Best Paint For Kitchen Walls, Cabinets & Ceilings

When painting your kitchen, your choice in paint is far more important than simply ‘what colour’. Kitchens are the hub of the home and hive of activity, which means your paint must be able to withstand a whole host of stains, scuffs and splashes.

We’ve put together this hand guide, which breaks down the different paint you should be looking to use in your kitchen.

Best paint for Kitchen Walls

The most important to thing to consider when looking at your kitchen walls, is how often you may need to wipe or scrub the surface. This could be from cooking, family activity or even pets running through the area, having dirty stains on your walls is hard to clean without damaging the paint finish or further marking the paint.

An important factor to also consider is that if you have small kitchen, humidity and steam will tend to collect on your ceilings and walls

#1 – Dulux Trade Diamond Eggshell – BUY

What? - Dulux Trade Diamond Eggshell is a tough and cleanable emulsion with a smooth, even mid sheen finish. Eggshell is our most durable finish, combined with our Diamond Technology it creates a wonderful paint perfect for anything you can throw at it.

Why? - It's perfect for busy environments that require frequent cleaning as it contains unique Stain Repellent Technology, preventing stains from setting into the surface and making cleaning up easier.

“Does this mean I can clean my paint?” Yes, it does! That’s the beauty of our trade formulation, its far more durable, allowing you to scrub and wipe away stains and dirt without leaving marks or effecting the beautiful finish.

“What colours can I buy it in?” This paint is available in a full range of colours, including all the colours in our in-store colour wall, click here to browse.

#2 – Dulux Trade Diamond Matt – BUY

All the benefits of our Diamond technology but in our classic Matt finish, timeless and perfect, while not skipping on durability.

Matt is also great at hiding any imperfections in your walls, as the it reflects less light hiding them from view.

#3 Dulux Heritage Eggshell – BUY

If you don’t think you’re going to be wiping your walls all the often, and you’re more interested in a luxury kitchen finish, our Dulux Heritage range is perfect.

Our Heritage Eggshell & Matt come in the most beautiful colours; the 112 beautiful shades have been expertly curated by Dulux colourists.

Here’s some examples below.

Best paint for Kitchen Cabinets

#1 Dulux Trade Quick Dry Satinwood – BUY

What? – It’s a water-based satin finish formulation that is tough, hardwearing and dirt resistant, Perfect for interior woods & furniture.

Why? – Dry’s quickly offers a beautiful finish and does not require an undercoat except where a strong colour change is required. If you are going over a dark colour to a light colour, then a coat of Dulux Trade Quick Dry Undercoat may be required.

#2 Dulux Trade Diamond Satinwood – BUY

If your cabinets get a lot of traffic and are prone to scuffs and marks, using our Dulux Trade Diamond Satinwood is a smart choice, similar in specs to our normal Satinwood but is better in a high traffic environment and provides a better finish for longer.

Also if you’re wondering HOW to paint kitchen cabinets, we put together a guide here.

Best paint for Kitchen Ceiling

The most important factor to consider when looking at your ceiling is moisture resistant, as all the steam you make from cooking will rise to the ceiling where droplets will form.

#1 – Dulux Trade Diamond Eggshell – BUY NOW

What? - Dulux Trade Diamond Eggshell is a tough and cleanable emulsion with a smooth, even mid sheen finish. Eggshell is our most durable finish, combined with our Diamond Technology it creates a wonderful paint perfect for anything you can throw at it.

Why? - It's perfect for repelling moisture in environments like kitchens, and even if droplets form you can simply wipe them away and not worry about water marks, stains or anything else. It’s especially useful if somehow you end up with stains or food on the ceiling.

“Does this mean I can wipe my ceiling?” Yes, it does! That’s the beauty of our trade formulation, its far more durable, allowing you to scrub and wipe and condensation or moisture that might appear in heavily used environments.

#2 – Dulux Trade Diamond Matt – BUY

You may not want an Eggshell finish on your ceiling, but they don’t tend to be in the direct path of sunlight. If, however you want a matt finish, or have skylights which you may want to paint with your ceiling, our Diamond Matt offer this finish still with our stain repellent technology.