Kitchen is painted (PIP)

[house]

WDYT? Looking sad and depressing? It's SW requisite gray. Only the doors are real wood and the rest isn't so DH said we could paint them if we wanted to.  Should we paint or leave as is? Any other idea of how to brighten  up the place without changing the paint? I'm thinking about adding under cabinet lighting.




Also want to add a DIY roman shade with one of these fabrics: (I like the pattern)

or

but that's all I got so far. haha.

[ssmjlm]

It's hard to tell from your photo what things really look like.

You could do a lot by just changing the hardware, hinges, countertops and adding a backsplash.

Also I would remove that wood piece in front of the window to open things up a bit.

[Deleted]

I would change the hardware before I do something and see. A polished silver would brighten and class up the joint a lot.

The paint color is okay. I wouldn't call it drab but it's really really neutral. Which doesn't look so hot right now maybe, but if you do bolder and brighter accessories it'd be great.

[house]

Here's another view.

[McGavin]

I don't mind the colour of the cabinets and I wouldn't be in a rush to paint them. But I don't think the gray paint goes very with the blue countertops. Are you planning on replacing or painting them?

[house]

Yes, the counters will be replaced as they got warped when the basement flooded and went unnoticed for a long while.

[lavender444]

I would paint the cabinets. I'd also remove that wood trim over the windows, do a new backsplash.

[softspot]

Are you replacing the counters soon? I would wait until you do that & replace the hardware then see if you still don't like the cabinets.

[grey56]

The counters would either have to get replaced, or I'd choose a wall color that works with them. Maybe find a fabric for the window shade that has that blue in it, then pick out another color for the walls.

I see you say that you will be replacing the counters. I would do that first, then work around it.

[TBM]

I love the pattern of the fabric, just not with the counters.

Honestly, I would wait until you get new counters to do anything. Anything that you bring in new now might not go with your future counter and will be a waste of money/time.

What do you have that goes on your counter? Do you have a colorful cookie jar or anything that could help brighten things up?

[house]

I have this cookie jar:

[house]

Ok, I will wait for the counter before deciding to paint anything.

[niknik]

Paint We painted out cabinets recently, well it was supposed to be a stain job but yeah, they ended up with black paint which I never wanted. Even with the black paint, the kitchen has a new lease on life. Seriously. I probably would have gone white but they are what they are and I've accepted them. They still look better than before. Fresh and clean, albeit black.

I have pics in my reno blog if you want to see It's not great but you can see before and after there.
www.homeinthesehills.blogspot.com

[house]

Nice! Thanks for sharing! I think my DH will actually like black over white! He likes modern style.

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