Kitchen Cabinet Colors - Avoid These 7 HUGE Mistakes!

I don’t care what the trend is….I know what I like & what I don’t. Do your own thing.

“It’ll only go out of style when you get sick of it.” I love that quote.

Its amazing that people follow what others suggest, say, or claim to know... We are all interior designers if you have a passion for change, we all learn by our own mistakes and we all have our own style that suits our needs...too many times designers think they did an awesome job and owners cant wait to do personal changes. Its good to listen and take advice....but follow your own heart.

As a color consultant, I agree, 100% that color should be checked out at home under your own lighting. Lighting is the key to color and all the paint stores have fluorescent lights to give off a yellow tone. Colors are infinite, light numbers, and people can get easily overwhelmed. No one realizes the importance of my job until they make a huge investment and choose the wrong color.

When I bought my dream house, I fell in love with the warm, honey-colored pine cabinets in the kitchen. So welcoming on a cold winter's day, but still light and airy on the hottest summer day. I also love my beautiful, white kitchen appliances. Guess I'm just old-fashioned. 😂😂

I have been around for along time. I have had many different colours in the kitchen. Every time I change from white to another color I can’t wait till I can go back to white. Sometimes you just have to stick with what you want and not somebody’s else kitchen.

I Love my white cabinets! They have been white for 25 years 😊 and I STILL love them.

As a professional painter whos done residential,commercial and industrial jobs you for got the ULTIMATE adavice... 1.Sand like crazy everything with a sponge sanding block 2.Apply an alkyd oil based primer like Zinsser,yes it stinks like crazy, keep windows open and fans running and apply with a 5 mm roller and brush it out gently not leving straks and globs...and finally... 3.TEST,TEST,TEST BEFORE STARTING ANY PAINTING!!!... PRACTISE,ORSCTISE PRACTISE...GOOD LUCK 3.

I love white cabinets and also off white cabinets. I like color on the wall and pops of color in the kitchen.

I clean houses for a living. So when we redid the kitchen, I definitely knew what to avoid! The trendy navy blue is a nightmare! I clean for a family that spent a fortune redoing the kitchen with navy blue lowers. Within months there were visible chips and dings all over. Every water spot shows up like a spotlight. Every grease spot leaves marks you can see across the room. We have a small kitchen, so we did go with white. With an incredibly durable surface that repels water. Wipes down like a breeze. And after having wood cabinets, it was amazing how much it brightened the small space. We also chose white because we can change the look easily and inexpensively, by simply changing out the decor, or repainting the walls every 5-10 years.

We rented a house in Florida that had lovely solid cherry kitchen and bathroom cabinets. The house was sold to someone else, and when we returned the next winter all the cabinets had been painted bright yellow and blue. They were ugly! We were told that the new owners thought that cherry wood wasn't "Florida" enough. My advice would be that if you have good quality solid wood cabinets, don't just slap a coat of paint on them. Build your color scheme around them.

Thank you for the validation. We just finished finalizing the choices for our upcoming kitchen remodel and my interior designer helped me avoid all of these mistakes.

I have dark wood cabinets and was thinking about going light a couple of years ago. Now I’m happy with my wood cabinets as it seems like colors and earth tones are making a comeback.

I have a white kitchen and I can tell you, it doesn’t matter what color your cabinets are, they all need to be wiped down at least once a week. Stained cabinets get dirty too.

Haha! Apparently, I am the only one who liked the peach cabinets. I think a kitchen space should be fun, not heavy and dark.

Thank you for your humble opinion. This is our first kitchen in the planning stage. The contractor suggested moving frige to the other wall to add move cabinnet space with center island. Our old refrigrator sticks out about 7" the rollout drawers are definatly a must!

I am an artist who is very familiar with color. His takes are very solid. Many people wouldn't consider the floor when picking colors, but you should, for example. I don't agree with him100%, because there are always exceptions. I like this guy, he is straight forward and doesn't treat color selection as this mystical, cloudy, feely thing. I know he is trying to sell the boards but do paint an old piece of drywall or something first because a paint chip doesn't reveal the color in context, and you cannot get a good idea of what an entire room will look like with your furniture, floor, etc., and you cannot tell how light or dark it will look. I picked a green that looked somewhat blue, but no it is too yellow irl.

Everyone is different. Do what YOU love! ❤

Great video, I especially like that you tell people that if they love a trend then they should do it,. Renovation and decorating can be fun and exciting making it easy to lose sight of the fact that you're investing time, money, and effort and that you will probably be living with your choices for quite some time. I chose two-tone for my cabinets because my kitchen is small and doesn't have a lot of light. The upper cabinets will be white and the lower gray with yellow walls. Your suggestion to bring the color home is on point, light causes the color to look different. I used sample paint, painting areas on each wall and cabinet so I could see how the paint would look, I joked that it looks like someone was making a painted quilt but it helped me to see how the paint looks in real life. I also chose brushed nickel pulls that are flat against the surface, getting my clothing caught on hardware is a pet peeve of mine and at 4'11" it happens more often than not so that was a consideration for me. Which is an important point to address when thinking about details, 'does it work for me?' It doesn't matter what the trend is, basing your choices on your specific situation will be your best investment.

I renovated my kitchen over 20 years ago and I still love it today. I don’t think “rustic” ever goes out of style and I still get compliments on it today. My cabinets are a distressed cypress green (like a dark sage). They are a keeper for sure! I cannot stand white kitchens, they require no thought and are very boring.