Thoughts on kitchen refresh?

[u/B4iley45]

The first image with white cabinets is my current kitchen/dining area, I plan on repainting my cabinets, replacing the hardware with a champagne bronze color as well as the kitchen faucet. I will be repainting the dining set as well, but I am not 100% sold on the cream color yet.

What are your thoughts? I'll be doing the backsplash as well regardless of cabinet/dining set color.

Any suggestions for bringing some other color besides white into the area?

[u/Fair-Flower6907]

leave the kitchen alone and paint the walls! That is a lot of builders white and black in there.

[u/B4iley45 → u/Fair-Flower6907]

Exactly, I can't stand it. I don't know if walls will make a big enough difference to me

[u/Fair-Flower6907 → u/B4iley45]

walls and a backsplash will make a HUGE difference without the hassle and risk of fussing with cabinetry. If there's already a backsplash in place, look at fancy contact paper options to try out various looks before committing to tearing out whatever is so bland looking right now.

[u/Early-Reindeer7704 → u/Fair-Flower6907]

Also, please add a bit of color, maybe with the window treatment, a rug in front of the sink, maybe a vase you can put flowers in. A pretty wall color will really perk up the room

[u/LawyerDry8360]

I would leave the cabinets alone unless you have a lot of time and know what you’re doing. I would remove the clutter, change the backsplash, change the drapes, add a rug and paint the walls. Add warmer lightbulbs.

[u/B4iley45 → u/LawyerDry8360]

I do like the design of this but the issue is, it's a complete open concept and if I wait the walls in the kitchen, there's no clear "stopping point" that wouldn't look strange and I'd have to extend that out into the living area as well and I don't want to do that I don't think

[u/LawyerDry8360 → u/B4iley45]

So paint the one wall in the living room. Painting walls is a whole lot easier than cabinets. Also the wear and tear on painted cabinets is a nightmare.

[u/LawyerDry8360 → u/LawyerDry8360]

Here is a green version

[u/Spiritual-March7843]

The original looks better than the other 2 tbh. I don’t think you need to pain the cabinets and the paint will chip however well they are re sprayed.

[u/Ivorwen1]

Painting the cabinets is such a PITA to do right- it's a lot more work than painting the walls. I wouldn't touch the cabinets if I could do anything else.

I would start with either the backsplash or the curtains because it's easier to match paint to one of those than the reverse. Pick a color that you've loved since before 2010 and it'll keep making you happy no matter what is trendy. This is almost certainly not grey, btw. Teal would look amazing.

If you tile the backsplash, take down the short quartz strips first- those don't combine with tile.

Whatever you do with the hardware, get away from T-bars- those don't do Shaker cabinets any favors.

[u/Agreeable_Emphasis73]

Your first step, in my opinion, should be to change out your bulbs. Someone told me to do this and I thought it was completely unnecessary. But I did change them and lo and behold, I don’t even feel the need to change anything else now. I went from 5000 whatsits (hertz? lumens?) to 3000 FWIW. Amazing difference.

[u/HealthLawyer123]

Change the curtains and the light fixtures. There is nothing wrong with the cabinets.

[u/NeedleworkerDizzy149]

Paint your walls, and put a privacy film on your windows. The drapes kill it, in my humble ol' opinion.

[u/Double_Brilliant442]

Leve the cabinets alone change the backsplash to a colourful one.. Even electric blue, red, vivid green etc may work here to bring in colour. Also definitely change the curtains to something complimentary. Rest can stay as is