Terracotta kitchen paint anyone?

seashore22

Finally after 5 years in our house we are getting around to decorating the kitchen/utility/dining area. Thought we would be very MSE and just give it a facelift rather than a whole new kitchen. Units are fine and I rather like them (country kitchen with cream painted doors).

Really want a lovely warm colour as this space doubles as our dining room and I wanted a cosy feel. We tend to spend most of our time in this room and I'm typing this in there now. Lovely, mellow, warm colours just do not exist in kitchen paints and it's driving us mad. At this rate we will spend longer choosing paint than it will take us to actually paint it!

Question is, can I use a different type of paint in there? Did wonder about eggshell, but not sure what the finish is like because I've never used it before. Prefer matt finish to silk. Any ideas?

katejo

seashore22 wrote: »

Finally after 5 years in our house we are getting around to decorating the kitchen/utility/dining area. Thought we would be very MSE and just give it a facelift rather than a whole new kitchen. Units are fine and I rather like them (country kitchen with cream painted doors).

Really want a lovely warm colour as this space doubles as our dining room and I wanted a cosy feel. We tend to spend most of our time in this room and I'm typing this in there now. Lovely, mellow, warm colours just do not exist in kitchen paints and it's driving us mad. At this rate we will spend longer choosing paint than it will take us to actually paint it!

Question is, can I use a different type of paint in there? Did wonder about eggshell, but not sure what the finish is like because I've never used it before. Prefer matt finish to silk. Any ideas?

You don't have to buy special kitchen paint. I have just had my kitchen done and I chose overtly olive for one wall. I had it mixed as Dulux matt Endurance. You can choose any colour from the Dulux range and have it made up as Endurance. Terracotta would probably look good. I considered it for mine when i was choosing.

seashore22

Didn't realise you could do that. I did look at the colour mixing cards, but nothing jumped out at me. If I can pick a Dulux colour and have it made up that may solve my problem. Thanks!

Tech484

Just had my kitchen done in Dulux Kitchen paint in Ivory. Looks lovely!

elsien

Some of the larger B & Q also do the colour matching, where if you take something in that is the colour that you want, they can try to make up the paint to a similar colour, in any finish you want. Worked quite well for me, and I think it's the dulux paints they use.

phill99

Kitchen paint is a marketing con. Professionals don't use it. It's simply silk emulsion under a different ( more expensive) name. You can use silk or mid sheen. Dulux also do something called 'Diamond Matt' which is a truly scrubable Matt emulsion.

seashore22

Thanks everyone for the ideas. Will have another look at colours etc tomorrow when the light is better. Feel more positive now that there are some options.

Wish we had got around to doing this before. I'm sure that were more suitable colours last year.

HarriDec

Endurance matt is the DIY version of Diamond Matt, Diamond Matt has far better opacity and 'should' cover in two coats depending on the existing colour. It is also available in about 3000+ colours which you can get tinted at your local Dulux Decorator Centre or Brewers.

Red colours generally have notably poor opacity, particularly terracotta IMO so it's definitely worth using the trade version (Diamond Matt) to cut down the number of coats. Crown and Little Greene also make a scrubbable matt paint available in all colours.

Acrylic eggshell is the alternative and is generally used in kitchens in bathrooms because it is completely washable (more so than DM) and because of it's sheen can cope much better with moisture.

There's no reason that you 'can't' use vinyl matt or vinyl silk in a kitchen but you will compromise on durability.

seashore22

We have a Dulux trade centre locally so will go have a look this week.

elsien

When we had the sitting room done we took a material swatch down to the dulux select centre and they matched the paint almost exactly.