Black Kitchen Cabinets: A Well-Dressed Kitchen

By Leslie A.M.
RefacingCabinet.com Columnist

When you consider refinishing kitchen cabinets, make sure that black kitchen cabinets are among your choices. Black kitchen cabinets are just as versatile as white kitchen cabinets and remain looking clean a lot longer.

What Black Kitchen Cabinets Add to Your Custom Kitchen Look

Black is the perfect backdrop to almost any decorating scheme, the same way a little black dress is suitable for any occasion. From a quick family breakfast to a candlelight dinner for two, black kitchen cabinets are the perfect side dish to any meal and any activity.

With a family, it's important to choose a cabinet color that doesn't need a ton of maintenance. Black kitchen cabinets don't show scuffs or scratches nearly as much as lighter colors might. But don't let that stop you from cleaning! You will still need to clean your cabinets regularly to prolong their life.

You might consider only painting a butcher block or cabinets used as a china hutch black and keeping the rest of the cabinets a stained wood. Highlighting one or two spaces with black will create a focal point on that area.

The Look That Lasts: Black Kitchen Cabinets

The sleek coolness of black can accentuate rich hues in a granite kitchen counter or highlight detail in a beautiful tile backsplash. But if you are not building a custom kitchen from scratch and have to work with what you have, black kitchen cabinets are still a very viable option.

Somewhat timeless, black kitchen cabinets can work with materials and colors from any kitchen decorating era. Whether seafoam green and pale pink boomerang print formica from the 50s or harvest gold flooring from the 70s--a few coats of black paint on your kitchen cabinets and you have an updated retro feel that was lost with plain stock kitchen cabinets.

 

About The Author

Leslie A.M. Smith is a freelance writer and desperately needs a new kitchen. Until she can afford it, she has her eye on refacing her cabinets.