Home Design Between: Paint Colors For Kitchens

“Your kitchen is such an important gathering place,” says Leatrice Eiseman, executive director of the Pantone Color Institute. “You want to choose colors that make it feel warm and inviting.” That’s easy to say, but staring at a paint-store After looking at ways to work through paint-color procrastination and how to quite a bit farther — down a hall and into the kitchen, for instance. These notes will form the basis of your whole-house color plan, so keep them close at hand. One has cooked in stone kitchens in France. Another stood transfixed in lush "En plein air is very vigorous compared to studio painting," she said. "If you want to paint in a meadow, you have to haul all your gear to the meadow. You might get mosquito If the existing ones are structurally sound, paint them of decisions they must make in remodeling a kitchen, down to the smallest details. How many electrical outlets should you include? What color grout would look best with the backsplash tile? "In the kitchen, these colors will fly but keep these tips in mind to make them work well," she says. In the bathroom paint must be light, because the room tends to be smaller, and a darker color would just make it more so. One way to infuse color into the As Kim Wilkerson Moses was heading out the door for a weekend visit to Nashville, she asked husband Ken if he'd brush some paint swatches on the kitchen wall so she could see what their four color choices looked like with the appliances. He did her one better. .

The result: No more clashing colors of wood and a brighter, cleaner looking kitchen. Depending on the size of your space, it might take you much longer than a day to sand, prime, and paint the cabinets. With twice as many cabinets, for example, it could For example, paint just one accent wall in your kitchen, or add a large colorful pillow or throw to your living room set. Another great way to achieve color is to replace the standard hardware on your cabinets and furniture with custom options. Hardware is Use a stain-blocking primer (she likes Kilz Clean Start), and you won't get surprise blotches as the paint cures. 9. You pick the wrong color. Of course, there's no right or wrong color for your own kitchen. But for cabinets, it's important you get it Leatrice Eiseman, executive director of the Pantone Color Institute, calls gray a "classic," but warns it can be "sobering." "It's awfully boring to have too much of it," she says. "But it mixes well with bright colors that you look at paint chips .