In the right setting they can be timeless. Or they can be "trendy", Or they can be dated. Take your choice.

White is timeless in my opinion. Its the other things that will date the kitchen, whether that’s the counters or the hardware or the style of cabinet doors. I see people are using natural wood finishes again, but white isn’t going anywhere.

I combined white painted and stained wood cabs in my recent remodel because I like the look. Even if it is trendy...I will still like the combo. I suffered from wood overload for many, many years.

I love white kitchens too. Done well, they are not going out of style. Add a bunch of trendy elements and you will have a trendy white kitchen. Be super thoughtful. Incorporate some warmth and color and it will be great.

They have been out of style with me for the past forty years.

It is true that colors are in vogue now for painted cabinets. White will take a long time to wind down, though, given its ubiquity.

They are never out of style if the style works with the style of your house.

White in any decor is timeless. Just know the style of your home and balance the kitchen to suit.

I've have white cabinets in every house I've ever lived in! This includes the house I was born in. I don't think they ever go out of style. If you have good white cabinets, I think you're good to go for a very, very long time! Just my 2 cents!

I don't think white cabinets are going out per say.. I think it is the snow blizzard kitchens that are. The ones with white cabinets, white counter, white back splashes, etc. It is just bla overload.

Does it matter if it goes out of style?

The question is, assuming you are planning to live there a while: Do YOU like it?

People have so many different style preferences, go with yours.

I do not think they are dated per say, but I and many others have become bored with the ubiquitous white, subway, marble and island open formula. In most shelter rags today only one out of ten kitchens lately is following that formula which implies they are no longer the hot new trend which is to say that yes they falling out of style presently with design houses who are responsible for trends. In high market Green Demolition centers many very high end white kitchens have been ripped out and are on offer for pennies. Even Christopher peacock is using alternatives now.

this said if your heart desires a white kitchen how I or any one else feels about them should not matter. Even if you are doing it for resale I am sure it will not break a sale of a properly priced house but it will no longer be a universal selling point and you will not regain your investment with any choices so again do what you like.

Classic white cabinets IMO will not go out of style. But the countertop, backsplash, hardware and flooring will!

I have decided (and I have a really hard time making a decision so this is saying something indeed!!!) that white kitchens are not going out of style. I am deliberating what to do with my kitchen and at first, dismissed the white because it is so ubiquitous. I think it will not quite be the rage it has been, but I agree that it is a pretty basic element. I have come full circle and currently I am actually considering white cabinetry. That said, I am also continuing to consider wood. See what I mean about decision making for me?

In all seriousness I do think it is a timeless element just as wood cabinetry is timeless. I think it is the other elements which might date it. Theoretically, changing lighting and accessories will work wonders to tweak into the current mode.

Never out of style. At this point in time, IMO, they've become too predictable, cookie-cutter boring/ over-used. But white kitchens get points for being Not Gray, AFAIC.

Thanks pb32 I knew it looked wrong but I had a large stroke a few months ago and the aphasia is still present and autocorrect did not change it so I kept it. Correcting me actually helps in my recovery because once I relearn something it seems to keep. Xo

I used to think that it was annoying that everyone seemed to do white kitchens, but now that we're actually going to re-do our kitchen, I only want white cabinets. But I prefer more traditional looks generally and I'm not very adventurous when it comes to colored cabinets or something that is more on trend. I love the look of wood cabinets too in certain homes, like a more craftsman home for example, but in my house it would be too much wood.

You're a good soul roarah. :) Also, autocorrect is the work of the devil. Ha ha. I can't believe what it does sometimes!

My favorite kitchen, today, is a nice grey-green one I saw earlier. I don't believe a certain color is ever dated, it's all about the whole package and execution.

If you love a white kitchen, make it so and enjoy the heck out of it. I think white cabinets with black or grey countertops are a classic, and I love the look in the right setting. I think I'm lighting the match that's going to start the flames here, but IMO the desire that countless posters have to paint their cabinets white reflects a lack of imagination and, to at least some degree, a lack of style --> don't know what to do, so paint it white, can't go wrong with that. Well, yes you can... In other words, the style is no style.