Blue kitchen - will it date quickly?

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I want to replace our kitchen cupboard doors and want to go for colour rather than white/wood. Mid grey seems to be everywhere/past it these days and I reckon dark blue (think F&B Hague) is going that way too - everyone I know who's done their kitchen recently has it. Also I find both pretty cold and too dark for our kitchen.

I am considering a pale blue but worried it will go the same way and look dated in 5 years.

Any thoughts or other suggestions?

F&B Stiffkey is popular. I work for a kitchen company though and the colour we are getting the most interest in is almost black. Either Off Black or Railings if you want a blue tinge. Pale blue is not something we’ve been asked for yet! All colours seem to be in a cycle, go monochrome to be ahead of the trends or just stick with your favourites. Everything will date and look old in ten years anyway.

Oops sorry I’ve just seen you’re worried it’s too dark. Have you thought of dark base units and light wall cabs? If your worktop is light a dark base run can really make an impact and not look overly dark in the room.

Thanks - with dark blue like stiffkey I worry less about the darkness of the colour and more about how many people have it. As you say it's really popular! Looking for something a bit different, but not too different iyswim!

Would be prepared to do 2 colours, just don't want our kitchen to look like everyone else's and "over" in a couple of years

I think it might date because I did my kitchen in that colour in 2013 so that look might be coming to an end in the next five years or so. Kitchen trends run in the decades, not the seasons, but they do all end.

My friend has a kitchen from Howdens which is a pale blue/grey and is lovely. Dark I think is a pain as it marks easier and will date quicker I think.

Personally I just went for a ivory colour and then got a lovely quartz worktop and used colour on the walls which can be changed more easily and cheaply than the whole kitchen!

My kitchen is F&B Pale Powder. It's a very pale duck egg shade. We put it in in 2009 so it's over 10 years old now. I'm still very happy with it. That area of the room gets morning light but is shaded in the afternoon and think it works well. We are contemplating doing some extension work which could mean the current kitchen needs to be reconfigured and / or replaced. I would definitely consider using the same colour again!

Errr, the dark blue I mean. The dark blue is the look of the 2010s. Dark green coming in now more. No idea on light blue! Not seen a light blue kitchen since the 80s - Wedgewood blue? Could be really lovely. Probably just two tone though with light tops.

Navy kitchens are all over Instagram so likely to date, however you have to go with a colour you love.

I have light grey units, maybe it will date but for interiors I have loved that colour for years and I can't see me going off it

I don't think pale blue has been popular as long as navy or grey (or sage) for kitchens, so it's a decent bet for longevity. There's no such thing as timeless. Painted wood, or similar, is a solid modern-looking choice.

Our light blue is a staple and does quite well.

Our primary supplier has launched a few new colours lately; there's a gorgeous indigo blue that's darker than oxford blue (almost anthracite) there's a graphite that's mid-way between grey and anthracite, and there's a heather that's a rather fetching shade of matt purple.

We've a few "statement" colours just come out too; sky blue, pastel pink, turquoise, but those are mainly attention-grabbers.

Thanks all. Exactly, dark blue does shout instagram of the 2010s to me.

Pale blue is v appealing, though I'm also considering pale blue for the outside of our house so it may be too much!

MTJTD I like the sound of all of those, especially the purple. Is there a colour card somewhere online/could you post one?

I'm now mulling over a heathery purple for bottom units, muted pale pink for the top...

NB counter tops are black granite

I used to be braver with colour!! Not sure why I'm agonising over it

Maybe this and this

Those are beautiful colours OP. Get some samples and put them around the kitchen so you can consider them in different light / different times of day. I think the first one would probably look quite dark in my kitchen but as I said, it's a fairly shady room.

Thanks Wild, and thanks all for indulging my colour ponderings

It's much cheaper indulging your colour ponderings than indulging my own

Starting to fantasise about repainting my units in F&B Stone Blue

we are just about to go and order our kitchen and we have looked at pale grey dark grey and when we went to the showroom we fell in love with DIY kitchens pale blue gloss finish with white and grey marble effect worktops I wont be moving out of this house so im going with what I like don't care about trends

Whilst dark colours like dark blue, fir green, dark grey and black cabinets are still in fashion this decade, we are seeing another trend towards "Dusty" colours- things like muted terracotta, dusty pink, sage green which is going to be around for the next decade.

The only stumbling block would be your black worktops which might not work with this type of pallet. Would you consider changing these too?

I wouldn't change the worktops no - they are good quality and would be £££ to replace. That's interesting what you say about dusty/muted colours. I'm now loving the idea of dark/mid heather combined with muted pink or lavender grey. But you're right, I need to check it against the black. Given that they'll be replaced I may just slap some paint on the current units and see how it feels for a week or so.

DM inherited some money in 1991 and put a pale blue Smalllbone kitchen in our S London terrace house - pale blue and cream to tie in with the mosaic tiled floor in the adjoining corridor. We sold the house in 2000. It was for sale again last year. We looked at it on RightMove and were amazed that the kitchen was still in, and still looked good. It was never “fashionable” though.

Just go with what you like, what does it matter what everyone else has got? It’s not like anyone is comparing them side by side!!
I have a blue kitchen, never occurred to me it was a trend, I just liked it

Of course people compare!! However it's not about what anyone else thinks, I just don't want to look around my home and think it looks like everyone else's. I don't care about fashion really (except to avoid it) - I'd rather have something that was never really "in" than something that's hugely "in" now and in a few years will look dull because it's everywhere.

Oh right
Don’t see how it matters, but if it bothers you, then best to avoid.

I read lots of house magazines and I think dark blue and blue is still very popular in kitchens and rightly so. Some gorgeous kitchens here