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Are grey kitchens going out of trend?

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tortoiseshellsub · 15/08/2022 18:33

Hi all, we are trying to decide colours for kitchen at present and despite dreaming about this for 2years I now cannot decide on a colour. I lean more towards light bright and fresh but we have had two cream kitchens and are current one in new house is cream too albeit it's more of a banana cream/ pale yellow. I love all the navy and green but I wouldn't be brave enough to go so dark and so at risk of dating quickly. However are grey kitchens on the way out?

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GinIronic · 15/08/2022 18:39

Yes. Grey has had it day. Choose a neutral kitchen and use coloured accessories if you want to follow a colour trend. You could always have paintable kitchen units and paint them a different colour every few years.

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tortoiseshellsub · 15/08/2022 18:41

Thanks so much @GinIronic I will probably head towards an ivory shade an jazz it up with nice Roman blinds etc!

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SharpLily · 15/08/2022 18:43

Grey is out all over the house. You may feel navy is too bold for you but a sage green or bluey-grey could bridge the gap nicely.

carefullycourageous · 15/08/2022 18:53

I would go for a neutral kitchen (wood or white or cream) with deep coloured walls and interesting blinds/accessories, rather than a coloured kitchen itself - this way you can change it any time you like. I had a cream kitchen in my last house, it never dated. Have moved into a house with a wood kitchen, again it is so plain I can keep it.

mojokonoko · 15/08/2022 18:56

Yes, grey is over. TBH navy is surely on the way out soon. I put one in over 10 years ago now. Pinks are the new light neutrals but cream is eternal if that makes you nervous.

PolaDeVeboise · 15/08/2022 18:59

Lordy, I'm getting a navy one put in now... Luckily, I'm in Central Scotland, so we're about 5 years behind the trend anyway...

ItsSnowJokes · 15/08/2022 19:02

We are hopefully getting a new kitchen later this year and we have decided on a white shaker style. We can jazz it up with wall colour and accessories but considering most people don't change their kitchens for 15-20 years I want a classic that won't date.

ItsSnowJokes · 15/08/2022 19:03

mojokonoko · 15/08/2022 18:56

Yes, grey is over. TBH navy is surely on the way out soon. I put one in over 10 years ago now. Pinks are the new light neutrals but cream is eternal if that makes you nervous.

I am thinking a nice light pink for the walls for the new kitchen, I never thought I would but I like the look of it.

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tortoiseshellsub · 15/08/2022 19:06

@ItsSnowJokes oh wow I'd love to see a picture if you have one? Sounds beautiful!!

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ItsSnowJokes · 15/08/2022 21:04

tortoiseshellsub · 15/08/2022 19:06

@ItsSnowJokes oh wow I'd love to see a picture if you have one? Sounds beautiful!!

I will try and remember when we have the kitchen done. Still firming up the plans first off! So many choices to make!

ReeseWitherfork · 15/08/2022 21:05

Can you go with white?

knackeredagain · 15/08/2022 21:07

I’ve been eyeing up cashmere kitchens. They are light and neutral but not grey. I don’t know if they are fashionable or not, but I want to err away from fashionable colours in something I plan to keep for 20 years.

JaffacakeJanine · 15/08/2022 21:11

@PolaDeVeboise navy looks super smart, so who cares about the trends!

I think a very light grey can look lovely against a white counter top. I'd personally go for a light sage green :)

Remainiac · 15/08/2022 21:14

We put a grey kitchen in three years ago, still get loads of compliments about it. Next door has just put in dark green, style-wise it’s not my taste but it’s a good colour. Cream granite worktops and chrome handles.

OctopusDisco · 15/08/2022 21:14

Key is to get paintable wooden cupboards then you can repaint longer term. My last kitchen lasted 20 years looking fairly presentable and I repainted it 3 times.

I wonder if the trend will go to natural pale wood as it has been grey or navy painted cupboards for a while. I saw one in the Neptune shop recently.

That said I just got a navy kitchen with white worktops so hope it stays ok for a while longer!!

Elsanore · 15/08/2022 21:25

Just ordered a subtle light blue kitchen. Was second choice cos we couldn't get the sea grass green colour we wanted. Paintable units, might change the colour in a few years.

The man at magnet said they were selling a lot of black kitchens at the moment! He told us grey is out and cream was even "worse"; he was a bit of a dick. It seems daft to me people try to follow fashions with things that ideally you want to last a very long time.

zurala · 15/08/2022 22:29

I put in a grey kitchen five years ago and still get compliments about it now. People really like it. I think it's about how you style it really, and not having that monochrome look but adding colour in other ways. Grey is just a neutral.

Alfixnm · 15/08/2022 22:39

I think off white is a great colour for a kitchen - beautiful, timeless and bright.

Dark blues, greens and blacks look fab in big bright open plan rooms, but I would be afraid that I would eventually get tired of them in 8 or 10 year's time.

Alfixnm · 15/08/2022 22:40

Also, I think there is an important difference between cream and off white; yellowish undertones are not as timeless.

GuyFawkesDay · 15/08/2022 22:46

Mine is a very neutral tone, not cream and not grey. Oak worktops. Allows me to then use colour on walls etc

so when we first put it in we had f&b light blue walls. Now they're stiffkey blue but I am eyeing up a deep earthy pink next!!

Ineedtoletgo83 · 15/08/2022 22:52

Don’t go green it’s bleurgh
I do actually miss our old pink bathroom suite when we first moved in.

Thesehills · 17/08/2022 09:44

We're going high gloss grey and matt white counter tops. Light and bright kitchen, in a new build.

It looks so nice, super smart. But I don't go with trends so maybe I'm a bit out dated, who knows.

neverendingpartywallproblems · 17/08/2022 09:51

All about personal taste but MN is the only place I have looked at where grey is considered dated.

We have finished renovations but still have multiple kitchen designers/builders/architects/interior designers etc on instagram and see what is being posted of latest work. There is an overwhelming amount of grey still there. I can't see the trend going anytime soon (and many interior designers said this to me 2 years ago when renovating but we feared it would date and didn't go for it)

downfield · 17/08/2022 09:56

pink is the new grey

Ineedwinenow · 17/08/2022 10:01

I had a navy kitchen put in two years ago, luckily navy is a favourite colour of mine so I did it because I love the colour not because of the trend but it was also a coincidence that blue is currently “in” too and I could get it, I’ll keep it for as long as it looks good rather than when it goes out of fashion! Have what you love not what mumsnet tells you