Grey kitchen cupboards? Help please!

[NigellaTufnel]

Have to make a decision in the (fading) light. I would really like light grey cabinets and am differing between Cornforth White F&B, Fired Earth Pearl Ashes, and Fired earth Crom Fog.

It's for a south facing small kitchen in an extension to a Victorian terrace. And I don't want anything too blue.

Does anyone have any experience of how there paints will look. We're not in the house and there is no lighting at the moment, so I'm having to do this blind.

[cooper44]

Jess if you have wooden units already you can sand then and reprint. Or do you mean where do you get painted units in general? I just designed our kitchen with a company called unfitted and they will paint the units any little Greene or F&B colour. And for a fully bespoke kitchen it was v reasonable. We have corn forth white with Oak worktops.

[LaughToSeeAPuddingCrawl]

I almost chose LG pearl for the units, it is a lovely colour.

[formicaqueen]

Fired Earth Pearl Ashes - is stunning and pair it with F&B ponting for light/warmth.

And just to confuse you, little green's Pearl is amazing!

[LaughToSeeAPuddingCrawl]

We have just had a new kitchen fitted which has been painted in Little Greene French Grey. Looks lovely. Worktops not in yet (will be white quartz with a pale grey veining - look similar to carrarra marble) and I am now obsessing about wall colours. Anyone have any thoughts/advice please?

[6monthsin]

Oh yes, forgot about Annie Sloan...

We're revamping an existing kitchen. DH is a carpenter, and will make new doors from mdf.

[itsmummynotmum]

Annie Sloan paints are nice colours - you don't say what surface you are painting on but they go on anything even melamine, I'm going to use them on my varnished pine cupboards - need no sanding or anything I got their main tel no from the website and asked for a swatch - is all handpainted ie real colours x

[6monthsin]

Ladies, I'm hoping to do our kitchen grey - would anyone mind sending me pics of your kitchens for me to drool over??

At the moment, f&b cornforth white is winning, though LG French grey is also a possibility. Going to pick up some tester pots tomorrow !

[siblingforbetsy]

Jess I was wondering the same do an glad you posted this question!!

[JessLX]

Hi there,
I'm joining this thread a bit late. I am about to get a new kitchen and am desperate to get a matt light grey one so have been googling grey kitchen units but drawing a blank (that's how I stumbled across this thread). I didn't even know you could get units in whatever paint colour you choose. How does it work? I'm guessing not painting with a brush, is this spraying the units? Please would you let me know who provides this service (in London). Many thanks, Jess

[staverton]

Yeh sounds good. Painters grey- will look that up haven't seen it

You could have a few splashes of dark pink around too- just the odd thing like a teatowel or vase or something

[NigellaTufnel]

We are currently thinking of French gray down one wall and painters gray from F and b in another part of the kitchen. It is quite blue so hoping the FG won't look too beige!

[staverton]

It is. Beware that it does have a slight beige/green to it but IMO makes it warmer. Orange accent colour or pop doesn't work - needs red/blue/ pink or poss yellow.
Oak floor may make it look beiger too so hold it up next to that
A tip I learnt from here is to paint big bit of lining paper and hold it up different places around room rather than painting on to walls

[NigellaTufnel]

Went to hose today, I think that French Gray may be a winner. It really is lovely

[moondog]

Thanks Stav.
Useful advice!

[KenDoddsDadsDog]

I just got a little green sample of pearl in pale which is really gorgeous.

[NigellaTufnel]

I have been to the Little Greene shop, and I think that I''ll go for mid Gauze, the French grey looks too warm in our kitchen, nearly beige-y. I am hoping that if we have blue elsewhere in the kitchen gauze will look like a cool grey.

Bur now I need to decide on a strong colour for some other cupboards.

James from Little Green or Wedgewood from Zoffany are front runners

[staverton]

Oops terrible typos, on phone hopefully you can work out what I mean!

[staverton]

I couldn't reply to your PM for some reason but I have emailed pics.
The French Grey I have is little Greene not Darrow and ball- better paint for cupbaoatss IMO as its oil based. Google traditional painter, and hes posted on here too.

Moondog The quartz is amazing. Heatproof scratchporro etc. nothing has stained it so far, but because it's white it shows the stains tea/wine etc but it all comes out with barkeepers friend or the lakeland astonish paste. It's amazing, it really reflects light around the room. This reply about quartz for pannacotta too, as she asked about it!

If you're going to get quartz don't get silestone or caesar stone, they are upper expensive mainly because they spend so much on marketing. I've gor lunastone and it was over half the price, and is exactly the same.

[NigellaTufnel]

Staverton that is great. I will try and get French sample for main bit of kitchen, and we have some cupboards that I quite fancy having a rich blue. May try James? Can you email me a pic? Will pm

I really want cool Scandinavian look

[KenDoddsDadsDog]

Yes! They had it in black as well in the shop.

[moondog]

This one?

[KenDoddsDadsDog]

No it's metal - but I saw a beautiful ceramic one in homebase last week. A totally flat one.

[moondog]

No I'm not keen on granite either.
Interesting about wooden top. Is the draining board also wooden?

[KenDoddsDadsDog]

It's really good actually - it''s not a mega expensive one either. I'm not a granite fan. Has survived hot pans , toddler pens and banging cutlery etc.
Rubber floor sounds cool!

[moondog]

OOh am loving the kitchen porn.
How does that oak top hold up KD?
Stave, I thoguht silestone type tops kept clean themselves?
I had slate worktops once.
Looked lovely but a nightmare to keep nice.
I was going to have stainless stell for this new kitchen but would have cost £££££.

What about flooring?
I want something that doesn't look wooden (have loads of wooden floors) or terracottaish.
I am thinking of somethnig which is definitey not pretending to be rustic.
Was tempted by rubber but dh a bit