15 Fresh Ideas for Replacing Your White Kitchen Cabinets

Leslie Horn Peterson
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Rethink the white kitchen and consider these colorful, modern options instead.

Here, laminate kitchen cabinets are topped with Corian in Glacier White for a fresh and fun color-blocked look.
Here, laminate kitchen cabinets are topped with Corian in Glacier White for a fresh and fun color-blocked look.

Change the kitchen cabinets and you’ll change the whole kitchen. You can get creative with cabinet design, whether you’re changing out the hardware for a minor refresh or doing a total overhaul of your kitchen and replacing what’s already there. Here’s some inspiration for adding some color to your kitchen renovation, whatever the scope of your project may be. 

1. Pistachio-hued cabinets

The pop of color from these Lex Furniture cabinets instantly inject personality in this 1960s-style Melbourne apartment.

Designers Murray Barker and Esther Stewart leaned into a midcentury aesthetic with the renovation of this 700 square-foot walk-up apartment.
Designers Murray Barker and Esther Stewart leaned into a midcentury aesthetic with the renovation of this 700 square-foot walk-up apartment.


2. Black Shaker-style cabinets 

Paired with a white subway tile backsplash and white counter tops, these black Shaker-style cabinets make the space stylish.

This kitchen in Austin, Texas, was designed by Royce Flournoy and expertly combines black, Shaker-style cabinets, white subway tiles, Carrera marble countertops, and wooden floors to create a balance between rustic warmth and industrial simplicity.
This kitchen in Austin, Texas, was designed by Royce Flournoy and expertly combines black, Shaker-style cabinets, white subway tiles, Carrera marble countertops, and wooden floors to create a balance between rustic warmth and industrial simplicity.


3. Cabinets with a high-gloss finish

If you won’t give up the idea of a white kitchen and you’re going the DIY (or semi-DIY) route, you can have an auto body shop paint your cabinets with a high-gloss finish, like you see on these bright white ones.

A high-gloss finish can be achieved by having a local automotive shop repaint the cabinet fronts. The finish will be long-lasting, strong, and shiny.
A high-gloss finish can be achieved by having a local automotive shop repaint the cabinet fronts. The finish will be long-lasting, strong, and shiny.

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