Browse Forums Kitchen Corner 1 Aug 16, 2011 12:06 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 Help needed with kitchen colours - Michelle 2Aug 16, 2011 8:28 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 Re: Help needed with kitchen colours - Michelle 3Aug 16, 2011 11:56 am I think parchment would look great and goes well with beiges Re: Help needed with kitchen colours - Michelle 4Aug 16, 2011 1:47 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 You never have a fridge against wall as you’ve drawn. The doors can’t open past 90 degrees and it’s difficult and maybe impossible to remove drawers 2 15583 Hi All, I engaged a tradie to install concrete retaining wall 600-800mm high over 32 meters in Victoria. Sleepers are 200*75*2000 mm installed over 17 steel posts. I… 0 6882 Building Standards; Getting It Right! Don't think they are designed for double brick. WA has a particular way of building and unfortunately that's the way a large amount of sills are finished. 3 6996 |