We just put in gorgeous gray stained cabinets with the wood grain showing through. Will they look dated in 10 years? Likely. But most classic wooden cabinets look dated right now. We don't mind replacing them when we get sick of them.

All light gray. Beautiful.

Grey cabinets ... or green or blue or anything that isn't wood grain or a white derivative (cream etc) will be dated eventually (5 years?). However I disagree that two tone is destined to be dated if it means half wood half white/cream. Natural wood plus white will always be a nice 'in between' of classic and contemporary.

Will look dated in a few years.

Yes, I like this look.

if it fits with the rest of the house -- modern clean lines etci -- dark grey bottoms, black honed counter and white tops would still look good.

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Anonymous wrote:I think the dual cabinet colors trend is going to be a short lived fad. And I would only go with gray if the wood grain will still show.

I agree. I hate the two-color cabinets. It is going to be dated really soon. Not a deal breaker if I was buying a house, but why bother painting it now only to expect the buyers to change it soon.

I agree.

I think gray cabinets and two toned cabinets are the modern day equivalent to mustard yellow and avacado green appliances.

Cabinets are awfully expensive to spend that money on what is obviously a flash in the pan fad that will be over soon after you install them.

Unless you are independently wealthy and can redo your kitchen often, get matching cabinets. If you want you kitchen to have staying power pick a color that is not gray.

I think gray stained cabinets look really nice, but the solid paint finish is pretty drab.

If I were really selling the house in a year, I would not redo the kitchen at all.

If this is more like a hypothetical, I would probably go with white/cream cabinets since both grey and two tone cabinets are kind of trendy, and I would try to go with something more classic if I knew I could probably sell the house soon. I didn't even know two tone cabinets are a big trend, but it's not something I find super attractive so I probably would not do it or expect buyers to all love it.

If I wasn't going to sell the house, I would do whatever I damn well please in the kitchen!

Anonymous wrote:I think the dual cabinet colors trend is going to be a short lived fad. And I would only go with gray if the wood grain will still show.

I agree. I hate the two-color cabinets. It is going to be dated really soon. Not a deal breaker if I was buying a house, but why bother painting it now only to expect the buyers to change it soon.

I think the dual cabinet colors trend is going to be a short lived fad. And I would only go with gray if the wood grain will still show.

Would you paint dark gray lower cabinets and white or light gray upper cabinets if you were planning to sell in less than a year? Or would you go all white? All light gray?