Looking for kitchen cabinet ideas? Whether you prefer a traditional look or something more modern, we’ve got loads of inspiration for the dish. These kitchen cabinet design ideas go far beyond boring old cupboards, and practical tips will help spice up your kitchen storage places with decorative hues, hardware, and finishes. So if you’re finally ready to tackle that extensive renovation or want to give your space a minor upgrade, Mehraaz group is here to help. Keep reading for creative kitchen cabinet ideas to recreate in your own home.
Top Kitchen Cabinet Ideas:
1. Reclaimed Wood Cabinets
It’s the ultimate addition to a country kitchen, like this rustic space designed by Kylee Shintaffer.
2. Navy Blue Cabinets
White and blue is about as classic a color combo as you can. If you don’t want something too bold, try a deep navy; it’ll feel more neutral.
3. Beachy Cabinets
A coastal kitchen gets some vintage charm from plank cabinetry with painted hinges and black latches. The scrubbed oak floors add a light and airy feel.
4. Glossy Black Cabinets
Add a reflective finish to make ebony cabinets stand out even more. This look is great for a kitchen with a lot of natural light.
5. Orange Cabinets
Orange sounds terrifying in a kitchen, but this proves it can be chic. A patterned backsplash and black accents keep it from feeling overpowering.
6. French Country Cabinets
Gray and blue are a great color combo for a kitchen. They’re relaxed, calming, and highly complementary. If you’ve got a grey island, go for blue cabinets.
7. Hardware-Free Cabinets
Skip knobs and hinges altogether. Drawers with cut-out handholds keep it simple, while warm wood prevents it from feeling sparse.
8. Opaque Glass Cabinets
Get the best of both worlds with clouded glass. The semi-transparent finish feels light but still offers concealed storage. No one needs to see what’s behind those doors.
9. Porthole Cabinets
If you’ve got a beach house and aren’t afraid of a bit of whimsy in the kitchen, you have to try porthole windows in your cabinets. Total nautical decor goals.
10. Light Blue Cabinets
This soothing and cheerful shade of blue is a whimsical and playful way to liven up the kitchen. Accentuate the hue with tiled walls and countertops, too.
11. Wooden Fencing Cabinets
Combine fresh white paint and battered wood for a more relaxed look. Dreaming of our future farmhouse now.
12. Stained Pine Cabinets
Pine cabinets work for anything from coastal to rustic to industrial decor. The grey undertones complement stainless steel appliances.
13. Deep Blue Cabinets
Bold color is ideal for a bar area. It’s cool and sexy but won’t overpower your entire kitchen.
14. Textured Cabinets
Give your kitchen some character by bringing texture to the cabinetry. Like grooved or paneled cabinets but a little more unique, these cabinets stick to the understated style of this kitchen while also spicing things up.
15. Rose Gold Hardware Cabinets
Rose gold all day, every day. This feminine alternative to brass is a perfect way to update a farmhouse kitchen.
16. Sliding Cabinets
If your kitchen is on the smaller side, consider installing sliding doors. They’re a clever space-saving trick. Since they don’t swing open, they take up way less room and ensure a sleek, clean look.
17. Belgian-Inspired Cabinets
These traditional cabinets work in a rustic, traditional, or farmhouse-style kitchen. The cool color palette creates a calm atmosphere.
18. Wire-Brushed Oak Cabinets
Using rustic materials heightens the sense of comfort. This look is part farmhouse and part industrial.
19. Triple-Tier Cabinets
Using all your wall space means you may need help to reach those sky-high cabinets. A library ladder adds a lot of styles and delivers functional value.
20. Campaign-Style Cabinets (Kitchen Cabinet Ideas)
For a homey feel, try an island with cabinets and shelving. You can store your kitchen tools in the cabinets and stack books on the shelves.
21. Matching Cabinets
For a modern Provincial kitchen, try matching the paint color of your cabinets to that of your kitchen island. This soft green hue is going to do wonders.
22. Cream Cabinets
Consider your cabinetry if you’ve got a rustic kitchen and want to add a modern touch. White cabinets and stainless steel appliances help it feel clean and fresh.
23. Distressed Cabinets
Distress your cabinets to balance out a bold shade. To achieve this vintage blue, a blackened umber glaze was applied to the cabinets and then painted with a turquoise glaze. Buffing, stippling, and scraping complete the timeworn look.
24. Modern Art-Inspired Cabinets
Don’t be afraid to have a little fun when designing your kitchen cabinets. We love that these stand out in a Kelly green hue, encouraged by an equally eye-catching work of modern art.
25. Solid Wood Cabinets
Solid wood warms up a kitchen without having to use a light color. For a more formal feel, use leather handle pulls.
26. Accessorized Cabinets
What is the easiest way to upgrade your cabinets? Swap out your knobs. It’s a whole new look without a significant renovation.
27. Standalone Cabinets
This standalone unit blends into the rest of the cabinetry with a unifying color.
28. Glossy “Wood” Cabinets
To warm up a modern kitchen, it’s all about adding light. A glossy finish on cabinets (like in this Kesha Franklin-designed kitchen) bounces light back into the room while giving the space a more clean and modern look.
29. Subtle Multi-Colored Cabinets
Give your kitchen more pizzaz by painting your cabinets two different hues, like in this kitchen designed by Ginny Macdonald. A lighter color will help them blend into a light backsplash, while a darker shade will ground the space.
30. Weathered Wood Cabinets
Weathered wood cabinets add rustic charm. If only we could score some exposed wood beams, too.
31. Grooved Kitchen Cabinets
Grooved or wood-paneled kitchen cabinets can be cutting-edge and modern. This stunning space proves it.
32. Glass Door Cabinets
Add glass doors to kitchen cabinets to an already elegant space. If you’re afraid of the mess inside, choose a glass with a pattern to disguise the interior. Problem solved.
33. Raised Cabinets
Want the ultimate kitchen cleaning hack? Elevate your cabinets. Crumbs won’t accumulate by the kick plates, and the space benefits from the extra light shot.
34. Mixed-Material Cabinets
Shake things up by using a unique material or opting for two different materials. Here, OSB cabinets bring in a nice nature-inspired feel and pick up on the blush tones of the backsplash.
35. Simple and Sleek Cabinets
If your kitchen is open, airy, and full of natural light, ground the room with a dark color on lower cabinets, like the black ones shown here.
36. Lacquered Cabinets
Go glam with a high gloss, deep, dramatic color like this wine red. The robust, full-color adds so much depth and glamour in this kitchen by Nick Olsen, where geometric tiles pump things up to the next level.
37. Make Them Formal
If you have an open floor plan in which the dining room and kitchen share a space, take note of this one designed by Jean Liu. The cabinets are sleek and understated, and the hardware perfectly complements the dining table’s pendants.
38. Open Cabinets
Skip the doors and keep your cabinets open. This will make cooking easier and allow you to keep your pretty tableware on display.
39. Corner Cabinets
Customize your cabinets to fit into the corners. They’ll come in handy when you need extra storage space. If the odd shape suits you better, opt for two slimmer cabinets on each side for items like cooking sheets and trays.
40. Locked Cabinets (Kitchen Cabinet Ideas)
Add a door lock if you’re worried about dishes and heirlooms falling out of cabinets. It looks polished and ensures safekeeping.
41. Metallic Cabinets
There’s nothing quite like metallic to make your interiors pop. Opt for a brushed gold finish on the kitchen cabinets and introduce more down-to-earth materials like jute to ensure it isn’t too flashy.
42. Emerald Cabinets
Draw inspiration from this Ashley Whittaker-designed kitchen and paint your cabinets this bold viridescent shade. One look, and your neighbors are sure to become green with envy!
43. Interior Painted Cabinets
We love the idea of painting the interior cabinets a color that corresponds with an accent piece in the room, like this orange cabinet designed by Arent & Pyke to match the carpet. What a fun surprise! It’s also a great way to experiment with vibrant colors if you’re nervous about painting the whole room.
44. Whitewashed Cabinets
Grays can soften the contrast between black and white. It’s also a complement to stainless steel in a kitchen. Opt for an ash wood or whitewash existing brown wood cabinets.
45. Dedicate One Corner to Cabinets
Dedicate one corner wall to super-high cabinets to free up adjacent vertical space for warming lamps. Breegan Jane outfitted this kitchen with three right above the counter to keep food warm until it’s ready to be served.
46. Glossy Floating Cabinets
Lacquer, marble, tiles, oh my! This fabulously over-the-top kitchen by Michelle Nussbaumer is the definition of a maximalist. For a similar look, choose a backsplash that corresponds with the kitchen island, uses tile on the floors, and makes your floating cabinets pop with a glossy paint finish.
47. Lower Cabinets
With such a statement hood, interior designer Emil Dervish decided to forgo upper cabinets. This prevents visual clutter on the wall space and allows us to focus on the hood alone. Black lower cabinets take care of the storage needs while grounding the kitchen.
48. Chicken Wire Cabinets
A classic white kitchen is timeless, but it can be a bit dull. Add hidden details, like these diamond-patterned mesh cabinet inserts, to make it a little more interesting.
49. Fancy Cabinet Hardware
“The whole room has a sexy, smokey vibe,” interior designer Michelle Nussbaumer says of this kitchen. Every last detail contributes to the luxe look of the space. And while swapping out hardware can be the easiest upgrade to make in a kitchen, it can also be transformative, as evidenced here with the hardware from Nussbaumer’s line for Addison Weeks.
50. Floating Cubbies
For a fresh kitchen storage idea, try a floating cubby that blends into the wall instead of floating shelves. Here, Dries Otten mixes whimsical style with industrial features in this unique kitchen. The stainless steel hood and exposed piping pop against the navy walls, while the striped blue fabric lightens the mood.
51. Alternating Enclosed and Display
Display cabinets are a smart way to lighten up a black kitchen. Not only will you be able to display your pretty tableware and decorative objects, but the glass also makes it feel more open and spacious, as seen in this kitchen designed by Ariene Bethea.
52. Metal
Designed by Emil Dervish, this eclectic kitchen is both highly functional and style-forward. The stainless steel cabinets are resilient and durable, as are the wooden worktops. Still, they also add an industrial edge while the modern lighting and pop of red paint feel fresh.
53. Create Flow With Consistent Cabinets
If your kitchen bleeds into your living, dining room, mudroom, and home office, create consistency by using the same paint color and hardware on the cabinets throughout. This black paint and gold hardware combination in a kitchen designed by Fitz Pullins strike the right balance between approachable and glam.
54. Pastel Cabinets
Try a pistachio green for a neutral hue that still has some personality. It’s light and fresh but injects more character than other neutrals.
55. Alternate Hardware
Karen Swanson of New England Design Works chose alternating hardware to accentuate specific shapes and play with details. The upper cabinets and drawers feature smaller, understated brass knobs, while the larger ones feature handle pulls. If you look closely, you can see she flipped the same handles vertically for the cabinets in the corner to play up their height and complement the proportions.
56. Skirted Cabinets
If you have exposed cabinets and don’t love how they look, a simple hack is to DIY a curtain to cover them. Opt for cafe curtains or measure and cut your chosen fabric accordingly and then hang it from the bottom of the counter with a rod.
57. Use Furniture
Instead of spending on built-ins, invest in furniture you can move around and take with you, as Romanek Design Studio did here. A shelving unit or china display cabinet will do the trick.
58. Double-Duty Cabinets
Want to hide your dishwasher? Add a cabinet front to keep the cabinetry line intact under the counter. Even better, hide it with something as gorgeous as hardware-free cabinets in blush pink paint.
59. Build Into the Island
Get more usable space from your kitchen island by customizing it with extra cabinets and drawers. This can help keep walls clear and elongate high ceilings, as exemplified in this kitchen designed by Andrea Pietragallo of Britt Design Studio.
60. Metal Grate Cabinets (Kitchen Cabinet Ideas)
Display cabinets with metal grate fronts instead of traditional glass enclosures are a happy medium between closed and open storage. With glass, everything lining the cabinet shelves must be so that you can see straight through. But with metal grates, you don’t have to worry about appealingly packaging your essentials since you can only get a peek inside.
61. Sky-High Cabinets
Sneak extra storage into your kitchen by installing cabinets above the counters and snaking the cupboards around the room, like over the fridge. (Remember the step stool.) Take a cue from this tiny kitchen designed by Anthony Dunning.
