Gray Kitchen Cabinets

After hearing so many people rave about how trendy and versatile gray kitchen cabinets are, we decided to take the plunge and redo our small townhouse kitchen.  I've got to tell you that I absolutely love how the room turned out -- and this is coming from somebody who never thought they would get on board with the idea of a grey kitchen.  I don't know why, but I really thought that this color palette would make our house feel way to traditional and fancy.  The opposite was the case here because the color that we chose and the coordinating countertops actually look quite modern to me.  I absolutely love our new grey and white kitchen and would 100% recommend trying this look out if you hesitant about it like we were.

We are considering installing gray kitchen cabinets during our remodel but I am nervous that they are going to go out of style quickly, leaving our kitchen looking very outdated. Do any designers or contractors on here have any advice or insight on the longevity of gray kitchen cabinets ideas and if you think that this is going to be one of those trends that only lasts a year or if they will remain popular for at least 5 years.  I feel like grey is definitely the new neutral, and I absolutely love how they look in this rustic meets contemporary kitchen.  They are by far my favorite kitchen cabinet colors 2019 that I have seen in the stores or decor magazines, so I am hoping that you all have good news for me. 

I have been hearing a lot about how gray kitchen cabinets are all the rage lately and, after doing some of my own research, I can definitely see why.  At first I thought that a gray and white kitchen was only something you could pull off in a traditional home, but these photos that my sister-in-law sent me of her finished remodel showed me that you can actually put together an awesome contemporary design with this color palette as well.  Even though the cabinets are a more traditional shaker style, the deep grey color that they chose actually makes the entire design feel much more modern. She said that they did a lot of investigating on different painting kitchen cabinets ideas before they settled on this look, and that you could actually style these same cabinets so many different ways just by switching up the decorative accents.

When I was searching for inspiration photos featuring gray kitchen cabinets I found this stunning vintage country-chic home and I want to copy their entire design! Most of the colors I had been looking at were more of a subtle charcoal color, but the blue gray kitchen cabinets in here are much more my style.  Rather than being harsh or modern, these are so bright and cheerful, and definitely go with the aesthetic that I have going on around the rest of our house.  I think that painting kitchen cabinets this color would totally brighten the entire downstairs living area of the home, and I would probably even spend a little bit of extra money to add the ship lap panelling on the ceiling just to complete the effect. 

It continues to amaze me how versatile gray kitchen cabinets are, and definitely reinforces why they have become so popular over the past several years.  I think that pretty light gray kitchen cabinets like this look absolutely fantastic paired with ultra modern decor like they did here, but the shade would also look so charming in a more traditional style home.  They are neutral without being bland and boring like white, which seems to me to be the absolute perfect color palette for a kitchen.  The only thing that puzzles me is what to do about kitchen wall colors, because gray as become such a popular shade for those as well.

Gray kitchen cabinets are my absolute favorite and I have been loving seeing them everywhere now that it seems like the rest of the design community has caught on to how beautiful they can make a space.  It is great seeing more retailers experiment with what used to be consider unconventional kitchen cabinet paint colors like blues, grays, even some green shades thrown in there.  I certainly don't think that you have to stick with white or stained wood in a kitchen merely for neutralities sake -- I love adding some color even if it still remains in the more neutral or subtle family.  I am a big proponent of grey kitchen ideas because I think that they can be styled to work well with either traditional or modern decor.