Help please? Small house White cabinets what color to paint Island?
I am having my white Shaker cabinets repainted and would like to paint the island a great complimentary color. So far the suggestions have been Hale Navy, Kendall Charcoal, Chelsea Gray, and Sea Salt. I am partial to blues but Hale Navy is a huge risk in a small space. The room is an open living room and kitchen space. Small but lovely. Thanks so much for any suggestions. I have pics but can't get them to stay here... https://www.houzz.com/ideabooks/159235116/thumbs/kitchen-cabinets?share=clipboard
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Frances Eldi
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2 years agolast modified: 2 years agoeld6161
2 years agolast modified: 2 years agoI googled for more info. It appears Pigeon can be chameleon depending on your lighting.
BM Oil Cloth comes up as a match.
This looks more green.However, they say Pigeon can skew gray, green and blue.
You need to test drive.
Personally, I have not had luck color matching. I would rather use a similar BM color.
Get samples and make large prototypes. Set up and see how they look in your kitchen with your light.
I actually like BM Oil Cloth too.
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2 years agohardware is personal taste. i like this all white space/nice rich white cabs . hdwe shows up maybe a tad more.. purely optional might play nice on all white cabs if you seek some small changes
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Sunnyside Road Residence Kitchen · More Info. there are many tweaks to hdwe if you care to.
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Thank you so much for the pics of hardware. I love them. I uploaded my hardware pics for you to see up close. I appreciate your opinion and all the opinion of my Houzz friends. I feel like we all work so hard putting things together. Opinions matter a whole lot!
Marylee H
2 years ago
Pigeon belongs to the Green-Yellow Hue Family.
It does have the capacity to shift and appear more blueish, but only in certain imbalanced lighting.
A sense of blueness is not a fixed, inherent part of the colour.It does not occur in every room.
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