Need help with kitchen paint color, please!
Our whole house is white - a clean slate! I would prefer to stay away from green, unless it's a gray/green. I've tossed up the idea of yellow, reds, orange, blue & grays. I have the area above the fridge that I can put a colorful planter as an accent(I love terrariums), and I was planning on making 4x4 canvas accents above the sink/stove area on the ledge with fun oils. I just need to get my palette figured out. I would like to eventually get rid of the lighting. We will not be changing the cabinets or the backsplash. The windows face due west and most days get a lot of sun. The cabinets are a honey oak and the floors are pine. Thanks in advance!
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I'd recommend treating the walls as if they are ye olde plaster and paint them Benjamin Moore ALBESCENT OC-40. It's not far off what you have, but slightly darker and a tiny bit greyed.
Then with this beautiful sense of place, you can add your artwork and accessories. You could bring in cobalt blue and it would be stunning.
If I were painting it, I would paint everything but the top, and I'd leave the top as it is, distressed with the experience of life with your family! Maybe when the kids are older, you could have the top sanded and refinished, but in the meantime, the two-tone finish would look quite nice. A natural top with a blue apron and legs would be lovely. Here's a photo, not with cobalt but you can get the idea.
The picture of the kitchen I've attached has a soft yellow on the walls which complements oak quite nicely.
http://www.benjaminmoore.com/en-us/paint-color/waterfall
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