What color should I paint my kitchen cabinets?
Paige asked:
I am getting unfinished cabinets so that I can paint them. My kitchen is a blank slate, I just don’t know what to do! I have hardwood floors, lots of windows. I don’t even know what color to paint my walls. I would like to have some color in my cabinets, I want them to be fun, but elegant. We live in the country in SC and my house is a little cottage (picket fence and all) Colors I already have in my kitchen are: my china is pink, my Kitchenaid is a pale yellow, my hoosier cabinet has some green in it. I really am a country type person, so modern looks like “black and white” won’t work! I would like to use several colors if possible, and I will be doing some distressing. Let me know what you think, if you have interesting cabinets I would love to see pictures!
I am getting unfinished cabinets so that I can paint them. My kitchen is a blank slate, I just don’t know what to do! I have hardwood floors, lots of windows. I don’t even know what color to paint my walls. I would like to have some color in my cabinets, I want them to be fun, but elegant. We live in the country in SC and my house is a little cottage (picket fence and all) Colors I already have in my kitchen are: my china is pink, my Kitchenaid is a pale yellow, my hoosier cabinet has some green in it. I really am a country type person, so modern looks like “black and white” won’t work! I would like to use several colors if possible, and I will be doing some distressing. Let me know what you think, if you have interesting cabinets I would love to see pictures!
March 21st, 2009 at 12:26 pm
a distressed wedgewood blue would look great with pink and pale yellow! or a distressed pale green! (i prefer the blue!)
March 24th, 2009 at 12:08 pm
In the movie Sleeping with the Enemy (Julia Roberts) she is shown painting kitchen cabinets a very pretty yellow, and the kitchen has green trim, very countryfied. with some very pretty pink flowers in the window. Check it out.
March 25th, 2009 at 5:29 am
Since the colors of things already in your kitchen are pink, yellow and green, I would reccomend maybe painting the cabinets a warm cream color, like ecru or antique white. That will keep your kitchen bright. Also, white woodwork never goes out of style. So its not so plain, give it some texture by adding crackle compound to the paint. That will give it a country style. To add some color, stencil small flowers or hearts in pink and yellow with green leaves as accents on the cabinet. Perhaps try a “Swedish friendship heart” design. Here is a link to where you can get the stencil:
March 25th, 2009 at 5:49 pm
You should crackle paint them!
.. You can use whatever colors, one underneath and one on top. It would fit in with your country theme
March 27th, 2009 at 9:55 am
first mustard then sage green.either rag roll or comb.
March 28th, 2009 at 11:18 am
I would base coat them a light pink, then top coat them with an off white. LIGHTLY sand over indentations or random areas to “burn” through to the pink.
Do some samples first before trying it on your cabinets. You may not like those colors, but that technique is great.
March 30th, 2009 at 9:53 pm
Finish cabinets in distressed white, green of hoosier, or yellow of Kitchenaid.
Paint walls yellow or green.
Stencil some pink and yellow flowers or other design on doors to cupboards, closets, and other rooms.
Get a print with yellow, green, and pink for curtains/placemats.