And kitchen expert Valentinos Shiatis from Sola Kitchens agrees, "No, upper and lower kitchen cabinets do not have to match in color. In fact, using two different colors — often referred to as a ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. The new way to design your home. It’s a tough decision: to have upper cabinets or not? There are several advantages to going ...

“The lighter island material allowed us to add a juxtaposing darker countertop and darker cabinets to balance the bottom half of the kitchen, while keeping the upper half airy with white paint ...

KITCHEN CABINETS would seem to be a straightforward matter. Surely, their size and placement is standard and most cabinet makers adhere to the rules. Fair enough, but what if that "standard" no ...

A tuxedo kitchen moves away from the classic all-white kitchen to a mix of dark and light colors for a more dramatic look.

“Keeping the stained [cabinets] really honored the character of the home,” Thomas says. In our own kitchen, swapping the existing peeling black laminate ... the strip of upper cabinets ...

Eliminating upper cabinets ... read so much as a kitchen.” To do so, they buy panel-ready appliances, which come with no exterior door but are designed to accept a custom cabinet door.

A light-toned wood makes up most of the kitchen’s palette with black and white accents offering contrast without being too obtrusive. The absence of upper cabinets makes the overall look cleaner ...