Wall Color!

14 years ago

Hi everyone, this is my first post so please bare with me.

My husband and I just bought our first home. The first thing we are working on is the kitchen, we already chose the cabinets and counter top. Now it's time to choose the paint. The backslash will be later due to cost :(

Hopefully I will attach the computer generated picture of our kitchen, so you can help me choose the paint color. Cabinets are maple, countertop is hard to describe it is white/beige with speckle of honey. Just now I figured that I don't have the color of the floor!! We are going to the house later on today so I will make sure to take pictures of that.

My question is what color would you recommend to paint the walls? Keep in mind one wall will have no cabinets, but I've already saw two stainless steel shelves from IKEA that I'm planning to get (didn't get it because I'm waiting for the kitchen to be installed to make my final decision).

I'm soo happy to find this website, I've been lurking here for some time and everyone seems very helpful and knowledgeable. I'm so afraid to make the wrong choice because honestly we can't afford to redo things. So whatever we do we will need to live with.

Can't wait to hear your opinions. One last thing I'm planning to go soon to see the backslash just to have an idea of the things we have available and to try to figure out the final look of our kitchen.

Thanks in advance.

Liya.

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hags00
14 years ago
You have a very neutral palette there so your color choices are almost endless. What color families do you like? Do you like bolder, deeper colors or lighter, brighter colors. Blues, grays, browns, greens, etc?? What about adjoining rooms, what colors do you have going on in there?

Buy color samples and try some out, is my best advice. Nothing looks on the wall like it looks the chips. Paint the sample on the wall in the lightest and darkest place in the room.

I am currently renovating an entire small house and I have purhase at least 20 samples of paint!! I purchased three for a 6'x6' bathroom! In the past I have repainted entire rooms because I was not happy with the color...I do much better with the color samples!
Alia Al
Original Author
14 years ago
hags00. color samples :) why didn't I think of that?! Thanks a lot.

I like all colors, but I usually like calm neutral pallet at home, colors are only accents. There are no joining/close room to carry on the colors. The house is new and we are moving with no furniture (except 2 desks and shelves). My prefrence will be tan/ beige wall but I'm afraid with the colors of my kitchean it will be very boring.

I think I should look closely at the floor, look at backslashes and take it from there.

Decissions, decisions .....
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a2gemini
14 years ago
Benjamin Moore has giant color chips!
hags00
14 years ago
With your cabinets and counters that light you could put a deeper color on the wall. I think it is fun to pull an interesting color you like from either the counters or floor (usually the counter) and use that on the wall.

Look at the finished kitchen on Houzz and get a feel for looks you like. For me, I have always gravitated to grays, gray grays, green grays, blue grays, and even into some taupey grays. Never reds for me, always loved greens. Rarely into the browns, tans or yellows. Oddly enough, never cared for white and always have to have a color. Never anything really deep, bright or pastel for me but you will find your own personal tastes and what attracts you.