Cabinet color?

10 years ago

We are in the process of building our home and I'm having a mini-crisis over the cabinet color for all the bathrooms. Some relevant info about our house: I'd describe the overall build as craftsman style, (BIG) but, we are not sticking to the dark, heavy wood that is often seen in craftsman style homes and we are adding lots industrial and some furniture will be more modern elegant. So lots of grays, whites, wood (this will be in our ceiling beams, on the outside of the house, and reflected in much of our furniture, much of it will be cedar) and metal pieces. Our goals are craftsman, comfortable, elegant and cheerful. Hopefully this gives insight into the overall feel of our home.
Our walls are gray (tin lizzie- sherwin williams) and all trim is pure white. All the bathrooms have varying shades of gray tile. We plan to do bronze fixtures and lighting to add warm details.
Now as for the actual issue- we are 100% sure that we want all white kitchen cabinets, I was thinking we would do all white cabinets throughout but the more I think about it the more I am uncertain of this choice. Especially in our powder room on the lower level, the walls in there are going to be painted an even darker gray (roycroft pewter), it will have a ceramic white vessel sink, and dark hardwoods. In my head it seems the white cabinets will be too bright. Then I thought gray cabinets and gray walls is going to start to look drab. My fiance would love if we did stain grade on some cabinets, I just can't picture how that is going to look. If anyone out there can help we would greatly appreciate some advice. We have 3 and half bathrooms, plus a bookcase in the hallway, all of which we need to decide on a color. I'm attaching pictures that I think may help, the hardwood color and the tile options for the bathrooms.

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JudyG Designs

10 years ago

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I'd investigate something different for a powder room with the vessel sink. I like this concept and color with the darker gray. This might be something your fiance likes, as well.

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acm
10 years ago
1) you never need to use the same cabinet color all through your house

2) am totally confused by your question -- if the bath has a white sink on a dark cabinet, what additional colors are you trying to decide on?

in general, it's good to have a consistent feel throughout the house, but it's fine to, say, make the master bath fancier than the guest bath, or to do white kitchen cabinets and natural wood bath vanities, or to whatever. if you have a different vision for this half bath, run with it -- most important is that the components of a single room cohere, and that you like the final result.
Heather Macdonald
10 years ago
Since you like the craftsman style why not go with this look for the powder room. Rethink the dark grey walls. Check out this style on houzz photos.
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acm
10 years ago
last modified: 10 years ago
the problem is that everybody says 'craftsman' but nobody means the same thing. here are some pics.

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but who cares about labels -- just find the combination of elements that you like.

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I will admit, though, that most people pick their vanity before they pick their paint!
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Amanda
Original Author
10 years ago
Sorry, I didn't intend to be confusing, I was probably giving out too much information. There is no decision on the bathroom cabinets. There is the white sink, gray walls, and a gray/white countertop. I am asking for opinions on the cabinets- all of them except the kitchen. I realize they don't all need to be the exact same but for cost and ease it would be best if I didn't have them all different colors. I'm thinking either
A) make all the cabinets in the house white
B) paint the bathroom cabinets a gray color of some sort (probably darker than the tin lizzie)
C) stain the bathroom cabinets, something a few shades darker than the floors
acm
10 years ago
well, if the first two photos with pebbles and tile are your finishes, then you can certainly make any of white, gray, or espresso work. it just depends which you like. do some bathroom searches with gray tile and see what looks you tend to like. (still, hard to make a choice like this having picked paint first, since grays are very tricky to match together!)

here are a few to get your blood moving...

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To be honest, I think you're going to have to go either white or dark to get decent contrast from a dark gray wall...
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Amanda
Original Author
10 years ago
Very helpful! That first picture strikes me the most. I'll do some more searching like you suggested. Thanks for the input.
Amanda
Original Author
10 years ago
That's kinda funny- that sink is exactly what I ordered! I do love the color of that vanity, the variation in the wood is gorgeous.