10 Tips For A Wonderfully White Kitchen

Sarah Tolle – Homify Canada Sarah Tolle – Homify Canada
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A white kitchen will never be out of style: clean, bright, and distraction-free, an all-white kitchen offers a great cooking work space for those who like a sparkling clean feel. Here are some ideas for taking advantage of that all-white backdrop, upgrading the beauty and functionality of your white kitchen through pops of colour, attention to detail, balance of light, and more!

1. Emphasize the shine

Your all-white kitchen already has the potential to glisten and sparkle – take that sleek atmosphere one step further with stainless steel appliances that reflect light on their metallic surfaces. The addition of reflective and mirror-like materials will enhance the light, modern, and sleek feel of an all-white kitchen – while a stainless steel fridge like this might look out of place in a cozy vintage kitchen, an all-white space offers the perfect stage for these cutting-edge appliances.

2. Let your veggies do the talking

You've got a stellar white backdrop: add colour with your fruits and vegetables! Find an attractive way to display your colourful produce, whether its in the form of a rustic box like this one, or a rack, bowl, or series of shelves. With such a subdued background, the vibrant colours of fresh fruits and veggies can make an eye-catching and energizing statement!

3. Add lights in strategic places

A sleek white counter top like this one is a perfect surface for reflecting light – of which there can never be too much in any home (ask any interior designer)! This kitchen features some strategically placed lights under the cabinets along the far wall – not only do these lights help to further illuminate the space, but their bluish white light matches the bluish white of the rest of the room, tying together a cohesive colour theme.

4. Carry it through to your dinner ware

Enough said! Your white kitchen doesn't have to stop at your cabinets and counters! This white kitchen includes white salt shakers, teacups, sugar containers, tea pot, and more! With white utensils and plates, your kitchenscape will play more with shadow and light than with colour, making for a minimalist and modern atmosphere that focuses on keeping things simple. Perfect for anyone looking for a more peaceful, distraction-free cooking prep space.

5. Let nature shine though

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Your white kitchen is an excellent canvas for painting on nature's beauty. Open up your white kitchen to receive nature's splendid colours and imagery by adding windows to your space. The blues, greens, and browns that enter your home will keep your pristine white kitchen maintain a fresh and natural feel that brings a sense of liveliness to your culinary atmosphere.

6. Add pops of colour

A white space is the best space for letting a single colour shine through – as this example proves, you don't need a red kitchen in order to have a red kitchen. This is a white kitchen with pops of red, but the colour theme sings through loud and clear. Give personality to your white space with details that all display the same shade to create a colour infused space that brings forth your sense of fun!

7. Add plants

White is the ideal surface for reflecting light – take advantage of your white space by adding plants! They're sure to grow well with all of the white reflecting through the space. They can be decorative, but you can also grow herbs like oregano, sage, and basil that you can use in your cooking.

8. Add text

Looking for a way to add some personal character to a clean, all-white space? Follow the lead of this white kitchen, which includes a cursive quote on its white walls. Your kitchen's white surfaces are literally a blank page for whatever message you choose to write!

9. Add funky lighting

Infuse some funk by adding fun lighting! This tiny white kitchen draws eyes to the multiple levels of these low-hanging lights.  You can never go wrong by adding interesting lighting to a space, and in a kitchen where attention to detail is important, adding extra lighting is a great way to enhance the space, both aesthetically and practically.

10. Play with shapes

Your all-white canvas is free of busy colour activity – play with shapes! This kitchen features a clear square theme as the stools and lights both display blocky square shapes. Rectangular themes are common in an all-white kitchen, adding a sense of edge, clarity, and polish, but circular themes can also add an interesting look with their soft, sleek, and organic feel.

Looking for more kitchen inspiration? Here's a list of 25 Creative Kitchens to Inspire You!

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