Timeless White Kitchen Cabinetry

A white kitchen never goes out of style.  White kitchen cabinets are the equivalent of a little black dress, perfect for almost any occasion, able to be dressed up or down, fitting no matter what your personal style.  For this reason, white paint is by far the number one requested finish for kitchen cabinets.

White kitchen cabinetry can serve many purposes other than just plain being beautiful.   White kitchen cabinets can be a foil for a bold countertop choice, a dark wood floor, whimsical wallpaper or funky accessories in an array of colors.  White kitchen cabinetry can also make a small kitchen feel more spacious, or a dark kitchen seem brighter.

A white finish looks good on any style of kitchen cabinetry.  Whether you are choosing a traditional raised panel door, a simple recessed flat panel, a casual bead board, or a modern slab door, white paint will look good on it.  Best of all, if your tastes change over the years, with white kitchen cabinetry, you have a better chance of just being able to change the details of your kitchen and produce an entirely different look.

White kitchen cabinetry going all the way to the ceiling was an excellent choice for this tight on space galley kitchen.  The white finish makes the space feel bigger; the height of the kitchen cabinets gives the space more visual height.  The white finish is also the perfect foil for the rich wood floors and grey stone countertop.  With this neutral color scheme, different accessories could easily be swapped out over time or for different holidays to give the kitchen an ever-changing look.

With the variety of doors styles and the two different countertop materials, the white finish on the kitchen cabinetry here acts as a unifying element.

The worn natural wood floor, the shiny glaze of the backsplash tile and the natural clear finish of the maple countertops are brought together by the white kitchen cabinetry.  This kitchen is about simple elegance: a variety of textures in a muted color palate.  The white kitchen cabinetry is the foil on top of which everything else is placed.

This kitchen walks the line between country and modern.  The worn wood half log ceiling beams, the turned post high chair, and the white porcelain farm sink with flanking split posts are the elements that hint at a casual country style.  The high gloss subway tile back splash, grey slate tile floor and the jet black countertop give it a cool modern vibe.  The white kitchen cabinetry is the perfect way to straddle these seemingly dissimilar styles.  By using a slab drawer front mixed with a shaker, recessed flat panel door, the kitchen cabinetry acts as a perfect mediator.

There are a lot of things going on in this very small space, a blue ceiling that bleeds into the walls, bead board paneling to the seven foot mark, louvered shuttered windows, a natural brick floor in a basket weave pattern,  Americana prints, three different medium brown wood elements and stainless steel appliances.  What keeps this kitchen looking quaint instead of overcrowded?  You guessed it- the white kitchen cabinetry.