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Kitchen color help

12 years ago
We painted our cabinets Duck Egg blue from Annie Sloan's chalk paint line. We love the color, but we are having a hard time finding a good color for the walls to match. Anyone have any suggestions? (Excuse the messy kitchen)

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  • 12 years ago
    What look are you trying to achieve? Do you have other pics of room and adjoining rooms to show furniture, window covering etc. That would help a lot.
  • 12 years ago
    Charcoal would be amazing!
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    12 years ago
    Navy blue
  • 12 years ago
    I love that shade of blue! You did a very nice job.

    With the wood floor, black appliances and black knobs/door pulls, if this were my home I'd probably go with white, as you have the walls & ceiling, or a lighter blue, between the cabinet colors and white........a very faint blue. Not sure you can use the Annie Sloan paints on walls (I have used Ce Ce Caldwell & American Paint chalk/clay paints, not really for walls). Looking at where the backsplash stops near the windows, I think anything not white or lighter blue is going to be too stark.

    You could also look for a nice wallpaper with a similar tone of blue, maybe a damask or toile, for the area on the walls and around the windows, and keep the ceiling white. It's a small area based on the pictures you posted, but not sure what areas surround it. I think MarleneM's comments are accurate, without knowing what the surrounding rooms (dining? living? den?) look like, trying to tie it together is tough.
  • 12 years ago
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    love your color choice for the cabs! I would keep the walls white and paint the ceiling the same blue color ... a white chandy would great against the blue ceiling.

    If you ever want to replace the counters, I think black would look awesome:
    Jon M thanked indianpatti
  • 12 years ago
    Great job, BTW! I love Annie Sloan chalk paint and this is my fav of the colours. You could go many ways with this as a base. Do you want a bright or muted look?
    This is a fabric that I have saved in my idea book. I am picking up on red towels on stove, something like this could be used for window treatments.
    http://houzz.com/photos/1246007
  • 12 years ago
    I would paint the walls the same blue as the Annie Sloan paint.
  • 12 years ago
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    I think white, and some wallpaper with your light blue and white in it.
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    Jon M thanked mpoulsom
  • 12 years ago
    Will you be putting decorative items along the tops of the cabinets? If so, you probably should consider that into the equation. If you have a number of bold/colorful items to display up there, then I'd lean toward something light, a very light grey maybe. But if you will not be adding any color that way, then I'd vote for a darker grey or darker blue, like in JudyG's picture. Can't quite tell from the photo, is your sink blue? Or is it stainless just reflecting darker?
  • 12 years ago
    Wow! Thank you for all the comments. There aren't any window treatments yet, and the dinning room is also just primer right now. I like the charcoal idea and I definitely think we need to go to black counter tops with a white apron sink. The hallway leading into the kitchen is Pavillion beige. Thanks again everyone!
  • 12 years ago
    I LOVE the color of the cabinets and I really like the charcoal suggestion. Post pics whenever you decide & paint! Would love to see it!
  • 12 years ago
    something just hit me............black and white wallpaper, instead of blue and white.