Advice on kitchen cabinet finish, please!!?
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The showrooms are pushing the wood look and do so to encourage sales. Every year they make dramatic changes to the "look" of cabinetry so that homeowner's remodeling see the need to "update" their look. Yes, the white/off white/cream cabinetry look hasn't been popular for the last few years as the manufacturer's are coming up with new finishes and glazes. I've seen vignettes with the alder wood stained dark with cherry wood flooring and that is really a sophisticated, high end, elegant look. No, your white appliances won't look bad, but the manufacturer's are really pushing the stainless steel look with that wood combination. In the end, you have to decide the look that appeals to you. Check out the vignettes in stores around you like Expo Design, Bardon, Standard Brands, even Lowes and Home Depot. Then check out model homes in your area. There you will see the cutting edge in kitchen design and decide what will appeal to your design sensibility.
Other answers:
Wood grain cabinets would be best with the pergo floors you described. I do believe the walls should be painted a color. If you have an eat in kitchen, let the table and chairs be an antique white, or have something else in your kitchen done in the antique white to bring the color white around the kitchen in order to have the appliances fit in nicely.
Wood grain cabinets would be best with the pergo floors you described. I do believe the walls should be painted a color. If you have an eat in kitchen, let the table and chairs be an antique white, or have something else in your kitchen done in the antique white to bring the color white around the kitchen in order to have the appliances fit in nicely.
I redid my kitchen 5 years ago and chose white cabinets. I had a wood floor too. The look was clean, and cheerful and bright but not too cozy. I do believe wood is more "the thing" now but it depends on the look you want: rich and warm, or clean and crisp. If you do chose wood, go with cherry.