Repainting open kitchen
minikin37
5 years ago
Hi all! We decided to turn a horrible flood into the kick in the pants we needed to redo the kitchen. I’m at a total loss on pain colors and the painter will be coming in after drywall and floor tile. Right now it’s a light grey-ish but seems darker due to lack of good light. The wall in photos is south facing but not a lot of natural light. Cabinets will be Benjamin Moore dove white, counter is fountain blue quartzite. Trim and doors will be painted in same color as cabinets. Im trying to stay away from yellow or brown undertones. Need to narrow down to 3-4 to put on the wall.
Thank you and don’t mind the wavy floors- they are being refinished in a few weeks.
Thank you and don’t mind the wavy floors- they are being refinished in a few weeks.
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minikin37
5 years agoA picture of the countertops that will be in kitchen, tile is a light grey- there is a piece on the floor in the original post.
PROAK Design
5 years agoI am using Dove white on my current project too. I would suggest trying these two paint colors - one is warm gray and the other is cold gray,
KM Graybeard - Warm gray
KM San Francisco fog 75% - (picture attached of San Francisco Fog 75%)
Both of these colors are light shade of gray and work very well with white cabinets.
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Comments (4)Start by sanding the cabinets to give you a smooth surface (particularly important in areas where the paint may be chipped or peeling). Use a vacuum and tack cloth to wipe off the dust. If you are not going to remove all of the current paint, you will need to use a latex-based primer and paint to get the new paint to adhere to the door. But make sure you at least remove all flaking, chipped, peeling areas and use a light grit sandpaper to rough up the surface. Then clean the door with tack cloth and vacuum. The paint forum has recommendations for specific kinds of paint that are particularly good for cabinets. I did ours before I found GW so I used regular ole latex paint from Lowes and applied several thick coats of poly on top, but I also sanded our cabs down to bare wood before I started. Make sure you have a really good brush. I prefer Purdy. For flat surfaces, I used a 2 1/2" straight edge, but for the grooves, corners, and edges I used a small angled 1 1/2" brush. Don't thin the paint, but use small amounts of paint on the tip of the brush only (helps control drips). Do one side at a time. Let that side dry several days before doing the second side. Make sure you flip the doors between coats: Do the first side, let it dry for several days, then do the opposite side, let it dry for several days, put the second coat on the first side, etc. This way you can make sure you get an even color saturation on the whole door. Make sure you sand any drips, lumps or bumps and use the tack cloth to clean between coats. If you want a poly on top (I did that in order to make it a truly scrubbable surface, but I was using red paint, so color saturation was an issue), use fairly thick coats of poly -- that helps blend any brush strokes that might be visible and gives it a factory-look finish. Good luck. It took us 3 months to complete our cabs, but it was worth it!...See MoreKitchen cabinet repaint ideas?
Comments (5)My first thought is, do you want to play up the current, classically modern boxes-bolted-to-walls look? (As opposed to the traditional, built-in look of the kitchens Nosoccermom posted.) If so, you may want to maintain at least some contrast for the uppers at least, in color and/or surface material. If that design element doesn't specifically ping with you, you might choose a color/colors for either uppers or both uppers and lowers that blend into the wall color. You could also consider removing some or all of the uppers and hanging art on that wall, or doing something with a few open shelves and art. In any case, all the pictures you posted are of kitchen with flat ceilings and cabinets to them. Before color, I think you should analyze kitchens with high, sloped ceilings like your own for treatments you really like. There are lots of great examples out there. :)...See MoreNeed help deciding on grays for kitchen cabinet re-painting
Comments (11)I prefer all cool colors or all warm colors in a room, but that's me. If you have a combination of the two, that's when it gets tricky. Just to give you an idea: here are some warm colors: off-white, sand, beige, tan, brown, olive green, orange, golden yellow, gold, peach. Here are some cool colors: bright white, taupe, black, gray, purple, royal blue, cool red, pine green, forest green, Kelly green. As others have said here, all colors in the room need to be considered - floor, ceiling, walls, the works. What are the other colors in the home? The entire room needs to have a sense of unity. Items do not exist on their own, but need to get along with everything else in the room. Some paint stores and websites have full room testers so you can see what the room looks like with the various colors. Call paint stores or look on their websites for help - they are there for you. Your floor is currently a warm color. Your plans for your cabs and counters will be cool....See Moreneed to repaint my kitchen. how do I choose a kitchen cabinet color?
Comments (11)Step 1: Cut the individual colors out of the sheet they are in so you can see the color directly against the stone. White borders are useful when viewing a sample on a color you are going to be painting over, but not useful when comparing a color to an element that is staying. Step 2: Throw out any samples that clearly don't work with the stone Step 3: View the samples at different times of day and under daylight and artificial light. Throw out any samples that clearly don't work at each viewing. Step 4: Put the samples on the floor. Do they work with your floor? Throw out any that don't work. Step 5: Move the samples around the room. View them on vertical surfaces, not just flat on your counter. Throw out some more. Step 5: If you are keeping wall and trim color, test the remaining samples against those and throw out any remaining ones that don't work. If there are any other elements you are concerned about playing well with the cabinets, do the same for them. Step 6: Now with a much smaller pool of candidates, order large swatches (or sample paint so you can paint your own). Repeat steps 2 through 5 with the large samples. Step 7: Pick your favorite. If you can't pick a favorite by this time, they are all fine; throw a dart and don't stress....See More
Jennifer Hogan
5 years ago
PROBeth H. :
5 years agolast modified: 5 years agoyou are going to have a very cool toned kitchen. Are you refinishing those floors in cool stain? I hope so because that warm cherry color clashes w/the blue-grays of your stone.
(gorgeous countertop btw.)
Any of these should work w/your kitchen. However, if that floor color doesn't change, you'll have to choose something warmer
BM Smoke Embers.
I mixed this color with Abalone and got a great looking color
chispa
5 years agolast modified: 5 years ago
mark_rachel
5 years agominikin37
5 years agoJennifer Hogan
5 years agominikin37
5 years agoThe stairwell is in the middle which is a bad design but we can’t change- so you walk around from kitchen to living to dining and a hall that goes to garage with laundry and half bath in hallway
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