So apparently two toned kitchens are in.

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Fad

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All white cabinets are timeless, this is fad, stop trying to make it happen, oh and take your silly non stainless steel appliances with you

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Anonymous wrote:We have white upper cabinets and blue lower cabinets, which we put in when we renovated a couple years ago. I love it. All blue would have been too dark. All white would have been too boring. I don't really care what other people think since it's my house where I spend time every day, not for a few hours a couple times per year.

Hi five for doing what makes you happy! We did white cabinets and a blue/gray island just this year. We loved this color of blue but like PP, didn't want to do the whole kitchen this color, so we just did the island. We love it, and frankly it doesn't matter if it is currently dated or will be dated by the time we sell. Even 5 years from now, who knows what any given future buyer will be looking for. They may be the "all white is timeless" type or the "must have the bleeding edge of HGTV" type. The white I picked will be too warm or not warm enough or it may not matter because they will gut the kitchen and do exactly what they want anyway.

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Question:

I know two tone kitchens where the island is a different color has been a trend for quite some time and it looks great, but I’m not sold on two tone kitchens that don’t have an island and the upper and lower cabinets are different colors. What’s the consensus on doing two tone when you don’t have space for an island?

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Anonymous wrote:Question:

I know two tone kitchens where the island is a different color has been a trend for quite some time and it looks great, but I’m not sold on two tone kitchens that don’t have an island and the upper and lower cabinets are different colors. What’s the consensus on doing two tone when you don’t have space for an island?

I personally don’t like two toned with different uppers and lowers. I love the look with an island that is a different color than the cabinets.

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Anonymous wrote:We just did this in our reno last year. Island is mahogany and perimeter is white. We love it

Same. The island faces a dining area that has furniture in a similar wood tone.

The kitchen we originally inherited had wood finish lower cabinets and white uppers and hadn't been touched at least since the 70s. I guess the original owners were ahead of their time!

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Anonymous wrote:We just did this. We had those awful honey red colored raised panel cabinets with blech brown granite. As a mini self reno during Covid lockdown, we painted top cabinets BM Simply White. We removed a few uppers and Added a few open shelves to look a little more current. We changed countertops to white quartz with movement and crisp small beveled marble white tiles from Home Depot as a backspash. Now I’m not hating those lower cabinets nearly as much. New pendants, new hardware, and new fridge. We did it all for around 5k, not counting the fridge. We don’t plan on being in our house more than 3-5 years. It felt risky to try it, but it has panned our for sure. I felt good when I looked at Christopher Peacock’s website and saw some honey colored wood lowers.

Oh no, you kept the bottom cabinets that awful orangey-brown? Why didn't you just paint them??? I mean if you insist on two tone, paint them gray or black!

That vintage wood wood looks very modern (and new) when combined with the right other elements like it sounds like OP described. Otherwise they could have painted them if they completed the reno and it looked off. We did something similar in our beachhouse and everything thinks it is all new.

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I’m one of the PPs with white cabinets, but dark island. One practical reason we did this: we used to have a white island as well and with the counter stools there it was filthy from feet banging into it. Constantly needed to clean it and the finish on my old cabinets was impossible to scrub clean. Dark hides the dirt so much better!

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I love my two-tone cabinets and think they make my small kitchen look more spacious. To be honest, I didn't even realize they were two different colors until after I'd moved in (as in, I missed it during touring the house and all of the inspection/closing procedures). Then one day it registered and I was like...wait a minute...the bottom cabinets are espresso brown, and the uppers are white. The effect being that the lower cabinets kind of visually recede into the floor and the uppers into the ceiling. I can't really explain it other than to say it's almost like the cabinets disappear and make the space feel larger.

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I think two tone kitchens are a good way to play with bold colors that would be overwhelming to use alone. Blue, green, red, purple on the bottom, and then clean white on the top.


https://philkeankitchens.com/tag/two-toned-kitchens/


https://www.hgtv.com/design/design-blog/design/two-toned-kitchen-ideas


https://ideas.kohler.com/mood-board/american-plum-kitchen

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Anonymous wrote:I think two tone kitchens are a good way to play with bold colors that would be overwhelming to use alone. Blue, green, red, purple on the bottom, and then clean white on the top.


https://philkeankitchens.com/tag/two-toned-kitchens/


https://www.hgtv.com/design/design-blog/design/two-toned-kitchen-ideas


https://ideas.kohler.com/mood-board/american-plum-kitchen

That turquoise makes my heart happy

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Agreed! I love all three of those options!

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Anonymous wrote:How are you just now noticing this.

This.

Anonymous wrote:It’s been around for a while and I would never do this in my own kitchen.

And this.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think two tone kitchens are a good way to play with bold colors that would be overwhelming to use alone. Blue, green, red, purple on the bottom, and then clean white on the top.


https://philkeankitchens.com/tag/two-toned-kitchens/


https://www.hgtv.com/design/design-blog/design/two-toned-kitchen-ideas


https://ideas.kohler.com/mood-board/american-plum-kitchen

That turquoise makes my heart happy

How do the mint cabinets and handles work in the first picture?

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Anonymous wrote:I love my two-tone cabinets and think they make my small kitchen look more spacious. To be honest, I didn't even realize they were two different colors until after I'd moved in (as in, I missed it during touring the house and all of the inspection/closing procedures). Then one day it registered and I was like...wait a minute...the bottom cabinets are espresso brown, and the uppers are white. The effect being that the lower cabinets kind of visually recede into the floor and the uppers into the ceiling. I can't really explain it other than to say it's almost like the cabinets disappear and make the space feel larger.

I had to read this twice to make sure I didn't write it. Ha! Ours is dark cabinet with a white countertop and I only noticed countertop until after we moved in.