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I need help choosing kitchen cabinets colour selection

7 years ago

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I need help choosing kitchen cabinets colour to go with Dark brown laminate flooring. I am in the process of renovating house installing darkish brown floor, new kitchen and wall colour light cream or white. Would appriciate advice in terms of colur commbination:

1. Kitchen cabinets

2. benchtop

3. Splashback

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girlguides

7 years ago

I wouldn't go laminate flooring or replace tiles unless need to. Painting great and spend money on stone benchtop and glass splashback. Read posts on laminate flooring- doesn't have same longevity as tiles or other flooring

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Nurali Prasla
Original Author
7 years ago
Laurel Brown Laminate floor
annb1997
7 years ago
Nurali, I have looked through your Ideabook kitchen photos, and it looks like you prefer a modern style in neutral tones. Is that correct? May I ask what style of architecture is your home that you are renovating? Is it open plan? I ask because you may want to consider how the new kitchen style relates to any other connecting rooms. Is the laminate flooring throughout the house or just in the kitchen?
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Nurali Prasla
Original Author
7 years ago
Thanks for your reply. Yes I prefer modern look.
I have attached pictures.
Nurali Prasla
Original Author
7 years ago
We are changing flooring whole house plus painting all walls.
annb1997
7 years ago
Thank you, Nurali, for the photos. Have you decided upon which paint colour for your walls yet? I ask because that may have some bearing on kitchen cabinet colour. White is always a winner, but it's entirely up to you if you want a cooler colour or warmer. Your beautiful timber furniture is going to provide warmth to either colour scheme.
annb1997
7 years ago
Do you plan to have the same U-shape design for your new kitchen, or will you reconfigure it? Will you do the work yourself or do you have someone to do the joinery? Are you replacing any appliances? Do you want an island bench? Do you have adequate storage or do you need more? Do you want granite, engineered stone or laminate benchtops? Do you want flat cabinets or a particular style? With handles or handleless?
Nurali Prasla
Original Author
7 years ago
Similar style kitchen with 40mm benchtop. Not changing layout at all.
With handles.
Tilly
7 years ago
Your kitchen is a good size but not huge so I would go with gloss white to match in with your lovely fridge. All white appliances. Light coloured bench top in the grey range.
Backsplash, I'd go to tile expo, choose something you love and add some colour behind the stove, the rest of the splashbacks behind the sink etc in white subway tiles.
Dark floors as you have chosen, all the walls in the house Dulux Whisper White.
This is a great colour to go with everything, i use it all the time in my designs.
Tilly
7 years ago
With the splashback only add colour to the back wall behind and tile the side wall in white.
Nurali Prasla
Original Author
7 years ago
Thanks Tilly
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Cordony Group
7 years ago
Have a look this kitchen we recently styled with dark floors! We loved the combination of textures and tones.

Hope we inspired you.
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Nurali Prasla
Original Author
7 years ago
Thanks i am thinking of going with dulux white cabinets with Dulux stoncorp 3 cabinets above cooktop and copperish splashback.
Nurali Prasla
Original Author
7 years ago
Any suggestions for kitchen pendant lights on the island
annb1997
7 years ago
Some ideas.
Giselle Topper
5 years ago
Copper pendant lights would look nice.
dreamer
5 years ago
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