Whip up a Delicious Kitchen Decor with Paint
New CIL Paint Culinary Collection features appetizing colours for busiest room in home
Chew on this: the colour you paint your kitchen can enhance your eating experience.
That’s the message of CIL® paint in unveiling its digital Culinary Collection of paint colours, featuring what it calls a mouth-watering palette of 20 hues.
"White kitchens have been trending for a number of years, but now we’re seeing a resurgence of colour in the kitchen, from cabinetry to counters to walls," said Alison Goldman, brand manager for CIL paint, a brand of PPG Architectural Coatings, crediting the revival to current rich-in-colour bohemian, retro and return-to-nature trends in home decor.
"The kitchen is the most-used room in the house and the area where family and friends tend to gather, so it’s the perfect place to add colour and personality to a home," Goldman said. Still, it’s important to choose kitchen colours wisely, she cautioned, as some are better suited for this multipurpose environment than others.
"Warm, uplifting colours, such as yellow, red and orange, and soft shades of grey, violet, blue and green, are known to be more conducive to appetite-building, entertaining and conversation," she said, explaining that CIL paint took these findings into account when developing its new palette.
CIL paint’s Culinary Collection brings together the brand’s top kitchen colour recommendations from its existing paint line-up. "No matter what the look or size of your space, the collection has a colour recipe for everyone," Goldman said. For starters, she offered these suggestions as good choices for:
Modern kitchens: Grey is all the rage in home decor these days, and muted grey walls work especially well in a modern kitchen. Try grey from CIL paint as a base, accented – on one wall or through accessories – by a favourite pop colour, such as turquoise, tangerine or raspberry. Other striking wall colour options, particularly in kitchens with stainless steel appliances, are lemon yellow or apple green. If a full wall of these bright colours is too much for you, paint them above your cabinets only or even inside cabinets with glass doors to liven up the room.
Country kitchens: Complement wood cabinetry by painting the walls cozy shades of terra cotta red by CIL paint, warm orange or light sage green, creating a welcoming space reminiscent of open fires and roasted foods. Don’t know which colour to use? Simply identify the predominant undertone of your cabinetry or flooring – yellow, orange or red, for example – and choose a paint colour with the same base.
Small kitchens: Make a small space appear larger by minimizing the contrast between the walls and cupboards. Choose a palette of colours with similar tonal value. Another option is to paint a focal wall a bolder colour and the other walls a lighter version of that colour. Use the kitchen's vertical space to stack rows of shelving or add upper cupboards extending to the ceiling to maximize storage and the visual height of the room.
Windowless kitchens: If you can’t see the outside from your kitchen, consider bringing the outdoors in through the use of colour, such as optimistic shades of light green and yellow. A soft yellow can simulate the look and feel of sunshine. Crisp, white paint on trim, ceilings, mouldings and doors will help brighten the walls even more. For maximum brightness, install the right combination of artificial lighting in the room – including task, overhead and ambient lighting – and use high gloss paint on doors and trim to reflect the existing light.
"When choosing paint colours, take into account the colour and design of your cabinetry, countertops, tiles, moulding, appliances, lighting and flooring," Goldman said. "And remember that paint isn't just for walls – freshly-painted cabinets, tables, chairs and other decorative objects go a long way in helping to create a spectacular kitchen decor."
Have an appetite for painting your kitchen? View the new Culinary Collection by CIL paint at www.cil.ca, where you can also ask CIL paint experts all of your colour, decor and paint questions.
About CIL® Paint
Available in Canada at The Home Depot, Walmart, Canadian Tire, Rona and other independent paint dealers, CIL paint has been a trusted brand in businesses, communities, schools and homes across the country for 85 years. With more than 1,200 colours in its palette, CIL paint has developed a colour mood system that guarantees a perfect match across a wide spectrum of colours.
About PPG Architectural Coatings
PPG Architectural Coatings U.S. and Canada is an industry leader in residential and commercial coatings, delivering the latest technologies and operational advancements through its strong portfolio of brands. It is a business of PPG Industries, the world’s leading coatings company, and manufactures and sells interior and exterior paints, stains, caulks, repair products, adhesives and sealants for homeowners and professionals. Its distribution network includes more than 15,000 touchpoints through company-owned stores, independent dealer locations and all major home improvement centers across the U.S. and Canada. For more information, visit PPGAC.com.
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PPG Industries' vision is to be the world’s leading coatings company by consistently delivering high-quality, innovative and sustainable solutions that customers trust to protect and beautify their products and surroundings. Through leadership in innovation, sustainability and color, PPG provides added value to customers in construction, consumer products, industrial and transportation markets and aftermarkets to enhance more surfaces in more ways than does any other company. Founded in 1883, PPG has global headquarters in Pittsburgh and operates in nearly 70 countries around the world. Reported net sales in 2014 were $15.4 billion. PPG shares are traded on the New York Stock Exchange (symbol:PPG). For more information, visit www.ppg.com and follow @PPGIndustries on Twitter.
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