Snowy mountain quarter or vivid white shaker cabinets
Hi
I need to let me kitchen designer know in the next day or two which colour to go for on my new kitchen and I just can't decide between SMQ and VW.
Our workers cottage faces west and doesn't get a huge amount of natural light but we have opened up the back wall and put in a velux which has added more light. There will be cypress timber floor and I'm using brushed brass hardware. I prefer a warmer look and I feel that SMQ would suit the older style home but I'm afraid it will throw grays or yellows or look dirty. Has anyone used SMQ in their kitchen, would love to hear other's experience.
here is a pic of the old cabinets which I painted in both colours
Pantry:
LHS is VW
RHS is SMQ
Wall unit
LHS is SMQ
RHS VW
Drawers
Middle is SMQ
Please scroll down for further pics lower down in the thread, thanks :0)
Comments (12)
bigreader
2 years ago
Kimberley Pottinger
2 years agoRelated Discussions
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Comments (42)Hi Katrina, In the rooms (in my SIL house) that throw that green cast they have a neutral carpet. There is A LOT of light in this particular area of the house, so I do believe that impacts the undertone. In my own house, I also have very bright rooms, large windows, westerly facing. We went NWH. Now what is interesting is in one room (the brightest room) it looks bright and white and in the other room which is adjacent and still a bright room but have sheers over window, it looks darker. I like a bright white room but the SM H/Q threw that weird green cast in my house. I prefer the NW because it has a warmer feel to it whilst still is a nice, white colour. I have light flooring also. Truly, its so difficult and far from an exact science because so much influences the colour in your own home. I'm not sure what the NW would look like next to the SM, but if the rooms are not open plan, I don't know if most people would tell. We painted the bedrooms (I think from memory) Lexicon Q and I don't find it jarring, they are just in a different part of the house and we needed a different white. Good luck, finding the right white is a journey! With kindness, SB....See MoreTimber ceiling - which white wall colour ?
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Comments (7)Thank God someone talking about the effects of light and surrounding colour (and furnishings) when choosing a white (or any paint). So sick of reading about how 'bad' vivid white is on walls. I have put a paint sample up on the walls of my (poor natural lighting) unit, and it looks great, as well as being a good foil/contrast to the colours in the furniture I am painting. Tried white on white, which looks great in the pot, only to look 'dirty' on the walls. Vivid white in my unit doesn't look 'clinical', but 'clean', and most importantly, looks 'white' instead of slightly yellow or grey, or worse, like the walls haven't been cleaned in a decade. And the place looks brighter and more welcoming because more light is being reflected off the walls (and as I said, there is not enough of that to begin with). And as an FYI, yes, vivid white is an untinted Dulux colour, and is used as a base. However, I was just talking to a paint shop retailer of a different brand who I have been getting some supplies off, and he said that the Dulux vivid white base is actually slightly yellower than their base (Luxury paints base), which is very white. So even the much disparaged vivid white isn't a 'pure' white. And I did notice that when I put it up on the walls of my unit. The current white is very similar, but more yellow, but I was surprised there wasn't as much of a difference as I expected. Just goes to show the effect of a) the surrounding colour and b) the light a room gets....See MoreG D
2 years agoKimberley Pottinger
2 years agoG D
2 years agolast modified: 2 years agoHere are a few more photos
1st 4 cabinets top and bottom SMQ3rd top and bottom VW
4th not using was white on white
5th top SMQ
Top drawer SMQ
Bottom drawer VW
pls ignore mess currently putting in a window :0)
same units but looking into kitchen
G D
2 years ago
from Left:
top and bottom VW
2nd top and bottom SMQ
remaining in lexicon and too blue
G D
2 years ago
from Left:
top and bottom VW
2nd top and bottom SMQ
remaining in lexicon and too blue
Kimberley Pottinger
2 years agoG D
2 years ago
Kate
2 years ago
G DOriginal Author