Wall color suggestions for kitchen (tricky situation)
Jennifer Palmer
6 years ago
I've recently finished a budget remodel of my kitchen and I'm having trouble choosing a wall color. It's pretty open to the dining, living, foyer, etc. so I'd like one color throughout. Cabs are SW Gray Clouds (slightly blue gray) and trim/doors are SW Alabaster. Those colors stay. All the walls now are beige and I'm over it. Trying to transition to more gray but not sure if I can paint gray right next to the gray cabs. I've considered Alabaster everywhere or something like Agreeable Gray or even a darker Dovetail. Nothing's quite right. Thoughts/suggestions? First time poster here.
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Comments (14)Thanks for the suggestions, everybody. I've definitely been leaning towards having salvias, lavenders, buddleias, and grasses in our garden. We're working on getting another bed ready (along the fence towards the wildflowers in the 2nd photo in my original post) and they will go in there. I hadn't considered an espalier, peachymomo, and will research that. It's looking more and more as if some sort of climbing thing will have to do for that spot since it's so shallow. Socks, thanks for the vine + succulent suggestion! We actually have a lot of succulents, but most are in pots and don't get quite tall enough even at maturity to cover the block wall. BUT - I remembered we have lots of Calandrinia spectabilis that mounds up to about 18" at maturity that will do a great job at partially obscuring the retaining wall. I could plant a flowering vine behind the calandrinia and perhaps train it along an espalier. Here's a photo of what this area looked like - cleaned up! - when we bought the house a year ago. There were random clumps of black bamboo, fruit trees, a grapevine, and a raspberry vine planted smack in the middle of the sod. We tore out the sod as it was poorly laid, uneven, and thirsty. The previous homeowners had just thrown it down in an effort to sell the house. We also tore out the concrete sidewalk that led to nowhere to lay the patio. And let's see what else, we also ripped out Brazilian pepper trees, Tecomaria capensis and Campsis radicans where the property line was - they needed to be removed in order to put in the retaining wall. Unfortunately, the hummers loved both the cape honeysuckle and the trumpet vines. I'm hoping that the salvias and buddleias I put in the new bed will make up for my ripping out their old food source....See MoreNeed spackle advice for tricky situation
Comments (5)2 question: 1) Are these new chalkboards mounted on the wall? 2) Are the backs reinforced across the glue-joint? If they're mounted on the wall (FLAT that is...!), little/no movement should happen at the joint. >>> IF the doors are SOLID WOOD, consider routing-out an under-cut joint. The BOTTOM of the channel will be slightly wider than the top, forming a "key" that cannot come out! * For the fillers...Minwax's 2-part filler. * Other very good fillers include "PC-Woody" 2-part, Durhams Rock-hard putty, and M-H Ready patch from Zinsser (get the stuff in the METAL 1/2-pint container). * The MH is more of a Heavy-Duty spackle-paste. * This assumes NO movement will happen!! Faron...See MoreSuggestions on paint color for walls of white kitchen
Comments (24)Hi, I had my simple, white kitchen done in November or December of last year, except for the painting of the walls and the post (this will be painted in BM Simply White). I would be open to any suggestions on wall paint, and/or if you could take a look at the, esp. the latter ones where I've painted a splash of samples (L to R: Dunn Edwards Ash Gray, DE Drifting, BM Revere Pewter, BM Willow Creek). Thanks in advance. Riva https://picasaweb.google.com/100014708288643724320/March142012?authuser=0amp;authkey=Gv1sRgCPXujsqx2cCneA&feat=directlink March 14, 2012 Here are some ideas I came across: http://pinterest.com/momtojbl/kitchen-wall-paint-ideas/ Here is a link that might be useful: My Kitchen...See MoreRefresh it or gut it? Tricky kitchen layout.
Comments (39)My old galley kitchen had a 3' aisle and I had no problem with it, so I don't think I would find a 3.5' aisle too tight, especially given that the peninsula side wouldn't have upper cabs. However, I don't think I'm a fan of the peninsula because it leaves us only one aisle into the actual kitchen. With the island set up we have now, there are two, so if I am cooking and my husband comes in from outside and needs to get to the sink, he can access it without walking past me, or if we both come in with groceries, etc., one can go to the far side of the island and the other cut in on the side closest to the door....See Moresuedonim75
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