Which color and sheen for kitchen cab crown molding?

10 years ago

Hi! We have BM Superwhite kitchen cabinets with 30% sheen (not sure what that translates to - Satin, Eggshell, etc.) We have a very open main floor where the mudroom/hall flows into the kitchen which flows into the eat in kitchen which flows into the family room. The family room and EIK are separated by decorative columns.

The molding and columns will be BM Decorator's white, semi-gloss. Our kitchen cabinets need an additional 6" molding to extend to the ceiling. I am assuming that the additional cabinet molding needs to be painted BM Superwhite but what sheen should it get?

At what point, do I switch back to Decorator's White Semi-gloss? I was thinking as soon the cabinet ends, even though the molding is contiguous. Or do I now have to do all of the trim, columns, built-ins in the family room BM Superwhite with the same sheen as the kitchen, whatever that may be? This is essentially, the whole half side of the main floor. The KD said we could do whatever we wanted.

Alternatively, I could keep all of the molding Decorator's White, Semigloss even though it is right next to the BM Superwhite. The old room trim was either a Linen or Dove White and I really notice the difference between that and our new Decorator's White. I'm not sure how different the Superwhite and Decorator's White are from each other

Please advise. Thank you

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romy718
10 years ago
I has the same issue. Our family room & kitchen are open to each other with the crown molding & baseboards continuous. The crown molding above your cabinets, I would definely do in the same sheen & color as the cabinets.
We had to continue that color on the crown molding into the family room as there was no wall separation. Our old trim was BM White Dove, which I loved, but did not work with the white kitchen cabinets. We had to repaint everything, except the insides of the windows, to match the cabinets. You could see what works & decide as you go. Have your painter do the crown molding first. That's what I did. It was such an obvious mismatch, that there was no other choice but to repaint everything.
ppbenn
10 years ago
I agree with Romy. I chose BM Simply White for everything, cabinets, trim, crown, all of it. I can't believe how different it all looks in different rooms in the house!
My cabs have to be repainted as the frames took the paint differently than the drawers/doors. CM swears same number of coats.
You will just have to have the painters do up some samples and try them in the room with the cabinets. I might be tempted to do all the crown in the semi gloss; even above the cabs, but you'll have to see samples I your space/lighting to really decide.
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10 years ago
I can't do all the trim in the rest of the house SuperWhite because it was just painted with the Decorators White. We had to cover the White Dove or Linen so Romy, I know exactly what difference you are talking about. The painter felt that going to the SuperWhite would require more coats and cost more money than going to the Decorator's White.

But at the same time, he said that I wouldn't really notice the difference between the Decorator's white and the SuperWhite and that maybe all the molding should be Decorator's White to have one color.

Good idea to have him test it. Maybe one version is just the cabinet molding SuperWhite, satin sheen and the adjacent Decorator White Semi-gloss. The different sheens might give the illusion it is the same color but just a different sheet. I could also try all Decorator's White Semi.

There is some of the Decorator's white on the door to the dining room which borders the kitchen cabinets but the lighting isn't very good there to compare the two colors side by side.

Thank you!

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