What colour kitchen would you choose?

[pancakeoarmams]

We are in the middle of deciding on a kitchen. It will be a budget kitchen from
B&Q. While I love colour I'm very much thinking longevity and I know trends come in and out of fashion so green, navy, pink are all too extreme for me. I'm really torn as to what to narrow down. My current horrible kitchen it a horrible cream/banana yuck colour.

Woukd you go white, grey or cream?

Not grey , I think that has already passed.
I don't think green is a colour that is on its way out , so if you like it then why not , it's your kitchen after all !

Cream. White is too clinical for me, and grey is now rather dated.

White or cream or wood

I'd definitely go white. You can then add interest with tiles, decor, paint.

Something you can paint or have re sprayed. If not, white.

I’d go white or off white. Grey is so overdone now that it will become really dated at some point. White really doesn’t date and it needn’t be cold or clinical if you style it the right way.

Green will always be a kitchen colour. I've got an emerald green feature wall and the others are sage green. It's a perfect kitchen colour. The colours you've chosen are all a bit neh and boring, no offense

I thought you meant the actual units. If you mean walls go for what you really like, it’s only paint!

Not grey, it's going to date badly.
White may show every mark. Cream or off white would be better.

I think green can be classic but may not be to everyone's taste of you sell.

I'm really thinking ivory/ v light cream
So I can add my accessories and style it that way with colour. I'm also knocking through a wall so making a living /dinner so I think creams/ ivory will be a bit warmer to flow into living room.

White is very cold.
It's cool on our utility which I wanted a "clean and pristine" look on. But I think cream of off white is warmer in kitchens

Go for a neutral. Cream , grey , etc

Not grey.

Are there wood options? If not then white or cream if that's the choice.

Why don't you look at real kitchens on Rightmove at houses for sale or rent.

Here are some real kitchens

I love a taupe kitchen. Or griege. Timeless.

Be careful with handle choices, they can date quicker than colour.

We had almost this exact kitchen in our old house, also from B&Q. We have white gloss (B&Q!) in this house and while I don't not like it, I prefer the warmth of the cream cabinets and like the shaker style, which seems to date well.

I think cream/off white is the safest bet. Pick handles that could be updated easily in 10 years time if you wanted to update the look.

I agree with you. Cream is a good neutral and the "feel" can easily be changed with accessories/paint/etc.

Some of the bold kitchen choices look great but I always think they'll date. I'd always opt to have the big items in a more neutral style.

I really dislike cream, but I keep getting drawn to very pale cream kitchens.

i love white, but I for some reason haven't found kitchen cabinets that I like in white.

i like the Dage that Howdens do, but I'm not buying my kitchen from Howdens.

have you looked at DIY Kitchens? That's what I'm going for. Their cabinets are better that B&Q/Howdens etc & come assembled. So less cost for fitting.

I'm considering getting it bespoke painted, but they have a good range of colours.

their show room is brilliant if you can get there. It's 3 hours from me, but I've been up twice & I may go up next week.

good luck!

We have white, and it looks fabulous in summer, but I feel it makes the kitchen look even colder than it actually is in winter.

having had cream cabinets, I find they tend to yellow over time.... personally white matt would be my choice, as you can accessorise well around it. I went for a full white kitchen (not b&q though... haven't seen what's available there) and paired it with a limestone floor and taupe walls + colourful pieces. everyone advised against it, but they all love it now

We have a sort of dull teal for our full height and bottom cabinets and a warm cream for our top cabinets (it's a long and fairly narrow kitchen with full height cabinets, built in ovens etc on one long wall and a loooong work surface on the other long wall with cabinets over). The idea behind having the top cabinets a light colour was so that they would look less obvious and give an impression of space. To maximise this we painted the walls in exactly the same colour as the cabinets. The principle really works, regardless of whether our colour scheme is to your taste. Cream walls aren't exciting, but we don't have much wall space and I think light is more important than colour in a kitchen. I use lots of colour elsewhere in my house.

I find white can go a bit yellowish over time as well.

Not sure what colour I'm going to go for but I agree that really 'stand out' colours will date quickly.

I have a neutral kitchen, but I regret it. Colour on the wall always looks top heavy against it. I wish I'd gone for teal or green. Although not necessarily fashionably dark in tone.

I used to have a white kitchen. It was lovely and didn't go yellow - white gloss cabinets from Wickes. We used sage green on the walls, a stone coloured tile, and wood effect worktop which warmed it up. Also had wood laminate flooring. It was lovely and I still miss it.