A bright, welcoming kitchen that certainly won’t go out of fashion? You can make it using one of our favorite colors: dove grey.
More than a real color, it is a set of shades obtained by mixing brown and grey, and, precisely because of this variety, it is well suited to different styles and environments.
Get ready to create your dream kitchen with our guide to dove gray décor .
Why choose a dove gray kitchen?
The dove gray color is one of the neutrals par excellence, the result of a mix between gray and brown, dosed in more or less intense parts, and it is a warm, welcoming and elegant colour.
We cannot define dove gray as a single shade, but rather as a set of more or less light and intense shades , and this is one of the reasons why in our opinion it is suitable for all rooms in the home, especially the kitchen.
It is such a varied nuance that we are sure you will find the one best suited to your personality and your home.
It is bright, and therefore adapts well even to small spaces, if you no longer feel like using white and are looking for an alternative.
Furthermore, it easily combines with many other colors and many styles, from the more traditional ones, such as the classic or rustic style, to the more contemporary or minimal ones. It can also be the basis for more eccentric, ethnic or boho styles.
The most beautiful combinations
The strength of dove gray within the neutral palette is that it is much more decisive and present than white, and at the same time it is brighter than grey, which is why its shades are easily combined, both in nuance with other neutrals and with colors (and furnishings) much stronger and more impactful.
Here we give you some suggestions on the most successful combinations to exploit in a dove gray kitchen. But remember that with dove gray as a base you can be even more daring and choose practically all the shades you like!
White
A chic and elegant combination par excellence, which never goes out of fashion. Together with these two colors, wood cannot be missing, left in its natural color or painted in a combination of dove gray and white .
You can warm up the white component even more by choosing ivory or beige, depending on the style of your kitchen. These neutral combinations go well with shabby or classic furnishings.
Grey
Another happy marriage is that of dove gray with its gray component. The two shades enhance each other and create movement without weighing down the space.
Depending on the intensity of the two shades, the dove-grey combination can become the basis for a Nordic style kitchen (if the two colors are light and bright) or modern or industrial (if, instead, you choose darker and deeper tones).
Play with textures and surfaces: steel, glass and glossy finishes for the modern kitchen; wood, natural fabrics and metals for the Nordic style.
Bright colors
If you want to avoid the risk of creating a flat and somewhat monotonous environment, insert touches of brighter colors into the dove gray kitchen.
You are truly spoiled for choice: orange , mustard yellow , all shades of blue (especially teal) or green (forest green or emerald).
How to use them? Colorful chairs around the dining table, textiles, colored tiles behind the hob, or, if your room is particularly bright, you can paint one wall in a stronger shade and the others in a very light shade of dove grey.
Taupe kitchen and natural colors
One of the latest trends wants dove gray combined with natural colors in their dusty versions: dusty pink, terracotta or sage green, to create a strong, but very elegant, chromatic contrast.
The result, depending on the colors chosen, will be a delicate Nordic or boho palette. Here too you can play with colors and paint the walls, or just the ceiling, or a contrasting dove-grey paneling.
Style tips
Perhaps the only flaw of this nuance is that, if used alone, it risks flattening the environment and making it anonymous.
Here are some tricks that will make your dove-grey kitchen a dynamic, creative and certainly not boring environment!
#1: Play with materials
If the chosen color is light and delicate, you can modernize and liven it up by choosing textures and materials.
Some idea?
The marble kitchen top, which goes well with any shade of dove gray you have chosen, the grain of the wood, the stone, the reflections of the glass, cement tiles with a dove gray base… The combination with texture and veins makes the environment very more interesting than matte or smooth surfaces, which could make it very flat.
#2: Take advantage of the lighting
If it is true that dove gray is already a bright color in itself, depending on the type of artificial lighting you use in the kitchen you will give a different effect: warm lights for vintage and classic furnishings, cold lights for a modern and contemporary kitchen.
Before designing your kitchen, decide where you will place the light points: more intense on the worktop, more atmospheric on the dining table.
#3: Use it for open floor plan
We know that one of the challenges of furnishing the kitchen and open space living room is to make them two harmonious environments, but without creating too clear divisions.
Playing with colors is a very simple way to create gaps between one space and another, and choosing different shades of dove gray can be right for you.
For example, dove gray tiles for the kitchen area and parquet in this color for the television area.
