When I moved to this house the kitchen was painted yellow on walls and ceiling ('to hide the nicotine', the vendor told me), with scarlet trim. The units were wood-effect melamine with curly ironmongery, the windows are chunky white uPVC, the worktops black, and there was an awful lot of blood red tiling. The worst thing is the floor, which is those cheap orangey terracotta tiles that aim to look rustic and just look like they came from Feltham B&Q (which they probably did).
The positives are: not a bad size, light and sunny, great view out to garden.
I fondly imagined I would rip it all out, but money has just got tighter and tighter and I can't imagine this happening in the short term. So I've done a lot of temporary patching up: I painted the units Hague Blue, and changed the handles. The tiles are cemented into the wall (who does that?!) so I have just painted them off white (took six coats). The walls and ceiling I painted a soft greige. The doors are painted in F&B Bone.
It's time to repaint (still no budget to rip it out) and I really need advice on how to counteract the impact of the orange floor. At the moment, it combines with the spotlights to give everything a peachy glow. My greige paint - which looks soft grey in the bathroom upstairs - looks kind of magnolia. Hague Blue comes up very green. I tried a tester pot of F&B Elephants Breath and it came out kind of pink.
What colours could I use to counteract this? I went for Hague Blue on the units because it cuts against the orange quite well. I'm vaguely wondering if F&B Hardwick White (greeny grey) might work well on the walls, but I'm worried that it's a bit dark for the (low) ceiling - but if I paint the ceiling white, it will just go peach. Do you think F&B Skimming Stone (pale grey) might work?
Also, any advice on cheap fixes for my floor would be great. I'd be happy to just put down some good quality vinyl, but can you put it straight on ceramic tiles? I'm worried that pulling up that floor will be a big job.