Building the Drysdale 30

We've got our *contract take 2* appointment today It should go to plan this time

But I've been second guessing my kitchen colour choice over the past week. ARGHHHHHH!

We've chosen laminex parchment in the shaker door profile and most of the kitchens I've pinned on pinterest are white. Dunno if I should change it to polar white or white, we are having caesar stone Osprey for our bench and our glass splashback is Dulux Limed White (a 'greige' colour). Wall colour is Lushious White (quite similar to Floktali - but a bit warmer in tone) and trim is First Snow.

I really should have shown our colour consultant pictures I liked of kitchens - it wasn't till last week I realized that most of the kitchens I like on pinterest are white http://pinterest.com/sandra_inglis/home-kitchens/ and maybe I should be doing the white kitchen too.

I plan on buying silver coloured cup pulls and knobs from the US and have them shipped over. Cup pulls for the drawers and knobs for the cupboards. Something like this:



Our original colour choice:
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Now??? Pictured are the three whites - Parchment, White and Polar White - with Osprey



If we do change it, we might need to change the splash back to half limed white - or choose another 'white-ish' splash back that will go with osprey and our wall colour.

What should I do????

If anyone has photos of their parchment kitchens I'd be quite happy to see them...

All the best with your Contract today.

I guess it depends on the overall tone you are looking for. Are you looking for a warm or cool tone? Interestingly you have chosen Polar White for your Laundry, so it is also a colour that you like. I think the Parchment gives off a yelow hint (warm) and the Polar White (cooler) hint. I am no colours expert though. We personally have gone for the Polar White cupboards with the Essa Stone Crystal Chalk (not that different to Osprey). However we have a green splashback so can't quite compare there. We are wanting a "Fresh clean look". (haven't built it yet though)

The photo of the colours on the white paper makes them look quite yellow, however they don't look like that in the photos from your appointment. I remember stewing over what type of white to chose and at the end of the day I came to the realisation of - As long as it is white of some sort, it doesn't really matter, no one will look at my kitchen and think I should have a different sort of white. Overall it will just be white. I just had the colour consultant help us chose the right white for the rest of the colours in our palette.

Good luck

I'm thinking maybe I should go back to Hopetoun on the weekend. I really want to get it right and I don't want to regret my choice. I like what u said MummaDJ about the shade of white and what others think. Lol. That's true. Ill talk to my BC about it today anyway. I just can't decide. Sometimes I'm happy with it and other times I agree with mumtomonkeys that it should be white or grey. I do like the crispness of the polar white but lean towards warmer tones for walls and furnishings.

Inglewood, part of your misgivings might be because the original is on a background of black and the new on a background of white. It is hard to see the colours without the reflection of what is surrounding them. I never saw yellow in parchment until I put it against white either. Lighting also has an effect. I was going with polar white, but decided on alabaster (which looks a bit pink, but only against stark white!) as it will tone in with everything else.

Good luck, I know that colours did my head in and I am glad now that everything is chosen and can't be changed!

I like your original colour selections

This is why they're taking so long with our land...

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In other news... I went into Hopetoun this morning (where the interior designer I spoke to there did not know what I meant when I said "Shaker Style Kitchen" )

I'm a little bit clearer about my colours. Played around with the caesar stone and essa stone and took plenty of pics. The shaker style door they have there is Polar white so it was handy to see that with Osprey and Ice Snow.

Ice Snow and Polar White Shaker Door


Osprey and Polar White Shaker Door



I love this kitchen and it has the cool white cupboards with the warm beige walls and darker floors. Walls in this picture are darker than what we are having - but we could always paint the kitchen walls a darker colour to get this effect - maybe even the same colour as our backsplash - Limed White.

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So it's been decided. Polar White it is.

Kitchen Cupboard Doors: Polar White
Bench: Osprey
Glass Splashback: Starfire Dulux Limed White Half
Walls: Lushious White
Trim: First Snow

Now I really have to stop thinking! It get's me in trouble...

Thanks Back Pocket! Yeah, those pendant lights are really nice, but I'm in love with the industrial hamptons style pendant lights.

$219 from http://www.capecoddesigns.com.au
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Or these from Schots $199 http://www.schots.com.au/parisian-pendant-light-in-brushed-nickel/


This afternoon we're going to get a sample pot and paint up a board so we can compare the splashback colour with polar white and make sure it's right. It's too hard to get an accurate idea from the tiny paint chip cards.