This is the first time I have ever seen this woman... I am absolutely color stupid and definitely need these kinds of videos... But my goodness as a man who hates everything light and bubbly I feel like this woman could bring light to souls in hell. What an incredible gift that must be to be able to bring life and feeling through colors and personality. Definitely looking forward to watching more videos.
You mentioned SW Perfect Greige, and my 2 cents is that it's a fantastic "ninja color". We used it, along with SW Sea Salt, in staging a home with maple kitchen cabinets and pine stairs that had yellowed, and it was fantastic handling extremes from strong southwest light to a low light walk-out basement. It looked like we painted every room a different color, but it was just how the paint colors reacted to time of day, window orientation, and light fixtures.
I LOVE Heron Plume but could not find many reviews. I painted samples all over my house & up against my light oak cabinets & loved it. This review confirmed it for me & I’m so happy I went with Heron Plume.🙂
We recently purchased a home that has a LOT of honey oak kitchen and bathroom cabinets. I chose to use Collingwood because of this video and quite a number of Pinterest links. It is perfect - a very calm, neutral colour. I absolutely love it. I’m in the process of replacing all of the COPPER hardware with matte black.
Thanks, Kiley! I am trying to choose the perfect color to go with the huge amount of wood trim in my 1926 house. Think I am going to go with SW Natural Linen in my sunroom and living room. Green can make me "twitchy" as well even though it's one of my favorite colors... Love your videos!!
I love all your insight! I am wondering if you could do a video of colors, as opposed to neutrals, that pair well with red wood stains. Like yellows greens, blues, etc. and if we choose green, how to choose the undertone of warm or cool. I think colors are really getting back into the spotlight and people need help choosing the right one that their woods are asking for. You are not only the perfect eye for that, but you make the most fun videos to watch!!
Thank You, Kylie SO MUCH for doing this video. I could not figure out a color that would work with my spice color cabinets. I went with BM: Pale Oak. I just love the color !
@@KylieMInteriorsPaint Kylie, I have to tell you, I used Benjamin Moore Pale Oak in my bathroom remodel with polished nickel finishes and a white marble wainscot tile with taupe/gray veins. It is SO beautiful. Pale Oak bridges the grays and warm tones beautifully. The cabinets, I kept and are a spice color. These colors all came together and look fantastic. I have wanted to do this bathroom remodel for 5 years. Your inspirational channel helped me. Thank You, again.
When you got to the last group of samples I did breathe a sigh of relief! Some of the previous colors definitely made me feel “twitchy,” but I didn’t realize how much until then.
It's interesting isn't it? How sometimes you see something and you don't know WHY it bugs you - you just know it does. And then you see what works and you're like YESSSSS!!!!
Thank you for a very hands on approach to choosing colors to go with our different wood tones. I would love to see a video done the same way for various yellow and pink toned granites.
Perfect - thank you! I have been struggling choosing a color to go with chocolate brown cabinets - so nice to see your advice on CZcams - very helpful!!!
I have natural cherry cabinet and trim throughout my open first floor. The previous owners had the whole place painted in a muddy dark beige with green plaid curtains . After hating it for years I finally painted everything an extremely light yellow, it’s in the off white section at BM. It’s beautiful and lightens up the whole space. The curtains are gone and modern off white fabric blinds are in. I’m very happy with the look. I have a dining room that’s open on three sides so I went with an accent wall in plum taupe. It’s fantastic next to the cherry and very unexpected.
Wow! Overwhelmed with the wonderful information! Will have to watch a few more times. My basement kitchen cupboards are the exact oak you have. I wanted to do a light color on top set and POW the color of the bottom set. Will keep studying and will find eventually. Thanks so much for your input
Ty for such a great in depth discussion of these red or pink or orange undertones on wood, Kylie. My dark brown engineered wood floors have a sort of peachy reddish undertone and they are throughout the house. I have a mainly southwest exposure but will be opening up a wall that will connect another room with a west facing window while there is also an eastern window in this open space. I'll be narrowing down the list of paint suggestions I made while watching this video and then off to the paint store I go! Thanks for clarifying how to manage the undertones depending on if you want to make them pop or behave themselves.🙂
Thank you for your video!! Our master bedroom has blackout curtains and so we wanted something light for the walls. Your samplings helped us to ultimately choose Balboa Mist -- which went beautifully with our cherry wood furniture! 😀
Looks nice and beautiful fit, but I love more contrast colors for cherry cabinets. Which blue color of SW according to you goes the best with cherry kitchen cabinets?
Oooo, it would really depend on the countertop/backsplash and how much color they can handle, but off the top of my head, I would say blue-violet over blue-green, for sure, and maybe something like SW Windy Blue? I would love a bit more gray in there, but SW doesn't have a ton of great blue-violet options - or maybe SW Upward?
We went with African Gray for kitchen cabinets: My wife and I had 30-year-old oak cabinets in the house we bought and a small budget to update. We decided to paint. The cabinets needed a deep, deep clean on both the door and the boxes. Wow! We had some leftover cabinet doors in the basement, so we tested a couple of colors we didn't like...more importantly, we hated the grain remaining visible. The solution? Aqua Coat White Grain Filler. It was time-consuming but totally worth it. Oh, btw, before we applied the grain filler, I updated the hardware to be slow close hinges. So, after applying the Aqua Coat, for days, we followed that up with a wipe down per the Aqua Coat instructions. Next, we applied Sherwin Williams Ultimate Bonding Primer with a Graco TrueCoat 360 spray gun. I set up a spray station in the garage. After applying and lightly sanding the primer, we used Sherwin Williams "African Gray". We opted for the higher end Emerald quality to promote a long-lasting bond. So far so good. I highly recommend African Gray for cabinets.
Great comment, thank you David! It is all in the prep, isn't it? People complain about chipping, which CAN happen after years and if you hit it absolutely the wrong way, but GENERALLY speaking, they should be pretty darned hardy! I bet it looks AMAZING!
@@KylieMInteriorsPaint I had to reply again because after watching I loved the look of Balboa Mist & Collingwood. And I ended up using those 2 colors throught all ofmy walls (mostly Collingwood, but Balboa Mist in my narrow hall with no natural light and my bedroom). I would have bypassed them thinking they're too beige even if I picked up their sheet samples im not sure i would have painted my walls with them and I never would have picked them on my own. So thankful you displayed them against the floors that pull reds. I was completely going off of that. I bought at least 2 dozen samples. I'm not kidding... I could not get that perfect color I wanted. My floors were being the difficult ones lol Collingwood is it though! The color is so beautiful on my walls!!! I LOVE them! Thank you!
Great video as usual! We have a kitchen full of dark cherry cabinets, dark brown/black granite, beige backsplash and nearly no natural light. We've been struggling with wall color samples for months. Several of the colors you included in this video we tried as samples, and we're still undecided. It's been tough! On the Rocks, Repose Grey, Agreeable Gray, Sedate Gray.... we're still trying to figure it out! Thank you for the timely guidance!
Did you ever decide on a color? Our situation is identical to yours!!! Dark cabinets, black granite, neutral backsplash, little to no natural light. It’s so dark in the kitchen!
Surprisingly we used grant beige with our medium cherry cabinets and it looks great. Also had to consider the multicolored silestone counter and a neutral tan backsplash. Don’t know why you said you really didn’t like it, usually I totally agree with your observations.
We painted our living room SW Heron Plume based on this video. We love the result. The room does breathe a sigh of relief just like you said it would. Thank you, Kylie! How can I send you a pic?
Kylie, I'm a painting contractor and I absolutely love your videos! They've helped me understand certain things about the colors that I knew but didn't know how to verbalize. It's really been super helpful. This is the first time I'll disagree with you...anything with a green undertone works wonderfully with those natural/reddish wood tones in my opinion. Kinda like your red hair against a green sweater, which looks extra-fab on you. Sorry, but I'll stand firm on that...aren't green and red complimentary? For my clients with golden oak cabinets and/or woodwork that want a gray, I've directed them to SW Techno Gray in the recent past and the spaces come out wonderful in my opinion because the walls aren't fighting with the trim, and Techno Gray works wonderfully with a travertine floor or backsplash. Curious as to why you don't like the green undertones. Overall, thank you for your videos, and I think you're great!
Ok, after finishing the video I spoke too soon. I still think when you were flashing the beige colors the ones with the green undertones worked the best. I only try to lean that direction if my client likes green, if not I won't touch it. Ancient marble works well with golden oak cabinets, too. But, golden oak is gross, so if it's in the budget I try to get them to paint the kitchen cabinets. Thanks again for your stuff!
Hi Nick, thank you for your thoughtful comments! It's ALLLL about the intent for me. I find a lot of my clients are wanting to reduce the look of their oak cabinets to update things, they want to blend a bit more, in which case I stay away from green. But I agree, when I want a wood tone to come to life, NOTHING beats green (or a gorgeous blue-green blend!). I'm actually writing an e-course right now and JUST finishing the section on this exact topic!
@@KylieMInteriorsPaint So it's actually okay to get the cabinets to blend in? I always thought it was a poorly thought-out way to do it! Thanks for the advice! With Covid on the scene since last year, SW got rid of their on-site color consultants so I've been doing more color consults than I have in years. I enjoy it, it's just time consuming. Appreciate the reply.
Great video! Could you please recommend the tile that would work well with cherry cabinets to have a More modern look and goes well together with cherry cabinets. Thanks!
That's a great video idea, BUT...the cabinets are the small part of the equation, what matters the most is the countertop and there's such a wide variety!
@@KylieMInteriorsPaint so may be you could make a video on the recommendation of the three for cherry cabinets: cherry cabinets + backsplash + quartz countertop? That would be great! Thanks 🙂
We have reddish finished furniture in our dining room, similar to your top right wood sample. What about BM Calm OC-22 or BM A la Mode 2109-70? North facing room with a big window that is covered by a porch, so not too bright.
I have red oak floors - new and beautiful. Was going to go with Classic Gray but Balboa Mist is nice...It is really hard to decide. It is a small room with one small window West exposure
I love your videos! Looking at my wood cabinets and flooring, they have an orange tone to them. Will these colors work? If not, Will you consider making a similar video to help me update them? Thanks for being so helpful!
Thanks for explaining why the gray/green I thought I would like with aged maple trim was such a disappointment. Leaning now toward SW Divine White and its pink undertones.
I really value your delivery and take on design! It seems good color design is limiting contrast. It’s either pale or a moody dark color, but over all low contrast. Can we have a video that helps us achieve this with the pieces we probably already have? For example, Oak and cherry woods that we can’t afford to replace with the updated lighter paler woods. Do we keep the darker woods and make our walls darker to get that more monotones look?
I have a tile that imitate wood, the color is more beige and brown like mocha. My wall tiles are calacatta with a tone white-gray so I need to choose the color for the vanity. I would like to know if I can match with white dove, dove wing or another? Your opinion going to help me a lot. Thank you so much for your helpful videos.
Hi Thanks for the helpful information. I get fascinating watching all your videos. Right now I am on a dilemma. My kitchen has oak cabinets, my living room a red brick chimney, and pretty much my entire house has an ivory floor tile. I have been bought many painting samples, and so far I can't find the right color of paint for my house walls. What do you suggest me? I will appreciate your valuable opinion. Thanks in advance.
I have a more ‘country/cottage/farmhouse style... so I have a base of warm whites and different {mostly yellow or orange} antiques. I’ve found Sea Salt works as a beautiful soft contrast. ANYWAY, the big ‘wood and white’ look is hard for me as I love it, but haven’t found a nice white to go with my darker interiors that also plays nice with my antiques. Is there such a thing? BM Simply White has worked beautifully in my bright western exposure lake cottage. Too bright for my dark north exposure house, tho.
Really wondering what white to use if I need something that goes with my beams that have a red/orange undertone but is also an east facing room so it needs warmth.
Thank you for doing these videos. What are your thoughts on canvas tan with the larger yellow/orange oak board? I have oak cabinets and trim. I feel my oak has a little more orange though vs yours. Thank you
Hello, love your channel! WIsh did the research 1st before painting :( What goes well with Espresso color cabinets? In the process of switching colors.
Hello, I really enjoy your videos. You have a great sense for colors. I have cherry cabinets and would like to tone them down, and update the paint. I was thinking to go with Edgecomb gray or Agreeable gray, do you think one is better than the other or do you recommend one? Thanks so much!!!
This helps so much! I was wondering what your process is for picking ceiling colors? I have an 8' popcorn ceiling at the moment. I was thinking Sherwain Williams pure white? Most of the walls are painted in a depth of around 55 - 65 LRV, and i wanted something that wouldnt be blinding light in comparison to the walls... but not dingy either. I have watched your videos and noticed that Pure white seems to be a white that will work with most of your color choices. Any tips are greatly appreciated! Thanks so much for all the great content!
I think my cabinets are more like the larger door. Ugh. I painted my kitchen accessible beige. You never mentioned that color! But I think my cabinets look even more like the wood in your blog featuring accessible beige. So I think I’m still ok?!
Glad your soul is happy :) Love your videos. But in honestly some of the differences between the ones you liked and didn't were too subtle for me. Golden oak has pink undertones? No wonder I am lost. Still, I'm continuing to watch and learn. Thanks, Kylie.
I wonder is this primarily a gender thing. I can see the differences because I pick wall colors all the time, but I can see women would really get into these subtleties. I'm not sure why, but I have sisters. For me, I could look at the samples and quickly pick the right match, but for my sisters and mom, you could leave the room and come back an hour later and they could still be talking about the colors. For my wife, I would have to stay and talk about the colors for at least an half an hour to make her happy.
Well, you would need to worry about things blending in quite a bit and it can depend on how orange your floors are, but generally speaking, the idea doesn't SCARE me. You might find the walls looking more muted compared to the orange in your floor.
Hi Kylie, love your videos. I have dark cherry wood kitchen cabinets in a south facing room with lots of light. I am thinking about balboa mist, collingwood or perfect greige based on your comments. However, my kitchen counter is multi coloured marble with red/orange, grey, beige. Would these paint options work? Thanks
Hi, just stumbled upon your blog and videos and appreciate your enthusiasm and analysis! My husband made beautiful cherry furniture years ago and the pieces are stained a medium rich cherry color. Would love to tone them down and am thinking about using Perfect Greige. However, what do you think about using a more gray color like Dorian Gray (SW 7017), Pussywillow (SW 7643), or Warm Pewter (SW9572)? (This is for our master and we have a vaulted ceiling.) Thank you!
Love love your wit and videos!! My floors are cherry, will be painting cabinets off white shortly, and I am thinking whole house Colonnade Gray. Thoughts?
Well, it actually ALLLLL depends on your countertop and backsplash, they're the ones calling the shots! I HIGHLY SUGGEST holding off on your wall colour until you pick your cabinet colour and then coordinate from there. Colonnade COULD limit you and it sometimes there are only a few colours that will REALLY WORK on cabinets!
I’m thinking about Windfresh White SW to lighten up my old beige walls. I have oak cabinets and oak floors. My cabinets are similar to the shorter one that you have in your video. Do you have any advice on a white to brighten things up? Thanks!
Ooooo, while it's not WHITE, Sherwin Williams Aesthetic White is a beauty - it's an off-white. Windfresh is GOOOORGEOUS, but has a pretty legit pink undertone to watch out for!
@@KylieMInteriorsPaint I did the paper comparison. Interior walls are definitely off-white, not natural linen beige at al in various lightings. The walls are flat. Interestingly they painted the garage natural linen as well but in eggshell. Garage is definitely beige as advertised. So either flat natural linen makes it off white or I can speculate Sherwin Williams mixed the 5 gallon pails with 1 gallon formula. Thank you.
I love my dark cherry cabinets, they are similar to your kitchen that you featured on your website that was 'updated' from early 2000. They are in fantastic shape and beautiful, I dont get people painting over them. Hopefully that sterile trend will PASS soon. But in the meantime, I do need to update the paint in my home. I do have honey oak floors as well. Please suggest 3 beige or cream tones that will up date the look. You seemed to love pale oak or balboa mist but they seemed too white too me. Any warmer tones?
My current home has oak flooring with simoly white kitchen cube it’s, stone isle, and sea salt. Light French gray upstairs and pale oak bathrooms. The first time I painted was amazing gray and worldly gray. I ended up not liking them. Anyway, I’m moving soon, and our new home has oak floors and cherry cabinets with brownie granite. I’m debating on painting repose gray and silver pointe, with cabinets in alabaster, or illusive green, and tricorn black or urban bronze on a door, or stair railing. . I have to bring swatches to compare with the granite and decide on backsplash before I make any decisions. Do you have any advice?
I have almond interior windows. I am not able to paint them because there is an almond grid in between the panes of glass. Could yo do a tutorial on white trims to go with the almond? Replacing the windows is not in the budget, and I can't handle the oak trim any more.
I also have almond/tan windows with interior grids. I decided to paint my trim (all of it) the same color as the vinyl and it turned out great! I had it color-matched.
After watching this video (and going on an article-reading spree), I think I really want to go with Balboa Mist for my main living area (red undertone floors)! Though I was wondering, when it comes to a colour for my new trim, should I be coordinating primarily with the wall colour, or both the wall and the floor? I was thinking about doing Chantilly Lace but I wonder if I should do something softer/creamier?
Hi Chelsea! I would definitely take a look at Chantilly Lace, it's lovely with Balboa and nice and clean contrast with the floor! If you did go softer, I just wouldn't go TOO creamy, maybe like SW Pure White :)
Thanks Kylie. I just started watching your videos I am about to change the color on my walls. My home has the oak kitchen cabinets,oak trim,tounge and groove cedar cathedral ceiling all done in a darker honey oak. The kitchen flows right into the living area. I love the perfect Greige that you choose. My question would this look good doing it all in this color. Its a big job and want to do it right. I respect your decisions more than mine. Thanks
Thanks for your response!! I have learned so much from your channel. I love your spirit and enthusiasm. We have Brazilian Cherry floors throughout our home and we will be repainting it in SW Natural Linen
I just came across your videos, and I really like how you’re presenting your material. I really must be undertone-challenged because I really couldn’t see the pink undertones that you did. I can do a pretty good job with yellows, taupe, and the like, but I’m completely lost at recognizing the pinks, purples, etc. even when they are side-by-side, and forget it when the sample is all by itself.
you said you can get the paint samples for free, where can I get them? My kitchen cabinets are Sangria, kind of a red/brown color. I want to do an accent wall behind the cabinets one color and the rest of the room another. Any suggestions?
This is the first time I have ever seen this woman... I am absolutely color stupid and definitely need these kinds of videos... But my goodness as a man who hates everything light and bubbly I feel like this woman could bring light to souls in hell. What an incredible gift that must be to be able to bring life and feeling through colors and personality. Definitely looking forward to watching more videos.
Holy cannoli, what an awesome comment to get Jay, thank you!
@@KylieMInteriorsPaint you are awesome, beautiful, and I appreciate you and your work. Thank you for sharing your talent with the world.
Very impressed with her “eye”. She is obviously a superb color designer. Grateful to have found her quite by accident!
You mentioned SW Perfect Greige, and my 2 cents is that it's a fantastic "ninja color". We used it, along with SW Sea Salt, in staging a home with maple kitchen cabinets and pine stairs that had yellowed, and it was fantastic handling extremes from strong southwest light to a low light walk-out basement. It looked like we painted every room a different color, but it was just how the paint colors reacted to time of day, window orientation, and light fixtures.
I LOVE Heron Plume but could not find many reviews. I painted samples all over my house & up against my light oak cabinets & loved it. This review confirmed it for me & I’m so happy I went with Heron Plume.🙂
We recently purchased a home that has a LOT of honey oak kitchen and bathroom cabinets. I chose to use Collingwood because of this video and quite a number of Pinterest links. It is perfect - a very calm, neutral colour. I absolutely love it. I’m in the process of replacing all of the COPPER hardware with matte black.
Hang onto that copper hardware, it’s on its way back already.
I love the Balboa Mist!
This was super helpful! I have beautiful dark cherry wood floors that I’d never replace. Love balboa mist, pale oak, and perfect greige!
Mmmm, yes, Pale Oak is SO pretty. Some people fear the pink in it, but it can be beautiful! BM Collingwood is nice, too!
Thanks, Kiley! I am trying to choose the perfect color to go with the huge amount of wood trim in my 1926 house. Think I am going to go with SW Natural Linen in my sunroom and living room. Green can make me "twitchy" as well even though it's one of my favorite colors... Love your videos!!
I love all your insight! I am wondering if you could do a video of colors, as opposed to neutrals, that pair well with red wood stains. Like yellows greens, blues, etc. and if we choose green, how to choose the undertone of warm or cool. I think colors are really getting back into the spotlight and people need help choosing the right one that their woods are asking for. You are not only the perfect eye for that, but you make the most fun videos to watch!!
Thank You, Kylie SO MUCH for doing this video. I could not figure out a color that would work with my spice color cabinets. I went with BM: Pale Oak. I just love the color !
WAHOOOOOO, this is just what I love to hear, thank you for taking the time to come back and leave a comment!
@@KylieMInteriorsPaint Kylie, I have to tell you, I used Benjamin Moore Pale Oak in my bathroom remodel with polished nickel finishes and a white marble wainscot tile with taupe/gray veins. It is SO beautiful. Pale Oak bridges the grays and warm tones beautifully. The cabinets, I kept and are a spice color. These colors all came together and look fantastic. I have wanted to do this bathroom remodel for 5 years. Your inspirational channel helped me. Thank You, again.
Your way with words makes me enjoy picking colors 😊
When you got to the last group of samples I did breathe a sigh of relief! Some of the previous colors definitely made me feel “twitchy,” but I didn’t realize how much until then.
It's interesting isn't it? How sometimes you see something and you don't know WHY it bugs you - you just know it does. And then you see what works and you're like YESSSSS!!!!
Thank you for a very hands on approach to choosing colors to go with our different wood tones. I would love to see a video done the same way for various yellow and pink toned granites.
Thanks Catherine, I will make a note of that!
I went with rainwashed and love it! Pale Oak looked pink. It was nice to have some blue as everything was too brown and cherry toned in my house.
Perfect - thank you! I have been struggling choosing a color to go with chocolate brown cabinets - so nice to see your advice on CZcams - very helpful!!!
I have natural cherry cabinet and trim throughout my open first floor. The previous owners had the whole place painted in a muddy dark beige with green plaid curtains . After hating it for years I finally painted everything an extremely light yellow, it’s in the off white section at BM. It’s beautiful and lightens up the whole space. The curtains are gone and modern off white fabric blinds are in. I’m very happy with the look. I have a dining room that’s open on three sides so I went with an accent wall in plum taupe. It’s fantastic next to the cherry and very unexpected.
Wow! Overwhelmed with the wonderful information! Will have to watch a few more times. My basement kitchen cupboards are the exact oak you have. I wanted to do a light color on top set and POW the color of the bottom set. Will keep studying and will find eventually. Thanks so much for your input
Hi Nancy, thank YOU for taking the time to send a comment!
I love this video. You make some great videos.
I always love the taupe colors with more "purple" undertones in them. Well-done! I subscribed. 💜
Thank you so much!! :)
Ty for such a great in depth discussion of these red or pink or orange undertones on wood, Kylie. My dark brown engineered wood floors have a sort of peachy reddish undertone and they are throughout the house. I have a mainly southwest exposure but will be opening up a wall that will connect another room with a west facing window while there is also an eastern window in this open space. I'll be narrowing down the list of paint suggestions I made while watching this video and then off to the paint store I go! Thanks for clarifying how to manage the undertones depending on if you want to make them pop or behave themselves.🙂
Wahoo, that's what I love to hear - I hope you find one that you love ;).
Thank you for your video!! Our master bedroom has blackout curtains and so we wanted something light for the walls. Your samplings helped us to ultimately choose Balboa Mist -- which went beautifully with our cherry wood furniture! 😀
Thank you!! I don’t want to paint my cabinets and this is so helpful
Glad it was helpful!
I painted my whole house shaded white by farrow & ball. It looks great with my natural cherry cabinets and looks very modern.
Oooo, good to know! I JUST ordered this from Samplize, along with a few others, so I'm looking forward to checking it out!
I used sw perfect greige before watching your video. Thank you for confirming wht it works with our various wood colors in our home!
Wonderful! I love to get comments like this - so glad you love it :)
Excellent work 👏🏽, thank you
Love Love Love these kinds of videos,...they are so very helpful! Thank you Kylie!
Budget? Yes please!
awesome thanks
Thank you for the advice. Very informative and really helped transform my kitchen/ kitchen cabinets
Looks nice and beautiful fit, but I love more contrast colors for cherry cabinets. Which blue color of SW according to you goes the best with cherry kitchen cabinets?
Oooo, it would really depend on the countertop/backsplash and how much color they can handle, but off the top of my head, I would say blue-violet over blue-green, for sure, and maybe something like SW Windy Blue? I would love a bit more gray in there, but SW doesn't have a ton of great blue-violet options - or maybe SW Upward?
Hi Kylie. I really enjoy your excellent tips! I am wondering if Benjamin Moore Natural linen would do well with these same colors of cabinets. Thanks!
We went with African Gray for kitchen cabinets: My wife and I had 30-year-old oak cabinets in the house we bought and a small budget to update. We decided to paint. The cabinets needed a deep, deep clean on both the door and the boxes. Wow! We had some leftover cabinet doors in the basement, so we tested a couple of colors we didn't like...more importantly, we hated the grain remaining visible. The solution? Aqua Coat White Grain Filler. It was time-consuming but totally worth it. Oh, btw, before we applied the grain filler, I updated the hardware to be slow close hinges. So, after applying the Aqua Coat, for days, we followed that up with a wipe down per the Aqua Coat instructions. Next, we applied Sherwin Williams Ultimate Bonding Primer with a Graco TrueCoat 360 spray gun. I set up a spray station in the garage. After applying and lightly sanding the primer, we used Sherwin Williams "African Gray". We opted for the higher end Emerald quality to promote a long-lasting bond. So far so good. I highly recommend African Gray for cabinets.
Great comment, thank you David! It is all in the prep, isn't it? People complain about chipping, which CAN happen after years and if you hit it absolutely the wrong way, but GENERALLY speaking, they should be pretty darned hardy! I bet it looks AMAZING!
This was helpful! My wood floors almost have a pink undertone to them. So I will get one of the colors you mentioned here. Thank you.
Glad it was helpful!
@@KylieMInteriorsPaint I had to reply again because after watching I loved the look of Balboa Mist & Collingwood. And I ended up using those 2 colors throught all ofmy walls (mostly Collingwood, but Balboa Mist in my narrow hall with no natural light and my bedroom). I would have bypassed them thinking they're too beige even if I picked up their sheet samples im not sure i would have painted my walls with them and I never would have picked them on my own. So thankful you displayed them against the floors that pull reds. I was completely going off of that. I bought at least 2 dozen samples. I'm not kidding... I could not get that perfect color I wanted. My floors were being the difficult ones lol Collingwood is it though! The color is so beautiful on my walls!!! I LOVE them! Thank you!
Great video as usual! We have a kitchen full of dark cherry cabinets, dark brown/black granite, beige backsplash and nearly no natural light. We've been struggling with wall color samples for months. Several of the colors you included in this video we tried as samples, and we're still undecided. It's been tough! On the Rocks, Repose Grey, Agreeable Gray, Sedate Gray.... we're still trying to figure it out! Thank you for the timely guidance!
Thank you and good luck!
Did you ever decide on a color? Our situation is identical to yours!!! Dark cabinets, black granite, neutral backsplash, little to no natural light. It’s so dark in the kitchen!
Did you ever find a color that you liked? I’m in the same situation.
thank you!!!!
Surprisingly we used grant beige with our medium cherry cabinets and it looks great. Also had to consider the multicolored silestone counter and a neutral tan backsplash. Don’t know why you said you really didn’t like it, usually I totally agree with your observations.
Hi Mary, I'm glad it worked for you - that's all that matters!
Wow this taught me a lot! Thank you!!
You're most welcome :)
We painted our living room SW Heron Plume based on this video. We love the result. The room does breathe a sigh of relief just like you said it would. Thank you, Kylie! How can I send you a pic?
Oooo, I would LOVE LOVE LOVE to see some photos - kylie@kylieminteriors.ca
This is extremely helpful. Where do you get the peel and stick samples?
Kylie, I'm a painting contractor and I absolutely love your videos! They've helped me understand certain things about the colors that I knew but didn't know how to verbalize. It's really been super helpful. This is the first time I'll disagree with you...anything with a green undertone works wonderfully with those natural/reddish wood tones in my opinion. Kinda like your red hair against a green sweater, which looks extra-fab on you. Sorry, but I'll stand firm on that...aren't green and red complimentary? For my clients with golden oak cabinets and/or woodwork that want a gray, I've directed them to SW Techno Gray in the recent past and the spaces come out wonderful in my opinion because the walls aren't fighting with the trim, and Techno Gray works wonderfully with a travertine floor or backsplash. Curious as to why you don't like the green undertones. Overall, thank you for your videos, and I think you're great!
Ok, after finishing the video I spoke too soon. I still think when you were flashing the beige colors the ones with the green undertones worked the best. I only try to lean that direction if my client likes green, if not I won't touch it. Ancient marble works well with golden oak cabinets, too. But, golden oak is gross, so if it's in the budget I try to get them to paint the kitchen cabinets. Thanks again for your stuff!
Hi Nick, thank you for your thoughtful comments! It's ALLLL about the intent for me. I find a lot of my clients are wanting to reduce the look of their oak cabinets to update things, they want to blend a bit more, in which case I stay away from green. But I agree, when I want a wood tone to come to life, NOTHING beats green (or a gorgeous blue-green blend!). I'm actually writing an e-course right now and JUST finishing the section on this exact topic!
@@KylieMInteriorsPaint So it's actually okay to get the cabinets to blend in? I always thought it was a poorly thought-out way to do it! Thanks for the advice! With Covid on the scene since last year, SW got rid of their on-site color consultants so I've been doing more color consults than I have in years. I enjoy it, it's just time consuming. Appreciate the reply.
@@KylieMInteriorsPaint if I want to calm down the wood cabinets but the backsplash and counter is greenish. Is there a way to do it with wall paint?
THANKSSS ;O)
Great video! Could you please recommend the tile that would work well with cherry cabinets to have a More modern look and goes well together with cherry cabinets. Thanks!
That's a great video idea, BUT...the cabinets are the small part of the equation, what matters the most is the countertop and there's such a wide variety!
@@KylieMInteriorsPaint so may be you could make a video on the recommendation of the three for cherry cabinets: cherry cabinets + backsplash + quartz countertop? That would be great! Thanks 🙂
Can you do Believable Buff Sw. I have open layout living room and dining room with north and south windows across each other.
We have reddish finished furniture in our dining room, similar to your top right wood sample. What about BM Calm OC-22 or BM A la Mode 2109-70? North facing room with a big window that is covered by a porch, so not too bright.
I have red oak floors - new and beautiful. Was going to go with Classic Gray but Balboa Mist is nice...It is really hard to decide. It is a small room with one small window West exposure
I love your videos! Looking at my wood cabinets and flooring, they have an orange tone to them. Will these colors work? If not, Will you consider making a similar video to help me update them? Thanks for being so helpful!
She posted a video similar with orange cabinets about a week ago. 👍
Thanks for explaining why the gray/green I thought I would like with aged maple trim was such a disappointment. Leaning now toward SW Divine White and its pink undertones.
Any suggestions for a north facing room!with medium oak cabinets?
Very helpful! Thank you.
I really value your delivery and take on design! It seems good color design is limiting contrast. It’s either pale or a moody dark color, but over all low contrast. Can we have a video that helps us achieve this with the pieces we probably already have? For example, Oak and cherry woods that we can’t afford to replace with the updated lighter paler woods. Do we keep the darker woods and make our walls darker to get that more monotones look?
I will add that to my list Tara, thanks for the suggestion!
different subject...i want to return a wicker piece to its original wicker color from painted brown.. any suggestions?
Great video, I signed up to receive more info from you.
I have a tile that imitate wood, the color is more beige and brown like mocha. My wall tiles are calacatta with a tone white-gray so I need to choose the color for the vanity. I would like to know if I can match with white dove, dove wing or another? Your opinion going to help me a lot. Thank you so much for your helpful videos.
Popular gray, pale oak , Bolboa Mist! , onorax, love all the paints with sight tint purple undertones
You know, I didn't use to, and now i LOVE them and have two rooms painted in them! (Classic Gray and Balboa).
Hi Thanks for the helpful information. I get fascinating watching all your videos. Right now I am on a dilemma. My kitchen has oak cabinets, my living room a red brick chimney, and pretty much my entire house has an ivory floor tile. I have been bought many painting samples, and so far I can't find the right color of paint for my house walls. What do you suggest me? I will appreciate your valuable opinion. Thanks in advance.
I have a more ‘country/cottage/farmhouse style... so I have a base of warm whites and different {mostly yellow or orange} antiques. I’ve found Sea Salt works as a beautiful soft contrast. ANYWAY, the big ‘wood and white’ look is hard for me as I love it, but haven’t found a nice white to go with my darker interiors that also plays nice with my antiques. Is there such a thing? BM Simply White has worked beautifully in my bright western exposure lake cottage. Too bright for my dark north exposure house, tho.
Really wondering what white to use if I need something that goes with my beams that have a red/orange undertone but is also an east facing room so it needs warmth.
Thank you for doing these videos. What are your thoughts on canvas tan with the larger yellow/orange oak board? I have oak cabinets and trim. I feel my oak has a little more orange though vs yours. Thank you
Hello, love your channel! WIsh did the research 1st before painting :( What goes well with Espresso color cabinets? In the process of switching colors.
Will attitude grey make my bright red cherry cabinets pop or tone down the color of the cabinets. I'm looking to tone doen. Thanks
Hello, I really enjoy your videos. You have a great sense for colors. I have cherry cabinets and would like to tone them down, and update the paint. I was thinking to go with Edgecomb gray or Agreeable gray, do you think one is better than the other or do you recommend one? Thanks so much!!!
or accessible beige. Thanks
I want a white kitchen what white makes beautiful white cabinets? What white would be good on walls? Thank you for your advice
I have these wood tones in kitchen. I am wanting to paint with white. Would sw alabaster look pretty?
This helps so much! I was wondering what your process is for picking ceiling colors? I have an 8' popcorn ceiling at the moment. I was thinking Sherwain Williams pure white? Most of the walls are painted in a depth of around 55 - 65 LRV, and i wanted something that wouldnt be blinding light in comparison to the walls... but not dingy either. I have watched your videos and noticed that Pure white seems to be a white that will work with most of your color choices. Any tips are greatly appreciated! Thanks so much for all the great content!
Cam u do bm dark linen it was on the walls in my house growing up and I still love it and think about it . I want to know why I love it so much
Thank you. Informative! What do you think of Windsbreath or Cedar Key with red cherry floors? Hope to calm them down.
I think my cabinets are more like the larger door. Ugh. I painted my kitchen accessible beige. You never mentioned that color! But I think my cabinets look even more like the wood in your blog featuring accessible beige. So I think I’m still ok?!
Glad your soul is happy :) Love your videos. But in honestly some of the differences between the ones you liked and didn't were too subtle for me. Golden oak has pink undertones? No wonder I am lost. Still, I'm continuing to watch and learn. Thanks, Kylie.
Thanks Blayne, don't worry - if it was super-easy I wouldn't have a job!
I wonder is this primarily a gender thing. I can see the differences because I pick wall colors all the time, but I can see women would really get into these subtleties. I'm not sure why, but I have sisters. For me, I could look at the samples and quickly pick the right match, but for my sisters and mom, you could leave the room and come back an hour later and they could still be talking about the colors. For my wife, I would have to stay and talk about the colors for at least an half an hour to make her happy.
What would edgecomb grey look like with the orange undertones in the cabinets?
Please help with a pretty wall color that goes with cream trim! I can’t change the trim just yet-
Will Heron Plume go with warm Walnut furniture and oak floor?
Can you suggest a wall color for white appliances with honey oak kitchen ?? Thanks. I hate red.
What do do if you have permanent fixtures with yellow and pink?
I have cherry cabinets and pale pink countertops looking for perfect wall color could you please help? Thank you
How do you feel about shoji white with cherry floors?
It can work, for sure!
What do you think about the Red/Cherry Wood with Pale Oak?
Would you recommend Antler Velvet by SW for complementing orange-toned oak floors?
Well, you would need to worry about things blending in quite a bit and it can depend on how orange your floors are, but generally speaking, the idea doesn't SCARE me. You might find the walls looking more muted compared to the orange in your floor.
@@KylieMInteriorsPaint thank you!!
Hi Kylie! Would White duck or natural choice be a good option for honey oak??
Hi Kylie, love your videos. I have dark cherry wood kitchen cabinets in a south facing room with lots of light. I am thinking about balboa mist, collingwood or perfect greige based on your comments. However, my kitchen counter is multi coloured marble with red/orange, grey, beige. Would these paint options work? Thanks
Same with my home- did you find a color that works?
@@samirakelley1312 I signed up for a 1 room special with Kylie and she suggested Benjamin Moore Pale Oak and I love it.
@@nancymanning8562 That’s great to know because it’s one of the colors I narrowed down to but wasn’t sure! Thanks for sharing that!
Hi, just stumbled upon your blog and videos and appreciate your enthusiasm and analysis! My husband made beautiful cherry furniture years ago and the pieces are stained a medium rich cherry color. Would love to tone them down and am thinking about using Perfect Greige. However, what do you think about using a more gray color like Dorian Gray (SW 7017), Pussywillow (SW 7643), or Warm Pewter (SW9572)? (This is for our master and we have a vaulted ceiling.) Thank you!
How about painting cherry wood cabinets..awful..cannot stand them or that orange oak..what can I do?
Love love your wit and videos!! My floors are cherry, will be painting cabinets off white shortly, and I am thinking whole house Colonnade Gray. Thoughts?
Well, it actually ALLLLL depends on your countertop and backsplash, they're the ones calling the shots! I HIGHLY SUGGEST holding off on your wall colour until you pick your cabinet colour and then coordinate from there. Colonnade COULD limit you and it sometimes there are only a few colours that will REALLY WORK on cabinets!
I’m thinking about Windfresh White SW to lighten up my old beige walls. I have oak cabinets and oak floors. My cabinets are similar to the shorter one that you have in your video. Do you have any advice on a white to brighten things up? Thanks!
Ooooo, while it's not WHITE, Sherwin Williams Aesthetic White is a beauty - it's an off-white. Windfresh is GOOOORGEOUS, but has a pretty legit pink undertone to watch out for!
@@KylieMInteriorsPaint What do you think about Shoji White in a kitchen with oak cabinets? I’m trying to update my beige walls. Thanks!
Thank you so much for your reply! These “whites” are making me crazy! I’ll look at Aesthetic White. 😊
Your SW Natural Linen sample is very tan and I like it. So I got SW Natural Linen (flat) on my walls, but it appears bright white. Is that normal?
It could seem light COMPARED to what's currently on your walls - put a piece of white paper right next to it and see if this helps :).
@@KylieMInteriorsPaint I did the paper comparison. Interior walls are definitely off-white, not natural linen beige at al in various lightings. The walls are flat. Interestingly they painted the garage natural linen as well but in eggshell. Garage is definitely beige as advertised. So either flat natural linen makes it off white or I can speculate Sherwin Williams mixed the 5 gallon pails with 1 gallon formula. Thank you.
I love my dark cherry cabinets, they are similar to your kitchen that you featured on your website that was 'updated' from early 2000. They are in fantastic shape and beautiful, I dont get people painting over them. Hopefully that sterile trend will PASS soon. But in the meantime, I do need to update the paint in my home. I do have honey oak floors as well. Please suggest 3 beige or cream tones that will up date the look. You seemed to love pale oak or balboa mist but they seemed too white too me. Any warmer tones?
My current home has oak flooring with simoly white kitchen cube it’s, stone isle, and sea salt. Light French gray upstairs and pale oak bathrooms. The first time I painted was amazing gray and worldly gray. I ended up not liking them. Anyway, I’m moving soon, and our new home has oak floors and cherry cabinets with brownie granite. I’m debating on painting repose gray and silver pointe, with cabinets in alabaster, or illusive green, and tricorn black or urban bronze on a door, or stair railing. . I have to bring swatches to compare with the granite and decide on backsplash before I make any decisions. Do you have any advice?
Are you using all Sherwin Williams? Because BM does Sea salt as well.........
What would be a good color for Knotty pine wainscoting?
I have almond interior windows. I am not able to paint them because there is an almond grid in between the panes of glass. Could yo do a tutorial on white trims to go with the almond? Replacing the windows is not in the budget, and I can't handle the oak trim any more.
I also have almond/tan windows with interior grids. I decided to paint my trim (all of it) the same color as the vinyl and it turned out great! I had it color-matched.
Thia is good. Is brown an undertone? My floor is walnut and I don't think it has an undertone.
After watching this video (and going on an article-reading spree), I think I really want to go with Balboa Mist for my main living area (red undertone floors)! Though I was wondering, when it comes to a colour for my new trim, should I be coordinating primarily with the wall colour, or both the wall and the floor? I was thinking about doing Chantilly Lace but I wonder if I should do something softer/creamier?
Hi Chelsea! I would definitely take a look at Chantilly Lace, it's lovely with Balboa and nice and clean contrast with the floor! If you did go softer, I just wouldn't go TOO creamy, maybe like SW Pure White :)
@@KylieMInteriorsPaint Thank you so much for the reply! I'll definitely take a look at both of those! :)
What about Pashmina??? I so look forward to your videos.
Thanks Julie! another colour for my list!
How do you feel about repose gray with that small mid-tone block of wood?
Would Alpaca color still works even if kitchen backsplah has a hit of green/cream? My cabinets are maple color with hit of pink
oooo, from the sounds of it, i don't LOVE the idea of Alpaca in here...
Thanks Kylie. I just started watching your videos I am about to change the color on my walls. My home has the oak kitchen cabinets,oak trim,tounge and groove cedar cathedral ceiling all done in a darker honey oak. The kitchen flows right into the living area. I love the perfect Greige that you choose. My question would this look good doing it all in this color. Its a big job and want to do it right. I respect your decisions more than mine. Thanks
How about Sherman Williams Simplify Beige?
lt's pretty and could work, but has a pretty strong pink that makes a lot of people nervous, so just be careful!
Thanks for your response!! I have learned so much from your channel. I love your spirit and enthusiasm. We have Brazilian Cherry floors throughout our home and we will be repainting it in SW Natural Linen
I just came across your videos, and I really like how you’re presenting your material. I really must be undertone-challenged because I really couldn’t see the pink undertones that you did. I can do a pretty good job with yellows, taupe, and the like, but I’m completely lost at recognizing the pinks, purples, etc. even when they are side-by-side, and forget it when the sample is all by itself.
I have medium oak cabinets (from right 2nd oak chip) and I have gentle cream you said no cream but it actually looks good
you said you can get the paint samples for free, where can I get them? My kitchen cabinets are Sangria, kind of a red/brown color. I want to do an accent wall behind the cabinets one color and the rest of the room another. Any suggestions?
Well, you can get the little paper chip samples for free? That's it though!
Wondering how you feel about BM Rodeo with any of these woods?
Rodeo has a wink of a green undertone that CAN be enhanced a bit by these red/pink hue woods :).