What Color Should I Paint The Washer And Dryer Cabinets? (Two Options) – Walk-In Closet Progress

I’ll nonetheless must do some sanding on the drywall as soon as I begin framing out the doorway…

However I can very simply drape some plastic, connected to the fronts of these cupboards flanking the doorway and alongside the ceiling, to maintain the mud out of the room.

Final Friday once I shared the most recent progress, the washer and dryer had been in, however the cupboards had been nonetheless with out counter tops.

Right here’s a more in-depth view of the cupboards with out the highest entrance trim and counter tops…

So right here’s the progress. The counter tops are on. They’ve been wooden crammed (the place the sting trim meets the highest plywood), sanded, and primed. The crown molding on the again wall and wrapping across the washer and dryer areas are sanded, caulked, and half painted. The window trim has the primary coat of paint on it. I nonetheless must sand, caulk, and paint the baseboard. You may as well see that the highest of the island is painted, however I didn’t get a great image of that. You’ll have to attend to see that later. 🙂

Anyway, as I used to be engaged on all of this over the past couple of days, I began questioning if the washer and dryer cupboards would look higher painted darkish blue to match the washer and dryer and to mix in higher with the wallpaper. I made a decision to attempt it Sunday night, and left the home to go to House Depot at 7:30. They shut at 8:00 on Sundays. I ought to have simply waited as a result of that didn’t go away me a lot time in any respect to select a paint coloration, and I obtained it unsuitable. Very unsuitable. Plus, for some cause, the paint coloration I selected couldn’t be combined within the paint I wished, and the one paint they might combine it in was some low cost Behr paint that I’ve by no means even heard of earlier than. It was terrible and didn’t cowl in any respect. However a minimum of I may paint the primary coat on the countertop with a darker coloration and get an thought of what it might appear to be…

You possibly can see that the colour I selected is manner too gentle to match the wallpaper and the home equipment.

I didn’t have time to get extra paint yesterday, so I made a decision to color the cupboard with the darkish paint coloration that I had randomly chosen (with out wallpaper in hand) to color the within of the cupboards earlier than the washer and dryer had been put in. Once more, if I’m going darkish on these, this gained’t be the ultimate coloration. I’m simply attempting to get an thought of what these would appear to be in the event that they had been painted darkish.

So, imagine me, I do know that this appears to be like terrible, and that it’s the unsuitable coloration for this space. I’ll must discover a blue that has completely no inexperienced in it for the ultimate coloration…if I’m going with the darkish coloration for these cupboards. However a minimum of this may give us an thought of what a darkish coloration would appear to be on these cupboards. You form of have to make use of your creativeness, although. However the query is…

Ought to these cupboards go darkish to match the washer, dryer, and wallpaper?

Or ought to they keep gentle to match the remainder of the cupboards and the entire trim within the room?

And if I’m going darkish with the colour, what in regards to the baseboards on these cupboards? Once more, the entire trim within the room is being painted to match the sunshine blue of the cupboards…

And that can embody the baseboard on the again wall of the room beneath the window…

I initially thought that if the cupboard and countertop are darkish, I’d maintain the baseboard gentle to maintain that constant line across the room the identical coloration. (Excuse my mud.)

Hopefully, you’ll be able to envision what that might appear to be as soon as the baseboard beneath the window is painted within the gentle blue.

However as soon as I stood again and checked out it, I didn’t like how that checked out all. That baseboard appears to scream for consideration. So if I’m going with the darkish blue on the cupboard and countertop, I actually suppose the baseboards simply on the washer and dryer cupboards additionally should be darkish. Don’t you suppose?

And whereas I can’t consider any examples of once I’ve achieved that with baseboards, I’ve definitely achieved that with crown molding earlier than. The crown molding above the fireside in our lounge continues across the total room, however whereas the remainder of the crown is painted white, I painted the crown simply across the hearth in the identical teal of the fireside.

So if I’m going with the darkish blue to match the wallpaper and the home equipment, I’d mainly do that very same factor with the baseboards simply round these cupboards, after which the baseboard beneath the window would keep on with the sunshine blue like the remainder of the trim.

With all of that stated, what do you suppose? Ought to I’m going darkish with these two cupboards (with a paint coloration that truly matches, in fact)? Or ought to I stick to the sunshine blue to match the remainder of the cupboards?

UPDATE: I remembered that I had a pattern of color-matched darkish blue that I used on the trim across the wallpapered mirror closet part, so I used that to color the left dryer cupboards. Right here’s what the right coloration appears to be like like…

After which I did slightly copy and paste picture enhancing to check each colours used on each cupboards. Right here’s the sunshine…

And right here’s the darkish…