what colour would you choose for a new kitchen? (not white!!)

[PolkerrisBeach]

We're getting a new kitchen. At the moment we have a very old beech finish kitchen which has had it - we really need something new.

Nearly every kitchen showroom is packed with white and shiny kitchens. I hate white and shiny units! There is a lot of other choice too - leaning towards a dove grey matt finish or a pebble type colour. (DD like the bubblegum pink kitchens but luckily she's not choosing).

So if you were in the market for a whole new kitchen, what colour would you choose and why?

You'd be surprised at how dark grey can be... unless you have huge windows and doors in your kitchen I would maybe avoid the grey!

I have ivory wall and bench units but then my island unit is red and my huge pantry unit is blue.

Pic. It now has grey walls and fabulous tiles.

Loving the red! We stayed with friends once and their kitchen was bright yellow - it was lovely for a few days but I'd worry I'd be sick of it after a while...

Ours is a sort of dusty sage green and one of the reasons we bought the house. It always feels sunny and cheerful in there.

We moved and now have ivory shiny which I hated. But with two dogs god its easy to clean compared to my old kitchen. Dil has chosen a soft green which is gorgeous with beech tops.

I'd go for a light colour. How about cream or a light grey/sage colour?

I think that grey will date relatively quickly (my opinion) and although it looks fab now, might not last the rest of time. Ok if you are happy to change in under 10 years.

Neutral type classic colours such as pebble or sage green will look better for longer I think as long as you choose the right door

I'd go mint/sage personally, I agree grey and pebble can end up looking really dark if you don't have the right sort of light coming in.

I'm in the process of getting a new kitchen and my kitchen planner is in despair because I don't want a white kitchen, apparently 99% of all kitchens he fits a white. (We're in Germany)
I'm leaning towards dusk blue now (huge windows) but looking for some more inspiration on here

I'm going to go for dark blue or dark grey with marble tops in mine. I love dark colours!

I think 99% of kitchens in the UK are white too! It seems that if you're looking for the traditional country kitchen style then it's available in every colour under the sun, modern style is all white and shiny.

I totally understand that white and shiny is really easy to clean, but i want my kitchen to be warmer and homely, not operating theatre and clinical. Still undecided on worktops too - but probably very dark.

I have decided on a black stone worktop mostly for practical reasons but even on Pinterest most kitchens with black worktops are... white

I have ivory gloss. Not to everyone’s taste and accused of being dated now but I think it looks nice!

Here is mine

Have just been through the same dilemma. Have an east facing kitchen so no light in the afternoon. This kitchen has to last a long time and having lived with the last kitchen for nearly 20 years and painted the units many colours over that time including dark blue and greyish colour, I have ordered my new kitchen units in a range of soft green and chalk and am planning on ordering valley/river white granite worktops. I feel I can live with these colours for a long time.

When do a gorgeous gloss dark blue kitchen (they call the colour Baltic). I really really want it but it’s close to three times the price of the boring white option we will probably plump for

Our kitchen is north-facing and we are planning on adding large skylights in the roof as it can be very dark. Not helped by the fact that the lighting is dire. (The people we bought the house from were not interested in cooking and the woman proudly told us everything they ate was M&S ready meals).

At the moment we have horrid cream textured tiles, i think we're going to choose something like boards or even a vinyl which is low maintenance.

Wren

Fucking autocorrect

Mint or duck-egg blue.

I liked grey but couldn't find alight enough grey in our budget so going off white with light grey quartz worktop, oak flooring, white tiles and still undecided what colour to paint. Maybe a very pale yellow.

We've gone light grey. Yes it's very now but so is shiny white slab so I reckon they'll both end up dating. Ours is wooden so we figured we can always repaint if we don't like the grey any more.

White (with a small fleck) quartz worktop.

It's a large south facing room with lots of windows so no worries about being dark.

It's not finished yet so I don't have proper pics.

Oak floor too which warms it all up.

I would say don't go for black or red (sorry pp upthread!). We have cream in a fairly traditional looking kitchen with oak worktops. I think grey has had it's day by now and while I like the combination of deal blue base units with pale wall cabinets, that to will look dated in a few years. If you have a painted kitchen you can always update it by having it painted a different colour though if you get the layout right.

I like clean and calm in a kitchen myself, so pale, restful colours.

I would have a deep navy kitchen. If there are cupboards on the wall they would be white.

Why? Probably because I've seen it on Pinterest a lot

No doubt it will date but I love it