Painting Kitchen With Orangish Oak Cabinets
Laurie from Saint Louis
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RE: Painting Kitchen With Orangish Oak Cabinets
http://www.benjaminmoore.com
http://www.sherwin-williams.com
These two links will help you locate the right color from their paint palettes you want in the "red" or red-oranges like peach, pumpkin, melon etc. Write down the color number/name and take it to the paint store and look at the paint charts they have available. If you look at the lighter shades of a color, you may find one you think compliments your cabinets, provides brightness and is still soft.
A worker may help you with finding that perfect shade you're looking for.
Another idea is to paint one wall say in a red-orange or a strong peach color and the other three white. The solid bold colored wall bounces onto the white and provides a tint of the bold color which adds softness, provides brightness, light, emphasis and is clean looking too.
Post by Lorelei
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How about a very pale blue!
Post by Lily May
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Our oak cabinets look good with walls that are a very pale yellow, almost a cream color. We wallpapered the backsplash area (one wall behind the sink and stove) with a "faux marble" pattern with shades of dark red, copper and gold. I really love the combination of the oak and dark red, although I wouldn't want it on all the walls, just as an accent color.
Post by ChloeA
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I thought that maybe a mocha or taupe color may work.
Post By Denise (Guest Post)
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Here's the link for Benjamin Moore Paints
http://www.myperfectcolor.com/SearchResults.asp
If you look at paint chips in shades of melon and peach, get the lightest on the chart which is a soft hue of the strongest color.
Post by Lorelei
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Instead of buying paint in grayish tones, which are the cooler colors, I would look for paint in the warmer tones. Bring home a bunch of paint chips ranging in colors from yellow to mellon (as the previous writer suggested) to the different shades of tan or brown to the reds and burgungys. Even some shades of green are in the warmer tones. Then see which paint chip looks better next to your cabinets
Post by Patty Lynn
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Try a "dusty" green or muted green. It will tone down that orangey color. Look at the color wheel opposite the orange and you'll see the complimentary color. Look right next to orange and you'll see variations that will work.
Good luck!
Post By Melanie (Guest Post)
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Have you considered changing the color of the cabinets? It's easier than you might think.
I also had golden oak cabinets. I lightly sanded them - stained them with a darker stain - added a coat of polyurethane. It was a lot easier than painting them.
It looks like a whole new kitchen!
Post By Jean from Raymond, MS (Guest Post)
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Try white walls with a wallpaper border that has a touch of the oak color in it. OR, if you want more color on the walls try a soft subtle melon paint.
Post by Lorelei
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