Galley Kitchen Colors

7 years ago

We’re looking to give our small kitchen a facelift. The granite is in good shape and we don’t want to get rid of it so we’re trying to make everything work around it. The wall the oven sits on houses our main air return so before anyone says knock it out, we’re not doing all of that.

Posting a few pictures of what it looks like now and with new drawer hardware on it. We’re trying to pull the black out of it and not the brown/gold.

How do you think black lower cabs and cream upper would look with actual gold handles and not the 1990 bronze ones currently in place?

Looking at any combination of these:

Painting cabinets
Painting wall/soffit
Backsplash
New hardware

We have gray walls throughout the house and a fairly open floor plan on main level. Can’t find anyway to get gray to work with countertops right now. Thanks for any help!

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Irene Morresey

7 years ago

Some inspiration

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Irene Morresey
7 years ago
What is the name of your countertop, looks quite yellow on my monitor
Patrick
Original Author
7 years ago
Santa Cecelia to the best of my knowledge.
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felizlady
7 years ago
Yes to black or charcoal lower cabinets. The uppers should be a cream which matches the creamy color in the granite.
felizlady
7 years ago
The walls should match one of the lighter colors in the granite. If you change the backsplash, the new backsplash should match a color in the granite. With black or charcoal cabinets, I would not put any bright white in the room.
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felizlady
7 years ago
I am guessing you will keep the gray wall color because it goes with the fridge.
MizLizzie
7 years ago
I love your kitchen cabinets. If getting rid of the gold granite in lieu of something gray and white without the 4” stone splash is not an option, I would just replace the pulls with something satin bronze, and lay a mini-brick backsplash in a shade of white to match the cabs, grouting with a light but warm color from the granite. The granite is going to be hard to blend with the rest of your house, IMHO, no matter what. The pros here will know better than I, but I think painting cabinets should ideally be done professionally in order for the finish to last, and it can get expensive. Lovely home. Good luck with your project.
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gracie01 zone5 SW of Chicago
7 years ago
You don't have much in the way of countertops; replacing them would be the easiest solution.
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Sina Sadeddin Architectural Design
7 years ago
Designing around a problem element (aka the yellow granite) will likely end up costing more than just replacing it. Also, professionally painted cabinets are about the same as new ones. If you really don't want to replace the granite it's time to give up on the grey. The wall color is clashing, and anything other than a dark charcoal won't work. A creamy white probably won't work well with grey either.

If you're keeping the granite you need to stick to warm tones. Otherwise save up to replace it and go for the cooler tones you're clearly wanting.
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Patrick
Original Author
7 years ago
Thanks for the advice.

@mizlizzie Thanks. I'm going to look at backsplashes now.

@Gracie01 You're right, I probably need to price it out again. We've toyed with adding a peninsula to the end of the refrigerator side of cabinets anyway.

@Sina Since I have gray going throughout the house, would a tan or some other wall color in the kitchen be a no no or would that be ok? Curious on how everything would flow together.

I'm going to put painting the cabs on the back burner for now, they were going to be painted by myself anyway and wasn't really looking forward to the maintenance of it all.

We're only looking to be in this house another year or two, I guess was one of the main reasons I wasn't sure I wanted to sink much money into new countertops when these are currently fine, just not of our taste.