Also posted in the decorating forum but checking in here as well

We have a tile floor in our kitchen - has predominantly pink tones with some gray in the tile and gray grount. Would like to tone the pink down during our kitchen remodel.

Had been planning to use gray on the walls - but having second thoughts of all one shade of gray. Thinking now of adding a chair rail and going with two shades of paint, one above and one below the chair rail. What would tone down the pink better:

Bottom / Top (the links show some possible BM Aura colors for this)

1. Darker (taupe-ish) gray / Lighter gray

AF-150 Cotswald / AF-690 Metropolitan

2. Terracotta-ish / light gray

AF-280 Salsa Dancing OR AF-220 Masada / AF-470 Flora or AF-690 Metropolitan

OR

2173-30 Salmon Stream / HC-114 Saybrook Sage

3. Medium Gray / Beige (example in regular BM colors)

HC-114 Saybrook Sage / HC-35 Powell Buff

Thanks

I would think TerraCotta and Salmon would pull out the pink, rather than play it down. On the other hand, it could work with the pink tone, making it into something you like. When we moved into one of our former houses, the flooring and appliances were a seemingly obnoxious gold. Apparently, the former owners weren't fond of the gold and their answer was to work against it by painting the walls rose. The gold actually looked much calmer when we redid the counters and walls to work with the gold, rather than contrast it.

Hard to know about the taupe...It could be pink enough to pull it out, gray enough to play it down, or pink enough to clash. The sage would create a complimentary scheme, which should tone down the pink, if it connects well with the rest of your room. Did you ever see GirlwithAspirin's kitchen? She had pinkish toned tile that really became calmed when she changed her cabinets to chocolate brown and painted her walls gray-blue.

All of this is difficult without seeing the colors together with your tile. Can you get some sample jars and try painting some swatches?

Best wishes.

Is the pink in the tile REAL pink? Do you like the pink and gray tile? If you don't, there is only so much you can do to hide it. You could just go with it and paint the kitchen a lighter or darker version of the pink with a gray side wall. There are some shades of pink that wouldn't come across as being as femine. Or, you could just replace the tile.
I think it was the Ikea catalogue(not sure) but there was a white cabinets/ pink walled kitchen that looked ever so happy.

rhome - thanks for the suggestions. I guess I want to downplay the pink as my first choice - which is why I was planning all gray initially. But we are having 2nd thoughts of all gray walls - so . . .

the cabinets will be a darker cherry with a few off white ones. So that should help some

terible -
Here is a pic of the tile (those current cabinets will be replaced)

unfortunatley not going to replace the tile (I wouldn't mind doing so but my wife likes it). Actually right now we have pink painted walls too. Thankfully those will be going.

The backspalsh will be a gray slate (another reason we are hesitant about a single color grey wall and thought about doing a chair rail and two different shades

Rhome - I don't see girlwithaspirin's kithecn in the FKB. Am I missing it or are there pics elsewhere?

Thanks

Here is a link that might be useful: girlwithaspirin's kitchen

It took some doing, but I found her kitchen...See link below.

Wow. Those are PINK tiles. I think the salmon or terracotta might clash. I think I'd stick with gray...But I happen to love gray walls. Brown might work.

Well, I Âm not seeing those pink tiles working with your beautiful sounding kitchen plans. The top half with look stylish and the bottom will look like itÂs caught in a nineteen eighties time warp. I think your going to have to put your foot down on this one manny man. Start writing those love letters and doing nice little things around the house until you get the tiles you would like (it works with me and IÂm pig headed hehe). Have you looked through the finished kitchen blog? You can do all kinds of searches, like cherry cabinets, backsplash, countertops and more. You might be able to tempt her if you see something you like that she can see.

just want to chime in that when I first got my cabinets (maple with a coffee glaze) they looked really pink to me against my yellow walls. I decided to paint the walls a really deep terracotta color and it is so much better! So rather than accentuate the pink, I think the terracotta may draw away from it and make it look earthier.

In 1988, we built our house I kept everything neutral with grays, blacks, and whites, but painted two accent walls a very pale pink. It really did look great for awhile. We just painted those walls gray (at one time I had 6 samples on the walls...I actually got the Flex Bon people to bring out an old book of colors, because all of their new grays were too cold), and replaced our old light gray carpet with wood floors and our old Armstrong gray vinyl with porcelain tiles in a cement sort of gray. We also painted our gray house with the light pink bands taupe, white, and black. It was just time.

Truthfully, if you have big plans for the kitchen, I would have to agree with terible. It might be time to let those tiles go. I loved my pink, and so did others, but it became dated and it was time for the changes we made. It sounds like your new kitchen is going to be great. I hope that everything works out...but truthfully, unless you're going for a retro Miami vice look, it might be time to let the pink go...

Please forgive me...and I'm from Florida, too. All of the pretty pastels were once the big thing, now it's all beiges down here and the dark Tuscany look. I said no to that, and opted to move more towards a contemporary look. I have been careful in the kitchen not to do too much, because I don't think that I'd get my money's worth out of too much of a renovaton here. So far I just updated hardware, appliances, countertop, and floor. I'm thinking about either doors or refacing, but I may wait on that and just work on a nice backsplash first. Everyone loves our gray walls that comes into our house. They are actually very warm with the wood.