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Kitchen colour selection

8 years ago

Down to the nitty gritty and struggling with colour selection so any input would be welcome. A couple of things to note: I'm not a fan of white sterile kitchens. The splash back faces a bank of very high windows allowing in north & westerly sun so high gloss is also not an option. 15 yr old home so not extremely modern but looking for a more contemporary look than I have at present. Have timber blackbutt floorboards. Possibly Caesarstone Urban bench tops, with lighter cupboard panels and preference for a tile splashback due to high reflection zone. Here's some sample ideas but open to other suggestions

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Tracy Oliver

8 years ago

If you're worried about too much colour, how about staying neutral but adding a geometric pattern?

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Emma
8 years ago
Ooooh I love the first collection of samples! I like the mix. If you are not a fan of white kitchens, you could consider having a bank of cupboards (either high or low) in a colour (perhaps a muted colour which would work well with the glare). Or if colours are not your cup of tea, perhaps a bank of cupboards in the timber/veneer you have chosen for some warmth and texture. So long as it works with the blackbutt floors.

I'm planning my kitchen reno at the moment and am leaning towards white cabinetry on two walls, a bank of low cupboards in a mint-grey green, caesarstone bianco drift bench tops, and handmade white tiles for the splash back (like you I prefer matt or semi- gloss surfaces). I want the texture of handmade tiles to break up that feeling of a white sterile kitchen.
sprenos
Original Author
8 years ago
Thanks Emma, agree with the possible choice of a separate colour. Above the splash back tiles, over the cooktop, are slightly recessed cupboards, including the undermount rangehood, 6 in total. I was possibly looking at making those 6 cupboards only a different shade possibly the 'pearl grey' as seen in the bottom photo, in lieu of the 'parchment' (both shown at the top of that photo) The kitchen is an L shape with an island bench and the rest of the kitchen would be in one shade only.
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sprenos
Original Author
8 years ago
I do love the look of the handmade tiles also but am concerned having too much colour in the tiles about 3 meters worth will be too confronting, but do want some colour for warmth. The hero of the kitchen in my case should be either the bench top, the splashback, or the overhead cupboards, not competing, hence my dilema.
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El Miller
8 years ago
Hi, did you finish things off? Would be great to see what you ended up doing! I'm considering these colours.....
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sprenos
Original Author
8 years ago
Hi Ellie, apologies for the delay in replying. Kitchen has literally just gone in, not completely finished yet, as am waiting on the floor to be fully sanded and sealed. Still haven't chosen a splash back tile..... it's doing my head in trying to decide colour, texture etc...!!
Cabinet colour is Malibu, overheads Alley Way, all satin finish.
Caesarstone benches - Urban, and Blackbutt timber flooring (unsealed in this photo)
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El Miller
11 months ago
I know it’s a million years ago….what did you go with?!
sprenos
Original Author
11 months ago
Oh gosh, now thats a blast from the past… really struggled making a decision on the splashback tile, took forever and an unexpected interstate trip to Melbourne to solve the puzzle.

it was an Italian floor tile with a Japanese influence called Origami which came in a 600 x 600 or a small option as in the attached photo.
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sprenos
Original Author
11 months ago
what you cant see is on the other side of the kitchen bench, is where I ended up introducing colour instead…. very much an Asian / Middle Eastern warm pallet with colourful persian rugs, furniture and decorator items collected on our travels.
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El Miller
11 months ago
Oh these are just beautiful! Thanks so much for sharing. (I’m back in Reno land after the last round in 2017, thus back into old threads!).

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