Warm neutral for west facing kitchen

3 years ago

I need to give my contractor a paint color for this week, and would love some help! I Am normally a COLOR person - the rooms before were yellow and turquoise, and teal and white, but now the color will be on cabinets, so I just need a good wall color to be DONE, maybe later I’ll do something wild on my own, but ’neutral’ is not my wheelhouse, typically.

Cabinets are IKEA - askersund light ash upper, havstorp turquoise lower. Soapstone counter, hardwood floor (no tile backsplash). This is not my kitchen, but a mockup (not doing the lights, if it matters) Any go to favorites to recommend?

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kl23

3 years ago

When you saw "warm" neutral, are you thinking yellow undertones in the same hue as your floors and tall cabinet? orange undertones to literally compliment the blue cabinets? warm pink undertones with are popular now? or a yellow-green undertone to create an analogous color scheme between your existing blue and yellows? What would suit the rest of your home? I ask because my first instinct is to create a clean backdrop for your muddy blue to keep the room looking too much the same value (muddy). So at this point I lean strongly to 2 and 4 to create contrast that keeps the space from being depressing. Your mock up doesn't have a warm muddy wall paint. It has a light bright wall paint. You have nice contrast between cool blue and warm yellow woods. You have contrast between dark bronze fixtures (I hope there is enough) and mid-to-light-toned everything else. What you need is a bright near-white value, and wall paint would be great. You also need texture contrast and a pattern. Will you have a runner or area rug? That can wait of course.

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herbflavor
3 years ago
not showing actual space limits responses...... backsplash in? tone of floor? hardware and fixtures? here are warmer vanilla shades of paint if you dont want simple off white......a bold colorful tile in last pic can unite teal color w black counters if you want some more impact.....you dont mention backsplash yet.
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snappity
Original Author
3 years ago
No backsplash, and this is the space as of today. Red oak hardwood will be installed to match existing honey color. Stainless appliances and champagne bronze fixtures (in the mock-up). Thanks!
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snappity
Original Author
3 years ago
Backsplash- let me add, there will be 2” soapstone rim backsplash and behind sink/ under window the stone will go up to and include the sill for practical purposes. Otherwise I haven’t decided, I don’t really like tile, might do a removable wallpaper type splash, but just need a paint color for now.
herbflavor
3 years ago
are you getting a lighting plan ? because it isnt bright...it may be west facing but the window is small.....anyway I would paint the walls nothing darker than off white...if that's your main question here. good luck.
snappity
Original Author
3 years ago
last modified: 3 years ago
Yes, I will have lights. LOL. Recessed and undercabinet, and a sputnik in the dining area. (Recessed placement will happen after cabinet install, but it’s all roughed in.) And yes, that was generally my question, if there is a certain warm neutral that would go better with these colors than another.
herbflavor
3 years ago
in the row of five I'd pick 2 or 5
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kl23
3 years ago
Sorry, I see the mock-up has gold or brass fawcets. My bad. Very tired from long work trip. Doesn't change my choice though. You have enough "warm" and you need bright near-white walls to contrast the relatively duller blue, stainless, and woods. Should be a very light and invigorating kitchen to start your days. Pretty without being immature.
snappity
Original Author
3 years ago
Thank you! That is where I was struggling. We are testing samples of those now.
snappity
Original Author
3 years ago
After testing a bunch of samples, I ended up with White Dove by Benjamin Moore and it works well!