Tuesday, August 18, 2009

The many shades of blue

We have been trying to determine what color to paint the kitchen. We are limited in the colors we can choose since the counter tops are a very light blue and gray. So it was easy to decide that we should paint them a shade of blue. Well who would have thought there we over 60 different shades of blue (and that was just at Lowes). So after a couple days (and stores) we have narrowed it down to two.

Currently, the kitchen has a very nice molding and wanes coating (spelling?). However, the very light blue color is a little county (and more like a color for a boys nursery) and does not accent the details in the kitchen. We are going to paint the wanes coating and trim a semi-gloss bright white. Where the walls are currently white, we will be painting with a bluish/gray.
Currently:


The choices (with the counter top and tile in the backgroud)

The one with the "hole" in it is from Lowes and no hole is from Home Depot

Which one do you like better?

2 comments:

Ashley said...

Ummm ... they look exactly the same to me. I would go with whichever is more grey though. My old roommate just painted her living room a blue with some grey in it and it's a very light, fresh color.

Karen said...

I agree with Ashely, pick whatever one is more gray.