Consumer Reports says Behr Premium Plus Ultra Satin at Home Depot rocks the painting world hard. They were right we just tested Valspar Signature Colors from Lowe’s on one of the walls in the kitchen and it sucked so bad. How can a paint have that many bubbles in just one coat? So we are gonna use the Behr from now on out for the interior paint at least.
On with the pressing issues of the day… Which do you prefer the warmer yellow called Yellow Brick Road or the cooler yellow called Bicycle Yellow? This is for the kitchen walls of course now keep in mind the cabinets and trim and ceiling are glossy white or well, they used to be white sometime back before the grease and dust took over.
Help me choose here!
Yes this is important… to me!
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LVLM wrote,
Ummm… on my computer, they both look exactly the same. Band-aid beige.
Link | March 11th, 2010 at 5:38 am
Chris wrote,
Slight preference for Yellow Brick Road. Could be name weighting it favorably, too.
Link | March 11th, 2010 at 5:43 am
wren wrote,
Usually I lurk here, and what does it say about me that I feel compelled to respond to paint chips?
I like the warmer yellow brick road, as I think it will go nicely with your white trim!
Link | March 11th, 2010 at 6:52 am
Moriah Jovan wrote,
Thank heavens for Sherwin Williams. One of the few things I’ll pay a premium for.
Bicycle Yellow.
Link | March 11th, 2010 at 6:56 am
Marcela wrote,
Warmer colors are usually better in a kitchen. You have to consider the glow they will cast on the food, and a cooler yellow usually has a lot of green in it. A greenish cast will make anything red look a bit gray (red and green are complementary colors on the color wheel, if you mix them they will make gray), a lot of food is red. If you have a lot of natural light in the room, this won’t matter so much. I’d go with Yellow Brick Road.
Link | March 11th, 2010 at 6:57 am
TeddyPig wrote,
wren,
You simply know what is important and paint decisions are important because I really do not want to have to re-do this kitchen for a long time coming.
Link | March 11th, 2010 at 7:01 am
wren wrote,
Heh.
Link | March 11th, 2010 at 7:22 am
James Buchanan wrote,
Slight preference to for Yellow Brick Road…little warmer. (‘Course I painted my living room ceiling a color called “potato chip.” so take my suggestions with a grain of salt.
Link | March 11th, 2010 at 7:54 am
JL Langley wrote,
I only use Behr paint. Good stuff. My mom likes Velspar and hasn’t had any issues with it, but I am totally sold on the quality of Behr.
I’m not a yellow person, don’t care for the color at all, but out of the two I like the yellow brick road better.
Link | March 11th, 2010 at 10:24 am
scspaine wrote,
Bicycle Yellow! Behr is fantastic; the best ever for coverage and the only brand I use anymore in my house.
Link | March 11th, 2010 at 1:21 pm
kel wrote,
What kind of light does the kitchen get? If it is from the north or east primarily, I would hesitate to use the Bicycle Yellow, because the color is cooler and could go grey beige in weak light. If the room gets more south/west light or mostly artificial light, either will work.
Personally, I’d go for the Yellow Brick Road. It’s warmer, will create more contrast with the white cabinets, and references the Wizard of Oz – all pluses in my book.
Link | March 11th, 2010 at 2:14 pm
Amber wrote,
First time I ever painted my own space, I painted the kitchen a pale yellow. I liked the morning light on the yellow walls, but I kept wishing I’d painted it a brighter.
What time do you get up, TP? Do you squint in the mornings? Would a more intense color make you more energetic, or more annoyed? And, as previously noted, what kind of light do you have?
Link | March 12th, 2010 at 5:19 am
TeddyPig wrote,
Oh the kitchen takes the whole back part of the house. So I have windows on three sides.
I actually tried a more saturated color called Peach Butter (you can check it out on the Behr site) but DAMN that was too much. We actually did not pick the color out but color sampled a yellow BIC lighter and it turned out to be what they call Peach Butter.
I never knew Yellow could possibly darken the corner of a room! I guess you should try the extremes with color to see what happens because it is definitely a learning experience.
Anyway so I want to eventually get new cabinets and counters (I’m thinking some of that tradition black/white mosaic tiling with the little squares with jet black Corian counters and glossy white traditional farm house type bead board cabinets and lots of crown molding and keep every appliance stainless) some day so a lighter shade would give me more options than making a huge statement.
Just so you know I am not afraid of color… the living room is what I like to call Vampire Blood Bath Red. When I say red I mean RED not sorta red or kinda red it says RED in capitol letters for the world to see. We bought the house like that and actually I have come to accept it.
We had to do a middling-taupe (kinda brown hiding behind a grey’s back not wanting to get caught in public being brown) I call it Stormy Pig Pen. in the dining room to separate the living room from the soon to be yellow kitchen so there are no color wars.
Link | March 12th, 2010 at 6:08 am
Moriah Jovan wrote,
Well, whatever you do, you gave me an idea for my own kitchen.
I’ll say I’m with Amber and go lighter, but also cooler, more of a lemon yellow than butter.
Link | March 12th, 2010 at 6:54 am
TeddyPig wrote,
Oh I did not come up with this idea on my own.
Did you ever see the series Millennium by the X-Files guy?
I wanted to do a kitchen in memory of Frank’s “big yellow house”.
The kitchen scenes in that show were always warm and cozy.
Link | March 12th, 2010 at 6:59 am
Chris wrote,
I’d forgotten all about Millennium!
Link | March 12th, 2010 at 7:02 am
TeddyPig wrote,
Oh here is the cabinet style I was thinking of… KraftMaid Sonora in what they call Canvas….
http://www.kraftmaid.com/browseby/cabinets/doordetails.aspx?ProductId=SNCCTCherry&ProductType=Door&FinishID=CT&Increment=True
Link | March 12th, 2010 at 7:03 am
TeddyPig wrote,
I have the whole three seasons on DVD. I love that show!
Link | March 12th, 2010 at 7:04 am
TeddyPig wrote,
Here is the other cabinet option call V-Groove that I like in Canvas….
http://www.kraftmaid.com/browseby/cabinets/doordetails.aspx?ProductId=LRCNACherry&ProductType=Door&FinishID=NA&Increment=True
Link | March 12th, 2010 at 7:10 am
kel wrote,
I like both cabinet styles with a slight preference for the first – but that could be due to the fact that I have small messy humans and the molding/grooves on the second option look like a b*tch to clean…
Regarding color – does Behr sell the tiny pots of paint? Giant test patches could help with the decision. I wish I had done that when I painted my house. I ended up so traumatized by my color choices that I repainted everything Navaho white until I got my courage back.
Link | March 12th, 2010 at 8:30 am
Amber wrote,
Is it possible that you might ever in your life refinish, paint, or have to remove serious grunge from the cabinet doors? Like from a food fight, a stovetop fire, or ten years of ordinary cooking? Then don’t get any more grooves or corners than you can possibly help.
Link | March 12th, 2010 at 3:05 pm
TeddyPig wrote,
Oh honey that’s why I am a gay man. My “kids” purr themselves to sleep at night.
The only person who might throw a impromptu food fight in this house I can make clean it the hell up and then take me to dinner to apologize.
Link | March 12th, 2010 at 4:18 pm
BevQB wrote,
Yellow is one of the trickiest colors to use on walls- you never know if it will darken or lighten, became too bright to look at or so pale it barely registers as a color. It can look fresh and cheerful, dull and blah, or warm and cozy.
The safest way to do yellow is to paint at least a 4×4 section of at least one, but preferable two, walls then sit back and watch what the room lighting, etc. does to it over a couple of days.
Having said all that, my choice, based on your all white cabinets and moulding (and my Sony PC display), would be the bicycle yellow. It looks like it has a better chance of being a cheerier yellow, but then again, like I said, it also has the potential to be a blindingly bright yellow.
Yellow Brick Road looks more like a yellow on the gold side with maybe a bit of orangie undertones. It would look nice too if that’s the look you’re after.
Although I’m afraid that with any yellow you might at the very least need to repaint your cabinets and mouldings to get the crisp white feel back and to not clash with the wall yellow.
Another suggestion- find your living room color on the paint wheel. Now choose your yellow from that section of the wheel. That way you’ll eliminate problems with clashing grey/blue/green, etc. undertones. Really, anytime you’re picking colors, those paint wheels are remarkable tools that can do half your work for you.
Oh, and why not redo the dining room in an orangie-red from somewhere on the same side of the paint wheel (maybe half way between) as your living room and kitchen colors? Or, even better, does it have a chair rail? Do the top or bottom in the living room color and the opposite in your kitchen color or that “halfway between” color.
Uh, sorry, I’m a nester. There’s NOTHING I love more than redecorating.
Link | March 13th, 2010 at 1:00 pm
TeddyPig wrote,
HAH!
Bev the dining room was orange. OK get this it was yellow with faux orange glaze splotches sponged over it.
So um I had to tone it down to Taupe after living in the house with THAT.
WAY DOWN!
I think my adventure into Yellow has been tricky but I am going to give this a shot.
I think I like brightly colored rooms but only two colors a floor. Not every room a different color. I need that neutral hallway or a neutral room color between the bright colors.
Link | March 13th, 2010 at 1:28 pm