Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:OP here. House was built in 1992 and it has the typical 6 panel doors. They look like this:
https://www.homedepot.com/pep/Masonite-30-in-x-80-in-6-Panel-Textured-Hollow-Core-Primed-Composite-Interior-Door-Slab-with-Bore-61094/100027642?source=shoppingads&locale=en-US&pla&utm_source=google&utm_medium=vantage&utm_campaign=54459&utm_content=56752&mtc=SHOPPING-RM-RMP-GGL-D30-Multi-NA-MASONITE-NA-PMAX-NA-NA-MK898989001-54459-NBR-29466-NA-VNT-FY25_Masonite_D30_RM_AON_Updated&cm_mmc=SHOPPING-RM-RMP-GGL-D30-Multi-NA-MASONITE-NA-PMAX-NA-NA-MK898989001-54459-NBR-29466-NA-VNT-FY25_Masonite_D30_RM_AON_Updated-22264391665--&gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=22260499157&gbraid=0AAAAAolLu985h_hiaxvQMa-awhMBPGDG1&gclid=Cj0KCQjwgvnCBhCqARIsADBLZoKpVq8SF4kzik5ogyAH9nL_BdZ1yjnfzhgwu38xpx7fq12WNfuKcHkaAorVEALw_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds
We also have old-school, site finished oak flooring in a medium color. Looks very similar to this:
https://www.fastfloors.com/hardwood/bruce/dundee-strip-225/fawn/?utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=SHOP%20-%20Catchall&gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=20704127426&gbraid=0AAAAADyu1a9pKXKIrtGHwfhLJwSB7hOdm&gclid=Cj0KCQjwgvnCBhCqARIsADBLZoJWvMGBDgjqrDOT18hZ5OjfceOEUvq12CP2Ds1shFcK_2c8pjb9Zk0aAhP3EALw_wcB
I don't think I could do a full color through the whole kitchen. I could maybe be convinced on the island, but it would need to match existing flooring.
My friend bought a new build a couple years ago and she has light gray perimeter cabinets and a dark green island. She wasn't able to choose - it came that way. I think it looks nice just don't know if I would do that on my own.
are you picking the cabinet profile, or just the color?
Your house is probably colonial style. Personally, I would stick to white. White dove is a fine choice.
But if you’re picking the cabinet profile, I would try to chose something a little closer to the style of your house, like maybe even just a shaker style but with a little bevel.
Like here’s a plain shaker door:
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And this one is similar but has a little bevel, and I think that would match your house better:
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Without having to go all the way to something that might feel too 90’s (although you totally could. I would.):
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If you want to be safe, as you said, don’t get a countertop with faux veining. It’s so hard to get right and anything faux is at risk of aging really badly. Try to find a slab of granite or quartzite or whatever they want to call a natural stone that isn’t marble or soapstone.
OP here. Yes it’s technically a transitional but basically a colonial. I am choosing the door profile and I do like the one you showed in the middle with the small bevel. The third one is basically the cabinetry I already have.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Painted cabinets have always been considered less desirable. Perhaps a beach house in the Hamptons could get away with white painted ones, but not many other places.
Just a note to think about.
In the $1-2M price range it’s rare to see a home with wood stained cabinets.
Yeah, but in higher end homes it's rare to find painted cabinets.
The reason is painted cabinets are "popular" in lower end builds now because that allows builders and cabinet sellers to get away with selling cheap pre-fab compressed wood pulp/etc. cabinets. Engineered boards with a cheap veneer.
Higher end cabinets use real wood and stained coated finishes or even higher end using hand rubbed oil finishes.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Painted cabinets have always been considered less desirable. Perhaps a beach house in the Hamptons could get away with white painted ones, but not many other places.
Just a note to think about.
In the $1-2M price range it’s rare to see a home with wood stained cabinets.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Painted cabinets have always been considered less desirable. Perhaps a beach house in the Hamptons could get away with white painted ones, but not many other places.
Just a note to think about.
In the $1-2M price range it’s rare to see a home with wood stained cabinets.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:OP here. House was built in 1992 and it has the typical 6 panel doors. They look like this:
https://www.homedepot.com/pep/Masonite-30-in-x-80-in-6-Panel-Textured-Hollow-Core-Primed-Composite-Interior-Door-Slab-with-Bore-61094/100027642?source=shoppingads&locale=en-US&pla&utm_source=google&utm_medium=vantage&utm_campaign=54459&utm_content=56752&mtc=SHOPPING-RM-RMP-GGL-D30-Multi-NA-MASONITE-NA-PMAX-NA-NA-MK898989001-54459-NBR-29466-NA-VNT-FY25_Masonite_D30_RM_AON_Updated&cm_mmc=SHOPPING-RM-RMP-GGL-D30-Multi-NA-MASONITE-NA-PMAX-NA-NA-MK898989001-54459-NBR-29466-NA-VNT-FY25_Masonite_D30_RM_AON_Updated-22264391665--&gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=22260499157&gbraid=0AAAAAolLu985h_hiaxvQMa-awhMBPGDG1&gclid=Cj0KCQjwgvnCBhCqARIsADBLZoKpVq8SF4kzik5ogyAH9nL_BdZ1yjnfzhgwu38xpx7fq12WNfuKcHkaAorVEALw_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds
We also have old-school, site finished oak flooring in a medium color. Looks very similar to this:
https://www.fastfloors.com/hardwood/bruce/dundee-strip-225/fawn/?utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=SHOP%20-%20Catchall&gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=20704127426&gbraid=0AAAAADyu1a9pKXKIrtGHwfhLJwSB7hOdm&gclid=Cj0KCQjwgvnCBhCqARIsADBLZoJWvMGBDgjqrDOT18hZ5OjfceOEUvq12CP2Ds1shFcK_2c8pjb9Zk0aAhP3EALw_wcB
I don't think I could do a full color through the whole kitchen. I could maybe be convinced on the island, but it would need to match existing flooring.
My friend bought a new build a couple years ago and she has light gray perimeter cabinets and a dark green island. She wasn't able to choose - it came that way. I think it looks nice just don't know if I would do that on my own.
are you picking the cabinet profile, or just the color?
Your house is probably colonial style. Personally, I would stick to white. White dove is a fine choice.
But if you’re picking the cabinet profile, I would try to chose something a little closer to the style of your house, like maybe even just a shaker style but with a little bevel.
Like here’s a plain shaker door:
![]()
And this one is similar but has a little bevel, and I think that would match your house better:
![]()
Without having to go all the way to something that might feel too 90’s (although you totally could. I would.):
![]()
If you want to be safe, as you said, don’t get a countertop with faux veining. It’s so hard to get right and anything faux is at risk of aging really badly. Try to find a slab of granite or quartzite or whatever they want to call a natural stone that isn’t marble or soapstone.
Anonymous wrote:Painted cabinets have always been considered less desirable. Perhaps a beach house in the Hamptons could get away with white painted ones, but not many other places.
Just a note to think about.
Anonymous wrote:OP here. House was built in 1992 and it has the typical 6 panel doors. They look like this:
https://www.homedepot.com/pep/Masonite-30-in-x-80-in-6-Panel-Textured-Hollow-Core-Primed-Composite-Interior-Door-Slab-with-Bore-61094/100027642?source=shoppingads&locale=en-US&pla&utm_source=google&utm_medium=vantage&utm_campaign=54459&utm_content=56752&mtc=SHOPPING-RM-RMP-GGL-D30-Multi-NA-MASONITE-NA-PMAX-NA-NA-MK898989001-54459-NBR-29466-NA-VNT-FY25_Masonite_D30_RM_AON_Updated&cm_mmc=SHOPPING-RM-RMP-GGL-D30-Multi-NA-MASONITE-NA-PMAX-NA-NA-MK898989001-54459-NBR-29466-NA-VNT-FY25_Masonite_D30_RM_AON_Updated-22264391665--&gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=22260499157&gbraid=0AAAAAolLu985h_hiaxvQMa-awhMBPGDG1&gclid=Cj0KCQjwgvnCBhCqARIsADBLZoKpVq8SF4kzik5ogyAH9nL_BdZ1yjnfzhgwu38xpx7fq12WNfuKcHkaAorVEALw_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds
We also have old-school, site finished oak flooring in a medium color. Looks very similar to this:
https://www.fastfloors.com/hardwood/bruce/dundee-strip-225/fawn/?utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=SHOP%20-%20Catchall&gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=20704127426&gbraid=0AAAAADyu1a9pKXKIrtGHwfhLJwSB7hOdm&gclid=Cj0KCQjwgvnCBhCqARIsADBLZoJWvMGBDgjqrDOT18hZ5OjfceOEUvq12CP2Ds1shFcK_2c8pjb9Zk0aAhP3EALw_wcB
I don't think I could do a full color through the whole kitchen. I could maybe be convinced on the island, but it would need to match existing flooring.
My friend bought a new build a couple years ago and she has light gray perimeter cabinets and a dark green island. She wasn't able to choose - it came that way. I think it looks nice just don't know if I would do that on my own.