There are too many choices for selecting your kitchen colour schemes. It is vital to choose a colour palette for your kitchen flooring, walls, cabinetry, benchtop and kitchen appliances that blends with each other to create a seamless look.
Here are some ideas that you can use to get the kitchen colour palette right for your kitchen:
1. Select Your Kitchen Flooring
Adjacent rooms of your home often will dictate the colour of your kitchen flooring. When choosing a colour for your kitchen flooring, it should match the various components you have chosen so far.
What should you do? Choose the material first – Tile, hardwood and laminate flooring are all widely used flooring options for the kitchen. In addition to your cabinetry colour, choose a second leading colour – maybe your appliance or benchtop colour. A matching yet contrasting colour will shape your kitchen. A classic blend uses classic white cabinets with warm wood flooring or laminate flooring if you’re on a budget. With a benchtop, it will interchange between darker and lighter colours.
2. Go with Your Cabinet Colour
Typically, cabinets will cover around 40% of the visual space in your kitchen and about half of your kitchen renovation budget. So you can consider your cabinet colour for your kitchen’s colour palette.
What should you do? Select a colour, material and texture that suits your character, budget and home decor. Choose cabinets that appeal to you and advance to the next step.
3. Select the Colour of Your Kitchen Appliances
If you have freestanding appliances, you’ll have to match the colour of the front side of the kitchen appliances. And your cabinetry can only be done after you decide which kitchen appliances you intend to purchase.
What should you do? Kitchen appliances like your dishwasher, refrigerator and stainless steel sink will have the utmost impact on the colour scheme. And you will want your appliances to be a part of the plan. So select kitchen appliances that match the colour scheme of your cabinetry – for instance, match white appliances with white or light grey cabinetry. Stainless steel appliances complement well with brown hues, shades of grey and lively colours. Though these things might look evident, many people don’t get it right.
4. Opt for the Colour of Your Countertops
Countertops are often near eye level, covering a substantial portion of your visual space. The visual synchronization in your kitchen will collapse if your cabinets and countertops don’t match.
What should you do? When selecting kitchen countertops, choose the colour of your flooring. Blending these two colours will ensure excellent colour coordination. If you want to replace or upgrade your kitchen flooring, use a sample of your kitchen cabinetry to help with your flooring and countertop selection.
5. Select Hardware Colours
Hardware like cabinet handles and knobs, taps and lighting fixtures will adorn your kitchen but have the capability to put the icing on the cake of your renovation. Beauty lies in finer points. Though there are no set rules about unifying hardware colours, it aids in creating a space that looks orderly.
What should you do? Create a seamless flow by using only one type of hardware material throughout your kitchen. As far as kitchen colour schemes are concerned, adhere to styles and finishes that blend each other.
6. Select A Wall Colour for Your Kitchen
Kitchen walls play a vital part in completing the look of your kitchen. Kitchen walls bring the room together and set the ambience. Kitchen splashbacks, cabinetry, and shelving take up the wall space, yet sufficient wall space is left open, which will not look good if not done right.
What should you do? Choose a colour that blends with the kitchen cabinetry, splashback and flooring. Regardless of the style you choose, cream, off-white or dove grey hue will match most of your selected components. Lively colours are an alternative, but make sure your kitchen cabinetry and flooring have a subtler palette.
The Bottom Line
Seamless kitchen colour schemes would seem to be an overwhelming task initially. Pick a beginning point and advance step-by-step through all the elements in your kitchen, and you’ll finish with a unified space that you will love to work in!
If you need help in kitchen design or remodelling with the best colour selection, then give us a call on 02 9757 4400 or get a quote online, our team will be glad to assist you promptly.
