Help needed with kitchen colours - Michelle

silversurfer · Aug 16, 2011 1:06 am

Hi all,

New to the forum and looking forward to contributing over the next year or so as we build our family home. We have a colour appointment coming up and the wife and I are not sure which way to go with our kitchen cabinetry colours. The colours used in the house will be mainly neutrals to beige and we are tossing up between parchment and polar white for our kitchen cabinetry (we also considered antique white) Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Splash Back - glass strip window with pearly white finger tiles either side

Bench Top - Osprey caesarstone

Walls - Grand Piano quarter

Ceiling - Natural white

Back of rectangular island bench - Straight grain wenge laminate (dark brown)

Cupboard Doors, Cabinets, Draws and Overhead cupboards - Some type of white or beige??

Kickboard - laminex brushed stainless steel metallic finish

Hardware / Taps - chrome

Handles - modern satin chrome rectangular

Feature Lighting - decorative pendant over dining table to left of kitchen

Lighting - chrome downlights over kitchen area

Flooring - Blackbutt timber

suh · Aug 16, 2011 9:28 am

Hi there silversurfer

not Michelle here but thought I would say hello and share my thoughts. I have an Osprey top with Wenge cupboards in my bathroom, they look great together. If I were you I would go the Polar White cabinets. With your floors and walls I think a crisp white would be better than beige. Look forward to watching your build

kdgirl · Aug 16, 2011 12:56 pm

I think parchment would look great and goes well with beiges

silversurfer · Aug 16, 2011 2:47 pm

thanks for the advice,

I suppose both would work and whilst parchment would be a bit warmer, we are leaning more towards polar white for a bit more contrast with the flooring providing the warmth