Kitchen cabinets…wood stained or painted?

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I am in the process of remodeling a kitchen of a house I bought in Prescott Arizona. I liked the present colors in the kitchen. It’s just the cabinets are lower quality, staggered and dated.. I would like them to be more uniform across the top and probably to the ceiling. We just had our former builder who owns a cabinet company here in Goodyear AZ do a rendering a new layout and we like the changes he made. So he’ll be constructing cabinets and doing the install.

I am pondering whether I want to return to a painted set of cabinets and to a dark alder island that matches our alder doors throughout the house. The second option would be to do a lighter wood color not sure what wood species just yet, as I am supposed to get together with my builder and look through some of his samples and see what might look nice with all the alder in the house.

The house is a little bit dark because of the way it faces and the overhang out back on the golf course. My builder has done painted cabinets for people. I’ve seen some finish kitchens with white. I wouldn’t do anything that stark. We are lighting up the tile in the house and paint colors too. But he seems to favor stained wood cabinets. He says he’s constantly asked to come back and touch up painted ones.

Any ideas suggestions or advice?

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Laura Baer
Original Author
last month
Here are some photos of the present cabinets
porkchop_z5b_MI
last month
The floor is going to drive the choice -- it's bossy. The white cabinets look very blah against it, and the color of the island isn't all that great with it, either. To boot, the khaki tone of the wall paint is fighting with the tile and so is the brick fireplace.

You said you are "lighting up" the tile in the house -- what does that mean? Are you changing the tile? IMO -- #1 thing to do is change the tile, then go from there. Lot of potential here, it's a nice space with a lovely view -- bite the bullet and ditch that tile so you can embrace the possibilities.
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Buehl
last month
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"We are lighting up the tile in the house"

As Porkchop said, we need to see the floor color(s) if you're changing the flooring. Are you changing the flooring type or staying with tile?

I'll admit that I personally prefer stained or natural wood over painted, so I would probably go with wood.
darbuka
last month
I'll admit that I personally prefer stained or natural wood over painted, so I would probably go with wood.

This👆

Also, if it’s within budget, I’d change the floors, as they are very bossy/busy, and limiting.
Laura Baer
Original Author
last month
Yes the tile is being replaced with a larger profile tile that is more of a limestone look porcelain tile from. A strong contender is Marrazi Uniche Beige the sample on the right below. It has some variation in the tile which I need for dog 🐾🐾.

The walls are being painted SW Canvas Tan which is much lighter than the walls when this photo was taken. Except the walls in the dining kitchen area is going to be SW Urban Jungle.