How white are your white cabinets?
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Comments (4)I don't have a direct answer but I do think that it becomes easy to start over thinking these things. I saw an apartment in Elle Décor or one of those magazines that actually had seven shades of white paint on the trim and walls in one of the rooms. The designer had done this on purpose and said that you really couldn't discern great differences between the whites and it just made things look a bit more dimensional. It looked that way in the photos, anyway: "white" not stripy or mismatched. If you think they both read as "white" and have a leaning toward one I would just pick the one you are leaning toward and call it done....See MoreWhat color are your painted white or off-white/creamy cabinets?
Comments (11)Kat - Thanks for the compliment. Our perimeter counters are soapstone and the island is marble. The marble still makes me nervous and I continue to etch it (which is not highly visible on the honed surface, but I still know they are there). The inset cabinets were an absolute must for us. We did tear down construction in an older neighborhood and wanted to have some elements of the 1920s-1940s style consistent with the neighborhood. With the kitchen being visible from the front door, it needed to be both pretty and fairly authentic. Sure, I lost a little storage space by doing the inset, but the look is exactly what we needed....See Moretell me how you like your white cabinets...any problems
Comments (8)I have a cream painted cabinets and a dark chocolate stained cherry island. You do have to be careful around the cabinets with nicks and dents, but I'm finding that the dark island is showing the wear much more easily than the painted cabinets. It seems like every nick shows the lighter wood underneath. Not sure if it's just that I didn't get a top of the line brand (Schrock/Diamond/Thomasville), or if that is the nature of the dark stained wood -- keep the touchup pen handy. The nicks on the white cabinetry also show wood underneath (maple) but because the wood is light too, it's not obvious....See MoreShow me your white cabinets with white granite counters - please!
Comments (2)Hi - We have cabinets painted SW Dover White and Madre Perola quartzite. I LOVE the quartzite, it has a lot of white but also grey and taupe veining so it reads very warm and not too stark. The overall pattern is soft and not too dramatic, which makes it a bit like marble IMO (caveat: I don't think quartzite photographs very well, it totally stopped me in the granite yard, but I looked right past it when browsing their slabs online). There are also other white cab/white stone kitchens on here - momofthreeboys and firsthouse_mp come to mind - both are quartzite, I think. Good luck with the hunt! :-)...See MoreRudebekia
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