My 1959 steel kitchen cabinets (St Geneva) are a faded subdued aqua. I’ve grown to love it! White counters, white backsplash tile, light wood floors, a bit of wallpaper - I think it’s perfect.
In my newly built home kitchen lower cabinets I had painted with SW Evergreen Fog. I have wide wooden floating shelves on the SW Greenblack wall above my wooden countertops. My backsplash is a matt black chevron tile. I love the look!
Love these videos! Could you do one for the people that have the 2000’s uba tuba countertops? I’m struggling to pick a color to paint the cabinets and update my kitchen with the dark countertops.
Color consultant here and also have worked in the paint industry. Extra White is just the base to make light colors. Those bases are formulated to work with the pigments added to make that particular color. By not adding ANY pigment, you will find that extra white doesn’t cover well and you have to use several coats. I just use SW 7005 Pure White, it only has a hint of pigment to soften the white without it turning yellow (ick) and it still covers well. Working as a designer and professional painter, it has really helped me inform my clients what product will give the best results for their projects. Never quit a job you love ❤️
In 2004 the builder painted our kitchen cabinets (as well as all the built-ins on the main floor) SW Iron Ore. We have quartz countertops that look like Carrara marble. The floors are Brazilian cherry hardwoods. I don’t think I’ll ever tire of it!
Contented without a doubt! I'm shopping for a new condo at the moment and that color family is exactly what I was planning for my kitchen when I finally find that perfect place!
I love your videos. This one is quite informative and entertaining. Thank you. Can you please offer advice on updating a kitchen which has Uba tuba granite and Brazilian cherry floors. Thank you
Awe, I love that SW blue and white. We are building our house with SW Naval on the island and lower cabinet, SW Alabaster on the top. I didn’t consider the blue you have shown in video but I love it. Thx, another fun video.
OK, OK wait. Before I can even think about these kitchen colors I need to learn about a whole house interior, neutral but not gray, sets off paintings and other art color. Do you have a vlog about that? In the mean time I'll continue to drool over these kitchen colrs.
More please....we just moved in to our new to us home...do you have a video with more green and blue cabinets with how they may complement other colors in the hone? Keep rocking
I am currently house hunting. Looking in UK. I loathe Griege. The only houses that stick in my mind are those with colour, almost any colour, because at least I would feel comfortable while I decide what I might like instead. Unlike the greys. I suffer from SAD, so I feel this might be one of the reasons I feel this way. Winters can be very long!
Wool Skein & Distance-the walls being Wool S. too, enlarging the feeling of the room. Of course a different sheen. Have the door centers cut out and replaced with glass in some of them to also open things up. Lighting is very important. The glass inserts also keep any wood grain [usually oak cabinets are repainted, and that grain is gone in the door center-really giving the finished kitchen a better feel. Glass is timeless, too.
If you're doing black cabinet hardware, Amerock has a gorgeous black with champagne bronze accent. Its their Mergance collection. Order a sample so you can feel it in your hand. It's so much prettier in person. Imo I wound up going a different direction, but fell in LOVE with the handle. Hoping to use it somewhere else.
Love these colors! I started our whole home remodel thinking we’d do a green on my cupboards, ended up using it on our accent wall. Went with Gettysburg gray and love it! It’s either gray or green depending on the lighting but always beautiful
Posted before finishing haha. Now the issue is what do I use on my cupboards!? It’s open to the accent wall. Do I go ahead and reuse it, Go with a softer neutral or do a charcoal gray? I’m afraid of overwhelming the area or turn it into a dark cave 🙄. My floors are dark as well
When you go bold with cabinet colors, you better be head over heels in love with it or plan to stay in the house for a long time because, as in you said, having a pro paint them is not cheap.
Do certain colors/color combinations work better in larger spaces as opposed to smaller spaces and vice versa? I just bought my first home and the previous owners painted the very small kitchen a brown color. I've always wanted two tone cabinets (dark base and white uppers perhaps in iron ore and extra white), but I'm afraid that the dark cabinets won't look right in the tight space.
My own personal opinion is there are a couple of things for you to take into consideration for your kitchen. One is the natural light that your kitchen has and the other are your what I call hard surfaces such as your countertop and flooring (unless of course you plan on replacing both). There is a great company called Samplize where you can order a full range of Benjamin Moore and Sherwin Williams paint colors that are 12" x "12 peel and stick paint samples. I've ordered many sample from them. You could affix the samples to your kitchen cabinets and kind of live with it for a while and see what you think before you commit to any definite color. On a side note, when I was trying out the peel and stick paint samples, I didn't actually remove the backing and stick it to the wall. I simply used some painters tape to affix the sample to the wall. That way I can keep the samples intact and if I ever sell and buy another home I will still have all of these peel and stick paint samples that I've collected. Just a suggestion. Good luck with your project.
My last kitchen was tiny, but it had a window and it opened up to the rest of the place that had more windows and 24ft ceilings. I wanted a purple kitchen, and we figured it would be easy to change if we didn't like it (again, small lol). It was gorgeous. I picked Luxe - AF 580. Because of the windows, the color shifted from purple to blue to gray. We initially just repainted the cabinets (they were mint green) in a gray that showed as white in our lighting. Didn't see the gray AT ALL, lol. When we renovated, we used the black- brown ikea doors with slight woodgrain on the bottom. I thought they looked nicer than the other options at our very low price point. But I thought it would be too dark to have them everywhere. So I did white slab cabinets on the uppers. Changed everything to stainless and brushed nickel and it was great. It didn't feel small at all, even with the darkish paint on the wall :)
Can you recommend colors for this situation? I'm selling a 70s house that has all original dark cabinets. The kitchen is open to the dining room/living room combo. The kitchen is pretty small. All the buyers say it needs a total overall due to it being so dated. I just want to freshen it up and make it more mass appealing. 🙏
I've painted cabinets in a few homes and always start by considering the color of the appliances (if you don't want to replace them). White appliances look good with white cabinets and a dark countertop. Tell the paint store you're looking for an "appliance white" match. Black appliances look great with black cabinets. It makes a small space less choppy looking. With stainless steel you have other options, like sage green or navy blue, both very popular right now. Also, you will have to get new hardware. Amazon has a great selection and reasonably priced.
I'll put in my two cents and say that white, navy blue, and sage green are all good suggestions, and for me, the choice doesn't depend on the color of the appliances.
I swear James is reading my mind these days. Right before I watched his Greek Villa video, I'd decided to use that color as my main color throughout the front of my house. Today, I was just leaning toward Contented for my kitchen and there it is in this video. Let me think, what color do I want him to discuss next?...😄
Oh good laaawwd, I can't pick a color to paint our lake house cabinets to save my life. I thought maybe Iron Ore, but then it doesn't get a lot of light...so probably too dark and maybe does say lake house. Then I went to Sea Salt, which I think may be too green as the furniture is blue. I moved on to Tradewind... bluer, but maybe too light. I need to choose ASAP as the cabinets are prime and ready to be painted. I am really open to any color, and I like navy, but two of my neighbors just did navy, and I think the color is beautiful...but too dark for the space. HELP!!!
I tried to sell a house in Winter Park the head cabinets or in the color of eggplant. The whole house was stunning until you walked into the kitchen. But this was about 1981. And the first thing the new people wanted to do was rip the cabinets out and start over. And I couldn't disagree. And I still agree with the purple. Because the whole house had a huge glass atrium that overlooked the backyard. And in here was his friggin eggplant kitchen
I'm wondering how long painted cabinets would look decent. I have these expensive, solid wood, hickory cabinets that have a yellow cast that nothing goes with and are ugly as sin. I'm thinking it might be easier to sell the house than deal with those ugly cabinets or painted ones that have become tired looking. Any thoughts about how long the painted cabinets will look good?
We just moved into a house that has white cabinets. But that’s not the problem. The trim is totally wrong and makes it so you can’t get your hand through the pulls without scraping your knuckles. Unbelievable. So we may be repainting the cabinets since we will probably have to reface them all.
I am not a fan of blue inkitchens I had a blue kitchen once and for some reason it wasn't fun cooking there or eating in there I tend to go more with the black-and-white classic look cause you could add green plants you could add wood and a little softened up but blue is not my thing for a kitchen
The simple explanation is that blue decreases appetite! When my childhood kitchen was orange, everyone developed an eating disorder. Repainted blue and white everyone improved.
My new kitchen has black base cabinets and alabaster wall cabinets, with a light suede quartz countertop and glossy quartz backsplash with a hint of movement. Very happy with the results.
Just a note, but as a good Canadian you should know that colour in Canada I spelled with a ‘u’ (as it is in the UK, Australian, and New Zealand). ‘Color’ is the American spelling. 😊
First you said no to mixing color in the kitchen cabinet and now you ask us to use all those ogle colors in the kitchen. Can you make your mind? I think for myself that different colors in the kitchen cabinets the look terrible no matter what colors they use. Sorry. Is just my opinion.
I would NEVER follow the advice of an "interior designer" as what they frequently believe looks nice and feels right definitely does NOT correspond with anything I'd ever put in my home.
Indigo Batik , or Iron ore for me. I love reading the comments and seeing how different everyone is with their picks. You're the best James.
My 1959 steel kitchen cabinets (St Geneva) are a faded subdued aqua. I’ve grown to love it! White counters, white backsplash tile, light wood floors, a bit of wallpaper - I think it’s perfect.
That sounds lovely
In my newly built home kitchen lower cabinets I had painted with SW Evergreen Fog. I have wide wooden floating shelves on the SW Greenblack wall above my wooden countertops. My backsplash is a matt black chevron tile. I love the look!
Ooh, that sounds beautiful! Good for you.
So, I love love the way you edited this video! Very cool.
I also love the pairings for kitchen cabinets. How about a taupe? Can you recommend? 😊
Love these videos! Could you do one for the people that have the 2000’s uba tuba countertops? I’m struggling to pick a color to paint the cabinets and update my kitchen with the dark countertops.
South Florida here. Bora Bora Is my color!!!!!
We've had ultra white uppers and deep navy lowers (valspar) for a couple years now. Still absolutely loving them.
Color consultant here and also have worked in the paint industry. Extra White is just the base to make light colors. Those bases are formulated to work with the pigments added to make that particular color. By not adding ANY pigment, you will find that extra white doesn’t cover well and you have to use several coats. I just use SW 7005 Pure White, it only has a hint of pigment to soften the white without it turning yellow (ick) and it still covers well. Working as a designer and professional painter, it has really helped me inform my clients what product will give the best results for their projects. Never quit a job you love ❤️
Love the color "contented". Perfect.
In 2004 the builder painted our kitchen cabinets (as well as all the built-ins on the main floor) SW Iron Ore. We have quartz countertops that look like Carrara marble. The floors are Brazilian cherry hardwoods. I don’t think I’ll ever tire of it!
I painted a large community youth building iron ore and ultra white last year, I can vouch for it being a gorgeous combination!
Contented without a doubt! I'm shopping for a new condo at the moment and that color family is exactly what I was planning for my kitchen when I finally find that perfect place!
They are all great choices! The plum dandy is a lovely choice and my sister would love Bora Bora! Thanks for the inspiration 😊 🇨🇦🇨🇦
I love your videos. This one is quite informative and entertaining. Thank you. Can you please offer advice on updating a kitchen which has Uba tuba granite and Brazilian cherry floors. Thank you
Love your editing of your voice over the pre video shot!! Creative!!!
Awe, I love that SW blue and white. We are building our house with SW Naval on the island and lower cabinet, SW Alabaster on the top. I didn’t consider the blue you have shown in video but I love it. Thx, another fun video.
OK, OK wait. Before I can even think about these kitchen colors I need to learn about a whole house interior, neutral but not gray, sets off paintings and other art color. Do you have a vlog about that? In the mean time I'll continue to drool over these kitchen colrs.
Green Onyx lowers with Shell white uppers and island for me. It's almost finished and it's GORGEOUS.
More please....we just moved in to our new to us home...do you have a video with more green and blue cabinets with how they may complement other colors in the hone? Keep rocking
Indigo batik is so nice! Like Down Pour blue, B.M. :)
Great color combos!! I find your color description very helpful. Thanks!
I am currently house hunting. Looking in UK. I loathe Griege. The only houses that stick in my mind are those with colour, almost any colour, because at least I would feel comfortable while I decide what I might like instead. Unlike the greys. I suffer from SAD, so I feel this might be one of the reasons I feel this way. Winters can be very long!
You are reading my mind!!! Guess what I am planning to do? Thanks!!
what are your thoughts about evergreen fog for cabinets? Other similar colors you’d suggest?
Wool Skein & Distance-the walls being Wool S. too, enlarging the feeling of the room. Of course a different sheen. Have the door centers cut out and replaced with glass in some of them to also open things up. Lighting is very important. The glass inserts also keep any wood grain [usually oak cabinets are repainted, and that grain is gone in the door center-really giving the finished kitchen a better feel. Glass is timeless, too.
I've actually been trying to decide between Wool Skein and Relaxed Khaki on mine!
@@catblack4091 check out the Wyse Guide. He used Wool Skein in his home. Thanks
We're in the middle of a kitchen reno. Sage cabinets, huge windows, wooden counters, brick backsplash, black appliances.
If you're doing black cabinet hardware, Amerock has a gorgeous black with champagne bronze accent. Its their Mergance collection. Order a sample so you can feel it in your hand. It's so much prettier in person. Imo I wound up going a different direction, but fell in LOVE with the handle. Hoping to use it somewhere else.
Love these colors! I started our whole home remodel thinking we’d do a green on my cupboards, ended up using it on our accent wall. Went with Gettysburg gray and love it! It’s either gray or green depending on the lighting but always beautiful
Posted before finishing haha. Now the issue is what do I use on my cupboards!? It’s open to the accent wall. Do I go ahead and reuse it, Go with a softer neutral or do a charcoal gray? I’m afraid of overwhelming the area or turn it into a dark cave 🙄. My floors are dark as well
I've been waiting for you to do SW color of the year- please, please do it. It would be "plum dandy" if you did. 😉
When you go bold with cabinet colors, you better be head over heels in love with it or plan to stay in the house for a long time because, as in you said, having a pro paint them is not cheap.
Yes on bora bora! Perhaps i commented already 😆
Do certain colors/color combinations work better in larger spaces as opposed to smaller spaces and vice versa? I just bought my first home and the previous owners painted the very small kitchen a brown color. I've always wanted two tone cabinets (dark base and white uppers perhaps in iron ore and extra white), but I'm afraid that the dark cabinets won't look right in the tight space.
My own personal opinion is there are a couple of things for you to take into consideration for your kitchen. One is the natural light that your kitchen has and the other are your what I call hard surfaces such as your countertop and flooring (unless of course you plan on replacing both). There is a great company called Samplize where you can order a full range of Benjamin Moore and Sherwin Williams paint colors that are 12" x "12 peel and stick paint samples. I've ordered many sample from them. You could affix the samples to your kitchen cabinets and kind of live with it for a while and see what you think before you commit to any definite color. On a side note, when I was trying out the peel and stick paint samples, I didn't actually remove the backing and stick it to the wall. I simply used some painters tape to affix the sample to the wall. That way I can keep the samples intact and if I ever sell and buy another home I will still have all of these peel and stick paint samples that I've collected. Just a suggestion. Good luck with your project.
My last kitchen was tiny, but it had a window and it opened up to the rest of the place that had more windows and 24ft ceilings.
I wanted a purple kitchen, and we figured it would be easy to change if we didn't like it (again, small lol). It was gorgeous. I picked Luxe - AF 580. Because of the windows, the color shifted from purple to blue to gray.
We initially just repainted the cabinets (they were mint green) in a gray that showed as white in our lighting. Didn't see the gray AT ALL, lol.
When we renovated, we used the black- brown ikea doors with slight woodgrain on the bottom. I thought they looked nicer than the other options at our very low price point. But I thought it would be too dark to have them everywhere. So I did white slab cabinets on the uppers. Changed everything to stainless and brushed nickel and it was great. It didn't feel small at all, even with the darkish paint on the wall :)
Iron ore came off a very navy on my one bedroom wall I painted at head of bed. I went with it lol 🤷🏻♀️
Please do a yellow kitchen that faces North
James can you comment on the following Benjamin Moore colors possibly?
Seaspray, Potters Clay, Chestertown Buff and Aegean Teal.
Could you help with fireplace paint for blueish gray walls?
Can you recommend colors for this situation? I'm selling a 70s house that has all original dark cabinets. The kitchen is open to the dining room/living room combo. The kitchen is pretty small. All the buyers say it needs a total overall due to it being so dated. I just want to freshen it up and make it more mass appealing. 🙏
I've painted cabinets in a few homes and always start by considering the color of the appliances (if you don't want to replace them). White appliances look good with white cabinets and a dark countertop. Tell the paint store you're looking for an "appliance white" match. Black appliances look great with black cabinets. It makes a small space less choppy looking. With stainless steel you have other options, like sage green or navy blue, both very popular right now. Also, you will have to get new hardware. Amazon has a great selection and reasonably priced.
I'll put in my two cents and say that white, navy blue, and sage green are all good suggestions, and for me, the choice doesn't depend on the color of the appliances.
I swear James is reading my mind these days. Right before I watched his Greek Villa video, I'd decided to use that color as my main color throughout the front of my house. Today, I was just leaning toward Contented for my kitchen and there it is in this video. Let me think, what color do I want him to discuss next?...😄
Does anyone have an opinion of how midtone rose colored cabinets would look?
Beautiful kitchens!
Oh good laaawwd, I can't pick a color to paint our lake house cabinets to save my life. I thought maybe Iron Ore, but then it doesn't get a lot of light...so probably too dark and maybe does say lake house. Then I went to Sea Salt, which I think may be too green as the furniture is blue. I moved on to Tradewind... bluer, but maybe too light. I need to choose ASAP as the cabinets are prime and ready to be painted. I am really open to any color, and I like navy, but two of my neighbors just did navy, and I think the color is beautiful...but too dark for the space. HELP!!!
I tried to sell a house in Winter Park the head cabinets or in the color of eggplant. The whole house was stunning until you walked into the kitchen. But this was about 1981. And the first thing the new people wanted to do was rip the cabinets out and start over. And I couldn't disagree. And I still agree with the purple. Because the whole house had a huge glass atrium that overlooked the backyard. And in here was his friggin eggplant kitchen
F*** yea buddy -Canadian
Plum dandy is gorgeous.
I'm wondering how long painted cabinets would look decent. I have these expensive, solid wood, hickory cabinets that have a yellow cast that nothing goes with and are ugly as sin. I'm thinking it might be easier to sell the house than deal with those ugly cabinets or painted ones that have become tired looking. Any thoughts about how long the painted cabinets will look good?
Carole Anne if painted correctly and with quality paint they will last for years.
Yes painted correctly, using the correct cleaning products and not abusing them should last at least 20 years or more.
You actually think it’s easier to sell the house?
@@rubyoro0 Houses sell very , very quickly where I live - the problem is finding another house that doesn't look just like mine.
anybody considering a stain or ceruse treatment on cabinets with pretty graining like 30 yr old golden oak?
If anyone ever paints their cabinets, plum dandy, I hope they plan on living in their house forever.
Purple, nah. I just can't digest that. Navy is nice. I like the dark browns. I'm seeing a lot of dark browns at eateries
We just moved into a house that has white cabinets. But that’s not the problem. The trim is totally wrong and makes it so you can’t get your hand through the pulls without scraping your knuckles. Unbelievable. So we may be repainting the cabinets since we will probably have to reface them all.
I am not a fan of blue inkitchens I had a blue kitchen once and for some reason it wasn't fun cooking there or eating in there I tend to go more with the black-and-white classic look cause you could add green plants you could add wood and a little softened up but blue is not my thing for a kitchen
The simple explanation is that blue decreases appetite! When my childhood kitchen was orange, everyone developed an eating disorder. Repainted blue and white everyone improved.
Supposedly if you diet, eating off blue plates is supposed to kill your appetite. Maybe that’s why your blue kitchen wasn’t inspiring?
@@OutOfYourVulcanMind That makes a lot of sense you are so correct.
My new kitchen has black base cabinets and alabaster wall cabinets, with a light suede quartz countertop and glossy quartz backsplash with a hint of movement. Very happy with the results.
@@Dian2Gig Wow that sounds absolutely gorgeous.
If only my kitchen weren’t a gut job.
Check consumer reports for best paint.
I wish someone would show a real kitchen. My cabinets would look like shit dandy with plum Dandy painted on them
My cabinets are so OLD And falling
Plum cabinets look really bad. Don't do it.
Just a note, but as a good Canadian you should know that colour in Canada I spelled with a ‘u’ (as it is in the UK, Australian, and New Zealand). ‘Color’ is the American spelling. 😊
Oh, I know!....😁
First you said no to mixing color in the kitchen cabinet and now you ask us to use all those ogle colors in the kitchen. Can you make your mind? I think for myself that different colors in the kitchen cabinets the look terrible no matter what colors they use. Sorry. Is just my opinion.
I would NEVER follow the advice of an "interior designer" as what they frequently believe looks nice and feels right definitely does NOT correspond with anything I'd ever put in my home.
I don’t live with “white kitchen people.” My sole purpose in life would change to wiping the cabinets. 😂 Nope.
Are you talking about your kids? Lol
My husband would NEVER allow for the kitchen cabinets to be painted.
Why the wild waving of the hands.? Very distracting, amateurish and lends nothing to the narration.