Kitchen paint colours what to go with?

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rinked
4 years ago
Start with a good cleanse and primer, because your cabinets look like foil (use plastic primer). I'd say a either a warm or cool medium grey on the lower cabinets and white on your uppers, walls and ceiling. Make sure to use a durable kitchen/exterior paint for those walls above the countertop and probably place a splashback panel behind the cooktop (tiles or glass would be lovely, but expensive).

If you have some budget and the cabinets themselves are in good shape, you could look for a kitchen company that does new doors (melamine with abs edge banding). We do this quite often and it costs about a third of a new kitchen. But only do this if your kitchen cabinets and especially drawers are likely to last another ten years or so. Great oppurtunity to change the handles (and their location!) too.

What's up with that 15cm cabinet and especially below it (toekick looks strange)?

And what material are the countertops? Are they ok?
Lee Knights
Original Author
4 years ago
Hi thanks for your advice. If they are foil cabinets will i need to sand them?
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Beth Jones
4 years ago
Hey, I think in small spaces making a kitchen lighter colours can really open the space up.

This is what we did with ours!

Before:

After:

It's not for everyone of course but we stuck with light cabinets and light worktops!

If your kitchen is small like ours maybe you want to look at lighter colours/pastels/light greys/whites/creams?

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Juliet Docherty
4 years ago
In my opinion, the two surfaces most likely to sap light out of a space in a kitchen are worktops and floors and yours are both black - I would focus on these. The kitchen units are currently an imitation pale wood, if these were painted then you could replace the worktops with a pale laminate or real wood which isn't too expensive. I would also replace the floor if possible.
Lee Knights
Original Author
4 years ago
Wow these designs look great! Thanks all :) . Is it easier to clean laminate flooring or tiled flooring?

Maths Wife - The design looks great how did you do that ? Also is that a splashback under the wall cupboards?
rinked
4 years ago
Would advise against laminate, as it would raise your floor. I agree your floors and counters would both look better in a lighter color, but in that case I'd save for a new kitchen. Some paint will freshen up the kitchen for now.
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Paintforme
4 years ago
Hi Lee,

Use white to enlarge and tidy the room, yellow to add happiness or green to calm. Don't go red as this would increase your appetite as well as heart rate.

Good luck with the project!

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Lee Knights
Original Author
4 years ago
Hi rinq, what do you mean it would raise the floor ? I think for the time being it might be out of budget ( budget being around £300-£400 to make changes) for a new kitchen.
Maths Wife
4 years ago
HI Lee, I used Photoshop...........yes that's glass, but it would be out of budget. You can use acrylic just not behind a hob, that's much cheaper. Or tile it. Laminate would be easiest to clean. I can't comment on the height change as I can't really tell what you have at the moment as it's too dark.
rinked
4 years ago
Lee, if you're placing laminate on tile you'll need a subfloor. Hence the height.

And when removing the tile, you're best off putting in new tiles. Or equalize and pvc/lino.

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