Kitchen color help
jennyloo121
11 years ago
My kitchen and attached sunroom has lots of wood but for our kitchen renovation I want to do walnut cabinets with light Caesar countertops and white upper cabinets. Also I want to make the window larger. My question is will darker walnut cabinets work with the wood around my sunroom windows? Would white kitchen work better (not our first choice) Thank you for any help and suggestions!!
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11 years agoI like the mod look of the table and chairs! Making the window bigger would be a plus. Make it at least twice as wide, and go up to the ceiling if you're really daring. You can also put a low, horizontal window below wall cabinets if the outside of your house would support a modern window config. I'd talk to an architect about it.
Definitely get cabinets that don't have that fake-antique look. Flat fronts, solid glass, color rather than wood, or mix it up, simple pulls. Don't fear color! Ikea even has some cool cabinets, but it's a challenge to make them not look like Ikea!
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