Oak Kitchen & Cream doors????

katyjo

Hi I hope this is posted in the right forum gosh there are so many & my first time on the boards!! if not can you please point me in the right direction!!

We currently have a solid character oak kitchen its about 5 years old & i really dont like it anymore!! as its matured it has turned a nearly orange colour & is quite dark. Our kitchen has very little natural light so we want to try & brighten it up by re-tiling the floor cream/beige & we are toying with the idea of spraying our oak doors cream or a very pale green colour. However the carcus itself, the kickboards & the cornice along the top & bottom is oak veneer & as its only 5 years old we cant justify ripping it out & getting a brand new kitchen.

Ive looked & looked online & found many mixed oak & cream kitchens but have yet to find a picture with oak carcuss, cornice & kick boards & just the cream doors. We also plan to replace the existing black countertop with a butchers block style to match the oak. I'd value anyones opinion as to how you think will look!! or if you can link me to any pics online that would be fab.

Many thanks guys for your time!
KJ.x

ronboy

My tuppence worth..
I'd paint the whole kitchen cream and replace the countertop with an oak one and change the handles to oak aswell. It looks great and not to much going on. The way you are talking about doing it I think is to busy.
But it's your choice just my way of doing it :)

katyjo

thanks for that. The carcuss is oak veneer though not solid, can you paint that?

Pinky123

Hiya, Keep the cornice. pelmet and kicker oak with the new oak w/top and paint the rest cream/ivory. If you wanted to you could also leave any seen gables and open units oak and really just paint the doors themselves. Both styles work really well. Don't worry about the colour of the interior of the carcass.

I would recommend going with an ivory finish as a cream can become very yellow looking over the years. Have a look at the Colour Trend Historic range of paints, very much along the line of the Farrow and Ball colours but less expensive and still great quality. As for handles you could go with oak or have a look at the cracked eggshell ceramic handles to give it that old look. The main thing is that you clean your doors and prime them thoroughly before putting any finish on them as this will give a much more professional finish.
HTH
Pinky

katyjo

thanks pinky thats exactly the picture in my head with gables still oak the inside of the carcuss is already white/off white so no need to paint anyway. Have ordered sample pieces of worktop, If they look ok against the oak veneer i think i'll be brave & give it a go.

Thanks guys

KJ.x

Pinky123

Best of Luck..

Kitchen Expert

Hi All,

I agree with Pinky123, just paint the doors. It will be a much easier job for you and it will look well. I would use an off white paint like Orchid White (eggshell). Remove the doors before you paint them to make it easier on yourself.

I posted have a video I am PM you.

Best of luck with the kitchen renovation.

KevArno

Hi guys,

Dont mean to upset the apple cart here, but I think you should definitely paint the whole thing. I agree with ronboy that just painting the doors will be very very busy. I think it will also be quite old fashioned actually, and I dont think you will get that bright clean look you seem to want. I think you need to look at handpainting it all, and then the worktop of your choice.

As an aside, if you have a dresser, or a pantry area, or an island, then these would be perfect to leave completely oak and create a real rustic contrast. Open features like wineracks, plate racks, open shelves would also look great in oak.

I hate to be bringing it back to cliches like this but realistically, if it's worth doing, it is worth doing right. I certainly wouldnt entertain the easiest job over the right one, if I were you!

And as for painting veneers, fire ahead. Just use a primer.

Best of luck with your work, and maybe post some before and after pics. I think it would be great if more people updated their threads with before/after pics of work to help others out with ideas. Or maybe that should be a seperate thread

chuck eastwood

We had the same problem but our kitchen was a little older. toyed with the idea of painting it and had some painter look at it for us. every single one of them told us to paint the whole thing as it would just look like a half arsed job just doing the doors and replacing the counter top. in the end we got a new kitchen. glad we decided for the full cream affect

Kitchen Expert

If you are getting a professional painter in to paint your kitchen then by all means paint the full kitchen including cornice, pelmet, kick boards and end gables.

I only suggested to paint the doors only as I thought you were going to do it yourself and I thought it would be easier for you. Painting the full kitchen will look better though.