The Best way to Update Peach

At a colour consultation a few years ago I walked into a white kitchen with those old cheap IKEA cabinets (their kitchens have come a long way) with a flat profile and simple white plastic knobs. The linoleum was peach along with the countertop and the backsplash was white 4 x 4 tile with a peach accent tile (it’s why I’m not a big fan of accent tile, it’s usually the piece that dates a kitchen the fastest).

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My client told me that they couldn’t afford to renovate the kitchen for a few years; however because she hated the peach so much, she was going to replace the countertop.

My advice was to keep the countertop (because the peach lino was staying) and use that money toward all the other updates they had planned for the rest of the house and paint the kitchen instead. Otherwise just replacing the countertops would still leave the the kitchen with a ‘New counter; Old Kitchen’ look.

I chose BM Rusty Nail for the walls. And BM Stonehearth (or formerly Smoky Taupe) for the cabinets.

She was so excited about the colours I chose she ran out that afternoon to buy the paint! Had I been a blogger back then I might have photos but unfortunately I don’t have any to show you. What works about this colour combination is that the rusty nail is (obviously) in the same colour family as the peach. It would make the kitchen feel updated but also pleasing to the eye because the wall colour in fact still relates to the dated peach finishes in the space.

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So before you rush out and make the same mistake, read this post “Danger Zone; The first 24 Hours after you’ve Taken possession of your new home” and hire a colour consultant (if it’s not obvious to you what there is to do).

Photo by Maria Killam

One more thing, I was in a client’s home the other day (another blogger that lived quite close to me actually) and she had BM Indian Summer painted in her office/craft room! It was so beautiful I had to take a picture (just on the borderline of peach but enough orange so it didn’t read that way, not in her space anyway). Mom don’t you love this colour? We can use it in your new house (when you buy it)!

What’s in your house that desperately needs to be replaced?

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