The good thing is that when they go out of style, you can paint them. I never understand why people worry about a color of paint getting dated, as it is the easiest thing in the world to fix.

Well, I still like gray and white kitchens (including mine). So there

Does anyone on here actually have light blue cabinets? Maybe it's just something certain big instagram accounts are pushing and it isn't actually popular?

I'm redoing my kitchen and intend to have light blue cabinets. I don't think light blue is as trendy as green, navy, black etc. so I don't think it will go out of style the way those colors will and even if light blue becomes more common, it will still be classic. Plus you can change the mood of a light blue kitchen pretty easily by switching up the cabinet hardware, countertop, lighting etc. Also looks good with different wood shades and my personal favorite, copper.

They are already. I can’t imagine them. Do you have a picture. Can they be painted later?

Anonymous wrote:I have a 30 year old contemporary home and I am in the process of a kitchen remodel- for the base cabinets I am doing White Oak quarter sawn slab cabinets stained a medium brown and white shaker doors on top. it is replacing honey colored maple doors. I like the trend of the blue/green cabinets but I was afraid that I would grow tired of it eventually.

This is an interesting combo with the slab on bottom and shaker on top.

Love that de Vol dark green kitchen in the first picture. I have seen other angles, but that one is new to me and gives a great idea of the whole. I definitely wouldn't mind having this kitchen, even if it screams early 2020s. Thanks to PP for posting.

Anonymous wrote:I think any blue color has more staying power in interiors than most colors. I can't think of a time when anyone said blue was too trendy/popular.

The green kitchens that have been popular for the last year and the peachy colors that people are using right now...those will absolutely broadcast "early 2020s" at some point. I'm not saying I don't like the look (see below...beautiful), but it will just be seen as particular to this period in several years.

This. Blue is more timeless. Green goes in and out of fashion.

I think any blue color has more staying power in interiors than most colors. I can't think of a time when anyone said blue was too trendy/popular.

The green kitchens that have been popular for the last year and the peachy colors that people are using right now...those will absolutely broadcast "early 2020s" at some point. I'm not saying I don't like the look (see below...beautiful), but it will just be seen as particular to this period in several years.

I feel like 80% of the posts in this thread have nothing to do with the topic.

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Anonymous wrote:Like everything else, I think what matters most is the rest of the house.

In a sweet cottage? I think they’ll look great for decades. Incongruous blue shaker cabinets in a 70’s split level? No.

What DOES go with a 70s split level? I have pretty traditional style and it feels like every cabinet style is either modern (plain front) or a variation of shaker.

Imo flat fronts. That’s one style of house where I think it’s hard to go against the architecture with the decor.

I agree that flat fronts are best here, but white or bright colors or wood could all work. Metal sink, not farmhouse. Lots of hardware, backsplash, and countertop options but I would avoid something very country or French Colonial or otherwise really out of step with the architecture...unless you LOVE it and plan to be in the house a long time.

So do people in homes built in the 80s have to use 80s decor? Come one. Your decor does not have to match the exterior style of your house.

The decor doesn’t but the built in elements, which includes kitchen cabinets, should be cohesive. They don’t have to be original or something that could have been original, but they need to have something that connects them to the rest of the house.

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Anonymous wrote:Like everything else, I think what matters most is the rest of the house.

In a sweet cottage? I think they’ll look great for decades. Incongruous blue shaker cabinets in a 70’s split level? No.

What DOES go with a 70s split level? I have pretty traditional style and it feels like every cabinet style is either modern (plain front) or a variation of shaker.

Imo flat fronts. That’s one style of house where I think it’s hard to go against the architecture with the decor.

I agree that flat fronts are best here, but white or bright colors or wood could all work. Metal sink, not farmhouse. Lots of hardware, backsplash, and countertop options but I would avoid something very country or French Colonial or otherwise really out of step with the architecture...unless you LOVE it and plan to be in the house a long time.

So do people in homes built in the 80s have to use 80s decor? Come one. Your decor does not have to match the exterior style of your house.

houses built in the 80s were farmhouse/colonials so there is a lot of leeway but 70's houses are usually ranches/ramblers with low pitched roofs, wood and stone detailing inside so it looks weird to put like an aga stove and wooden trim farmhouse kitchens with giant sinks in there. even the doors didn't have molding or the floors/riifs. putting in flat front cabinets with notches for opening them would look super cheap with a ceiling medallion and a chair rail as well IMO

PP do you have a pic of what you are going for with the medium to e oak cabinets? Sounds interesting but would like to see…

I have a 30 year old contemporary home and I am in the process of a kitchen remodel- for the base cabinets I am doing White Oak quarter sawn slab cabinets stained a medium brown and white shaker doors on top. it is replacing honey colored maple doors. I like the trend of the blue/green cabinets but I was afraid that I would grow tired of it eventually.

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Anonymous wrote:Like everything else, I think what matters most is the rest of the house.

In a sweet cottage? I think they’ll look great for decades. Incongruous blue shaker cabinets in a 70’s split level? No.

What DOES go with a 70s split level? I have pretty traditional style and it feels like every cabinet style is either modern (plain front) or a variation of shaker.

Imo flat fronts. That’s one style of house where I think it’s hard to go against the architecture with the decor.

I agree that flat fronts are best here, but white or bright colors or wood could all work. Metal sink, not farmhouse. Lots of hardware, backsplash, and countertop options but I would avoid something very country or French Colonial or otherwise really out of step with the architecture...unless you LOVE it and plan to be in the house a long time.

So do people in homes built in the 80s have to use 80s decor? Come one. Your decor does not have to match the exterior style of your house.