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help - i am 6 months trying to sort this.

Noreen Clifford

6 years ago

i would love to put a grey in my kitchen - but i'm not changing the kitchen or the doors - ... i'm so sick of cream and red.... - this is a lovely colour trend grey - and in the first card above it is th ecolortrend silverlining. have been told to use a green but i've lots of green in hall on either side of kitchen..... there is also some redbrick in there

i think a grey would pick up the grey in the tiles.

all advise greatly received....

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oconnoraudrey43
6 years ago
That is a lovely shade of grey but if it was me to make it all stand out more I would paint the door and the skirting same shade as your kitchen cabinets.
deirdremaguire
6 years ago
HOW ABOUT PAINTING THE DOOR A MUSTARD YELLOW GOES WONDERFUL WITH GREY I HAVE DONE IT IN A FRONT HALL WITH MY COAT PRESS DOORS AND THE WALLS ARE GREY. LOVELY CONTRAST.
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