The kitchen is the heart of the home — a place where functionality meets personality. When it comes to choosing the right colour scheme, it can be surprisingly tricky to decide between calming neutrals or a bold burst of colour. Each approach has its own charm, and the best choice often depends on your personal style, lifestyle, and the atmosphere you wish to create. Neutral tones like soft whites, warm greys and muted pastels create a clean and timeless look. These colours are perfect if you’re looking to create a relaxed, airy, and refined space. They reflect natural light beautifully, making the kitchen feel more open and serene — this can be especially beneficial in smaller spaces. Reasons to pick softer tones is they can be easier to decorate around – you can add strong colour with blinds, soft furnishings, artwork or accessories. Colours we recommend for a calm kitchen include: Milk White, Laylock, Whiting and Flaxen Grey. Milk White Kitchen Whiting and Flaxen Grey. Credit: Border Oak Flaxen Grey. Credit: Border Oak Laylock Kitchen Milk White Order a Sample 100 60 40 20 Whiting Order a Sample Flaxen Grey Order a Sample Laylock Order a Sample 100 60 40 20 In contrast, bold kitchen colours make a great statement and are a way to add fun. From richly painted cabinets to cheerful yellows or bright greens, adding colour can turn your kitchen into a truly unique space. If you love creativity, warmth, and a kitchen that sparks conversation, colour might be your best friend. Going bold with colour can add energy to a space and allows you to express unique personality. It can also work well in open plan spaces, when making the kitchen to serve as a visual focal point. Whether you choose to add the colour to the walls or the cabinetry the effect can be just as striking. Below, is a kitchen with the walls painted in Olympian Green and another where the walls remain white, but the cabinets are painted in Fine Green and Persian. Both are equally striking in their own way. Olympian Green Kitchen. Credit: Carlos Garcia Interiors Olympian Green Kitchen. Credit: Carlos Garcia Interiors Fine Green and Persian. Credit: Amy Eld Sea Green and Creami Colour Invisible Green. Credit: Far Interiors Olympian Green Order a Sample Fine Green Order a Sample Persian Order a Sample Sea Green Order a Sample 100 60 40 20 Invisible Green Order a Sample Pinks and yellows are a good half way house for those not feeling like fully embracing such strong colours, such as Cuisse de Nymphe Emue and Warm Stone. Additional colour can be added by painting the woodwork on the windows a different colour or introducing wallpaper. The kitchen at Court of Noke, the home of Edward Bulmer is painted in Jonquil, with woodwork in Pompadour for contrast. Kit & Co has combined Persian on the cabinetry with floral wallpaper by Sanderson. Persian. Credit: Kit and co Warm Stone. Credit: Emma Diaz Cuisse de Nymphe Emue Jonquil with Pompadour on the woodwork Persian Order a Sample Warm Stone Order a Sample Cuisse de Nymphe Emue Order a Sample 100 60 40 20 Jonquil Order a Sample 100 60 40 20 Pompadour Order a Sample Whether you lean toward soft and subtle or lively and loud, let your kitchen reflect your lifestyle, your taste, and the mood you want to create every time you walk in. After all, the best colour for your kitchen is the one that makes you feel at home. For more kitchen inspiration explore our Pinterest page. Colour is fun and until the end of April, we are offering 3 sample pots for £10. So don’t delay! Embrace natural colour with Edward Bulmer Natural Paint. For more colourful inspiration explore stripy rooms in our blog The Power of Stripes
Edward Bulmer Natural Paint wins ‘The Conscious Award’ at The Country and Townhouse Interiors Awards This July our team were thrilled to pick up ‘The Conscious Award’ from Country and Townhouse, celebrating our brand prioritising sustainable business models, responsibility and staying true to our ethos and brand mission.
Discover the new ‘Forever Favourites Collection’ Create a scheme from one room to your whole house with soft colours that work together effortlessly ensuring tonal flow and harmony. Our 12 best loved shades together in one pack. Discover the power of natural paint today.
North Facing Rooms Deciding how to decorate a North facing room can be a conundrum. The lack of direct sunlight and resulting cooler muted light has earned North facing rooms the unfair reputation of being hard to decorate. But no longer! With helpful advice and inspiration from our colour consultants we can help you embrace North facing spaces.
5 Glorious Green Interior Colour Ideas How to Decorate with Greens. As much as we love greens we know they are not always everyone’s go-to colour, so we have got a host of glorious green interior inspiration to give you colour confidence and learn the nuances of the hue to make it a statement colour or a subtle addition in your home, from soft earthy greens to bold statement shades.
The Power of Natural Pigments: Issue 1 Pigments make the colour; the better the pigment, the better the colour!
The Crossover Project: Making Art Not Waste To celebrate the 20th anniversary of the London Design Festival we are hosting a dynamic exhibition in collaboration with The Crossover Project featuring a host of talented emerging artists represented by Bleur Gallery. The Crossover Project is a new initiative connecting the worlds of design, fashion and art through the values of circularity – in a bid to reduce waste.
