Choosing the perfect kitchen cabinet colors can be a chore in itself –after all, your features and units construct the kitchen’s overall look, and your color choices make or break the design. Can you choose the right cabinet color with confidence? You’ll want to put deeper thought into it, especially if you just spent quite a bit of money into a new, freshly painted kitchen. You wouldn’t want the colors to clash or be too bold because you want the features to compliment the walls. Unless you’re an interior designer, the choice can be a bit blurry without any guidance.
Color sets the tone of the space; it provides an ambiance to feel welcoming. While you may be tempted to pick a color you love for your kitchen cabinets directly from the showroom, you have to remember that those colors will look different in each and every home.
As with any room, you need to reflect on the amount and type of natural light the space gets, or doesn’t get. Knowing that, will help you decide on which hues work best, either warm-toned or cooler. If you are feeling rebellious, maybe consider exploring a two-tone kitchen, which helps to break up the geometry of the space and highlight certain areas. Using lighter cabinets mounted on the walls in a small kitchen layout can be more visually appealing, making sure the room doesn’t feel too top heavy, and you can have dark units for the base of the kitchen. Sometimes it’s all about balance for the eyes!
Wooden kitchen cabinets are a big trend right now. The color of wood will depend on the selection, but this can be altered through the use of stains. It’s a remarkable choice, and not the most common, but stains are an option for a larger kitchen space. The big size allows breathing room for the stained cabinets which give the kitchen a warm, cozy feel. You can also combine stained and lacquered or metallic cabinets at different levels. It’s a design that reflects a modern, unique idea. It also prevents the stained cabinets from becoming too intense. Cabinets in the natural, unstained finish are preferred over painted surfaces because painted has a higher tendency to scuff over time with the frequent exposure to wear and tear.
What finish is best for kitchen cabinets? Choosing the right paint finishes for kitchen cabinets is important because it affects how tough your cabinets will be in the long-run. The units are subject to constant touching, pulling and slamming, with utensils routinely sliding in and out. This can lead to scratching and the units chipping away –not good. The more matte a paint is the less durable it will be. A full-gloss paint finish can not only give the kitchen a stunning look, but it will be more resistant to scuffs and fingerprint marks, especially if you have children. However, in recent interior design trends, matte finishes tend to be the more admired, but satin paints beat the sense of balance between sturdiness and ‘prettiness.’
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