Kitchen colours
Hi all. We have just bought this house at handover stage. It was built by another couple.
i don’t like the dark brown colour they chose for the kitchen cabinets (and there’s a lot of them). Is there anything we can do that wont cost a fortune?
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Black Bamboo
3 years agolast modified: 3 years agoTo me the more offending items are actually the lighter wood toned overhead cabinets. They are very 90's and together with the wenge look old folks home. I believe that if you changed the top cupboards to say something that blends in with the wall, given your nice pale benchtops you can probably accessorise the existing look to make it appeal better.
Some options......
- Copper accessories, very now and would work well with the wenge. This kitchen is matte black but you can see that copper and dark go very well together and looks chic.
- Get a metallic vinyl decal Japanese screen custom created and cover your island across the back. The dark brown and light wood cabinets will really work with it. Change out the stainless accessories for something a little more warm like brushed brass or copper. Accessorise with burnt orange pot holders, tea towels and objects D'Art.
- Pay to change the cupboard fronts. Not cheap but if you hate it that much.....
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Comments (7)Thanks, it’s not so much mould as it is a bad smell. I have mould allergies but I haven’t been getting any respiratory symptoms. I agree though I don’t know what I’m doing so that’s why I come on here for advice. Now I regret the cabinets & will have to figure something out. The Kaboodle kitchens cost a lot more than the Ikea ones. Now I think the Ikea one was a waste of time. The $2000 did include the $500 hood range. I’ve found the cabinet maker rude and I’m disappointed now as I was so excited to get this done. It’s just hard for me to organise anything as I work a rotating night shift / day shift roster which is always changing along & I have insomnia. Going forward what recommendations would you have? Just pay the extra and buy a Kaboodle? I’m going to ask the cabinet installer if he can change the panels to matte (might be easy) he was a very rude made though and I’m not going to hire people off Gumtree any more. He demanded all the money up front when he hasn’t even put in the range hood which js not available in Ikea yet. He messed me around saying the cabinets would be delivered on two days when they weren’t without so much as letting me know, don’t wait around they won’t be there today. He ended up dropping the cabinets over the day before install. I will pay the extra and get it done properly next time to save the stress and so I won’t feel bad communicating my concerns to him....See More
robinfk
3 years agoTilly
3 years agoMandy
3 years agoI agree with Tilly, once you have stuff in there, the cabinetry impact will recede a little. I’d be inclined to make the best of what you’ve got, at least in the first instance.
Firstly, I’d look at the wall colour, it comes across with a bit of apricot or pink, which isn’t good. Though that could be the photo.
To counteract the weird timber mix and high gloss I think you need to think concrete, matt black and a darker wood when styling, ie. darker timber (than the top cupboards) chopping boards, matt black/concrete/small white pots with indoor plants, concrete looking plates (ie. natural grey finish, next to matt black ones). Vase with dark green foliage. If you are looking at new fridge, I’d look at matt or gloss black finish rather than stainless steel, see pic.)
Have a look at the article below, it shows dark cabinets, with light timber and lots of white tiles. A similar light would work well.
Consider matt black handles on the bottom of the two cupboards above the range hood (refer to pic with black trim on light timber cupboards). Even change the range hood strip to matt black if possible.
If that still doesn’t work, consider changing the splash back to a matt grey. See pic. But that could also be too much. Need to get some other stuff in there first.
Good luck and please update with photos.
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