Kitchen - baltic brown worktops

[Newkitchen101]

Thinking of updating our kitchen, it has oak units and baltic brown worktops and is just....so....brown

I was thinking about getting the units resprayed, but realistically, will any other colour match in with the worktops? Or will it look worse than it does now in all its dull, brown glory

Spraying the units a pale cream will lift the kitchen tremendously. Most other light shades would also lift and there are plenty of colours that will 'go' with brown. However, have you looked at replacing your worktops as part of the facelift. Laminate worktops are really not excessively expensive and a change of worktop along with the respray would be as good as a new kitchen. Depending on the size of your kitchen new laminate could be very cheap indeed. I just bought new tops One 3 metre and one a 2 metre breakfast bar for just over £300 including delivery. Even if further down the line you wanted to change for granite, quartz or whatever, it would still be worth getting laminate in the short term. Personally I prefer laminate. It cleans easily, doesn't stain or mark easily and is extremely hard wearing. 20 years without a mark in my previous hoise

I have baltic brown worktops with a shaker cream kitchen. I have wanted to update my kitchen and after looking for months I've decided to keep the worktop and change the units to a modern slab door. They will still work with baltic brown and its nice to be a bit unique in a world of generic white kitchens with white tops. I can't imagine removing the tops to put a laminate worktop. And granite is such a lovely surface to work on. You could also respray your existing units rather than replace if they are in good condition.

If the work top is good quality just paint the units or get new doors - painting them cream or a light colour will refresh the whole thing.

I wish they had renamed laminate when the modern style came in!!

@Newkitchen101 I would get the cabinets sprayed a colour you love & get new worktops.

modern square laminate is a million miles away from 1970's laminate!! Still a great price though.

j couldn't live with Baltic brown worktops, no matter how lovely the cabinets.