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Bright white or off-white cabinets

last month

Im in chosing which white cabinet hell. i keep going back and forth. the bright white almost feels too white but we also have drywall ceilings and an 80s kitchen so im sure the general dinge makes it look brighter. the off white i like when the rooms getting a lot of direct natural light but thats usually for a few hours in the morning into early afternoon and i find myself turning on every light to get the true soft white appearance vs dingy. I wish there was a white in the middle but theres not.we need new lighting though-i have a call in for the estimate as well.. i would love to just wait until our new floors are in and walls are painted but its a 15 wk lead time and if i wait another 8 weeks for the floors/finish to decide were talking christmas time for instal which is not ideal. im just afraid of making the 17k wrong choice.

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Shasta

last month

The "off-white" looks like it has too much yellow (too warm) for your quartz. The white doesn't read yellow or grey. It looks good with your contrasting wall color and your quartz.

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coray
last month
Definitely picture #2!!
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thank you so much for your response! The floors are quarter sawn white oak that will be stained a warm med tone walnut color. nothing too dark. I did realize when i posted this that my cabinets will touch the ceiling so I decided to go with the same white throughout most of the house on the ceilings, Decorators White. On the top floor, which is our master bedroom suite I think I'm going to use the Chantilly lace. It's a bit darker up there and I'm trying to make it as bright as possible. Thats the color of our vanity in the masterbath, so I may just do all the trim and ceilings that color. That floor is a clean break from all the other walls and trim, so it won't look like a mistake! Truthfully the place was a mess before renovation (we bought it that way) so I really just want everything clean and white!! I may end up doing what you suggested with the walls...still wishing for white, but don't I can steer away from the Decorators white without making the cabinets look dingy.
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Susie Q
last month
Another vote for the white… so pretty!
kj s
last month
Brighter white
MizLizzie
last month
Been there, done that. Pure white is a classic for a reason. Last kitchen I chose a cream, and it was hard to really coordinate anything. This time, I went BM Simply White. Very pleased.
Rachel Lee
last month
Another vote for bright white.
antmaril
last month
Bright white.
Kay p
last month
Bright white it will look lovely
Wildcat Blue
last month
Definitely bright white
chispa
last month
The brighter white color.

The off-white color looks yellow with your quartz counter. You end up getting a yellow and blue feel to the space.

I used BM Chantilly Lace in the house we built this past year. Used it for all cabinets, trim and ceilings.
daisychain Zn3b
last month
We had off-white/cream cabs then had a house fire and replaced with bright white. We really liked the cream when we chose it and it suited our style at the time, but it was time for a change. The bright white seemed like a more current colour and looked better with our accessories and dishware.
D Bee
last month
Bright White 100%
HU-138075218
Original Author
last month
The brighter white i would say more closely resembles chantilly lace. maybe slightly brighter while the off white most closely resembles simply white but takes on a more beigey look when not in bright daylight
timelesstula
last month
The 2nd photo for sure! It looks great with your countertop. The other cabinet reads yellow and doesn't do much for the countertop.
2christene
last month
I have Creamy cabinets - yellow undertones. I hate it. I want to have my cabinets painted a WARM White. Soothing. Cool Whites are too harsh / bright in my opinion.

Go with White.
RedRyder
last month
For that quartz, the whiter one is better.
HU-138075218
Original Author
last month
My choices for whites are sea salt (the bright white) , white icing (the creamier one) or magnolia which I do not have a sample door but it’s an off white with a tint of gray vs and off white with a tint of yellow.
coray
last month
I knew I wanted a mostly white kitchen, albeit not a cold white. Our trim is BM Chantilly Lace, which is a nice, clean white that doesn’t read cold, so we settled on that. Our cabinet folks actually had a sample piece of it in cabinet paint, and we noticed that it came out more yellow-y than my painted sample board. However, the co has a white cabinet paint called ”extra white”, and it matched my sample board perfectly. Most cabs are in, and we love it, so I’m glad i switched. That being said, I think Chantilly Lace is a great white!
MizLizzie
last month
Sea Salt, definitely definitely.
felizlady
last month
In my opinion, your whites should all be the same to avoid the dingy look of off-white. If you have selected a counter material with white in it, your cabinets will look best if the cabinet white matches the counter white.
2christene
last month
I hate my off white cabinets.

Going to paint them White. no yellow tones.

Match the counter as close as possible to white.

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