opinions and ideas please for kitchen..

we have pine doors/skirting etc. i hate it but its sounding like a huge job to change and might not turn out that well..
we have a maple kitchen and maple floors throughout, i too hate it...
so..i want a new kitchen and floor, my ideal would be walnut floor and kitchen, but would that dark colour just look hick against the pine doors?
ideas for kitchen colour and flooring please, bearing in mind the yucky pine...thanks

Paint the doors and skirting white - then you have more options as regards the kitchen and flooring. Compared to new kitchen and flooring, it would be a cheap job.

eamonn is right,or just paint the skirting, door frames and architrave.it will look like a different house after.worth a go before you start chucking stuff out,and alot cheaper.

hubbie was advised by a painter today thats thats an awful job,as the pine is varnished etc,he said he would not do it, as you have to sand/fill/prime/resand/undercoat/topcoat etc......

True, but it can be done. I am sure there are plenty of painters out there who would not turn their nose up at it. Of course it will cost you, but why not get a price off someone willing to do it and then you know where you stand.

Either that or replace all the pine, its horrible stuff and doesn't match anything except more pine.

rania said:

hubbie was advised by a painter today thats thats an awful job,as the pine is varnished etc,he said he would not do it, as you have to sand/fill/prime/resand/undercoat/topcoat etc......

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Hi Rania,
Would the doors being varnished not be an advantage to the painter. Being varnished would mean it is easier to paint as the varnish would act as a sealer. I think your painter just does not want to do it.
I think putting walnut floors with a walnut kitchen would be a bit dark. I would put cream floors or walnut floors with a cream coloured kitchen.

hi emerb, i think if you paint over varnish it will crack and bubble, might look good at first but won't last long.yes ideally i would get porcelain white tiles in kitchen , and walnut everywhere else.but it all depends on the door colour, would just look awful with pine...

Hi

Yes, get a painter to quote for the job, if the guy says 'he doesn't do it', fine, let him walk away, soon he might be outside the dole office in a long dole queue regretting his decision.

Sure, the job may not be the easiest job in the world but there should still be a fair price. I can recommend a painter in South Dublin if you want. This painter originally didn't want to remove wallpaper, we said we'd try it ourselves, we never got around to it, and then the painter was prepared to do it in the end, as he'd get a day to remove wallpaper (with our hired steamer) and a day to paint what's underneath, as compared to no work if he didn't do it...

I don't think the job is even that hard, you could do it yourself, clean off all surfaces using correct products (sugar soap or washing up liquid), let dry, use a suitable primer (Zinnser BIN or ESP, ask at paint shop).. two coats of primer, maybe a light sand, then top coats of your choice.. doesn't have to be sanded like finely finished furniture, they are skirting boards after all.. (even the door would be fine without excessive preparation and attention to detail). I think you'd get it done for 300 to 500, especially if outside Dublin. (obviously depends on size and number of doors etc, but two days should be enough for a reasonable job).


Quite a few companies would charge for 3D kitchen design, not all of them of course... any payments would usually be refunded if going ahead with an order. (Of course some are free, because some would be little better than what can be done yourself in 15 minutes on Ikeas Kitchen Planner software which is free to download).

Cheers

Here's an idea - go to B&Q in Newry and make up your own kitchen with flat pack components - we did it: total cost less than €500.

Would anyone put a walknut kitchen with oak skirting and doors?? Flooring has cream porcelain tiles. Thanks

No. It wouldn't look right. I would go for off-white doors & skirting - not gloss though.

Got a walnut kitchen last year. Looked gorgeous in show room but am sorry now, it darkens the room but is slightly better than the awful pine units we had before even thought it was only nine years old. We have cream tiles and cream countertop but to be honest I would go with something more neutral like light oak, it wont date and I'm sorry I didn't get oak now. Some people are just great at getting it right, others (like me) would need an interior decorator to do the whole place, if I had the money.

Flahers could you just change a few of the doors on the units to a lighter colour and that would brighten the whole look of your kitchen?

Change to cream or off-white even - doesn't have to be uniform, just a couple on the bottom and same on top units, but in a random design.