Painted Island Color

6 months ago

last modified: 6 months ago

We will have a wide u shaped kitchen with an island in the center of it all. Looking into the kitchen you will see the long side of the island with two white oak stools. The perimeter cabinets will be white oak. No uppers. The floors are concrete and the countertops will be quartz, the kitchen walls are to be white. What color would you paint the island? White like the walls or a slightly warmer white to differentiate? I do not want to do a fun color or a dark one. Want to keep it crisp and light. Thanks!

Also, need to clarify. Concrete is gray concrete color. The quartz will depend on the island color.

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chloebud

6 months ago

I would consider white like the walls for crisp/light. A warm white island with white walls could make the island look dingy, dirty and/or yellow-ish.

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Lyn Nielson
6 months ago
last modified: 6 months ago
I would paint the island base a soft green color, would be beautiful with the white oak and white.
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porkchop_z5b_MI
6 months ago
Whites are hard to mix. If you're set on it, agree with cholebud to do same as wall color to avoid potential dinginess or clashing of undertones. You said your counter will be quartz, but what color or pattern? If white or off-white you also must consider the countertop color when choosing wall paint and island paint -- it all has to go together. Whites are hard to mix. Said twice because it bears repeating.
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herbflavor
6 months ago
last modified: 6 months ago
what color for the concrete? its a strong element . what quartz is planned for counters?

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JAN MOYER
6 months ago
last modified: 6 months ago
Why painted anything for the island?

What are you going for? A concrete floor suggests a modern, almost industrial feel. I would question GRAY concrete stain.

Quartz doesn't seem the best choice for concrete, either....unless a deep charcoal.

I'd be leaning to a warmer stain on the floor, and I'd consider Soapstone for counter tops. Stools are an add on and can be anything and chosen any time. You don't plan a kitchen around stools.

Is ir a reno? A new build? What's the flavor everywhere else?

I'd go stone shopping, and delay an island/floor finish, until I knew my counter tops with certainty. ......and a white island feels all wrong.

Starting to feel like a one from column a, one from b sort of thing?

More context as to the TOTAL look of what you are doing would help
Robin Kane
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6 months ago
Yikes!
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Patricia Colwell Consulting
6 months ago
Why a painted island at all? IMO you choose the counter first , paint colmes in any color counters not so much anfd why quartz when there are so many real stones to choose from. Stools IMO like wall color are chosen last . Waht you describe sounds a bit safe and boring so maybe the stolls could be a bit of fun.
kandrewspa
6 months ago
Based on what you've described, I would get the island in the same finish as the lower cabinets. Not sure why you're considering a color for it. Concrete floors suggest a contemporary look which suggests a color scheme that isn't busy. What style are the cabinets? It would help people to understand your vision if you provided drawings, inspiration pictures and product samples (or any of those things). Pictures of the space as is would help too.