Browse Forums Interior Decorating Lounge 1 Jul 22, 2010 7:31 am Hi Michelle and everyone! Love some opinions on colours please I have a 10yr old Antique White Vinyl wrap kitchen. To give it a facelift I want to replace the benchtops and splashbacks, plus paint the kitchen and dining/family that it is joined to. At the moment the whole room looks very creamy/yellow. The kitchen (Antique White is definite not a white); walls are Dulux Off White, and kitchen tiles similar colour too. What colour bench top, splashback and walls can I use to create a less 'yellow' kitchen?? My other option is to completely redo the kitchen as it has to be moved for some internal wall moving anyway?? My other question .. what do you think of walk in pantries? I could turn one wall of my very large kitchen into a walk in pantry with bench, draws, cupboards, fridge, microwave etc. Left in kitchen would be a 140cm space along the wall (for oven) and possibly an island bench of 120 x 180 for sink and breakfast bar. Thanks so much for reading. Love some thoughts! Re: Colours to make Antique white kitchen not so yellow?? 2Jul 22, 2010 5:59 pm MumofTwo29….can you post a photo? Internal and External Building and Colour Consultant Online - Worldwide http://www.denovoconcepts.com Re: Colours to make Antique white kitchen not so yellow?? 4Jul 22, 2010 7:51 pm MumofTwo29….unfortunately nothing is going to stop the Antique White of your cupboards looking their colour. At the moment from the photo you have put up it all blends quite well. Maybe in the morning you could take another photo in the day light to show me? Internal and External Building and Colour Consultant Online - Worldwide http://www.denovoconcepts.com Re: Colours to make Antique white kitchen not so yellow?? 5Jul 23, 2010 10:23 am http://img687.imageshack.us/img687/2366/kitchen001.jpg Above are two pictures taken during daytime. I definitely want to change splashbacks & benchtops. The bench with the sink is moving in towards the kitchen as the back family, dining & bedrm being flipped around and a wall being moved. I want to create more space in the family/dining and happy to take some of the excess from centre of kitchen. I will lose my overhead shelving (above stove), but keep cupboard. Also lose my corner cupboard next to oven to accomodate the new wall and kitchen placement. Also, the wall of the kitchen where fridge/pantry is I am concerned about. I love the glass overheads, but need to fix 2 draw fronts below bench as vinyl wrap peeling, plus I want to change the cupboards to drawers too. Also, want a place for microwave. The fridge space is only 700mm. Fine now, but what if I ever want a bigger fridge?? Should I just pull out the kitchen completely and start again? Much bigger costs but I can then have exactly what I want in my colour choice (white). Should I keep most of kicthen and just move and replace as needed? Then what benchtop and splashback and wall colour will help to make my kitchen cupboards less yellowy?? Would replacing my fridge with a stainless steel help too?? Thank you!! Re: Colours to make Antique white kitchen not so yellow?? 7Jul 23, 2010 7:35 pm I think you are going to loose too much space when you loose some of your cupboards. So in answer to your question, the best idea is to pull out the kitchen and get a new one designed. Yes more costly, but at least you do it right, and get what you want. Otherwise, you may regret the money you spend doing a quick fix. Internal and External Building and Colour Consultant Online - Worldwide http://www.denovoconcepts.com Re: Colours to make Antique white kitchen not so yellow?? 8Jul 23, 2010 8:51 pm I have worked out a design using the existing kitchen where the sink/diswasher section is cut out (thus loose the cupboards underneath); and loose shelves but not cupboards above stove. My bench becomes an island and is extended to 1400 x 2000. My material costs should just be the island bench (pot drawers, sink/dishwaser space, and I will use my cutlery drawer carcass again). So mostly labour and moving plumbing a metre. It just seems a pity to get rid of vinyl wrap. If I keep it what colours do you suggest for benchtop, splashback and walls? I am thinking glossy, large chocolate tiles for splashback, Dulux New Antique White on walls, Dulux Warm neutral on a feature wall in family; bench top laminex diamond gloss mineralstone and dark timber floors (currently have) What do you think of these choices??? New kitchen/family rm/bedrm plan: http://img42.imageshack.us/img42/5958/h ... nfinal.jpg THANK YOU so much for your input. It is SO appreciated!!! Re: Colours to make Antique white kitchen not so yellow?? 9Jul 23, 2010 8:59 pm If your wrap is starting to peel at some places might be time to go? I’ll have a look over the weekend for you, busy week at work. Internal and External Building and Colour Consultant Online - Worldwide http://www.denovoconcepts.com Re: Colours to make Antique white kitchen not so yellow?? 10Jul 27, 2010 8:10 pm I can’t find the Diamond gloss mineralstone….not sure what’s going on there. It’s not in my book also. Internal and External Building and Colour Consultant Online - Worldwide http://www.denovoconcepts.com Re: Colours to make Antique white kitchen not so yellow?? 11Jul 29, 2010 6:48 pm Mich I think the OP could mean Pure Mineralstone??? Quite a few members have it viewtopic.php?f=16&t=29086&p=475139&hilit=+pure+mineralstone#p475139 Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Still not in. Don't ask!? Re: Colours to make Antique white kitchen not so yellow?? 12Jul 29, 2010 8:31 pm Definately a new kitchen. There's too much you want to do to bother re-designing yours, it would probably cost you the same in the end with all the mucking about! Custom European Cabinets - Melbourne Kitchen Specialist PM for business details as website currently being updated! Our Crazy Owner Builder Journey! Re: Colours to make Antique white kitchen not so yellow?? 13Jul 30, 2010 2:53 pm I have an Antique white kitchen too. It is open plan and part of the room the family room is in. We are currently repainting the family room, the walls of which butt up to the kitchen cupboards. At the moment I have quite few colors on the wall to see. Anything white makes it more noticeable the cupboards are not white. Up next to the other whites, Dulux Off White is actually more 'peach' than yellow, as it has some red tint in in. Dulux Antique White actually came up with the same tones as the kitchen. So, I would say if you want the kitchen cupboards to look less 'colored' I would stay away from white walls. If you did Hogs Bristle or some Latte colored walls, and a bench top in similar tones, the Antique White cupboards could become part of that color scheme. Or you could even go for some other 'colored' wall If you put in a really striking splashback (sea elephant?)that would be the focus rather than the cupboards. Re: Colours to make Antique white kitchen not so yellow?? 14Jul 30, 2010 8:29 pm bel Mich I think the OP could mean Pure Mineralstone??? Quite a few members have it viewtopic.php?f=16&t=29086&p=475139&hilit=+pure+mineralstone#p475139 Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Is that a Laminate? Looks like a stone? Internal and External Building and Colour Consultant Online - Worldwide http://www.denovoconcepts.com Re: Colours to make Antique white kitchen not so yellow?? 16Jul 30, 2010 8:33 pm Boy….that’s shiny, very nice indeed! Internal and External Building and Colour Consultant Online - Worldwide http://www.denovoconcepts.com Re: Colours to make Antique white kitchen not so yellow?? 17Jul 30, 2010 8:34 pm Definately laminate Custom European Cabinets - Melbourne Kitchen Specialist PM for business details as website currently being updated! Our Crazy Owner Builder Journey! Hi guys, I want to do some floor levelling before laying the planks and am considering doing it with self-levelling or yellow tongue PB board. I am wondering which one… 0 6528 Not sure who you're building with, but I moved in recently to a 11month scheduled, 8 month actual build on the South coast/Illawarra NSW 3 5908 |