Posts Tagged ‘kitchen cabinets’
White Kitchen Cabinets
They’re Back – White Kitchen Cabinets
In many respects, the kitchen is the center of the home. The kitchen is a bright, warm, friendly place and white seems the perfect color for it. White kitchen cabinets, a white fridge, white countertops, white tile-they make for a crisp, clean look that just never goes out of style.
Why white? When I switched to all white kitchen cabinets and décor a couple of years ago I found that my kitchen was a lot brighter even though my kitchen lighting had stayed the same. One of the questions people ask me about white cabinets and surfaces is whether they require a lot more maintenance than darker colors. Kitchens need to look clean at all times. Materials have changed and upkeep of a gleaming white kitchen is no longer as time-consuming as it once was.
The introduction of thermo foil made a huge difference. This creates a super-smooth surface with totally uniform color and texture that is also substantially more durable than paint. Thermo foil cabinets and surfaces can be cleaned very easily and they are more resistant to getting nicked and scratched than paint. Continue reading “White Kitchen Cabinets” »
Black Kitchen Cabinets
Using Black Kitchen Cabinets
Designing a kitchen in an open floor plan is very incomparable to designing an ordinary kitchen in a room to itself.
It is this style of kitchen that you will find black kitchen cabinets.
A kitchen design which is going for a high tech look will normally have stainless steel appliances and black kitchen cabinets. For instance, black kitchen cabinets in an apartment galley kitchen will look nothing short of a black hole.
Many contemporary kitchens will use black and white as their color schemes with a black and white checkered floor, white walls and either black appliances and black kitchen cabinets or white appliances. A white kitchen table or black kitchen table will round out the area.
Black dishes and accessories always look fabulous on a white table in one of these black and white kitchens. Sometimes the black kitchen cabinets have glass fronts and are lit on the inside, which will really brighten up a kitchen. Continue reading “Black Kitchen Cabinets” »
