help with color choice. I want to paint the cabinets grey.
Hello, I want to paint my cabinets grey. We choice Shadow Storm quartzite ( pic included) I am thinking they need to be darker than the floor, but the kitchen is small and I am worried something dark might make it look small? The kitchen has not been painted yet but it will be the same color you see on the knee wall it’s a custom color so no name. Its grey with a hint of green. I included a pic from the hall way and you can see it changes with the light. ( same color throughout the house) am not much of a designer. I appreciate any feed back.
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last yearlast modified: last yearLooking at your hallway photo, it appears on my monitor that you used a cool gray paint on the foreground wall, and a green tinted paint on the end wall. Neither seems to complement your floor color very well. I color matched a tone from the floor and painted the bottom of the end wall. It looked good to me, so I found a matching sample (SW Shitake) and found a photo of a kitchen with the cabinets painted with it. I really like it with your floor.
I might use a lightened version of Shitake on your walls, or even paint all the walls white to keep things bright. If you want to keep some color on the walls, SW Nuance is very similar to your end wall, but with less green tint.Related Discussions
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Comments (7)Hi everyone! It's great to get input from the Houzz community. My husband was active duty AF for 27 years and we're finally making this house our own. Thanks so much for the great feedback particularly from @damiarain and @caligirl5. Also, I am working with a KD. I’m so grateful that you both took time to give in-depth suggestions and actually provide a revised layout. In response to your suggestions: - Fridge - Damiarain, IMO, Moving the fridge to the wall proposed on the end of the counter would make it stick out too much and the sides would show whereas one side is hidden by the stub wall now. We considered removing the stub wall but it’s pretty involved so we opted to take down the pantry only. Furthermore, as shown in the 1st and 2nd pics, the great room is across from the kitchen and I personally prefer the look of cabinets on that wall complemented by a new staircase and not a fridge protruding out. Also, the space isn’t very wide in the entryway and an open fridge would definitely block someone’s path into the kitchen from the great room if placed in the end. It might work in the center of the wall, however. - Damiarain, you said, “have upper cabinets only on either the wall next to the pantry or next to the fridge.” What would I do with the entire open space where the fridge presently is…that’s losing 83” on the fridge wall? Besides, I need the extra storage for all the stuff I've gathered at our various assignments. - I understand your suggestion about moving the range and it’s valid. The wall is 154” and we’re cutting down the width of the new pantry to 31” whereas the current pantry opening is 44 ½”. I’ll have to talk to my KD about the lack of sufficient prep space on the left. You’d think that would be a major consideration in presenting her design. However, I am installing a counter level bar which will give me lots of space to the left of the sink (above the dishwasher) yet it doesn’t resolve the issue of someone washing dishes and another cooking on the range. I don’t know what the answer is but there has to be one. - Good point about leaving breathing room around the hood and going with more drawers whenever possible. - @caligirl5…I have the sample block for antique white but it doen’t work well for my house. We live in Florida and have lots of windows so I need a more contemporary look although I don’t want bright white. I’m now thinking gray may be the answer since all the other whites may clash with my bright white crown molding. - Sorry about the dimensions and thanks for your recommended layout. I have a thing about storage and have lots of dishes/glasses so I don’t know about getting rid of the cabinets on the fridge wall entirely and putting. Furthermore, as stated previously, I’m concerned that a large full depth fridge on that wall may really be in the way vs. being tucked where it is now. - A previous design had the microwave across from the range in a drawer pretty much where the cooktop is now. I opted to put the microwave in the pantry and put large drawers there instead. I've attached pics of a new design keeping the same footprint with ceiling height cabinets and a picture of the torn down stair taken from my great room. I will definitely give all of your recommendations more consideration and I’m really thankful for the help....See More
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The cabinets are unfinished and the vinyl plank floor is brand new. What are your thoughts on a dark cabinet color. Here is a pic of the guest bath, same floor, same wall color.
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last yearlast modified: last yearThe flooring looks brand new. If so, I assume ripping it out is not happening! 😉 I think the grey green wall color is nice. You can definitely work with the floor.
I do agree with ffpalms about the lack of natural light in the kitchen and not chosing a grey color like the bathroom cabinet for that reason.
I also agree that you can easily go into grey overload if you are not careful. I would probably paint the cabinets a nice white to go with whatever countertops you chose. I really like how the wood cabinets are seen in that room in the background. Maybe adding wood accents like with bar stools, cutting boards, dining furniture, etc would bring in some warmth to contrast the grey tones.
Here is a mockup for you using the slab you are debating. If you go with that stone or something similar, because of the pretty swirls, I would do a plain lighter colored backsplash. I toned done that fluorescent pinky color in the cut out above the stove. Isn’t it so weird how colors shiff on different walls?
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Hi Zoey,
Yes I painted it the wall color, but you could paint it white to match the cabinets. However, I usually see that done when they add crown molding and trim on the soffit to make it look as if it was a continuation of the cabinet below. Sort of like this.
Was that what you had planned to do? I think there are several blogs and videos showing step by step how to DIY that look.I have seen the look below as well, which I think looks nice when the soffit is quite large. Otherwise when you try to make it look like a humoungous crown, it makes the cabinet itself look kinda squatty and disproportionate to the amount of crown in my opinion.
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