When choosing a color for your kitchen cabinets, you can't go wrong with white. Evoking purity and cleanliness along with confidence and sophistication, white is an extremely versatile color for kitchen cabinets.
Popular in homes across America, white kitchen plans are an easy way to bring a relaxed, gentle edge to your kitchen design. For fans of modern kitchen ideas, it's the ultimate clean, minimalist shade, but white looks equally good in traditional kitchens, transitional kitchens, farmhouse kitchens, Scandinavian kitchens, and more.
American actress and author Maria Bello's kitchen, shared on her Instagram social media feed, further highlights the popularity of this kitchen cabinet color. If your goal is to create a “wow” kitchen, but you want to maintain a classic, timeless style in your home, white kitchen cabinets are a very quiet and livable option.
White cabinets are a perennially popular choice among a variety of cabinet colors. Because it reflects light, it is often chosen to make small kitchens feel larger. It also helps prevent lack of light in older or cottage kitchens with small kitchen windows.
Available in matte or glossy finishes, white kitchen cabinets can look amazingly different. Its shades vary greatly, from the most vivid pure white to subtle warm or cool tones. White is also the perfect partner with other color ideas and materials in the kitchen, whether used as a main element or an accent.
Tom Howley, Design Director at Tom Howley Bespoke Kitchens, says: “As expected, a white color scheme is very beneficial for small kitchen spaces, especially when combined with light worktops.”
If you've heard rumors that white kitchen cabinets are falling out of favor, don't be deterred. Elegant, timeless and simple, white cabinets are timeless. The important thing to consider is how you style them.
Jane Landino, head of studio creative at Taylor Howes, says using a white or natural palette is about adding depth and contrast to the different layers and textures. “To make a white palette feel designed and considered, it's important to mix and match neutral patterns and the occasional accent color pattern. Just because your kitchen cabinets are white doesn't mean your entire kitchen is. That doesn't mean it has to be minimal or simple, just consider adding texture and pattern elsewhere, such as wood kitchen floors or marble kitchen countertops, for example.
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