Hi Kelly, it's a small kitchen so lighter colours will give the impression of space. Currently, I am re-designing two kitchens both requiring a modern minimalist palette. I am using a wonderful product for the benchtops that will suit your family - it's an acrylic stone that looks and feels just like genuine stone or marble - it's even cold like stone, and it's extremely hardy and easy to look after. It's called Mirostone. HQ is here in Adelaide. I am very impressed with it. The colour range is small - from white to grey (5 or 6 colours) but most colours have contrasting chips of colour to add texture, not a flat colour. I am then installing beautiful hi-gloss cupboards from Italy (well-priced) with soft close doors - they come with or without handles. Handless cupboards adds to a streamlined result. One kitchen will be white on both upper and lower cupboards with light grey Mirostone benchstops and splashback. The other, which would suit you, is white on top and a gorgeous pale grey on the bottom. Benchtops are white with grey chips, and a polished metal splashback. In your kitchen you could add brushed nickel, matte black, or even rose gold tap ware for a luxe look. Add colour and texture as desired with tea towels or a beautiful blind. Good luck. Cheers, Penelope

This is Mirostone

Another option I love is white, with grey cupboards and rose gold handles

White with grey

Thanyou! Will have to look into mirostone. Can get vedastone for a really good price and cost is a factor for us. This is the very white vedastone with grey fleck. Do you think this could work? Here are some better photos. And if so, which white do you think works better. Classic is our original choice but it looks cream compared to polar.

And also this kitchen for another client. Also Classic White, benchtop is Caesar Stone Ice Snow.

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Thankyou so much! I love both kitchens. Am feeling more confident with classic white now.

I used natural white on the walls, but ended up going with a different colour cabinet. Looks slightly creamy against cabinets, but on other walls looks very white. I would try natural white☺

Great thankyou, i'll take a look at those! We've been recommended Whisper White but my gut is going with lexicon half/quarter for some reason... What are your thoughts on those colours?

Whisper white looked greenish in my house, i guess depends on light. Ive heard lexicon throws off blue, but haven't tried it. Good luck!

Natural White & Whisper White will both work well with Polytec Classic White. I would steer clear of Lexicon - it's a little too cool to work well with Classic White. You might find it easier if you get some sample pots & paint up some large boards as both Whisper White & Natural White will look lighter and 'more white' once they are on the wall. Lexicon half or quarter would be incredibly light as a wall colour and too stark for most applications.

I just found this suggestion as I have a light small kitchen going with polytec classic white Matt, I have tried both those paint colours on the wall and one looked yellow and one looked green, should I go with whisper white, will it look green once it has more coverage over the kitchen walls?

Louise- what did you end up going with? We are about to get polytec classic white cabinets & are struggling with wall colour white options too. Would love to see what you chose & how it looks.

Hi, we are looking at replacing our cabinets. The black benchtop will stay as it's in good condition. As shown in the photo our floor is light to medium terracotta colour. We can repaint the surrounding walls another colour. It's a galley kitchen and around 12-1pm it starts looking a bit gloomy in there, especially in winter. The polytec colours we are looking at so far for the cabinets are Polytec Porcelain, Classic White & maybe Alabaster? I would appreciate opinions as it's getting a bit difficult to choose. Or perhaps there are other suggestions for colour out there? Please ignore the colour swatches.