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What color for crown molding with off white cabinets?

16 days ago





We are remodeling our kitchen and went with off-white (specifically coconut) colored cabinets with matching crown above cabinets. Crown molding was put around entire kitchen in coconut color but now does not match trim of windows and doors? Should crown in rest of the kitchen match white trim and doors or continue with the coconut color of cabinets? The crown connects around entire kitchen. Please help!

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  • PRO
    15 days ago
    last modified: 15 days ago

    The same profile crown wraps around the whole room, and changes color, to match the room trim, where it is trim, and to match the cabinets, where it is cabinet crown. But, you are better off keeping all of the trim matching the cabinets, since the 2 whites clash. And choose a completely different wall paint that that muddy tan. Pick an actual color.

    HU-910574726 thanked Minardi
  • 15 days ago
    last modified: 15 days ago

    agree with @PPF.

    But I would also paint the whole room coconut, just a different sheen (including the ceiling).and get an enclosed light fixture, no one needs to look into a bare bulb.

    HU-910574726 thanked Lyn Nielson
  • 15 days ago

    Thank you for all the feedback. The light fixtures are all coming out and will be replaced. The wall color will not be tan.


    Follow-Up Question - So the trim around windows, trim around doors and entry ways, the actual doors, and the baseboard should all match the crown and cabinets and be the coconut color?

  • PRO
    15 days ago

    The problem with what you have done, and what I suggested is here. There needs to be a way to cleanly transition the base to white. I should have looked closer at the images.




    HU-910574726 thanked PPF.
  • 15 days ago

    This gets tricky. How is the crown and base ending from this room to adjoining spaces? Do you really want that coconut color bleeding into those areas? And what about your painted doors? Do you want those coconut as well? I may very well be in the camp of leave coconut colored crown only above coconut cabinets and then have your ‘whole home white trim and door color’ stand on it’s own. It seems to be a bright clear white which makes the coconut stand out.

    HU-910574726 thanked thinkdesignlive
  • 15 days ago

    Thank you thinkdesignlive for that idea. I do not want coconut doors or the coconut blending into the other spaces as the rest of the house is all white. I would consider this option.

  • 14 days ago

    Elcieg just posted this image on another thread and I think it shows how the crown situation should be (with crown over cabinets matching cabinets and the rest of the room being white trim,etc). Finalizing your wall color is probably the harder part - that needs to take into consideration not only the kitchen finishes but any adjacent soft furnishings you plan to use.

    HU-910574726 thanked thinkdesignlive
  • PRO
    14 days ago

    I’d suggest matching the crown molding to the white trim for a more cohesive look throughout the kitchen. It’ll help balance the space and create a unified feel.

    HU-910574726 thanked Kitchen Remodel Vancouver
  • PRO
    14 days ago

    Same as cabinets .

    HU-910574726 thanked Patricia Colwell Consulting
  • 14 days ago

    I like thinkdesignlive's photo and I would paint the ceiling the same white as the wall crown molding.

    Painting the wall color, window trim, doors, etc the same color white is a nice possibility and can't go wrong. Flat for walls, ceiling, a finish for trim and doors.

    The only color would be coconut cabs and their attached molding.

    HU-910574726 thanked tracefloyd
  • 11 days ago
    last modified: 11 days ago

    Match the trim to cabinets; the sheen is the issue. Usually, trim is semi-gloss and cabs are semi-gloss; the walls are painted eggshell or matte. Walls in kitchen are the backdrop for trim and cabinets.