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Updating kitchen with new doors...timeless ideas?

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Sewliketosew · 25/05/2025 14:47

I'd like to refresh our small kitchen with new doors as they are looking tired and knocked. I was hoping to just switch for new doors as the carcasses are basically fine.

I like all the kitchens with strong colours everyone seems to have at the moment but I can't help but think in ten years they will date. I'd like ideas for a timeless look, nothing too on trend. Have black marble type floor tiles and solid oak worktops.

I'm struggling to find a planner/visualiser that is easy to use without setting everything up from scratch. I just want ideas.

It seems soft/off white shaker might be the most obvious choice but could come off as very dull if not done right. I'd go for wood but it'll clash with the oak worktop. Plus what backslash and paint would work to make it warm and welcoming? I like natural materials and softer dustier colours. Any ideas welcomed!

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Geneticsbunny · 25/05/2025 17:36

If you buy wooden doors rhwn you can always paint them if fashions change? I think you are right that shaker style look pretty timeless.

Scrabblerabble89 · 27/05/2025 11:08

Perhaps a softer grey? They were all the rage back when i worked in kitchens (thinking 2017, mind) but i did always rather like the kitchens of customers who went that way. Understated but nice.
I do like a shaker, but then i like the 'cottage' feel, so i would!

I went with a very pale beige for the walls, which looked nice until i spilt food on it!

roses2 · 27/05/2025 11:20

Upload a photo of your existing kitchen to Microsoft co-pilot AI chat and ask it to change the colours. I did this with mine last week and it was amazing!

Chatgpt has a limit of 2 photos every 24 hours whereas Co pilot is unlimited.

https://www.bing.com/images/create

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