I am planning on doing some kitchen redecorating and need a little guidance. My kitchen has knotty pine walls, one wall is wallpapered, white appliances, plywood cabinets stained a dark brown and, you're not going to believe this, linoleum countertops! I can't afford anything new so I am going to paint everything. My wallpaper is a faded country look of old recipe cards, the colors are tan, with bits of dark green, blue and burgundy.
I think the cabinets should be a lighter color if you plan on having dark countertops. If you really want to paint the cabinets a dark blue or green I would go with a lighter color granite countertop. Perhaps think about priming and painting the knotty pine walls in a light cheerful color as well or at least a beige in the same tones as the wallpaper. Collect color card samples from Home Depot in paint colors that match your wallpaper and also collect granite countertop samples. Before I painted our countertops, I colllected a bunch of samples to study.
My updated kitchen.
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I can't change the 1980s taupe and sage print wallpaper and light oak cabinets in an outdated kitchen. How can I decorate to update my kitchen?
Well, Loralee, you can paint your cabinet fronts. I've even heard that it's possible to paint wallpaper, but you may prefer to try a test patch (behind the fridge or stove, perhaps).
If you can't change the wallpaper, I'm thinking you likely can't paint anything either. New curtains in a solid colour (taupe or sage, I'm guessing) might help. What I did once in a house I lived in that had a blue flowered print wallpaper in the kitchen was to hang my basket collection all over that wall. You might also think of hanging some large pieces of artwork on the walls, just to cover up the wallpaper, if that is a possible. My baskets gave the kitchen a country feel, which I liked. Not exactly updated, but it was a change.
