Kitchen Colour Pallet Crisis
Hi, prepare to be inundated with detail and ideas in my head!
Inspirations....
I am having mind wars on colours in our looming entire kitchen renovation. Whilst I like new concepts and designs I try to stay away from fads but at the same time be a little more creative than boring. Our current apricot laminex kitchen, u shaped will become an L shaped kitchen with separate island bench and opposite, the pantry cupboards. I am certain on using an natural oak veneer look material and contemplating Polytec's Ravine, Natural Oak. Horizontal double row top cabinets, bottom half an off white horizontal style drawers with built in ovens. This design will continue around the kitchen with under sink and corner cupboards being off white like the bottom oven area, then the island separate. I was going to use the wood ravine as an opposite contrast on the island and on both sides so this is visible from the dining room table. Then tall pantry doors completely opposite the L shape, to be in timber ravine also. I have purchase Blanco Black/anthracite double sink and tap. I am trying to introduce a contemporary industrial feel as we have dark slate floors and natural timber beam which forms a perimeter around the kitchen area. So I feel timber with white and black fixtures will send me in the right direction, however!, the bench top and splashback...I have gone from Caesarstone's raw concrete bench top to a complete opposite like Calcutta Novo. Completely different concepts...which one???. then the splashback. I firstly thought a matt black stone type tile, maybe hexagonal or should I be thinking a lighter splashback but still natural stone look.
I feel as though the natural stone wood and concrete with black highlights here and there is the way to go, but these two areas have me stumped. Here is my kitchen currently and attached are my pinterest pins along the way. more to look at means more confusion.. :(
kitchen now
Inspirations...
Comments (7)
hayley
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Comments (3)Yeah I thought of having a table which kind of comes from under the benchtop. and just having chairs on one site and the corners and if we have guests I could pull out the table completely and put chairs on the other side as well. thank you for that idea I thought that would give me more space...See MoreWe are getting a new kitchen!
Comments (25)@Aimee, I know this dilemma was never about your layout and only about the "style" but sometimes it's easy for us readers to digress a little but it does help the author, you, to have a good look or a good think about it, leave no stone unturned so to speak!! This kitchen whatever the layout, only needs to suit you as the cook in the home. My kitchen is being designed exactly the same way, for me and not hubby or anyone else in the family as I'm the resident cook too. If for example, I placed the microwave in the usual spot above the oven, now seen in almost all modern kitchens, then only hubby could use it, as I'm terribly height challenged ha-ha.....but I'm having a wall cabinet placed far lower down on the wall, thus suiting both of us!! Again I'm not having any overheads, well a few slimline cupboards but they are like half the height of a standard overhead, so I can still reach the shelf but I'm not having any normal overheads, as they would be useless to me and I'm building for me not for anyone else, so if a future buyer wants overheads, nothing will prevent them from doing so. I see you have no overheads in your pics either, perhaps height challenged like me?? Currently, we're living in a tiny home (7sqrs) whilst building our dream home, my fridge isn't even in the kitchen, I have to take about 5 steps and travel through the lounge and into a back room to access it and I have lived with it for several years now and it's no bother at all but I must admit, it will be nice when it's back in the kitchen where it belongs, it's simply too big for this little home. Good luck with your reno, it sounds very exiting, I wish I was as advanced as you were!!! Finished pics would be lovely. Cheers, Barbara...See MoreIs there a colour 'rule' when choosing your homes colour palette?
Comments (5)I did the same colour pallet as your describing on a new build. Black kitchen window frames, concrete floors and timber accents. Not quite finished yet but I'm happy. Must tell you that Laminex have just brought out a matt black that doesn't show fingerprints for your black kitchen cabinets. Basically I used concrete, accent colour was black, all walls and ceilings in Whisper white and then added timber. Hope this helps....See Morekitchen and bathroom cabinets !
Comments (4)If you live in a small apartment, or you can see both sets of cabinetwork together from a hallway, or another room, then matching them would be a good idea for visual consistancy. In a smaller home it is always a good idea to limit the number of materials and colours in your pallete to avoid it looking busy. Chose materials and colours that will work well in both spaces. Just because something works well in one room, it doesn't mean that it will automatically work as well in the other room due to different light (and windows). If you live in a larger home, and there is no visual link between the two rooms then there is no need to use the same materials and colours. Although if you can't make decsions easily it might be easier to limit to a consistent pallete throughout! Best of luck with your selections, Regards Dr Retro of Dr Retro House Calls....See Morehayley
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