Bold kitchen- will I regret it?

[HomelyK]

Looking for new kitchen in open plan space. Neither my husband or i like white or grey kitchens. Fallen for a mid teal colour and husband wants beaten copper worktop. So think white walls, midtone wooden floors, teal kitchen with copper worktops. Colour scheme of teal, copper, navy and burnt orange with natural brown tones from wooden pieces against white/pale walls... Is it going to be too much? Im swaying towards more natural tones but is it just because they are safe? How did you finalise your decor choices? Did you play safe/go bold? For context I have two cats, a toddler and a clumsy husband hehe

I quite like the sound of it. Do you get a lot of natural light though as there is the potential for it looking a bit dark if not.

Kitchens should have at least a bit of colour in my opinion.

We had a pale teal kitchen and then for the orange touches we used soft furnishings. It looked great and we had no problem selling the house. I love that colour combination!

Our room is west facing (some would say south west)

Personally I would go for that colour combination exactly. I love the combination of copper, teal, natural wood and burnt orange. I have teal and burnt orange accents in my predominantly beige living room (light oak colour Karndean floor) - I love it. I inherited a black and white kitchen when we moved recently - I have added one dark teal wall and artwork incorporating black, white, gold and burnt orange. Also a mix of teal, gold, black and orange Le Creuset accessories. My daughter, who is in her late twenties, doesn't like the burnt orange!!!! Maybe it's a generational thing!

It's always fun to swap accessories every couple of years - so you would have a lovely base with the teal, navy and copper and could change your accessories when you get bored with them.

So here is my original moodboard and another which my husband is nowhere near as keen on but I guess much lighter?

I love your original mood board. Regarding the lighter mood board, I think your husband has confused things and in trying to compromise, you're losing the tones that make it have the x factor in the first place!

Teal and copper = gorgeous combination. I really like the units and I think the kitchen is very aesthetically appealing.

If you add navy/burnt orange, I'd stick to accessories only (I think adding these colours would be too much, tbh).

As pp have said, expect to paint the doors in a few years and/or change the worktops due to changing trends... but if you love it, I think you should go for it. It's your kitchen!

I love the sound of teal and copper. My kitchen is white laminate with black worktop, splash back and floors. I hate it. It so hard to keep clean and I’d much prefer colour and warmth!

I like both! Which one I'd chose would depend on the style of the house and the room size. Is it a period home with beautiful features and tall celings? If yes, I'd go with the bolder mood board that you like. Otherwise no.
Can you post a picture of the kitchen as it is.now?
One word of caution - have you considered how practical copper worktops Are?

Depends if you’ll hate it when it gets dated. If you can afford to change it then I’d go for it.

It will be part or a large extension. Whole house is being renovated? Blue is kitchen, white it bifold door and velux window pitch roof?

I think it sounds great providing you are OK with changing it in a few years when it starts to look dated or you are sure you won’t want to.

I have family members whose house is ultra fashionable (and therefore dates quickly). However, they change the kitchen and redecorate (to the level of new flooring / carpets and new built in furniture) every 3 to 5 years and go into every redecoration knowing that timescale. Also, they are spectacularly good at DIY and at looking at a super expensive layout in a magazine and then getting the same effect with inexpensive bits from 3 different DIY stores and an off cut of wood someone wants to get rid of.

It’s not a kitchen I’d fit in the hope of leaving it in place for 20 years but I’m not you. It may be that you are in your forever home and you will still love it in 20 years time. Alternatively, you may have the money or DIY skills to change it if you don’t like it any more in a few years.

This is what I’d do:

The neutral units ( I think they are grey on your mood board )
Mid wood tone floors
Teal painted walls
Tiles from your mood board
Stone or wood worktops ( real or fake as your budget allows)
Navy sofa from your mood board
Lots of copper accessories , pans, even light fittings
Copper topped dining / kitchen table
As many orange ,teal and navy accessories as you like - cushion, rugs, pictures.

That way your expensive and hard to change things are neutral - units, worktop and flooring.

And your most dramatic / bold things are easy to change - if you get fed up with them or you want to make it more neutral for sale.

Or things you take with you - like the sofa and your copper table .

I’d do this because I’m not rich enough to change my kitchen every few years. And I find the disruption a big hassle.

The most important thing is the kitchen layout - if you don’t have that right it will annoy you forevermore.

Copper worktops - DH is a metalworker. We've done a fair amount of copper in high end kitchens over the last few years.

It's beautiful and anti microbial.

The finish changes over time as it patinates. And it stains SO easily. Ketchup, lemon juice, even fingerprints (acid in sweat).

Lacquering copper worktops to protect them - highly likely the lacquer will chip and fail.

Copper splashbacks would be a better option. And one I've been eyeing up for ages! Also more easily replaced than a worktop.

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Copper worktops - DH is a metalworker. We've done a fair amount of copper in high end kitchens over the last few years.

It's beautiful and anti microbial.

The finish changes over time as it patinates. And it stains SO easily. Ketchup, lemon juice, even fingerprints (acid in sweat).

Lacquering copper worktops to protect them - highly likely the lacquer will chip and fail.

Copper splashbacks would be a better option. And one I've been eyeing up for ages! Also more easily replaced than a worktop.

Yes, this. I have copper pots inherited from my grandmother and new ones given to me as wedding gifts, and the staining and patination is a nightmare. They need to be scrubbed and treated so bloody often and I rarely even use them. You can scrub the green off but it takes ages. I would def not want a counter in copper

We always do things with resale in mind, even though we’ve stayed 10 plus years in each house (bar two properties at the start)

Bold colour choices for things that can be relatively easy/not expensive to change for resale are fine. However, I would offer less in a house with the copper work surface as that I’d replace right away. I’m sorry but your colour scheme would be an assault on my eyes, particularly as I have an aversion to orange in decor scheme. Navy I find lovely and have seen gorgeous baby kitchens with wood or light coloured granite work surface

Colour of cabinets or walls wouldn’t bother me as those can easily be painted to my colour choice. I think most buyers would feel the same.

A good kitchen layout is most important, quality units too.

The thing is in the "olden days" people did literally have servants scouring and polishing their brass and copper pans and taps
frequently, because those metals corrode and discolour easily. If you had a copper worktop I expect you would be looking at weekly polishing and that's serious buffing, not some sort of spray and wipe.
It's another thing having copper-effect decorative touches with a protective laquer like door handles, but that would not last 5 minutes on the actual working surface.

To future proof a kitchen I would go neutral (or repaintable) on the expensive, immovable parts like the floor, worktop and units, and bold on the doorknobs, splashback, walls, decor that is easily changed.

I've lived through a lot of fashions and the dark blue/green/brass knobs from the 1990s dated very badly, where the neutral looks hung around a lot longer.

I love it, op. It’s very similar to my friend’s kitchen that she installed a year or two ago. The only thing she regrets is the copper work surface. It’s not proved to be at all practical.

Love love love it

Go for it OP. The colours look
Beautiful and give a very warm feel. So tired of seeing white and grey kitchens!

I like the sound of it. The copper work top sounds like it would end up being a pain though. We had iroko worktops which took on a really lovely coppery tone when oiled, would that work? We also had copper handles and navy units and it looked great altogether

Sounds beautiful, if copper worktops require high maintenance I'd give those s swerve. I have oak worktops and have to be really careful keeping them dry wtc.

The beaten copper is laminate which reassures me we could change it quite cheaply if we wanted to?

I say go for it. So many people are too focussed on resale value therefore opting for a bland kitchen. Do what makes you happy I say. Kitchens are usually updated every 10-15 yrs in any case I find, so for those saying it will 'date', everything 'dates' eventually.

That is a lovely DeVol kitchen

I really like the first (more muted/lighter) moodboard personally - the teal mix tiles, teal walls and navy sofa look lovely with the light wood/white. The second mood board looks too dark for me.

But the copper laminate sounds practical and easily replaceable if you need to, so I'd go for it (with copper accessories) especially if you have some lighter tones in the room to balance the all the copper/teal/navy. The lighter tones could either be white/cream walls (if you use the teal kitchen units) or light wood/pale units if you paint the walls a bolder colour.