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White or cream?

Janice
vor 7 Jahren

I am mildly losing sleep over what color cabinets to choose.

We chose cream but I'm seriously considering white. Here's the thing, every kitchen I've ever been drawn to has been white. The model we looked at is cream so it's hard for me to picture white. The reason I was drawn to the model may be because I could actually see it. Still when I google pics I always look at white. When I go to friends houses, it's the white kitchens I love. But this will be a huge leap and I don't want it to end up looking ultra modern and trendy.

If we decide to leap to white, does the cambria we picked go with the white or should we pick something else? Would you pick white or cream? We did a moonmist blue paint and we are still debating on the tile though it will probably be that cream/white one up top. I want to decorate more in the coastal style and I don't want it to look too modern.

The bottom two tiles are pool tiles but give us an idea for something we looked at already.


This is a picture of the model with cream cabinets and the cambria we love. But it's got a lot of brown to it and I despise brown for the most part. We picked a moonmist blue paint.

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  • PRO
    Flo Mangan
    vor 7 Jahren

    White is timeless and with cobalt blues, white is amazing! Do white. You won't be sorry at all. Cream takes the look more traditional. Looks like floor tile will be kind of gray? So for sure go white. White is cool, gray is cool; cream is warm; gray is cool. Blues are cool. Stick with cools. You will love it.

    Kommentare (25)

    • barb
      vor 7 Jahren
      White
      Janice hat barb gedankt
    • Darzy
      vor 7 Jahren

      If you keep loving the white, go white instead of the cream. White cabinets won't go out of style.

      Janice hat Darzy gedankt
    • RosemaryR
      vor 7 Jahren

      White, it's what you love, so you won't go wrong with your choice. I'd choose a classic white subway tile for the backsplash too. These choices never go out of style. If you are not putting in hardwood floors as pictured, be very careful with what you do out down, no pinky beige flooring as that will ruin the look.

      Janice hat RosemaryR gedankt
    • suezbell
      vor 7 Jahren
      Zuletzt geändert: vor 7 Jahren

      White. Even new cream colored cabinets can look "old and off-color dingy" -- especially compared to white -- and, as Darzy points out, white will not go out of style.

      to prevent your "white" kitchen from being too stark or jarring a white space, find a place to add some color you truly enjoy. If you have an island, consider painting the base of the island a shade of your favorite color -- perhaps the color you find yourself most often deciding on for other furniture and furnishing and accessories. Alternately, you can paint one wall -- perhaps the end wall if in a rectangular kitchen -- a more bold color while using a more neutral color for the rest of the walls.

      Janice hat suezbell gedankt
    • Janice
      Ursprünglicher Verfasser
      vor 7 Jahren

      Thanks. What color cambria would you go with? Would you keep the backsplash? Finally, which panel do you like?


      Middle is out, it's cream and glazed.

    • PRO
      Flo Mangan
      vor 7 Jahren

      These all look creamy on my screen. You have to take a sample cabinet door to the cambria showroom and put these choices up against each other. I am a bit afraid you have creams and then grays and that isn't going to work well. Maybe they are more white in person. All these cabinet faces are traditional. Can you get a plain shaker style door? that would be cleaner look. Raised panel are especially traditional (one on far right) so the only one here that is even marginally OK is the one on the left. From Cambria, check out London Sky. Best one for "white" cabinets and closest to a Carrera marble look, if that is what you are looking for. Then you do plain subway tile, but that can wait. First figure out the cabinet color, because those are probably the fewest selections, then the countertops, then the flooring, last backsplash and finally wall color. You could do a cobalt blue or darker gray island base cabinet color if that is available to you. Just depends on that cabinet color. Get a piece of poster board that is white. Compare it to the cabinet color. I have a feeling this is a lot creamier than you think. Ask for pure white.

      Janice hat Flo Mangan gedankt
    • Janice
      Ursprünglicher Verfasser
      vor 7 Jahren

      Those those are all cream. They have the same door in white too.

    • PRO
      Leigha Pidde
      vor 7 Jahren
      I would stay away from the raised panel as it makes the kitchen feel very traditional. I would suggest either of the shaker styles are much more of a classic look that won't date. I agree with everybody else, go white. Cream will feel dirty and if you want the coastal vibe white will give you that look.
      Janice hat Leigha Pidde gedankt
    • PRO
      Flo Mangan
      vor 7 Jahren

      that's a relief. Go white - pure white. Shaker style door is the way to go to stay out of grandma's kitchen! haha.

      Janice hat Flo Mangan gedankt
    • jhmarie
      vor 7 Jahren
      Zuletzt geändert: vor 7 Jahren

      I think you have a grayish floor tile? I think that will be a problem with cream and it also is rather trendy and likely to become dated and limit you style wise. Consider a light wood to midtone wood floor. This is what I am seeing in the new designs on the design blogs I follow. It is much warmer and will go with either cream or white:

    • Janice
      Ursprünglicher Verfasser
      vor 7 Jahren

      Can't/won't change the floor even if it's trendy which you may be right. The floor has brown and gray in it. But I am learning that I like cool colors over warm which helps me with picking stuff now that I realize my lane.

    • acm
      vor 7 Jahren
      Zuletzt geändert: vor 7 Jahren

      I think all your finishes, in that first photo, will continue to go together, and with the white cabinets you get more contrast and a cleaner feel. Switch to white and party on!


      (p.s.) I like your flooring. fret not!

      Janice hat acm gedankt
    • printesa
      vor 7 Jahren

      The quartz you posted at the beginning works with both white and cream. As for the small mosaic tile, I like the cream one better than the blue. For the cabinets, if those three are the only choices you get, I would pick the middle one, but without that black line around the perimeter.

      Janice hat printesa gedankt
    • Janice
      Ursprünglicher Verfasser
      vor 7 Jahren

      We chose the raised white with Britanicca cambria for the island and a lighter shade called Newport for the counters. I'm excited!

    • PRO
      Flo Mangan
      vor 7 Jahren

      Do make sure you go to the fabricator when they are getting ready to lay out your island and perimeter countertops. The Britanicca has large veining and it is hard to put seams in that don't look kind of unusual. Careful with that and it will look great.

    • Janice
      Ursprünglicher Verfasser
      vor 7 Jahren

      This one will not have seems. I wouldn't get it if it did. But thanks for the tip!

    • PRO
      Elite Carpentry Plus
      vor 7 Jahren

      White always looks great doesn't go out of style!

    • Janice
      Ursprünglicher Verfasser
      vor 7 Jahren

      Thanks!

    • Janice
      Ursprünglicher Verfasser
      vor 6 Jahren
      We went with white! We close soon and I'm so happy we did white!
    • PRO
      Flo Mangan
      vor 6 Jahren
      Great! The white and your island countertop look fantastic. Beautiful.
    • Carrie Kennedy
      vor 6 Jahren
      Wow, so much better than the model kitchen!
    • Suzanne Wright
      vor 5 Jahren

      Janice - did they do a double thickness on your island? I am choosing Brittanica too and it's only 3 cm thick! Your kitchen is beautiful!!

    • Janice
      Ursprünglicher Verfasser
      vor 5 Jahren
      Thanks!
      It’s not all one thick sheet. The sides are just wider making it look double thick. Same look without the cost of what I would imagine a double thick piece plus be.
    • Suzanne Wright
      vor 5 Jahren

      What did you use for your backsplash?

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