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Kitchens Renovating Design Dilemma

Which kitchen design is the best?

2 months ago

We have 3 kitchen designs we're deciding between. The difference between the 3 designs is the colour of the fridge end panel and fridge upper cabinet doors.
I'd like to hear from the community which design they feel is best. Looking forward to hearing your thoughts

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Kate
2 months ago
Opt 1
bigreader
2 months ago
What colour walls will be next to the Fridge?
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Paul
Original Author
2 months ago
The walls next to the fridge will be white :)
bigreader
2 months ago
Opt 1. Once the fridge is in you will hardly see the panel.
siriuskey
2 months ago
what colour is the fridge, I lean towards 3
Paul
Original Author
2 months ago
The fridge will be black.
siriuskey
2 months ago
with a black fridge i would enclose it in timber, not too crasy about timber on the return
Kate
2 months ago
Make the whole enclosure timber not just one side. They need to match
robandlyn
2 months ago
Not option 2 - either of the others would be ok. Option 2 would look silly with a different colour panel each side of fridge.
dreamer
2 months ago
Paul has not given the context of the position of the kitchen, the left side of fridge recess is actually a wall. So this will add to the correct suggestion for the panel colour.
dreamer
2 months ago
Option 1 from me.
dreamer
2 months ago
What colour will the underside of upper cabinets be?
Paul
Original Author
2 months ago
I decided to use do the 3 designs on a kitchen image I found online, that looks remarkable similar to my kitchen design, as shown in these 3 images. One thing to not is we will have 2 pac (Dulux Vivid White) doors for the base cabinets. But the fridge gable and cabinet doors will most likely be laminate (Polytec Polar White Matt), is a very similar (but not exact) colour to the 2 Pac.
dreamer
2 months ago
Trouble with option 1, is how will you deal with the different colour of the right hand vertical panel?
Paul
Original Author
2 months ago
Colour of the underside of upper cabinets (carcass) would be white. The doors would be Boston Oak. Yes, the main issue with Option 1 is dealing with the slight white colour mismatch of the vertical panel.

I'm thinking it might be safer to have the vertical panel (fridge gable) and cabinet doors above fridge to be Boston Oak, just for matching purposes.
siriuskey
2 months ago
your first photo will give you the best finish, I would also use oak on the underside of all the wall cabinets plus inside of the fridge panel (both sides )
Anne Monsour
2 months ago
I query the black fridge as that will stand out like a big dark focal hole .
bigreader
2 months ago
Have you really scrutinised the Vivid White and the Polar White? I feel they’ll clash. What white are you using for the walls? You don’t want to add a third white. And Vivid White is very stark on walls, not my preference.
Paul
Original Author
2 months ago
I'm using Taubmans Trade Pro White Low Sheen Interior Wall paint for the entire house.

Yes, I understand your point about the clash. So, we've decided to go with the Polytec Boston Oak for the fridge gable and cabinets above the fridge. We will stick with Dulux Vivid White for the base cabinet doors. We had a look at the Dulux range and felt that this one went best with our colour palette.
Kate
2 months ago
If having the white bulkhead I like the last render with white fridge unit. If you can colour match bulkhead to the cabinet. Also ensure ceiling is in flat ceiling paint not low sheen

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