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Help with paint in our new kitchen

6 years ago

So we had an unexpected kitchen remodel necessitated by a water leak that destroyed our lower cabinets. Here's a photo of the old kitchen for reference:

The new kitchen has Ikea Bodbyn in grey for the lowers and Bodbyn offwhite for the uppers. We used White Tourmaline granite for the countertops, which turned out to be a lot greener installed in our home than it was in the stone yard. Despite the shade difference we love the granite- now we're trying to figure out what to do with the floor. It's not in the budget to replace the flooring (tile over concrete slab) at the moment, and it definitely looks out of place with the new countertops and cabinets....here's the kitchen and flooring at the moment:

As you can see, we still have to pick a paint color...we'll be painting the all next to fridge but not the soffits (I think!). The soffits are actually the same color as the cabinets right now, despite how it looks in the photo.

We have Agreeable Grey in the rest of our downstairs areas; our kitchen/living room are open concept so I was thinking of taking the Agreeable Grey all the way into the kitchen...but will that be too much grey? We have also been looking at Valspar Warm Putty, but it feels like it will match the floors too much and be too warm.

Which way should we go: ignore the floors and continue with Agreeable Grey or do something warmer like Warm Putty to try and pull floors and kitchen together. I'm almost at the point of throwing my arms up and pretending the floors don't exist!

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barncatz
6 years ago
last modified: 6 years ago
Have you searched through Houzz photos for inspiration?

This one used Ben Moore Sheeps Wool on the walls. I also wondered about Ben Moore's Pale Oak. It's a chameleon greige that can look grey not just putty.

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Look at the floor in this Bodbyn photo:

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If you click on this photo, there are a few more photos of this kitchen. Hope these help. I stopped trolling through photos at this point. :)

Is your soffit paint different than your current wall paint? Not sure but I'd think about making them the same. In fact, I wondered about just painting all those surfaces a white that matches the cabinets and each other.
OneRidgeOff
6 years ago
last modified: 6 years ago
I sampled many paints for my kitchen reno, I wanted an off-white with just a hint of grey/silver. Agreeable gray was one of my samples, but a little too dark gray for my vision. The winner ended up being SW Crushed Ice. Every room is different so I suggest trying several sample colors.

In this picture, you can see the wall left of the corner is blasted by morning light, so at this moment it appears warmer off-white, in the shadows it’s very pale grey (the window wall). Taking pictures of some off-whites is a challenge, I realize in this pic it appears to be completely different colors but it’s simply the difference in sun exposure, it’s not nearly as contrasting to the naked eye.

Here is same shot but with the can lights on
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chispa
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I would start out painting the kitchen the same white you used on the soffits. You have quite a bit going on visually with glass uppers and the wine bottle holder, so I would keep it simple with white paint.
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Anglophilia
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I agree with chispa - go with the same white as on the soffits. It's a lovely kitchen!
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