PLEASE help me find the right color for my ORANGE(ish) kitchen!
jordanshea518
9 years ago
I wrote a post a month or two ago trying to find the perfect white. I have come to terms with the fact that white will just not suit this house with the current kitchen. Unfortunately we don't have the budget right now to redo the kitchen, so I have to find a color that works well with this (orange) kitchen!! I absolutely hate it- nothing looks good! We have gotten numerous quotes, but we are going to paint ourselves.
Please help me with suggestions. I would prefer to use Sherwin Williams, but am open to others within that price range (I love BM but it's just too costly).
So far I have sampled SW Creamy (too white), White Duck, Greek Villa (way too white), and Panda White. Panda white is the top contender, but I am extremely uncertain- it may be too pink.
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Please help me with suggestions. I would prefer to use Sherwin Williams, but am open to others within that price range (I love BM but it's just too costly).
So far I have sampled SW Creamy (too white), White Duck, Greek Villa (way too white), and Panda White. Panda white is the top contender, but I am extremely uncertain- it may be too pink.
Ah!
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9 years agolast modified: 9 years agoThanks everyone for your suggestions!
My Fiance actually wanted to do a grey tone, but I wasn't sure how it would look. Maybe I will give it a second chance. I do have the SW color fan, but because we have SO much natural light (windows facing south) the light is always changing and I can't get a true judge of color.
I love that Hillgrove color, Lori_Tartaglia Volpatti. Maybe I can get SW to do a color match.
Eventually I am aiming for a kitchen renovation to get it to look something like this (1)
but my Fiance loves white cabinets so we are in debate (2).
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