge which aren't going to be hidden by units.
Edited by Coco H on Monday 1st September 12:53
briSk said:
proper colours are 'in' at the moment. so on that basis you probably want 'whicker effect' or country kitchen style because their time must be coming in the next couple or years!
So what? A kitchen isn't going to be changed every couple of years with the latest fad in colours is it? It's likely to be there at least 15 years. In one of my places I have a mixture of Cherry wood flush units along most of the top and then a kind of wedgewood blue (matt) along the bottom. I do have a light coloured granite top. Everyone who's seen it has said it looks great. Installed 5 years ago and still looks brand new and classy. However, this is is a very modern apartment, so not sure if you want a 'cottagy' theme in your place 
Edited by Silver993tt on Monday 1st September 13:05
Silver993tt said:
briSk said:
proper colours are 'in' at the moment. so on that basis you probably want 'whicker effect' or country kitchen style because their time must be coming in the next couple or years!
So what? A kitchen isn't going to be changed every couple of years with the latest fad in colours is it? It's likely to be there at least 15 years. In one of my places I have a mixture of Cherry wood flush units along most of the top and then a kind of wedgewood blue (matt) along the bottom. I do have a light coloured granite top. Everyone who's seen it has said it looks great. Installed 5 years ago and still looks brand new and classy. However, this is is a very modern apartment, so not sure if you want a 'cottagy' theme in your place ps a sort of duck egg blue sounds good to me, red or somthing would look daft in a house like that.
plus you could add wome Gulf stickers to the units. (
).V6 said:
what is wrong with the colour of the wood?
MDF is a pretty boring colour and the paint will protect the units from water etc...We actually just had our kitchen done in duck egg blue and it goes VERY well with the black marble counters.
Walls are "chalk" (colour not the stone) and floor is annoyingly white-ish (depending on last mopping) tiles.
We tried a sort of turd green initially and surprisingly it looked crap.
walm said:
V6 said:
what is wrong with the colour of the wood?
MDF is a pretty boring colour and the paint will protect the units from water etc...We actually just had our kitchen done in duck egg blue and it goes VERY well with the black marble counters.
Walls are "chalk" (colour not the stone) and floor is annoyingly white-ish (depending on last mopping) tiles.
We tried a sort of turd green initially and surprisingly it looked crap.
littlegreenfairy said:
Silver993tt said:
littlegreenfairy said:
What about Lulworth Blue - Farrow and Ball?
Well, the green in the photo above is a Farrow & Ball colour, Chapel Green if I remember?I do love Farrow and Ball paints.
I want a new kitchen with big windows - sadly I have no windows
Regarding the paint, I had it made up by Teknos. They have some agreement to use the Farrow & Ball colour card. The paint is fantastic quality, water based and covers in one coat over a primer. To repaint, just wash down with water and re-coat. I had a complete conservatory done in the same colour. No sanding down to re-coat so loads of time & effort saved.
Edited by Silver993tt on Monday 1st September 14:20
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