Kitchen color palette
Over my Christmas break, I painted our kitchen. Much of our house is painted the same creamy neutral color (except for our bathrooms and bedrooms). It’s a fine color, but I was sick of looking at it and I was sick of the yellow tones it gives me in photos in the kitchen. It is now painted a warm gray.
Before
After
I’m ready to paint some canvases and get new kitchen towels and perhaps paint some of our items on our counters (spatula holders, etc.) But I’m unsure what colors to use as accents. There’s a built-in accent: red. The counters and floors have red in them.
Counters and floors (before painting the walls)
I’ve got some ideas but I just can’t make up my mind. Care to share your thoughts?
Feathered brights
Cranberry tones
Plum fresh
Thankful harvest
January 6th, 2012 at 7:49 pm
I vote Cranberry because they’re cool colors and the red is not too pinky.
January 8th, 2012 at 2:14 pm
The gray looks great with the red!
I like that gold color in the harvest palette, but I’m partial to yellows. That aqua in the feathered brights collection is also attractive to me.
What kind of feel do you want? Fun and funky, or more sophisticated? You’ll have to decide if you want to blend more with the gray or punch things up. Personally, I like our kitchen to be cheery. I spend a lot of time in there and I want to look around and feel happy. Maybe you want something calming? Which colors do what you want?
January 8th, 2012 at 10:43 pm
I like the cranberry tone ones. I may have to steal some of your color schemes some day – love them!