White kitchen sets can certainly be called universal, because they fit almost all interior styles. White color always fills the room with light and coziness, making it more comfortable to stay. Moreover, bright kitchens always remain in demand. In the article, we will take a closer look at the advantages and disadvantages of white kitchen sets, find out their varieties and consider ready-made kitchen options for inspiration, which can be taken as the basis for your future project.
Advantages and disadvantages
Any piece of furniture can have both its advantages and disadvantages. To begin, consider the undoubted advantages of white kitchen sets.
- Kitchen sets in bright colors always look calm and neat. In such kitchens, you can safely place all kinds of color accents, which on a white background will always look appropriate.
- With the help of a white kitchen unit, you can visually make the room more spacious, which is especially true for those residents who have small-sized apartments.
- A kitchen set with white facades can be easily selected for any modern or classic interior style.
The disadvantages include a number of points.
- The white kitchen is quite difficult to care for. It is very easily soiled, and any dust and dirt will always be evident not only to residents, but also to guests. Moreover, to wash any stains and dirt from a bright kitchen is much more difficult than with any color.
- For some residents, a white kitchen can be associated with hospitals, especially when the room has a lot of white. To avoid such an unpleasant sensation, it is recommended to avoid white and translucent curtains (it is better to give preference to options with a pattern or milky), as well as light tablecloths. But such combinations may be appropriate if the design is well thought out in advance, and there are other bright accents.
- A small minus can be considered that there are a lot of white kitchens today because of the fashion for the so-called Scandinavian style of interior, in which in most cases there is a white kitchen set.
Kinds
Today, there are several varieties of kitchen sets that you can choose for your kitchen, depending on its size and ideas in the interior. Consider the most common varieties.
- Linear models (i.e. direct headsets). Such options are especially relevant for small or slightly cramped kitchen areas. In this case, the furniture is located only along one wall.
- For rooms that are elongated, it is best to pay attention to two-line kitchen sets. Such options involve placing along two walls simultaneously.
- L-shaped kitchen sets can perfectly fit into small kitchens and large ones. This kind can be safely called universal.
With this layout, furniture from the kitchen is located along two walls that are perpendicular to each other.
- U-shaped layout a kitchen set is suitable for those who dream of a bar counter or an island combined with the kitchen. It is irrelevant for small and narrow kitchen rooms. U-shaped kitchen sets are considered very versatile and convenient, because everything is at hand in them.
- Kitchen with a separate island. This layout is suitable exclusively for large rooms, because in it, in addition to the main kitchen set, a part of the furniture (the so-called island) is usually taken out to the center of the room for cooking and storing equipment.
The room area for such a headset should be at least 15 square meters. m, the recommended shape of the room is square or rectangular.
White kitchen sets can be either glossy or matte. It should be noted right away that the latter in terms of care are more practical and less easily soiled, because handprints are not visible on the matte surface, unlike glossy options. Moreover, glossy facades are more difficult to care for if they do not have classic handles for opening doors.
Material Overview
To make the kitchen set attract not only externally, but also be very functional, durable and ergonomic, it is recommended that you carefully approach the choice of material, from which the body and directly the facade of the headset will be made.
- The set can be made of natural wood. This option, of course, is considered quite expensive, but it is very wear-resistant and durable. Moreover, natural wood options are environmentally friendly, and therefore in no way harm health. With proper care, kitchen units made of natural wood are not exposed to moisture and perfectly tolerate care with delicate detergents. Often, kitchen sets made of natural wood are supplemented with glass facades, this is especially true for the classic interior style. Of the minuses - only the high price and rather heavy weight of the natural product.
- MDF panels. Such panels are usually made of environmentally friendly and safe waste, as well as using a special decorative film. Headsets made of MDF panels are considered the second in the rating after the options made of natural wood.
- Chipboard. Chipboard headsets are considered very profitable and common to purchase.Particleboard is a particleboard pressed products that are in great demand because of their favorable price. Moreover, chipboard kitchens are available in a wide range of colors. Only with high-quality installation, particleboard panels will be resistant to moisture and, in general, to the microclimate of the kitchen.
And also facades can be made of such a durable material as acrylic, and often plastic, a cheaper, but no less stable analogue that is often used instead of acrylic.
Color combinations
One of the most common combinations is the white top of the headset and a dark bottom (black, brown, dark green). This option is very advantageous even on the basis of practicality and care.
Black and white kitchens always look very original and do not oversaturate the space.
White kitchen sets are in perfect harmony with silver appliances and utensils. In terms of colors, you can experiment with a kitchen apron made of tiles. So, against the general white background of the kitchen set, it can be chosen bright. Very original solutions, such as lemon tiles or bright green, are also welcome.
The gray-white kitchen set, as well as any options with a metallic color, will perfectly fit into any modern interior, especially in hi-tech or minimalism style. But the red-white, purple-white or blue-white headsets are perfect for contemporary style.
For classic interiors, it is important to choose white-brown or white-milk kitchen sets with facades complemented by glass.
Design options
White color is universal, and therefore it is without any problems Suitable for almost any interior design of a kitchen.
- Classic. For classic kitchens, most often experts recommend choosing options for cabinets with hinged doors, a sideboard is also possible. Very impressive, this kind of classic bright kitchen looks with an island for cooking, taken out in the center of the large kitchen.
- For kitchens made in Scandinavian design, it is common to use the wooden surface of the headset, painted with glossy varnish or matte paint, the latter being the most demanded because of its practicality.
- Country and Provence. Bright kitchen sets in such styles are often decorated with original ornaments and even patterns; in them, as in classic versions, original wood carvings can be present.
Pleasure is not cheap, but such a headset looks really impressive.
- For modern interiors It is important to use bright kitchens (with matte or glossy facades) with integrated handles and fully integrated appliances. This is especially true for high-tech and minimalist styles. Most often, these types of headsets are made of acrylic, plastic or varnish.
You can make a special emphasis in the design of the kitchen set with a contrasting apron or countertop. The most durable and practical are countertops made of artificial stone.
We especially recommend paying attention to stone countertops with sinks integrated in them.
How to choose the interior?
The most successful option today is a combination of a white furniture set with a light finish in the room. And such a move in creating the interior of the room does not depend on the chosen style. Although this is especially true for the classic interior, as well as for country style and Provence. To avoid monochrome, it is recommended to skillfully place accents, for which you can use, for example, dark equipment, especially if it is not built-in.
When creating an interior, the color of the walls should successfully harmonize with the selected shade., because white is very versatile, it has quite a lot of shades.If the room is made in eco-style, then you can supplement the white kitchen with the help of finishing materials (walls) with green shades or you can choose the natural color of the floor. Parquet and various laminate are welcome.
In a modern interior, where the white suite is combined with white appliances, and there are also light walls, as an accent, you can make a yellow apron, which can also be supplemented with chairs with yellow upholstery.
The combination of wallpaper, as well as the ceiling and flooring is quite important, although the white color is “friendly” with almost all the color palettes. To create a beautiful interior, it is recommended to pre-design the future room with a kitchen on paper or, using a special program. Sometimes the help of a specialist can come in handy.
Beautiful examples
It looks very expensive black and white straight headset with a matte texture and a bright red glossy apron. At the same time, the countertop can be made both in black and white, but black will be more practical.
This option will be won even for a small room.
In the classic style, kitchen options with a marble apron look very attractive. Marble is successfully combined with natural wood. Usually marble imitation is made of large porcelain stoneware so that the joints are invisible.
Trendy white kitchen sets are usually made with top shelves under the ceiling. And also they often use built-in appliances, integrated handles and exquisite large hoods, which are a kind of accent in the headset.
Designers recommend paying attention to a modern black and white headset with the right lighting. In such light headsets, one can often find a stone countertop with decorative chips or sparkles.
In the next video, look at a white kitchen set.