HELP ME - colour scheme new kitchen

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We are currently getting work done on our downstairs ( extension , gutting and reconfiguring the entire floor). We already bought our kitchen from DIY Kitchens ( shaker - Linewood Painted). We went with dove grey for the wall units and carbon for the island . A white/grey marble countertop and nickel for the cabinet handles and sink faucet ( going with a Belfast sink ). My husband and I were both in total agreement with this design/colour scheme .

Even though we paid for the kitchen it’s not being delivered until September at the earliest and we can make any changes we want.

Lately I’ve been feeling a blah about the colour scheme . It feels too safe . We went safe on purpose because I have no eye for design and I have two young kids and I just wanted easy right now. However I follow DIY kitchens on Instagram and every time they post someone’s kitchen with a colourful island I got kitchen envy . The worst part ( or maybe best part) is I mentioned it to my husband and he was happy to let me decide . The pressure 😩!

I fell in love with a teal island which DIY can bespoke paint for me. I went to farrow & ball and found the exact colour I like . The colour is Vardo. Ultra Marine Blue is my second pick . I have attached samples so you can see .

The problem with the teal is it doesn’t go with the nickel cabinet handles or the kitchen faucet . Copper looks so much nicer with teal ….except it doesn’t go as well with dove grey . Now I’m conflicted. I very much love the dove grey cabinets and don’t want to change that . I don’t like nickel with teal and I don’t like copper with dove grey 🤦‍♀️ And now I’m wondering if teal is the best choice for the island and maybe it doesn’t go with dove grey at all .

The other option is the blue and I think it goes nice with the nickel and I can’t see there being issues there . It’s not my top pick for island colour but I think it goes with our other choices .

HELP !!

I prefer the blue.

I know you say you don't like it, but copper looks good with light grey I think (pic randomly grabbed from Google)

Go with the Vardo. It's a beautiful colour and it will make you happy every time you walk into your new kitchen.

If you really can't stand the copper on grey, just put different handles on your grey units. Black would avoid a clash with the copper on the island, and you can get cup handles in black easily enough. There's no rule that says all your hardware has to be the same, but I wouldn't mix metals.

Having said that, just realised those handles in my picture are mixed metals!

@Zinnia 😂

I worry if I need to mix metals between the island and wall units then that’s a sign the dove grey and teal don’t match as well as I thought 🤷‍♀️

I’m leaning towards the teal island with nickel cabinet handles . I don’t know about the faucet though .

I don't think you do need to mix metals though, and Vardo would be lovely with grey - why don't you just go with brass hardware for both if you're not keen on copper against the grey? Really the only issue is that grey isn't brilliant with nickel (which I agree is a lovely finish).