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Suggestions needed for blue gray paint for kitchen cabinets.

5 years ago

We are replacing the doors of our kitchen cabinets with unfinished doors and then painting everything to make it more up to date. We have a white/off whitish tile floor...we are going to repaint the grout with a gray epoxy paint for grout. I really want a white quartz countertop with just a small amount of gray veining in it. White or light gray subway tile for the backsplash. I am envisioning a muted blue gray paint for the cabinets. Not too dark, as it is an older home and does not have an open concept layout. Only 1 window for natural light. But I don’t want it too light either. I don’t want a beachy look.
I have tons of paint samples taped to my cabinets and I change my mind 10 times a day.
At the moment, I am liking Benjamin Moore Chiswell Blue and also Mineral Alloy. I also like Sherwin Williams Storm Cloud and Valspar Evening Eclipse. Sherwin Williams Debonair sometimes looks perfect and other times looks light blue. I don’t want a pure blue or pure gray. I also don’t want it so trendy that I’ll hate it in a few years.
Anyone have any good suggestions for me?

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JudyG Designs
5 years ago
I do..because I have both of these colors in my house, I highly recommend B.M. CSP Subway Tile or Seersucker Suit. Two amazing blue/grays. I have to add I get a lot of South light.
nutty4style
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5 years ago
nutty4style
4:24 PM
Thanks Judy. Do either of those have blue hues in them? The pictures online look like pure gray.
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Oldbat2be, thank you so much for the mock ups! This was the kick in the pants I needed to talk to my contractor. I forgot to mention that our w/d will be white too so the cabs will likely clash with those, so I think we've got to paint. mdln, good suggestion -- I'm pretty sure they are warm. I'll check and see if cool lights help. daisychain01, thanks, reveal hopefully coming soon! raven, I just looked at Krypton and it is beautiful. I'm going out to get some samples tomorrow and will paint a sample board of my top 3 colors and put it in the room and report back.
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