Painted kitchen cabinets (wood flooring, paint, Wainscoting, colors)

[familymom]

Our cabinets have already been painted by us years ago. We did white, would like to change the color up a little. We have almond colored appliances that we may change in the next 2 years. Dark wood flooring and wainscoting on the walls that I think I would match to the cabinets. I will be painting the walls above the wainscoting also. We have mostly blues, reds and gold colors in the other rooms.

[chet everett]

I have seen a handful kitchens with painted cabinets in other than cream/white or black/ distressed that look OK -- generally they have been in the faded / pale "milk paint" style often in a "farm house" or "retro" setting. Professionals have LOTS of tricks to get the colors to work with the cabinet that no DIYer will master -- everything from prep to material to equipment to drying techniques...

If you have successfully painted the cabinets white I suppose you could have "plan b" to go back to that if something goes horribly wrong, but that means more time / money / mess. If you factor in all that maybe looking for a pro now (or new cabinets...) makes more sense.

I would be very hesitant to recommend anything too brightly colored OR anything that looks "dirty" and "almond" is one of the appliance colors that really never looks clean. Blues rarely look good in a tradtional kitchen (except for the "full on" aqua retro or "electric blue" of hard modern). Reds can be pretty subtle, especially those with a brown-ish or "earth tone" element. Can you work in some stain to match? Maybe the wainscoat or crown molding? Gold can be a funny thing, as it too often has that "not so clean" look on both appliances and cabinets -- to close to the color of a grease stain...

SS appliances have best color "longevity"...

[misplaced1]

I've seen some very nice looking painted cabinets. Red, black, deep yellow. Here, you can look through her and see what you think of other's ideas.
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[fallingwater]

Ut oh...where is Desertsun?

[ParkerNicole]

I want to say your design is impressive. Specially there are your first paint is center attraction for kitchen. I think gold color is best for kitchen. It helps create the ambience of a kitchen.