There are many different options for paint colors if you are going to tackle painting your cabinets, today’s post will share some of our top color choices in white, cream, beige/greige and gray to help you select the perfect paint color for your cabinets.
Painting cabinets is definitely a big job, and one of the hardest parts is selecting the perfect paint color for your kitchen cabinets. Below is the current state of my kitchen, our cabinet painting has commenced. It’s probably going to be like this for awhile as I have quite a few cabinets still to tackle but even with just a few done, I am so excited about the outcome. Lightening up even one section of my current cabinets up is making a big difference. However, as soon as I started I unfortunately realized I made the wrong choice in paint color.
As I showed you all in this post all about our Kitchen Makeover plan {below}, I planned to use Benjamin Moore’s White Dove for my perimeter cabinets. After all, it looked gorgeous in Christy’s kitchen HERE and I have seen it frequently as a top choice for cabinets, the perfect not-too-white, white.
After getting the first section of cabinets painted, then seeing it up against our backsplash my heart sank and I realized this color was not going to work. Our backsplash is too cool, the White Dove color is too creamy and warm. It’s a gorgeous color, but just not right for my room.
Note: we hope to eventually replace the counters you see, I know its hard to overlook them. I am leaning toward black granite because it is so classic and as I have shared HERE my real experience having marble counters, and I just don’t think I want the maintenance again.
The kitchen I long for is the one at the top of the post, a beautiful, classic white kitchen. However, I have accepted that this one is in a home with historic details, I am not sure I can easily translate that look into my basic builder kitchen.
This picture above has been my inspiration since I committed to the marble subway tile. While the lighting in this picture isn’t the best, I am guessing that these cabinets are a true white-white? Not a creamy-white.
Here’s a tip to narrow down a paint color when you are making a long-term decision about a paint color. Use Pinterest to see what you are consistently drawn to.
I went to my Pinterest board to see what I have pinned over the last few years I have been contemplating this Kitchen makeover. One thing jumped out at me–I pin traditional white-white cabinets the most!
So I am on the search for the perfect white-white paint. One like the island below. White Dove has a very creamy undertone, so I need something with more of a blue/gray undertone. After much consideration, I went with Benjamin Moore Decorator’s White. It is a bright white and was perfect for what I was looking for.
All that being said, I did spend more than a few minutes considering instead going with gray/greige. Because, what is not to love about this kitchen? This gets a ridiculous amount of repins so it must be a good one 🙂
Or this one below, so pretty and soothing.
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UPDATE: I love the results! You can see our finished kitchen makeover {as below} in this post HERE.
UPDATE: I painted the laundry room cabinets in our new home a beautiful blue/gray color (Boothbay Gray by Benjamin Moore), which is also a lovely, cooler option if you are looking for a gray tone.
You can also see all my tips for getting an ultra-smooth factory finish when you paint cabinets HERE.
See more about my kitchen makeover:
Kitchen/Breakfast Room Paint Color {my favorite color ever!}
The DIY Under Counter Shelves {IKEA hack}
and…drumroll!
Also, be sure to check out this post with how the cabinets are holding up two years later.
Also, you might find this post to be helpful about the Do’s and Don’ts of Painting Kitchen Cabinets.
XO,
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