Captivating Kitchen Cabinets – It’s Easy To Go Green

What do frogs, grasshoppers, and aliens have in common? As well as being lousy pets, they are all gloriously green. And for kitchen cabinets that are out of this world, green has a lot going for it. No less important is versatility.

By varying the shade of green and your choice of finish, your kitchen cabinets can serve as the star of the show or be part of a strong supporting cast. Although greens are generally classified as either a warm yellow or cool blue tint, shades like olive green feature a bit of both. As with any design decision, your choice should be based on the look you’re ultimately trying to achieve with your kitchen cabinets.

Calm, Cool and Serene

After a stressful day at the office, you can seek solace in a good book, cheesy movie, or good wine. But what if you could get the same benefit from your kitchen cabinets? It may sound far-fetched, but green sporting a blue hue can do just that.

If you’re creating a farmhouse or vintage theme, aquamarine or seafoam green will fit in beautifully. Combined with a white floor and accessories, it achieves a simple and homey effect to relax your work day, and a green background to match your kitchen cabinets serves to highlight the white dishes and utensils.

For a more formal look that’s still cool and relaxing, select teal or forest green cabinets. When used in conjunction with dark hardwood floors and steel or copper fixtures, the result is an interesting blend of richness and relaxation that will have your guests green with envy.

Warm, Cozy, and Wild (sort of)

Regardless of the style chosen for the room, green kitchen cabinets with a yellow tint will infuse warmth and energy into the space. Let your imagination run wild and experiment with kitchen cabinets in lime, citron or even chartreuse. You’ll get a unique look that’s hard to match and hard to ignore.

Just be careful not to get too much of a good thing. If your kitchen is full of cabinets, you need to balance the lower green kitchen cabinets with the upper ones in white or cream. Subtle hardwood floors and black granite countertops can also help keep the vertiginous green in check.

Optimistic and down to earth

If you prefer to use green kitchen cabinets as a backdrop for dramatic colors in other parts of the room, a celery or olive shade may be the answer. They can relax and recharge at the same time, especially when framed by light beige walls or dark wood-stained countertops. With that as a base, you can play around with a variety of fun colors like golden yellow or bright orange.

For something truly different, combine soft shades of gray and green in your kitchen and add pops of bright orange, like with an area rug or stool cushion, for a unique contrast.

It’s another example of how eco-friendly kitchen cabinets can be everything to everyone. You may even decide to vary your choice of green over time as your changing tastes and life circumstances dictate. Whatever the decorating challenge, green makes it a little easier to handle.

There is a lot to decide in the course of remodeling your home. However, when it comes time to choose a color for your kitchen cabinets, you’d do well to go alien and go green. But for your next pet, get a hamster. They’re smaller, cuter, and not hell-bent on world domination.

Or so they would have us believe…