He Had His White Gloss Cabinets Sprayed Green: Now the Same Wood-Look Countertops Stand Out
White gloss cabinets surrounded brown wood-look countertops in this kitchen, with silver handles, white subway tiles, and beige flooring completing the room. Against the pale doors, the counters formed a dark band around the work area.
For a respray in Rotherham shared by @themobilespray, the client wanted “away with the white gloss” and chose Farrow & Ball Beverly Green in a matte finish, paired with new gold handles.
Deep green now sits beneath and above the existing counters, bringing their warm brown tones into focus. Cabinet positions, backsplash tiles, and flooring remain recognizable, while a black sink adds another change along the window wall.
White Gloss Covered the Corner and Tall Cabinets
Flat white doors continued around the corner into a tall two-door unit, with matching trim across the tops and white plinths beneath the base cabinets. Reflections caught the gloss fronts, while curved silver pulls stood out against the pale surfaces.
Brown countertops connected the two cabinet runs, but the white doors and white backsplash gave the wood pattern little color contrast beyond light and dark.
Stainless Steel Broke Up the Pale Cooking Wall
Across the cooking wall, upper cabinets flanked a stainless-steel hood and splashback, with a black hob and built-in oven below. Drawer fronts sat above paired cupboard doors on either side, creating storage around appliances that already fitted the room.
Magnets covered the hood, and countertop appliances occupied much of the brown surface. Those objects drew attention away from the cabinet fronts in the original view.
Brown Worktops Extended Beneath the Window
Along the window wall, a long stretch of wood-look countertop offered preparation space beside the stainless-steel sink and drainer. Drawers and cupboards filled the run below, with no upper cabinets blocking the window.
Beige square floor tiles added another warm surface beneath the white cabinetry, so the room already contained the brown and cream tones that would sit beside the new green finish.
Doors Came Off While the Cabinet Boxes Stayed
Removed fronts exposed the storage arrangement, including shelves of dishes, glasses, and food. Plastic covered the cabinet openings, worktops, hood, and splashback, while taped paper protected the floor across the work area.
Long pieces of detached trim lay on the floor between the cabinet runs. With the fitted boxes still in position, the preparation image shows the same layout that appears in the finished room.
Green Gives the Existing Counters a Different Backdrop
From the entrance, matte green extends across the upper doors, base units, tall cabinet, and exposed end panels. Carrying the color down to the plinths gives the cabinetry a continuous finish from its top trim to the floor.
Against that deeper backdrop, the countertops read as a warm feature running through the kitchen. Their brown pattern now meets green at each edge, while the pale backsplash separates the upper cupboards from the work surface.
Black Replaces Stainless Steel at the Sink
Beneath the window, a black sink and drainer replace the stainless-steel version shown before the work, with a different tap rising above the basin. The dark inset creates a defined break in the brown countertop without changing the sink’s position.
Green drawer fronts stretch across the long run below, and straight gold pulls replace the curved silver handles. The yellow-green blind remains above the window, adding a brighter shade beside the deeper cabinet color.
Gold Handles Add Contrast Without Changing the Flat Doors
Close views beside the hob show slim gold bar handles against broad green fronts. Their straight shape suits the plain doors, adding a narrow line of metal without introducing a new door profile.
Stainless steel remains across the hood and cooking splashback, so gold joins the existing silver metal rather than replacing every finish in the room. White subway tiles continue beneath the cupboards, keeping a pale strip around the cooking area.
Tall Storage Blends Into the Cabinet Run
Green covers both doors of the tall unit and its surrounding panels, connecting it to the corner cupboards. Its size and position match the original white cabinet, but the darker finish gives the entire right side more visual weight.
The countertop still turns into the corner beside it, preserving the fitted junction between tall storage, base cabinets, and the cooking wall.
Matte Surfaces Replace the Reflections of White Gloss
Across the corner doors, the new finish shows broad areas of color instead of the bright reflections visible on the original fronts. Door gaps, straight edges, and gold handles become the main details on those surfaces.
Wood-look counters retain their grain pattern beside the matte paint, giving the room texture without changing the shape of the cabinetry.
Existing Appliances Anchor the Finished Kitchen
The oven remains beneath the hob, with the stainless-steel hood centered above and storage arranged on both sides. Painting the surrounding fronts changes the frame around that appliance stack while preserving its place in the room.
Pale floor tiles and white backsplash tiles keep the lower and middle portions of the kitchen light. Green supplies the depth, and the brown countertop forms the warm boundary between the wall cabinets and base units.
Before and After Reveals Why the Counters Stand Out
Would a deeper green have worked here, or would you change the countertops first? Forest green could bring more contrast to the wood-look surface, while pale stone-look counters would draw attention to the cabinet color and gold handles.
Concealing the extractor inside a matching cabinet would create an unbroken run of green doors, while a sculpted plaster hood could give the cooking wall a focal point. Pale oak-look flooring offers another direction, replacing the beige tile grid with longer lines. Which would you choose next: deeper green, lighter counters, a different hood, or a new floor?
Image credits go to @themobilespray.