White kitchen cabinets have been around for a long time, but many people still feel like they’re a breath of fresh air. Fans of white cabinets feel they bring a sense of clean light into a room. Even with frequently shifting trends, white kitchen cabinets have stayed popular while other colors sometimes only trend for a few months. Good, clean white cabinets always seem new, and they can remain a great choice for years.
Considering how much of your life can be spent in a kitchen, you need the room to be pleasant and safe. White cabinets help you notice spills before they become a problem, and bring light into the room to make it overall more welcoming and functional. Design-wise, they’re a clean slate for any other colors or decor you want to bring into the room.
The Simple Beauty of a White Kitchen
White looks simple and unpretentious in a home. White cabinets make the statement that you prefer your kitchen to be neat and tidy, and when they’re clean and well-maintained, they practically shine with those things. They provide your kitchen with a fresh, welcoming atmosphere bathed in light.
A high-quality finish is the key to keeping white cabinets looking new. Modern paints have been developed with the specific goal of being tough enough to handle heavy kitchen use and to wipe clean with a damp cloth. Sherwin-Williams 5-Step finish is a great example, which is why so many of our cabinets are finished with it at RTA Kitchen Cabinets Online.
How White Reflects Light and Makes Your Space Feel Bigger
If you have a tight, dark, or oppressive-feeling kitchen, white cabinets will help it immensely. White reflects light, which tricks your brain by making a room look more “open” than it really is. If your walls are white too, you’ll see an even greater effect. Light will bounce around the room, making it feel open and airy.
White can also be relaxing because it gives your eyes plenty of clean space to rest. A clean, distraction-free background for your decor helps it stand out, but it also provides the negative space in between decorative elements with an unobtrusive backdrop. Compare this to natural wood grains or other more detailed cabinet surfaces, which might be too “busy” to let your eyes rest.
The reflective qualities of white also help brighten up the darker corners in your kitchen, which can help keep things clean and safe.
White Cabinets for Every Kitchen Style
White is a neutral color, which means it plays well with others. You can have a kitchen that looks very traditional, or one that looks futuristic, and white cabinets fit into both of those worlds perfectly. You can change your mind about your style every year, and you won’t have to paint your cabinets. Just change your hardware or other elements and the whole room looks different. White is very flexible and easy to live with.
Every other color looks good with white, so you could add bright, saturated colors to your kitchen to make the space feel energetic, or other neutrals like grey and tan to calm it down. Your other color choices might fight with one another, but white won’t be a problem.
