Gray over orange is just ugly mud colored.
Light grey grey stained oak cabinets.
In order to find the right wall color it s important to know what type of stained cabinets you have.
Leave the cabinets natural for a soft honey color.
It has a slightly blue tint to it but the color is fairly consistent from one wood species to the next.
A cabinet maker should be able to replicate this look if you show this picture to them.
A light gray stain will give your cabinets character is unexpected and allows you to retain a soft light neutral look that easily works with many design styles finishes materials and colors.
Each stain has an undertone of it s own just like paint colors.
This cabinet looks great with the marble looking quartz countertop and slab backsplash.
The cabinet stain color is custom with a gray washed finish.
The grain of the wood is still visible on all the samples with one coat.
The general finishes grey wood stain is highly pigmented so one coat of stain is all you need for most applications.
Stripping to bare wood beyond hugely labor intensive will make the gray go over the raw pink nature of red oak so you get a pink gray more kin to the 80 s pink whitewash g technique than the current fad of gray stain.
Starting with orange oak the only way to get gray and not mud is to paint them.
You can also refinish the inside of the drawers and backs of the doors if you want but.
Dark espresso medium walnut cherry red toned and light yellow or orange toned oak maple.
For the lightest color on oak do not add stain at all.