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Post by mom2kbs on Aug 20, 2021 19:57:36 GMT
I previously posted we are remodeling our kitchen. It is currently totally empty and I ready for it to be done!
The cabinets are white, the countertops are white quartz and the backsplash will be white subway tile with a dark grout. Our floors are a beige tile and not coming out. The whole open concept area is currently a light off white. You can tell it is not true white just a soft off white. So I am trying to decide for the one wall with the most space if I should do it a blue color or a light beige. We will be moving in 3-4 years so that may or may not factor into my decision. I love the blue I chose and he rest of the house has blue accents. Just not sure if I would love a whole big blue wall in my kitchen
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Post by **GypsyGirl** on Aug 20, 2021 20:02:54 GMT
How big of a wall are you talking about? Honestly, I'd paint it blue. It's just paint. If you absolutely hate it, you can always paint it again. We did an all white kitchen when we remodeled 8.5 years ago. Open plan so everything is white in that part of the house. Our island has a gorgeous blue granite, while the perimeter cabinets are a creamy white. Our plan next year is to do a small remodel on one wall which will necessitate changing the perimeter countertops and backsplash. I am so flipping bored with the all white everywhere that we'll be going back with a blue backsplash. So my vote is paint the wall blue.
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Post by 950nancy on Aug 20, 2021 20:03:13 GMT
It's just paint. Try it. I have some bolder colors in my house and love them.
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Post by rst on Aug 20, 2021 20:19:25 GMT
You love the color, so use it.
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Post by tanya2 on Aug 20, 2021 20:20:15 GMT
Yup I was going to say the same thing. Its just paint. Go for it. If you hate it, then its an easy change
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Post by workingclassdog on Aug 20, 2021 20:23:44 GMT
DO IT!!! and you know the rules!! Pictures.. haha
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Post by leftturnonly on Aug 20, 2021 20:25:18 GMT
I love blue, so my opinion here is probably too biased to answer on that.  Light beige, though, would be among my last choices. If *I* were to pick a neutral, I'd go with more of a pretty grey-brown greige color. Even a pale yellow or eggshell would be far superior to deadly dull beige IMO. |
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Post by jeremysgirl on Aug 20, 2021 20:58:31 GMT
If given the choice between blue and beige, I'm going to pick the blue every time...
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Post by PaperAngel on Aug 20, 2021 21:07:06 GMT
Congratulations on your newly remodeled space! IMHO a blue (or other color) accent wall would actually showcase (vs a beige wall that would just blend into) the kitchen.
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Post by mrsscrapdiva on Aug 20, 2021 21:10:35 GMT
Blue in the kitchen seems really popular right now. I would do it!
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Post by Lexica on Aug 20, 2021 21:10:52 GMT
I used a cobalt blue in my first house. Not on a whole wall, because the space couldn't handle that, but in many of the accents in the kitchen and the tile flooring had streaks of cobalt in the design. I loved it. I don't use blue any longer, but I loved it when I had it.
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Post by KelleeM on Aug 20, 2021 21:33:48 GMT
My kitchen is blue. I picked it out five years ago and still love it.
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Post by lesley on Aug 20, 2021 21:35:30 GMT
My kitchen has white units, a dark grey floor, and grey faux concrete worktops. Even though it’s a small room, all of the walls are a gorgeous lapiz blue. It’s been about three years since I completed it, and it still feels restful and makes me smile.  |
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Post by lisae on Aug 20, 2021 22:03:53 GMT
It sounds like a good choice to break up the white. Do you have some blue accessories to use in other areas of the kitchen?
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Post by Sue on Aug 20, 2021 22:12:59 GMT
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Post by refugeepea on Aug 20, 2021 23:12:42 GMT
I thought this thread would be about blue kitchen cabinets.  I LOVE the kitchen in the Netflix series Grace & Frankie. I say paint it blue. |
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Post by revirdsuba99 on Aug 21, 2021 0:01:25 GMT
My mother always wanted a blue kitchen. She never got it except for blue knobs on the cabinets. Knobs that she painted herself.
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Post by lurker on Aug 21, 2021 0:27:58 GMT
Pardon the crappy pics - here's my blue kitchen.   |
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Post by peano on Aug 21, 2021 0:48:06 GMT
Personally I'm not a blue person, and especially not in the kitchen, as it is not a color associated with appetite. But I believe it's even more important to please yourself and make yourself happy. But by all that is holy, please select a good blue. Not baby boy pastel blue, not a blue so cobalt it reads Day-Glo. Something with a little gray in it (e.g. lurker's walls) makes it read more sophisticated and upscale, or I think a navy blue kitchen would be very chic and crisp. |
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Post by phoenixcov on Aug 21, 2021 10:10:11 GMT
Wedgewood Blue small kitchen here with a slightly paler blue ceiling.
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Post by mikklynn on Aug 21, 2021 13:19:17 GMT
I love the blues in these kitchens. The 3rd place tie with blue cabinets is designed by one of my friends! I say paint the blue you love. |
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Post by mikewozowski on Aug 21, 2021 13:34:59 GMT
i am not a fan of white cabinets, white counters, white backsplash. i think one of them needs to have some color. i am with those who say go for it, it is only paint and you can always paint over it if you don't like it or when you tire of it.
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Post by huskermom98 on Aug 21, 2021 13:41:11 GMT
As someone who put a blue Corian countertop in her kitchen 16 years ago...paint the wall blue! I liked the blue and it matched the wallpaper, but mostly we weren't planning to move any time soon so I had no issues with a blue countertop. Sadly we had to remove the wallpaper before the end of the end of the remodel because the new cabinets weren't the same size (and we didn't have any paper to try to fill in since it was put up by the previous owners), but I still like my blue countertops!
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Post by melanell on Aug 21, 2021 17:21:04 GMT
I'd definitely go for it! I love blue as well. And you can always repaint. |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 21, 2021 17:56:26 GMT
Our cupboards are white so we went with turquoise subway tile to add colour, I love them so much.
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Post by pilcas on Aug 21, 2021 19:09:24 GMT
I used to have a light blue pain in the kitchen with white cabinets and it is very pretty.
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Post by mom2kbs on Aug 21, 2021 19:09:59 GMT
I will do the blue! Once things are in I will learn to post a picture. right now we have studs and open walls. I wanted navy blue cabinets but we won't be here but a few more years and I don't know that others would love them so paint I will. The color is similiar to the ones Sue posted in the link. The rest of our house has navy tones throughout as accents. If the space was big I would do navy walls but it is not. Trying to make it feel bigger.
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Post by mikewozowski on Aug 22, 2021 1:07:12 GMT
if you have an island, you could paint that navy.
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Post by cmhs on Aug 22, 2021 14:37:49 GMT
I vote for blue! My kitchen was a beautiful shade of blue/green/grey called Artemisia. It was an old Martha Stewart color. I loved it. Everyone loved it it. But alas, I jumped on the grey bandwagon a few years ago and painted it grey. No one, including me loves it painted grey so, this fall, I will be painting it a similar blue to what it was. I may even color match the original Artemisia because I still have the color swatch card.
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Post by lisacharlotte on Aug 23, 2021 2:32:52 GMT
Blue and white kitchen here. Sherwin Williams “Distance”. I don’t have any pictures where it doesn’t look navy, but it’s lighter than that in person. It looks more like denim, it’s a chalky blue. It’s very dramatic against all the white.  |
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I LOVE the kitchen in the Netflix series Grace & Frankie. I say paint it blue. 
