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Warm White Cabinets with Pure White Quartz?

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Hi All,


Unfortunately, I can't show any photos because we aren't even at the drywall stage of our renovation. However, the team wants my paint and countertop decisions ASAP.


I'm down to four warm white BM colors for cabinets. We will be using Caesarstone for the countertops. I don't want the typical Quartz with veins, just a clean look. I'd like white on white but scared they will clash. If my warm white paint selection turns out a bit darker than white, can I still use pure white counters? I just don't know what to do here.


We have medium toned wood floors.


I'd love to hear your thoughts!

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    You have to be very careful mixing warm and cool whites. If one thing in the room is cool and everything else is warm, your cool choice may end up sticking out like a sore thumb.
    Can you not get a sample of the Caesarstone and look at it with your cabinet paint samples?

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    white on white on white is a great choice. It won't be empty and simply contrasting whites forever. It will appear stark at first, but Once you start decorating/living in the space, the shades will meld into each other. relax, congratulations on your new build.


    Brandon Way thanked Lyn Nielson
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    Cambria White Cliff is a nice plain white quartz. I have used it in my previous and current master bathrooms, but I paired it with stained vanities.

  • last month

    We have Ceaserstone ocean foam and quite like it. We have white uppers.

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    Here is a closer picture or counter

    Brandon Way thanked WestCoast Hopeful
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    What white are you planning for the counters?

  • PRO
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    @Kendrah and @WestCoast Hopeful - Those look beautiful! @WestCoast Hopeful that's the problem. I am trying to speed up the paint decision process so I can coordinate with the Quartz. I'm looking at Vivid White, Organic White, Blizzard and Pure White.


    @Kendrah have you had any issues with White Tie and seeing the yellow undertones?

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    Our white cabinets are Snow White I believe.

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    If your cabinets are being professionally painted the BM color will be different color slightly than the over the counter paint colors.

  • PRO
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    MIxing whites can be tricky and why quartz for counters when so many beautiful real stones are available . All white kichens can be quite beautiful when done well but every white has undertones . I would choose my counter first since paint is easy to have done custom and plase look at somw thite granites before making any decision Waht I love about real stone is it is almost bullet proof but more than that is has a life in it that fake plastic will never have

  • last month

    Adding to what millworkman said, once you pick a BM color, your cabinet maker should make you a sample door in that color (or the cabinet paint version of that color). If you like it, then take the sample door to the slab yard and see which white quartz pairs best with it.

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    If you are not already smitten with a particular warm paint color then hold off on selecting the paint color. Pick your countertop first and then color match the cabinets to the counters. There are so few countertops that are going to hit the mark, that you will lock yourself in if you pick a paint color first.


    I don't find my linen white and vanilla corian to be too yellow, HOWEVER: 1. These colors will read differently in every space depending on the light, so you need to test them out in yours. 2. I have no white paint nearby - all of the spaces adjacent to the kitchen are also painted linen white (I'm obsessed with it). If I had other whites next to it, they would likely make the linen white lean yellow.


    To test a counter and cabinet combination do the following:


    Find a countertop you think you like. Bring home as large of a sample as you can find. Place it on a flat surface and place on the vertical surface large Samplize paint swatches. Move these two orientations around the room to different cabinet and counter locations, and at different times of day and night lighting.


    Once you think you have nailed it, have your cabinet maker make a sample door with the actual paint color and finish that will be on your cabinets. Repeat the test with the counter on the flat surface, your cabinet standing up vertically, different times of day, different areas of .your room.


    This is the only way you will accurately see how two warm whites will really look together in your space.


    Also, what is your flooring going to be?


    Another warm white favorite of mine is Maritime white. I did a former kitchen in it and am testing it today in our vacation home kitchen. I don't have a countertop to recommend with it though.

  • PRO
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    Great advice, thank you! Our floor will be medium colored wood (not laminent).

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    Every paint color is mixed at the store with different weights or volumes of each formula pigment color added to a titanium white base for light colors. The store workers can give you the formula of any of their colors for the paint type you're using. For cabinets BM Advance is the main cabinet paint. They also have Cabinet Coat.

    The store has the tech to use an analyzer to determine the color of a counter sample you bring in and create a formula to use their pigments and base to match it in Advance. Your cabinetmaker can use that to paint your cabinets. If you want, the paint store techs can use the match info to give you the same color in a darker or lighter version. You can use that for walls, trim or as a different cabinet color if you wish. Always have a sample made.

  • PRO
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    That is wonderful! Thanks so much 😊

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    The sheen on the product your cabinet maker uses will (or should) be ever so slightly different than any paint sample you get because it is a different kind of paint that cures, hardens, and is more protective than wall paint. This is why you want an actual sample of the door itself. It will reflect light differently and look just a bit different than a paint swatch.