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I want to repaint my kitchen doors but they're an ugly traditional design? What colour should I go for?

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INeedANew · 09/02/2020 09:32

Kitchen has these doors. I hate them. They're so ugly traditional. Can't afford new kitchen but want to freshen it up with new flooring, tiles, worktop etc. What colour will suit it? I like the current fashion of the dark blue but feel it won't go with this design!

Help me please!

I want to repaint my kitchen doors but they're an ugly traditional design? What colour should I go for?
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PigletJohn · 09/02/2020 11:04

Kitchen doors are (almost) invariably made in standard sizes with standard hinge spacing.

The company that offered to change yours for £3k would have bought some of these factory-made doors. You can do the same yourself if you know how to use a screwdriver.

Most are made of vinyl wrapped MDF which I do not recommend as it is liable to peel off if exposed to heat, water, steam or cats claws.

If you happen to like flat ("slab") doors then you can get laminated ones which are supremely durable.

Some examples:
www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=p2505460.m570.l1313.TR12.TRC2.A0.H0.Xkitchen+doors.TRS0&_nkw=kitchen+doors&_sacat=0

A vast array of handles is available. You will probably discover the ones sold by your kitchen company.
www.ironmongerydirect.co.uk/search?query=kitchen%20handles

Twillow · 09/02/2020 11:08

Go on facebook and join the Frenchic Fan Forum group. Look at all the repainted kitchens on there to get some idea - most people use the range called Alfresco as it was designed for outdoors so it's tough and waterproof even though it's water-based and really easy to use.
I'm not for the all grey trend generally but in a north room like yours I imagine the soft warm grey colour called Swanky Pants would work well.

Dogwalks2 · 09/02/2020 12:59

Thanks totallyconfused. The pics look great, all this post is inspiring me.

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AlCalavicci · 09/02/2020 14:08

Painting the doors is fairly easy , I did mine last year site a in light blue ( can't recall the name of the colour ) and added a bit of white to do the sides of the cupboards I think I used 4 tins in total for 11 doors & 5 sides. Paint was proper cupboard paint, £10 a tin from Wilkos.

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AntsDeck · 09/02/2020 14:12

@AlCalavicci not sure if you know but your pic has an address on it? X

mastertomsmum · 09/02/2020 14:17

Blue would be fine but it’s a passing phase fashionwise. Those kind of doors are eternally ok and I’d stick with them

AlCalavicci · 09/02/2020 14:21

@AntsDeck
Thanks, I realised after I posted it , I have reported myself asking it to be taken but if you could do the same I would appreciate it.

AlCalavicci · 09/02/2020 14:22

Ah is gone , thanks MNHQ Wine for who ever removed it

AntsDeck · 09/02/2020 14:25

Glad to help Smile

INeedANew · 09/02/2020 15:07

I know what you mean by the dark blue which is in fashion at the moment might end up looking out of date in 5 years time. I do like the sound of duck egg blue or green.

Where's the best place to buy doors. I thought they would be expensive to replace.

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INeedANew · 09/02/2020 15:11

Wow trulyconfuseddotcom looks fab! Can't believe it's the same Kitchen!

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INeedANew · 09/02/2020 15:12

PigletJohn thanks for that ironmongery site. There's loads of really nice handles on their and cheap too!

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AutumnRose1 · 09/02/2020 15:13

Am I the only person who likes them?

NotMeNoNo · 09/02/2020 15:20

Are you quite sure they need painting from that ivory colour? They might look x 100 better with new worktop /tiles/handles and maybe some reconfiguration. For example if it's the age of kitchen with fussy details and little gallery rails etc you could remove those.

GetawayfromthatWelshtart · 09/02/2020 15:41

They look to be decent doors! Don't throw them out, just paint them in a lovely colour that makes YOU happy and find some handles you love as well. Trust me, you will end up with a new kitchen!!

If you don't like the tiles round the work surface you can get TONS of stick one ones on a roll!! Some are beautiful and cheaper than getting someone in to remove and replace them and I plan to get some to cover up some plain white tiles behind the hob this year.

I have a tiny kitchen and mine were old horrible laminate wood effect doors that was starting to peel off. Nothing wrong with the doors themselves just the fact it was looking old and horrible and making me hate cooking. I couldn't afford to replace them with replacement doors as cash is tight.

It was getting me down so in a rage one day when I was on annual leave I peeled off the offending laminate on one of the doors then thought.. "oops" so I got some pale grey chalk paint for laminate kitchen cupboards (about £25 a tin if I remember) as I loved the colour and black gloss paint suitable for kitchen use and one for metal (just a small tin of each) and got to work.

It didn't cost me a lot money wise but took me well over a week by myself for the whole job. Removing all the doors and handles, scrubbing the fuckers clean, peeling off the laminate, sanding and painting and sanding and painting and sealing.

I scrubbed the cupboard casings and skirting boards, sanded them down and painted them all black.

The handles I liked but were old bronze colour and no matter how much I cleaned they were dull so and scrubbed them and painted them black with metal paint to match the casings.

3 of the cupboards were glass with pretend petal wrought iron effect so I had some glass paints in my craft stash and coloured them in.

Looks like a new kitchen for under £100 and all I need to do now in the summer is clean and paint the walls and look at getting some stick on tiles for behind the hob as they don't match the other tiles. (luckily rest of the tiles and worktop are nice and a greyish marble effect which goes well with the black casings and skirting boards and dark floor).

Was also a good excuse to have a total kitchen cupboard clear out!

If you don't mind doing it yourself and doing it properly (follow ze instructions on ze tins to a tee) and having the patience for things to dry (god the cleaning got me down sometimes) then you can save a lot of cash but end up with a kitchen you love.

Good luck!!!

TooManyPaws · 09/02/2020 15:48

Mine are light grey with a wooden worktop, Swedish blue walls and white metro tiles.

goingtotown · 09/02/2020 15:57

@INeedANew trulyconfuseddotcom’s kitchen is grey.

malaguena · 09/02/2020 17:02

I had to change a few of my cabinet doors and it was honestly very simple. It's just a couple of screws. If you don't like the design just change them, get some nice ones and save money by doing it yourself. 3k is outrageous!

PigletJohn · 10/02/2020 00:14

@GetawayfromthatWelshtart

The stuff that peeled off will have been Vinyl Wrap.

Not laminate, which is very hard and durable (same material as used on laminated worktops)

GetawayfromthatWelshtart · 10/02/2020 09:29

@PigletJohn Ahhh thank you kind sir! I knew I'd get it wrong Smile

I have about as much knowledge of kitchen cupboards as I do brain surgery Grin Luckily I think my obsessive painting and sanding with finer and finer sandpaper in between coats and then panic sealing it all "just in case" saved me from a kitchen cupboard disaster.

(they never told you how long all the prep takes in those "makeover shows" in the 90's did they!)

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