Choose White Kitchen Cabinets for Elegance and Flexiblity
By Woodrow AamesRefacingCabinet.com Columnist
White kitchen cabinets never go out of style. Not only do they bring light and pizzazz to a tired kitchen décor, they provide incredible flexibility in design, allowing you to change complementary colors, metals, and materials in wall paint, appliances, and cook-tops. If you're repainting, adding veneers or laminates, white cabinets can visually enlarge your kitchen space and create a spacious feel.
When considering using white cabinets, you should also visit shops or showrooms to get an idea of the wide range of hues--off-whites, cream colors, and white treated to accent your antique or distressed theme. Keep an open mind, and also consider the freedom of using complementary hues in tiles, flooring, islands, backsplashes, and ceilings.
Add Glass Kitchen Cabinets to Accent Your White Theme
Homeowners long have mixed glass doors or entire glass kitchen cabinets to further add to airy, free-feeling space. Glass captures the light and can heighten the style, lending elegance and charm. If you're having your existing cabinets refaced or resurfaced, consider white laminate.
Complement your white kitchen cabinets with brightly colored tiles and metal accents (hoods, cookware, hardware), or employ stainless on your appliances for a formal, tasteful décor. There's nothing new about balancing out the overall effect with dark tiled flooring or complementary pulls and knobs. But it works!
In going with white kitchen cabinets you can create modern, traditional, or minimal effects, easily adjusted if you tire of them and want to change wall paint, countertops, or hardware later. Copper cookware and hoods combine to create a country look. Pink walls and blue accents produce a Continental theme. White's greatest attribute is a look that's free and flexible.
Sources
http://www.ehow.com/how_4873924_antique-white-kitchen-cabinets.html
http://www.bhg.com/home-improvement/kitchen/cabinets/kitchen-cabinets-in-white/
About The Author
Woodrow Aames has written articles and profiles for Yahoo, Microsoft Network, Microsoft Encarta, and other websites and print magazines around the world. He holds an MFA degree and has taught English abroad.
