Kitchen cabinet colour - moving from Hague Blue

[Chaletwest]

I’ve had Hague Blue cabinets for 6 years and getting a respray in a couple of weeks. Bored of blue and so it’s a toss up between Farrow and Ball sage and Skimming stone. I’ve added an AI mockup of my actual cabinets in Skimming Stone. Does anyone have this colour in a Matt finish and if not, any recommendations for colours which have worked out well?

Oak worktops which will also be changed in time to white quartz, but not yet and probably not in the life of this respray.

thanks

I think it is Benjamin Moore who do a colour called Newburg Green. It isn't really green, just a softer (and I feel updated) version of Hague Blue. It might give the room less of a strong colour feel - though it is still a long way from the neutrals I think you are wanting.

I'd go duck egg blue or light blue and change the tiles. I love Little Greene's Sky Blue but that might be too much of a colour.

OP what about Farrow and Ball Skylight. It's quite a neutral grey with blue in it but just has a cooler base that I think will tone better with the tiles and offset the wood.

I think what you are needing to steer away from is the beigey undertone.

This is nice shade as well

Swedish Blue l 1829 Vintage Colours l Craig & Rose Paint https://share.google/K7YZqZJEoP081gpbx

Thank you OP. Appreciated.

How about a pale blush pink like this OP?

I have Skimming Stone in one room. For cabinets I’d go for Ammonite which is lightly paler as a lot of it in a small space will intensify the grey.

Equally, as I have said colourmatch spray jobs don’t actually match F&B iso it will just come out bogstandard grey.

The wooden countertops don’t bother me, at least they’re not plastic. And if the tiles don’t bother you I wouldn’t go to the hassle of changing them. Just focus on getting the units the right colour. It doesn’t sound like you’ll be there long so it’s just a question of making it livable short term.

I'm not a fan of the Skimming Stone (although I appreciate it's not an exact match, being AI) with the tiles and worktop. I don't like oak worktops personally.

I much prefer the blush pink @YoungSoak mocked up. I think that type of colour works better with the other elements. But that's probably because we have a 'pink' kitchen (walls and base cabinets are Edward Bulmer Pompadour, wall cabinets are Edward Bulmer Nicaragua). We have iroko worktops - far better in appearance and toughness than oak - and will ultimately have a white marble splash back behind the range.

At our previous house we had cream walls with cream wall cabinets (Craig & Rose Pale Oak) and F&B Oval Room Blue base cabinets/island which worked really well.

I'd like to see a mock up of the green you're considering @Chaletwest as imo that would work better with the existing elements than the Skimming Stone.

Just to throw a spanner in the rworks have you had a new kitchen priced up? If you are looking at respray, new counter etc it might work out worth it - ours was all in for £8k inc fitting and new appliances so you might get away with less

Maybe try some of the greens from COAT - e.g. Yard Party or Hello Vera?

Off topic but why don't you like Belfast sinks OP? We've just had one put in and I bloody love it, it's huge and so much easier to wash big pots and pans. Previously we had a horrible beigey colour composite one (prev owners choice) which stained every few days.

This ^

We've fitted Belfast sinks in five out of our last six houses and I'd never choose anything else! The one we didn't had a stainless steel sink (awful!) and the only reason it didn't get changed was because we sold before doing the kitchen. We'd actually already bought the double Belfast sink so kept it for the next house.

Our current cottage had a stainless steel one too and we've just swapped it for a fantastic, huge Whitebirk single Belfast sink. I'm in love ❤️

I love a Belfast too!

I think redoing this kitchen entirely would be a waste and a shame. It's a good kitchen. The problem is that trying to put a beigey/stone paint colour with beigey tiles and wood worktops is not giving enough contrast so it looks flat.

I am surprisingly impressed by the pink, though not sure I would cope with a pink kitchen day in day out. It's a bit sugary for me.

I think OP even a white would work better than that skimming stone.

If you’re looking for something a bit more interesting than sage try Yard Party by Coat paint. It would look great with your tiles and wood worktops.

I think that would work OP. You just need to crank up the contrast a little to stop it all looking drab.

I’d go for the dark green. Green smoke ?

What colours do you actually like? If it were me, Id be brave and go for the blush pink (its only short term anyway), but I get thsts v marmite! For a darker colour, how about a dingy yellow?

If youre wanting it as neutral as possible, thats tricky as wont be perfect match to a paint chart & easy to make it v bland and/or a mismatch with tiles.

I agree about the mismatch.

Neutrals CAN look wonderful when layered in tonal compositions. There is quite a lot of it about with clothing this winter, and in luxurious fabrics like cashmere and silk, it can look wonderful. But I think the problem is it needs to be done with that intention from the outset, each element being carefully picked with that in mind, otherwise it just looks mis-matched.

With clothes it can end up looking as though one item has been washed once or twice too often and no longer matches.

You could try a cream with that wood and those tiles, but to me the skimming stone is just looking drab and near-miss.

I really like the current blue and feel like that darker colour is more 'in' - if that matters to you. Put the money towards the white quartz worktop?

Thanks for all replies. The respray needs to be done as it is tatty, not just or even primarily for colour change. I was just hoping to get rid of the blue.

Belfast sink doesn’t work because of having the real wood worktop, the worktop near the taps is water damaged and impossible to keep dry. Also it’s a pain to keep it white. And finally I don’t like the look of them, don’t mind in a utility or boot room but not for the main kitchen sink.

It’s all just taste isn’t it, I just want a cream kitchen and a normal sink, and a white worktop while we’re at it 😂 Will get part of way there with cabinets now and pick up the rest next year.

thanks again

Barkeeper's Friend is good for the Belfast sink op! The powder cleans it up well.

Of course you're right @Chaletwest - it's down to the individual's taste and if you don't like Belfast sinks, you don't like them. No-one can force you to like them!

I'm not sure what you mean by a 'normal' sink though? Belfast sinks are 'normal' to me as I've pretty much had them all my adult life. Do you mean stainless steel/composite material with a built-in drainer? Or an undermount, which would be my preference if not having a Belfast. If you're changing your worktops to white quartz, would you have a white composite sink? Quartz? Or some other material entirely?

I hope you come back to update the thread when it's all done 😊

I think skimming stone is pretty dated, but I’ve had it on the living room walls for well over ten years now. I suppose it’s neutral-ish for cupboards and might be OK. The problem with it is that the colour does change according to the light you have, if you’re talking proper F&B. It can look sludgy violet or sludgy green. It’s not cream.

Little Greene are releasing about 25 new shades now so may be worth waiting to see if there's anything there that catches your eye?