Kitchen cabinet selection/ book case 'issues'

18 years ago

I am in the process of selecting new cabinets for my kitchen. There are some factors making my decision more difficult.

My kitchen is small and it is open to my family room. I just had all of the oak trim on the first floor painted white. There are built in book shelves in the family room that are hickory, although they also look oak. They are most likely going to be painted white tom. if I do not chicken out. It is not my first choice, but they are in excellent condition and I feel it is too big of an expense to replace them.

The kitchen does not get much light because of an attahced sunroom behind it - which is painted white with tile floor. The kitchen floor is wood, color is Bruce fawn, and I have all new stainless steel appliances.

For cabinets I am deciding between white with a darker counter top, possible glass tile backsplash, or maple with - (do not know)???

I have a traditional house which I am trying to update.

Concerns:

*are white cabinets out of date?

*will maple cabinets look weird with white cabinets/bookshelves in the connected family room?

*will maple cabinets clash with a wood floor?

Any help would be greatly appreciated - my husband likes both, so I am stuck!!

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Comments (3)

bluekitobsessed
18 years ago
White cabinets are definitely not out of date -- the Something's Gotta Give/Christopher Peacock/white cab/white countertop is very, very popular now. I'm biased, because I just put in maple wall cabs with a white (cream) island, but I think that either maple/hickory or white cabs would look great. As long as the maple is far enough away in color from the hdwd floor, I think it would look fine. (FWIW, I have a caramel glaze on my cabs and a caramel wood floor.) Here's a pic:

As you can see, the kitchen is open to the family room. I had a wet bar converted into a bookcase/display case in maple to match the kitchen, and I'm going to end up with a cream entertainment center if/when I ever can afford it. I can't vote for either maple or cream because I really like both, but either one would be wonderful IMO. HTH.
edlakin
18 years ago
*are white cabinets out of date?
*will maple cabinets look weird with white cabinets/bookshelves in the connected family room?
*will maple cabinets clash with a wood floor?

no, no, and no.

don't overthink. white is neutral. natural wood tones are neutral. wood floors read as neutral. stainless reads neutral.
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hollylh
18 years ago
I would vote white cabs, and a wood and/or a color (maybe in the island) for interest. That's just my taste. We don't have white cabs but I wish we did!

FWIW, we have cherry cabs with a lighter maple floor, and while it is certainly not terrible I don't think it's a particularly good combination.

Good luck! sounds like you can't go wrong.