Black Kitchen Cabinets: A Color You Can Count On

By Leslie A.M.
RefacingCabinet.com Columnist

Black kitchen cabinets can add a great deal to your kitchen--similar to what a great pair of shoes can add to your wardrobe.

Kitchen Tune Up: Fade to Black

Black kitchen cabinets can give your kitchen a dramatic difference that almost becomes subtle. The understated beauty of black kitchen cabinets makes other elements stand out more. Lighting, the kitchen counter, a beautiful piece of pottery, or a vase with fresh cut flowers all pop into the forefront when you install black kitchen cabinets.

There are so many styles that look great with black kitchen cabinets--they go with everything! Whether you want a contemporary look, mission-style or modern, black kitchen cabinets will be the perfect backdrop.

Resurfacing Kitchen Cabinets

You can buy stock kitchen cabinets in black or paint them yourself. A few gallons of paint, sand paper and some elbow grease will get you started on your new look. Have your home center tint your primer so you aren't covering stark white. It will make the process much easier.

If you want to change your cabinets more than just adding paint, use trim molding on your cabinet doors to create new shapes and new interest. Add crown molding in a beautiful cherry wood for dramatic elegance. Add baseboards that finish your cabinets and cap your flooring.

Don't forget to choose new knobs and pulls.

Inexpensive Kitchen Cabinets

Your new look does not have to cost a lot of money. You'll be proud of your professional-looking kitchen renovations when you do the changes yourself and save a lot of money. You can put the money you saved toward an expensive kitchen counter or appliances.

Black kitchen cabinets are one of the best ways to showoff the things that really matter in your kitchen--the food!

 

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.