Cabinet trends: painted or stained ?
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Combining painted and stained cabinetry? Just a trend?
Comments (24)Thank you all so much for your thoughtful comments and pics. I do love that look. Just spent the whole afternoon with the KC and KD -- very sharp pair -- and they think my kitchen is too small to pull it off. I was disappointed but I do feel they are probably right. They feel strongly that the darker finish should be just the island. I am also using a really dramatic Cambria. We matched up some finishes from the Holiday line that I really liked. The room gets limited natural light so minimizing the dark finish is probably wise. Yes, everything is trendy on some level! As soon as my island is done, I am sure only peninsulas will be in, or a mismatched island will be out. ;-) C'est la vie, right?...See MoreDo you have questions about paint colors and trends?
Comments (20)I just painted my bedroom Van Deusen Blue and it is gorgeous. (Had a horrid experience with SW and as soon as I went back to Ben, all was well. You have the BEST paint.) I'm a better-than-average painter but no matter what I do - taping, straight-edge guide, slow freestyle - I cannot get a clean line. It's bad enough that I am considering painting the rest of my house white just to avoid the mess. Any tips? And any suggestions for a warm white just in case? Thanks!!!...See MoreKitchen cabinet color trend back to wood tone?
Comments (46)Thank you for all great comments! Love the pictures everyone posted. I have decided to contact an interior designer (not just a kitchen designer). Here are a few pictures of what I have in hand. Another issue is there are plantation shutters on the only window in the kitchen which, due to shutter design, reduce the size of the actual window light and the adjacent breakfast room has french doors out to a covered porch. It basically has no light coming in those doors. We are planning to remove the kitchen window shutters. They won't be able to open with a new faucet. Silly design! The samples are from our custom cabinet maker, Mullet Cabinet here in Ohio. They are an "Amish" cabinet company but $$ so I want to make the right desicion. They are a company that use baked, conversion varnish process on painted cabinets. Some of the local custom guys don't. Small sample above oven. It was done on brown maple so the color variation is off. Not a true sample. Here is a sample door they made for the island. We were considering going with an off white perimeter with wood stain island. I think this stained door looks yellow in my house. It is a standard stain they offer but mixed to 50%. The perimeter cabinets are beaded inset 45" (9 foot ceiling) with a rail (2 seperate panels) to mimic a stacked cabinet look. Both the perimeter and island cabinets have the same profile. Just island has the raised panel added. We are considering adding a simple leaded glass to the upper section of the perimeter cabinets. Granted this is the intent if we go with white since I think flat panel white looks too big and plain. If not sure what to do if we go with stained - raised panel, flat panel, glass?? Are stacked cabinets with upper glass going out of trend? The kitchen is open concept to family room where the columns and built-ins are all raised panel off-white. Which is why I was trying to pull in raised panel in island. You can get a glimspe of what the family room columns look like in the first photo. Those are the columns in our living room/dining room....See MorePaint or stain on new trim added to existing stained cabinets?
Comments (2)around the cabinet I would remove it it doesnt be long. around the mirror stain to match the cabinet. if the trim around the cabinet it to cover a gap I would fill it or caulk it and paint it to match the wall....See Morecpartist
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