Are white kitchens out of style?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:At any point during the last 70 years, some variation of a white kitchen has been mainstream and in style.

Most other kitchen colors and styles have trended in and out. But you can take a neutral 1990 white kitchen, put in a new countertop backsplash hardware lights and faucet..... and it will probably sell like a new kitchen.

Grey was popular for five years and has already been passé for two years.

No you can’t. For one thing, the 90’s kitchen probably has tile floors. And it may have flat front cabinets with that sort of plastic-y finish. The cabinets and floor are the most expensive part and they will probably still say “90’s” even if they are white.

[Anonymous]

All white kitchens are out of style.

[Anonymous]

We bought a house 20 years ago that had a 10 year old white kitchen. Let’s face it, white kitchens have always been and always will be a popular choice.

[Anonymous]

The color white doesn't go out of style.

Certain drawer fronts, fixture styles and finishes, and tiles will go out of stye.

Case in point:

[Anonymous]

White kitchens are neither in nor out of style right now. And the Somethings Gotta Give kitchen looks dated to me.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We bought a house 20 years ago that had a 10 year old white kitchen. Let’s face it, white kitchens have always been and always will be a popular choice.

I know a lot of people who buy the white kitchen house, then upgrade it to custom immediately.

[Anonymous]

I have espresso brown lower cabinets and white upper cabinets, with brown/white marbled looking granite countertops. At no point has this ever been on trend, I'm pretty sure, but it fits my house perfectly.

[Anonymous]

White kitchens can be pretty, but they get dirty real quick if you have kids and pets.

It all comes down to the finishes you choose with whether your kitchen is classic or dated.

But white is a boring choice. IMHO.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:White kitchens are neither in nor out of style right now. And the Somethings Gotta Give kitchen looks dated to me.

Dated because it became a cultural phenomenon. “Dated” is not necessarily bad - like you can walk into a beautiful Georgian manor or a colonial salt box and “date” them. That doesn’t mean anything. And in this case it’s especially good because the “date” of the kitchen and the “date” of the house are the same.

[Anonymous]

Some people really have a grudge against white kitchens and I'm not sure why.

I'm old enough to know there are always white kitchens. If anything is a constant, it's white kitchens. Why is this problematic or an issue?

If you look back to the early days of modern fitted kitchens, which started emerging around WWI, white was the popular color because it implied cleanliness and sanitary conditions. And ever since then there have always been white kitchens.

Lastly, it's not worth obsessing over dated or stylish. Put in the kitchen you like.

[Anonymous]

My grandmother had a white kitchen from the 1930s. She never updated it and she always loved it. It was perfect in her home for the 1930s. Functional and lovely.

When my cousins inherited the house they ripped it out and put in the typical huge island, open concept kitchen. It was a shame. It was well built, functional, and beautiful. I would have kept it in a heartbeat. It had aged very well and was beautiful.

There have always been white kitchens. There have always been people who ripped them out and put in trendy crap instead. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Op it is impossible to get an honest answer to this question when 50 percent of the people on this board put in a white kitchen in the last 5 to 10 years and are invested in white kitchens not being out of style.

This

[Anonymous]

We’re house hunting right now and if I see another white/grey kitchen I’m gonna lose it. But I like old houses with character/charm-so many of the houses I see are so aggressively bland.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We’re house hunting right now and if I see another white/grey kitchen I’m gonna lose it. But I like old houses with character/charm-so many of the houses I see are so aggressively bland.

No one wants to guess what character you will like. It's easier to make it bland so you can introduce your own character to the place instead of ripping out whatever was the character of the previous owner.

[Anonymous]

First disclaimer: I have a white kitchen. I've loved white kitchens for twenty years and always knew that I would do white if I were ever in a position to remodel my own.

I like white because:

- if it looks clean, it is clean. No hiding dirt!

- light bounces around my kitchen and makes it a happy place to be.

- it's easy to bring in other colors and style it different ways. To me, that's the point of a neutral.. it will go with whatever personal touches you want to add in. I currently have red berry wreaths hanging on all my kitchen windows and it feels so wintry yet cozy.