Painting Cabinets White - Should I get white hinges?
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Should white cabinet paint be the same as other white in house?
Comments (7)I'm embarassed to say I didn't give this any thought when we chose creamy cabinets, but it's worked out fine. Our trim is more of a real white, the cabinets are more of a vanilla. We have a white-trimmed window between two creamy cabinets and I never notice they're slightly different colors. We also have white beadboard on a non-cabinet wall in the kitchen that's the same white as the window trim but different from the cabinets, and that doesn't jump out at me either. Our kitchen chairs are a different creamy white than the creamy white cabinets, and that also doesn't bug me. This might not help, but that's the report from a creamy/regular white kitchen!...See MoreHelp on Alaska white/delicatus ! Should I get this slab
Comments (22)Thank you thank you !! You guys are so wonderful in helping me !! So we might actually just go with the slabs, but before they cut it, I will go to Chicago tomorrow morning at 7 and see the actual slabs with my measurement templates on. I think this way I can really see what I am getting and whether I like it or not. Will also bring a cabinet door with us !! Hopefully it will turn out great ! And if that's the case, they can install it this Friday, amazing huh ? I do see the note on backsplash, I am now planning to use this granite to do the backsplash between the cooktop and range hood. Would that be too busy ? I am not doing backsplash in other parts in the kitchen yet (except the standard 4 inch ones)...See MoreShould I paint my maple cabinets white?
Comments (33)We had a similarly dark kitchen when we moved into our current house. We had our maple cabinets painted when we moved in, which was five years ago. The painters sprayed the cabinets with a cabinet specific oil-based Ben Moore paint (can't remember the name) and five years later they look great, some marking on the pull-out garbage and a few other places, but that's about it. We also replaced the dark tile floor with white oak wide plank flooring, replaced the black appliances with stainless, the dark brown backsplash with subway tiles, and the red paint with off-white. It has helped a lot. However, it can't change the awkward layout. We are now in the process of replacing the cabinets and countertop and improving the layout (as much as we can since the space is awkward). As a stop-gap measure until we figured out what we wanted and had the budget to do so, painting the cabinets was great. It was also very affordable -- $600 bucks for 12x14 uppers and lowers and 8 feet of lowers on a peninsula....See MoreNeed advice! Should I paint the trim white? They are painting now..
Comments (12)Should I paint the trim a white-white color to match the trim on the doors? Yes. Because color hierarchy. When you use color to group like elements together, you're color-coding the environment. It makes the space easier to understand consciously and subconsciously. In other words, the envelope of the space is cohesive, congruous - it makes sense. Some would call this a "design rule" and maybe they're right. If they are, then this is one color design rule I prefer not to break even if it's well understood....See Moresis2two
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