Wall Color in Distressed Kitchen?

by Brendae
(Virginia)

I saw an ad on Craigslist for free kitchen cabinets and immediately responded. I was the first to inquire, so right away I called my husband, who was out picking up yet another Craigslist find for me, lol (bless his heart)and he rushed over to get them. I was so excited because I wanted to distress my own cabinets, so finding the used ones were perfect.

The existing ones were very old and in horrible condition. He came home with the cabinets and, to my dismay, they were laminate white cabinets that had a lot of yellowing. Well I couldn't complain because he and his friend had a full trailer of cabinets ready to be unloaded. The cabinets were brought in, cleaned, and hung. I stared at them for days before I figured out what to do. I thought about a sponging finish, then painting, and then thought, "Why not paint them to look like wood?" I had 3 combinations of colors and did them the same way I had planned to do them if they were wood. I scratched them, sanded spots, and put on a tan base coat, brushed them lightly with white, and then added brown to the battered areas. I love the results and I am now in the process of adding clearcoat.

We have not stained the floors but they will be a dark mahogany color. What I would really love imput on is wall color, thanks.