Thursday, January 19, 2012

thinking about it...

I've been thinking about painting the lower halves of my kitchen cabinets a darker gray or putty color...here are a couple of examples of what I'm thinking:

I love the gray of this kitchen island. If we had an island, I'd do that, but since we don't, I was thinking about just the bottoms of our cabinets. What do you guys think? I can't decide if it would drive me nuts or not. Or maybe I should just paint all the cabinets? Hm.

Here is a look similar to what I'm thinking, though this kitchen is a little "airier" than my personal taste:

I love the hardware on those, too!

I saved this image because I thought the charcoal cabinets were so pretty! I could perhaps go for a super-dark color like that, too, but my living room walls are similar, and I'm not sure if that might annoy me.
here is another two-toned kitchen - not necessarily a fan of that green, though. I do love green cabinetry, but I like greens that read as browny-putty-khaki greens, rather than bluey ones.

love this kitchen below! I also need to get with the program and re-tile our backsplash, which I painted white a long time ago. It could be cool to tile our entire back wall to our kitchen, but I doubt that will happen...most likely just the backsplash. Dad, are you reading this? let's do it! :)

10 comments:

Katy said...

I painted my lower cabinets a silver gray blue color. I think it grounds a white kitchen.
You should totally tile - I like the whole wall idea!

Laurie said...

Absolutely. I think you will love it. I am really into that gray putty color right now. Can't wait to see.

Hannah said...

I'm in love with gray right now, just painted my office that color! PS. I'm your newest follower...blog-stalked you quite a bit yesterday and you are SO inspiring, I can already tell I'm going to look up to you and try everything you do. Haha. xo

Champagne Lifestyle on a Beer Budget

Kristen said...

hannah - haha, thanks for the admission of blog-stalking....we all do it! I'm flattered :)

Dana Frieling@ Make Them Wonder said...

I say go for it! With your eye, you'll nail the color. I can't see this being something you'd tire of quickly.

Dusty Coyote said...

These pictures are great, I think you should do it. I love the look. I love the tiles going all the way up the wall too.

Anna (A Newfound Treasure) said...

I love that last image. So pretty!

Anna
http://www.anewfoundtreasure.com

Paige (Final Clothes-Out) said...

I think the last one is my favorite, but they all look great. I say give it a shot!

Jason Torres said...

Awesome, I'm thinking bout doing something similar in our kitchen since we can't afford to redo the whole thing just yet....DO IT!

shannon said...

I painted my lowers dark gray, distressed a little and then finished with lt brown wax. My uppers are white. I kinda love them. I also left the doors off of a few of the uppers. Cheapest make over ever.

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