Critique my plans for kitchen

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I am in the very early process of redesigning our kitchen. We will be buying all the materials yourself and getting a friend to fit it for us.

We were looking through colours that we wanted and I love my idea but dh is unsure it will work so I thought mumsnet could help us out.

My idea is light grey cabinets, oak looking worktop, white tiles on the walls, walls painted navy blue and an oak looking flooring.

What are you views do you think it would work together? Any other suggestions are gratefully received.

Thanks

A strong, dark colour on the walls will have the effect of making the room look smaller and of course it's very dark so lighting will be key to make it work. Navy is very in for kitchens at the moment, but for base units rather than walls. Lots of two colour kitchens - lighter colour for wall units and darker for base.

It depends. A navy wall is quite dramatic and will make it feel pretty dark....

What way does the room face?

How big is it?

How about navy tiles on one wall instead?

What do you mean by "oak looking"?

It's difficult to picture exactly, but white tiles sound a bit bathroom-y?

Light grey cabinets and oak tops sound fab

The kitchen is large as it is a kitchen diner.

I'm not sure which way it faces but we get the sun in the kitchen that is at the back of the house in the afternoons.

By oak looking I mean something that looks like real oak but isn't rhe real deal (I'm worried about cost).

I am hoping to get under cupboard lighting put in and lights running along the bottom of the cupboards.

Thanks for all your advice, I was trying to find something online where I could design the kitchen and then see if I like it but couldn't find anything.

I did something very similar in a flat I had. Light grey gloss units, modern wood worktops and white tiles (hexagonal with light grey grout). In theory, it looks great and it did look pretty good but for some reason, I was just a bit disappointed. Can't put my finger on why - it just didn't all quite gel. If I was doing it again, I'd just go plain white but then my style is pretty minimalist / stripped back scandi.

I think you should do navy kitchen cupboards (base ones only) and grey (or another light colour) on the walls. Otherwise sounds good.

I have oak floors and pale grey cabinets but a white quartz worktop.

No tiles. It looks good but I wouldn't mix the navy into the mix.

Upperwallop picturing your description I think I was the shape of the tiles that might not have worked.

Rectangular tiles (forgot what they are called) might have worked better

I don’t think you need to get too hung up on your wall paint colour yet as it’s so easily changeable. Just concentrate on getting your unchangeable elements right - units, tiles, worktop, lighting.

You could do a mood board or a board on Pinterest. The key will be getting the shade of navy right I think as it could end up looking really cold and dark.

The hexagonal tiles are lovely. Each component part is. The kitchen looks lovely but......it's just not quite what I envisaged and I'd do it differently if I was starting from scratch.

I think a super duper white worktop always looks great though.

I think that 2 tone look is amazing in top of the range, large, designer kitchens and weird in your more average kitchen.

I agree with PPs on white worktops. I think they are the best. Easiest to keep clean, don’t show up water streaks like a black or darker counter would, and less maintenance than a wood worktop.

Only issue I have is the oak flooring.

Wished I had gone for tiles, far more practical