If you read this blog, you know me…I love a bright white kitchen. Love. Lust. Have. Want another. Would do every kitchen in all white…or white with a pop of color somewhere. White white white kitchens…hoorah. Ready okay. White kitchens all the way! (Excuse me…losing my mind today perhaps…)
Okay…so I wax on about the bright white kitchen only to demonstrate how I am constantly contradicting myself .
Today…I’m loving dark dark kitchen cabinets…black, grey (my assistant KS just pointed out that I spell grey several different ways in the product descriptions for COCOCOZY…she put her foot down and said from now on we are spelling grey…gray…), or dark dark grayish brown.
And here I am…exercising a woman’s prerogative. Although, I haven’t entirely changed my mind…I do still prefer a white kitchen, but I see the appeal of these kitchens with dark cabinetry. So warm, inviting, bold in a way…I like.
Here are 7 kitchens with cabinetry in the color spectrum from gray to black.
If you prefer white kitchens, could any of these darker kitchens change your mind? If you like this look, which is your favorite.
Tomorrow I’ll probably find some white kitchen I like and post it. So be prepared for a flip flop.
Happy Friday again!
xo
Coco
P.S. Haven’t showered yet…oy vey…it is 8am…have to drop off car to be fixed, get to work, drop off sample bedding to sewing workroom (may have KS do this one), go back to work, go to a taping of a new show my friends are producing….lah dah dah dah. Here goes….let the day begin!
Photos: New England Home Magazine; Veranda Magazine; Melanie Acevedo; At Home Arkansas; Bunny Williams; Julian Wass; Herron Horton Architects
These are all so wonderful… I must say I’m loving the 5th image, the kitchen with steel and rod iron elements with black. Loving the table top and burgundy chairs..
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Ziba
Very nice pictures!! I specially like the one with the glass doors and such nice porcelain inside. Of course you´d have to be very tidy to have that kitchen.
I have a black kitchen myself, and I love it.
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3rd photo down. I too collect white ceramics and LOVE the way the black cabinets make it pop. That entire display would look incredible in a mostly white kitchen just the way a black island does.
I often find myself at the same crossroad! I love these but I’m still favoring white though. Maybe a client will want to do a dark kitchen so I can get a fix 🙂
I love the 3rd kitchen!! I’m a major neat freak so I love how you can see everything so beautifully organized through the glass cabinets. I also like the crispness of the contrast white against dark.
Its so funny, but remember how much we HATED those 70’s dark brown, depressing cabinets and white was so classic and fresh!
Well, here we say shades of gray, gray/blue and black (can’t get any darker than that!) looking chic and sophisticated. My favorites are first three. Especially that gray kitchen with the high ceiling. Really cool!
Close but no cigar. There is nothing like a white kitchen for me.
The second kitchen with the gray cabinetry and the metal open shelves….just turned my world upside down.
Enjoying the vibe of photo 2, kind of European, not contrived, comfy. Wondering though what they do for storage. Any additional pics of this kitchen? Thanks and Happy Friday back!
LOVE those black cabinets I have a mix of black and pale maple… Think the black adds a SNAP….which is not quite a POP…
Love black cabinets! For me, there is nothing better than black cabinets with a ton of beautiful white and marble tile! Last year, I renovated the kitch of my 120 yr old farm house (with a badly redone-in-the-80’s-kitchen). Here is the photo: http://wp.me/p1mWlp-aD
Our kitchen has the best of both worlds… white cabinets on the walls and black cabinets on the island! 🙂 Still, the southern girl in me will always love a white kitchen with white marble countertops.. dreamy!
I like the first one, but they’re all great. I have the best of both worlds too — my new kitchen has white ceiling and walls, white cabinetry on one side and charcoal (Iron Mountain) on the other! So very pleased with the result.
I do love a white kitchen, but, I could be persuaded with that sublimely gorgeous gray and white photo – the first one – wow – that could definitely get me thinking…!!
I keep my white kitchen, thank you!
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Love dark cabinets! My favorite right now is the kitchen in designer Lindsay Reid’s house that was featured in the June issue of House Beautiful. So gorgeous!
On a side note: The third pic down is another favorite kitchen design that was in Domino a few years back. The cabinets are actually a smoky blue color with light gray cement counters. The layout, cabinet style, and simplicity of that kitchen still appeal to me. 🙂
I like all but the last and the shelves in kitchen #2
Too skinny and too bare. Thanks for sharing, I love a white kitchen but If I had enough daylight in my kitchen I may have crossed over to the dark side! Thanks for sharing, looking forward to more kitchens!
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Great pics!
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Love all of those kitchens…so nice meeting you at the Atlanta Mart. You were delightful.
I am digging the dark wood.
The Deep Blue on the cabinets is very sleek! I love interior design but lack on the lingo side of how to talk design with pro’s like you guys and gals! HELP…..
I am currently loving the trend towards darker colors and materials in homes and kitchens. Great post!
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Im currently doing a kitchen with VERY dark lower cabinets and white upper cabinets….i am so excited to see the results and your photos are so inspiring!!! 🙂