Help with white kitchen: cabinets, walls, trim in different whites?
We are remodeling our kitchen, and it is going to be predominately white. Here is what it looks like currently.
We will have cabinets in an L-shape along the wall to the left, and back wall. Uppers and hood along the left wall, with white subway tile to the ceiling, and just lowers along the back wall (with windows). The island will sit perpendicular to the view here, and will be a stained red oak wood (stain color TBD). I am going with a beautiful Bianco Rhino marble for all countertops and island.
I really want a warm feel to the room, not stark and sterile. I think that I am going to go with Benjamin Moore's White Dove for the perimeter cabinets. But, I have Sherwin Williams Extra White trim throughout the rest of my house. I think the SW Extra White is way too stark for the kitchen cabinets. I would also like the walls to be some shade of white (as pictured below).
So, here's my dilemma: Should I continue the Sherwin Williams Extra White trim into the kitchen? If I do, what color white should I paint the walls, that will coordinate with Benjamin Moore's White Dove kitchen cabinets? Can I do 3 different whites? I am nervous about trying to coordinate too many different whites.
Here is an inspiration picture that I really love:
Any advice would be very helpful. Thank you!
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3 years agolast modified: 3 years ago@Gaby Buller Take a look at SW 7042 Shoji White, for the walls. You can definately do a beautiful white palette. Since all color has a DNA (Hue family, Value and Chroma), you can be guided by framework to create a palette that is harmonious and pleasing to your eye. When pairing whites, a good principle that works is having at minimum 0.2 difference in Chroma (last number) between your whites. A little spacing on the color wheel also helps. This principle ensures there is enough contrast between your whites so that one will look more neutral than the other, and they don't look dingy or dirty. The other way to add contrast is to change the sheen level. For example, you can play with sheen levels on BM White Dove and use it as the Trim Color, in a higher sheen than the cabinets and use BM White Dove in Matte on the walls. This will also provide the contrast your eye needs without looking dull.
Other colors that may fit your vision and work with the above mentioned framework are:SW 7013 Ivory Lace
SW 7010 White Duck
SW 9586 White Sesame
BM OC-13 Soft Chamois
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