ARE MAPLE KITCHEN CABINETS OUT OF STYLE INSTALL
ARE MAPLE KITCHEN CABINETS OUT OF STYLE DRIVERS

It also lends some warmth to the Uba Tuba, builder-black countertops from the 90s. The complex cream chosen for these cabinets (below) creates some definition between the even paler wall colour, while softening the look dramatically overall.

ARE MAPLE KITCHEN CABINETS OUT OF STYLE INSTALL

The ONLY way to get off the trend cycle is to install classic and timeless white or cream kitchens and bathrooms in the first place so you can endlessly update them with colour and decorating to suit your changing interests.

ARE MAPLE KITCHEN CABINETS OUT OF STYLE DRIVERS

As this blogger has done beautifully below.īut first, before we get all cynical about the drivers of changing trends purposely trying to separate us from our money, let’s just reflect that we are all complicit in wanting a new look that feels fresh and current. Without all that? A tired finish is a tired finish and it’s worth making it look fresh again with paint and styling. Really, what makes a trend stalwart like cherry cabinets, or earthy tile or brown everything (or grey all over) go OUT in the first place, is not only trend fatigue, but also seeing it done badly, in uninspiring ways (think builder grade versions) over and over until it just seems BAD.Īnd then someone comes along and uses it again in a way that puts its appeal in a favourable light again. Why? Because when a trend comes back around, it always has a new twist and some refinements to make it look new. If your kitchen looks like this (below)… well, it still needs paint to update it and create a fresh look. So, before you jump up and down because you think this means you can keep your cherry-cabinet kitchen, I have bad news for you. We all saw too many mismatched, bad colour combinations back in those days. The days of trying to match wall tile to floor tile with tile that coordinates (instead of being the same) hopefully died with the Tuscan brown trend. Notice too that all the tile, floor and walls, is grey limestone. Her art-filled wall around the bathtub reminds me of my ensuite bathroom.Īnd the cabinets? They gain currency because they feature the new fluted texture that immediately makes them look custom and high end. Read more: The Perils of Decorating with Too Much BlackĪnd what’s more? This bathroom is styled beautifully. It would look flat and predictable really quickly. Take a look (below), and try and picture everything in black. Julia combined both brass and black in this renovation and created a beautiful bathroom design. And I predict it has some staying power because we’re making more thoughtful and beautiful combinations of hardware, which warms up all the grey (and now) black that we’re decorating with. Too many people still remembered the shiny brass doorknobs and swan faucets from the 1980s. I started specifying brass when it arrived in 2013-2014 and got a lot of resistance in the beginning. It took a few years for brass to hit the mainstream. Well, some of you aren’t old enough to remember ‘decades ago’ but one day you’ll know what I’m talking about. And that has many of us run to embrace it again. When I saw this bathroom, I decided Chris Loves Julia, single-handedly brought back cherry cabinets, which were last on trend in the 80s/90s.īut everything old comes back around again and always in a new and inspiring way, which makes us forget what it looked like decades ago. That is, once I saw Chris Loves Julia’s master bathroom reveal with the all-over limestone tiles combined with warm, reeded CHERRY cabinet vanity – I knew we would be seeing more of it. This has been on my radar for a few months now.

But recently I’ve noticed this cabinet colour being used in fresh new ways, making me think cherry cabinets might be back.

Then after the brown trend took hold, they felt outdated – like a leftover from the 90s. Cherry wood stained cabinets were once a popular and expensive kitchen option.

Are maple kitchen cabinets out of style