January 31, 2014

Buying Cabinets

You have finally managed to save some extra cash. You want to invest it in your home so you choose to remodel the old kitchen because after all, your family makes you spend half the day there. It’s only fair that it at least looks good and that it’s a comfortable space for you to be in. When it comes to cabinets, you have a wide variety of options. There are so many local stores you can go to, and now there are plenty of online cabinet stores as well! It’s hard to decide but I always recommend looking up online stores first and then going to the local store to compare prices. You’ll see online shopping will save quite a few bucks! As if that’s not enough, you will also save A LOT of time.

While cabinets usually don’t fall out of brown or white, you wouldn’t believe the huge amount of shades available out there. Of course some businesses have more than others, but in general, it’s not an easy choice! Maybe you already know what color you are crazy about, but if it doesn’t match the style and wall colors of your kitchen then you should probably reconsider your choice. However, if you are really passionate about a particular color that doesn’t match the rest of your kitchen, maybe it would be a good idea to paint the walls or do any remodeling so that you can get what you want.


A good tip for choosing cabinets is getting two different colors. Sometimes contrasting the colors can make your kitchen look very fancy and modern. For instance, in the picture you can see that the bottom cabinets are all white but the top ones are dark brown. The combination certainly looks great!

If you take a deeper look, you’ll see that all the elements in the kitchen are truly congruent with one another! You’ve got the bottom white cabinets and the top dark brown ones. But then you've got the dark brown kitchen island and right next you have the white chairs at the dining table. It’s certainly a good flow!