The problem with wood cabinets you need a floor that is not wood or you end up with wood overload. Even with LVP most are wood looks. I had to delay a major remodel because I couldn’t find a flooring that would work with the Walnut slab door cabinets. I am glad I waited and did go with a stone look LVP and walnut slab door cabinets. I replaced white cabinets and hated them for the 24 years I lived with them. Painted cabinets need to be repainted every 3 or 4 years because paint doesn’t take the wear and tear that occurs in kitchens. Just a note my $20,000 US $ cabinets would have been over $40,000 to grain match.
Yeah i have wood cabinets that are a lighter color,so im thinking of a dark brown bamboo flooring with a wider plank , because im afraid to try to do the same flooring thats on the rest of the floor,in case it doesn't match slightly. I thought about having different counter tops but i feel like white would stain too easily, right now i have a white sink, dark gray countertops and white appliances (my fridge is stainless but i might change that out in the future). I have light blue walls. Not exactly matching but it s not awful.
i am obsessed with the white uppers / brown base cabinet look; just beautiful. And last night, i saw a tri-color look, with white uppers, brown base, and a lighter brown on the fridge. My word, it was stunning.
Glad to see that we were ahead of the curve!Our new kitchen has beautiful wood shaker cabinets with incredible natural green quartzite countertops. Walking in is like entering a Zen sanctuary. My kitchen is really my happy place, which is good when you are cooking a lot!
Maybe the high wall cabinets are for people that store Christmas, Easter, Valentine’s Day, Thanksgiving and Halloween specific dishes that they store in top shelves when it’s not that holiday! 😂
Hi Mark, Diane from Sequim, WA. We had a design consultant session a month or so ago and the kitchen demolition starts July 7th. The cabinets as I planned are alder from trees logged off my property, which are being treated natural, so sort of a blonde brown color. I've gone for a near white quartz countertop with a very slight caramel streaking. Also decided to change the flooring to a light oak. Still looking for the smaller appliances (dishwasher), but the Rev-A-Shelfs for the corners and pull-outs are wonderful. My cabinet maker is very impressed.
@@MV-nn4yo Hi, what did you go with? I had a Bosch when I lived in SO Oregon, but living on a well can stress water appliances. I pretty much had to replace the dishwaster every 5-6 years due to well water, even though I had every possible filtration/UV etc. My appliance guys just said, go with something basic due to the the appliances aren't built to handle the heavy build-up and no way to service it. My Samsung washer has a 3-hour clean cycle that 'suppposedly' cleans out the build-up.
Building a home and your videos come in so handy! I am doing a walnut cabinet with a white Island and a nearly white quartz countertop. Also a white backsplash. Light wood floors. And here comes the brave thing.... Light aquamarine wall for the entire kitchen and living room open concept. This is our retirement home and it is the final home I will ever have so I'm going to be very brave with color!
Thanks Laura! I'm glad my content is helpful! All the best with your kitchen. The material combinations sound great and you won't regret being brave. The great thing about paint is you can easily change it!
I switched from white cabinets (which were in my house when I bought it) to wood cabinets. While I think white kitchens can look beautiful, my personal preference in my personal space is wood. Perhaps it's because my dad used to be a forester, but I just love the look of wood. I'm a fan of going with what you like.
I'm partial to wood, therefore, I find many of these kitchens attractive. Another product I like a whole lot is brick. Love the kitchen with the brick floor. Found it. 31:32 It's probably a pain to clean, but it looks good.
You can go from wood to painted cabinets relatively easily if you get sick of them in several years. You can’t really go from painted to wood with out replacing the whole cabinet or taking them off and stripping them. I recently remodeled and went with rift cut white oak and I love it. But if in 10 years i want a white kitchen again it won’t be hard to do.
You mentioned this in the video, but I was recently chatting with some baby boomer family friends. They said when they were younger the thought was that you only painted your cabinets if you were using low-quality materials. For all wood cabinets, you would stain them or use a clear finish to show them off. To them, painted cabinets still look cheap. I thought that was an interesting perspective. However, this move to stain-grade/natural wood cabinets makes it tough for me to find the perfect combination of color, door style, and wood type for my customers on a budget. If you can spring for customer cabinets, you are good to go. Otherwise, you have to settle for the options that pre-manufactured cabinet suppliers offer. Also, it seems like the natural wood trends change more than paint. Nobody wants the same style and color of the wood gran cabinets from the 90's. I wonder if paint will go completely out of style or if it will be a safer bet for selling your house down the road... We'll see.
In order to run the venting to the outdoors versus recirculating we had to run a similar wood beam as your first photo. Although ours is a faux wood beam. It will stretch across the 24 feet of wall when installed. We hope it will look nice the alternative was drywall.
I prefer a white kitchen cabinet because I already have wood on the floors. If I didn't have the wood floors, I would prefer a quality real wood on the cabinets.
agree with not liking yellow/orange wood tones it reminds us all of the 1960-1980 seems outdated, neutral wood tones is timeless especially non lacquered (treated with mat oil, or if it's light treated with lye soap) in Denmark we use a lot of non lacquered wood on kitchens, floors and other things it feels warmer more rustic even if the wood is neutral or slightly cool in color
My 50 yr old mid century kitchen has solid oak honey colored cabinets - slab doors. I dislike the shade. . Im thinking about having them sanded and finished a light neutral shade. Matt oil or lye soap is a good suggestion
I would prefer painted cabinets because I’ve always had wood. We have maple floors and cabinets, and I would love to paint the cabinets. The problem is the two countertops and island are all white corian. What other paint colors are timeless?
My late input... in my opinion, the color of the wood should depend on the amount of natural light in the space. If you have a dark kitchen, you do NOT want dark wood, so I'd go with something like a beech. If you have lots of good natural light, you can go darker with wood. In any case, mixing wood with white or cream or gray will always be classic.
I have had wood cabinets in 3 different homes over the last 45 years. I'm tired of them. I hope to switch my current cabinets out for white within the next year. I have hardwood floor in the kitchen and adjoining rooms and that is enough brown tone for me.
`I have a gas stove/range set in an island under a 12 ft cathedral ceiling. Fifty year old mid century architect designed home . Can you give ideas for how to vent this problem child? The only solutions Ive found are Italian suspended recycle "vents" suspended by cables from the ceiling. The ceiling height seems too high to install a regular island stove exhaust hood. Also, my cabinets are solid oak slab doors and I am thrilled that I didn't rip them out like my neighbors did. As they say "what goes round, comes around". They do need refinishing though and Im thinking of getting new upper/wall cabinet doors in a Euro melamine for contrast
What do you think about an island that has sink, dishwasher and plates, silverware in a drawer? I’m looking for a way to push that traffic to one end of the island while I maintain control of my cooking space at the other end.
I like a mix of both for balance. I just want to see flat panels instead of shaker panels which collect dust & you need to deep clean with a toothbrush. It doesn't make things look traditional or fancy - it's a lot of visual clutter for no benefit.
Welcome back @MTKDofficial....I was just about to email to check on your well-being. Very exciting news and plans, congratulations Mark. Sorry I missed LIVE this week but next if you go LIVE. I got rid of my solid Tasmanian Oak kitchen and as you know replaced with two-tone white and charcoal grey. I love my new kitchen as it really bounces the light whereas the wood sucked in the light. Oh happy days!!
I never would have open shelves anywhere in the kitchen, especially over the range. Dirt & grease & being so close- fire! If you have a lot of light from windows, wood cabinets might work, but I can't stand them. I can't afford any of it. The first picture you showed would be more my style, but in a very saturated dark blue. Thank You
I love wood best. Not a fan of painted cabinets at all. I love stained real solid oak personally…. Timeless and durable and yes high quality vibe! I never get tired of mine. I think the cheap pre-fan oak colored laminated fake oak cabinets of the 80s & 90s gave oak a bad name. Too bad.
Totally agree! We had oak plywood (reddish colour) in our starter home in the 80s, then pickled oak stain cabinets in our current house (over 30 years, and I still like them). Getting ready to build our retirement house, and we’re waiting to see if we can afford quarter sawn white oak custom cabinets with a light stain🤞.
We went from stained wood cabinets to white cabinets when doing a remodel years ago,… have never liked it. Wood is beautiful and should not be painted!
Honestly, who cares about trends? Just use the colors you like. You want a dark wood kitchen, go ahead! You love white kitchens, please yourself! Stop worrying about trends as they come and go. Live in the decor that you like and ignore the rest!
Seems like maybe there was a shortage of time to develop content for the video a lot of talking but not a lot of content. Perhaps wait until your associate is onboarded and find more succinct and clear information. Less fluff.
The problem with wood cabinets you need a floor that is not wood or you end up with wood overload. Even with LVP most are wood looks. I had to delay a major remodel because I couldn’t find a flooring that would work with the Walnut slab door cabinets. I am glad I waited and did go with a stone look LVP and walnut slab door cabinets. I replaced white cabinets and hated them for the 24 years I lived with them. Painted cabinets need to be repainted every 3 or 4 years because paint doesn’t take the wear and tear that occurs in kitchens.
Just a note my $20,000 US $ cabinets would have been over $40,000 to grain match.
Yeah i have wood cabinets that are a lighter color,so im thinking of a dark brown bamboo flooring with a wider plank , because im afraid to try to do the same flooring thats on the rest of the floor,in case it doesn't match slightly. I thought about having different counter tops but i feel like white would stain too easily, right now i have a white sink, dark gray countertops and white appliances (my fridge is stainless but i might change that out in the future). I have light blue walls. Not exactly matching but it s not awful.
One challenge is that wood types, colors and profiles go in and out of fashion.
i am obsessed with the white uppers / brown base cabinet look; just beautiful. And last night, i saw a tri-color look, with white uppers, brown base, and a lighter brown on the fridge. My word, it was stunning.
Glad to see that we were ahead of the curve!Our new kitchen has beautiful wood shaker cabinets with incredible natural green quartzite countertops. Walking in is like entering a Zen sanctuary. My kitchen is really my happy place, which is good when you are cooking a lot!
Interesting combo
I’ve been a fan of white kitchens for over 40 years in and out of other fads. I’m totally devoted to going white!
Maybe the high wall cabinets are for people that store Christmas, Easter, Valentine’s Day, Thanksgiving and Halloween specific dishes that they store in top shelves when it’s not that holiday! 😂
Hi Mark, Diane from Sequim, WA. We had a design consultant session a month or so ago and the kitchen demolition starts July 7th. The cabinets as I planned are alder from trees logged off my property, which are being treated natural, so sort of a blonde brown color. I've gone for a near white quartz countertop with a very slight caramel streaking. Also decided to change the flooring to a light oak. Still looking for the smaller appliances (dishwasher), but the Rev-A-Shelfs for the corners and pull-outs are wonderful. My cabinet maker is very impressed.
sounds like my new kitchen. I bought an 18 inch dishwasher. Bosch and Miele both make the smaller size.
@@MV-nn4yo Hi, what did you go with? I had a Bosch when I lived in SO Oregon, but living on a well can stress water appliances. I pretty much had to replace the dishwaster every 5-6 years due to well water, even though I had every possible filtration/UV etc. My appliance guys just said, go with something basic due to the the appliances aren't built to handle the heavy build-up and no way to service it. My Samsung washer has a 3-hour clean cycle that 'suppposedly' cleans out the build-up.
Hey Diane! Glad to hear things are moving along! I'd love to see pictures when you're finished!
Building a home and your videos come in so handy!
I am doing a walnut cabinet with a white Island and a nearly white quartz countertop. Also a white backsplash. Light wood floors. And here comes the brave thing.... Light aquamarine wall for the entire kitchen and living room open concept.
This is our retirement home and it is the final home I will ever have so I'm going to be very brave with color!
Thanks Laura! I'm glad my content is helpful! All the best with your kitchen. The material combinations sound great and you won't regret being brave. The great thing about paint is you can easily change it!
I switched from white cabinets (which were in my house when I bought it) to wood cabinets. While I think white kitchens can look beautiful, my personal preference in my personal space is wood. Perhaps it's because my dad used to be a forester, but I just love the look of wood. I'm a fan of going with what you like.
Need to be careful. Some wood cabinets can look very cheap if they aren’t good quality
I'm partial to wood, therefore, I find many of these kitchens attractive.
Another product I like a whole lot is brick. Love the kitchen with the brick floor.
Found it. 31:32 It's probably a pain to clean, but it looks good.
You can go from wood to painted cabinets relatively easily if you get sick of them in several years. You can’t really go from painted to wood with out replacing the whole cabinet or taking them off and stripping them. I recently remodeled and went with rift cut white oak and I love it. But if in 10 years i want a white kitchen again it won’t be hard to do.
I wish I could see a picture. :(
You can tell what year the house was built by the maple or dark wooden cabinets. White wood forever.
You mentioned this in the video, but I was recently chatting with some baby boomer family friends. They said when they were younger the thought was that you only painted your cabinets if you were using low-quality materials. For all wood cabinets, you would stain them or use a clear finish to show them off. To them, painted cabinets still look cheap. I thought that was an interesting perspective.
However, this move to stain-grade/natural wood cabinets makes it tough for me to find the perfect combination of color, door style, and wood type for my customers on a budget. If you can spring for customer cabinets, you are good to go. Otherwise, you have to settle for the options that pre-manufactured cabinet suppliers offer.
Also, it seems like the natural wood trends change more than paint. Nobody wants the same style and color of the wood gran cabinets from the 90's. I wonder if paint will go completely out of style or if it will be a safer bet for selling your house down the road... We'll see.
In order to run the venting to the outdoors versus recirculating we had to run a similar wood beam as your first photo. Although ours is a faux wood beam. It will stretch across the 24 feet of wall when installed. We hope it will look nice the alternative was drywall.
I'm building a new home, and the kitchen will have maple uppers and walnut lowers. I love wood.
I prefer a white kitchen cabinet because I already have wood on the floors. If I didn't have the wood floors, I would prefer a quality real wood on the cabinets.
I love white kitchens
I don’t mind a sink in the corner if it’s a straight sink set on an angle under a double corner window.
Hi Mark! I never seem to make the livestreams…what time are they usually?
agree with not liking yellow/orange wood tones it reminds us all of the 1960-1980 seems outdated, neutral wood tones is timeless especially non lacquered (treated with mat oil, or if it's light treated with lye soap) in Denmark we use a lot of non lacquered wood on kitchens, floors and other things it feels warmer more rustic even if the wood is neutral or slightly cool in color
My 50 yr old mid century kitchen has solid oak honey colored cabinets - slab doors. I dislike the shade. . Im thinking about having them sanded and finished a light neutral shade. Matt oil or lye soap is a good suggestion
I would prefer painted cabinets because I’ve always had wood. We have maple floors and cabinets, and I would love to paint the cabinets. The problem is the two countertops and island are all white corian. What other paint colors are timeless?
My late input... in my opinion, the color of the wood should depend on the amount of natural light in the space. If you have a dark kitchen, you do NOT want dark wood, so I'd go with something like a beech. If you have lots of good natural light, you can go darker with wood. In any case, mixing wood with white or cream or gray will always be classic.
I have had wood cabinets in 3 different homes over the last 45 years. I'm tired of them. I hope to switch my current cabinets out for white within the next year. I have hardwood floor in the kitchen and adjoining rooms and that is enough brown tone for me.
`I have a gas stove/range set in an island under a 12 ft cathedral ceiling. Fifty year old mid century architect designed home . Can you give ideas for how to vent this problem child? The only solutions Ive found are Italian suspended recycle "vents" suspended by cables from the ceiling. The ceiling height seems too high to install a regular island stove exhaust hood. Also, my cabinets are solid oak slab doors and I am thrilled that I didn't rip them out like my neighbors did. As they say "what goes round, comes around". They do need refinishing though and Im thinking of getting new upper/wall cabinet doors in a Euro melamine for contrast
What do you think about an island that has sink, dishwasher and plates, silverware in a drawer? I’m looking for a way to push that traffic to one end of the island while I maintain control of my cooking space at the other end.
I’m certainly not against it if it improves the overall function. Be mindful to keep landing area on either side.
I like a mix of both for balance.
I just want to see flat panels instead of shaker panels which collect dust & you need to deep clean with a toothbrush.
It doesn't make things look traditional or fancy - it's a lot of visual clutter for no benefit.
If I have a choice I will always choose flat panel doors. They are easier to clean and are restful on the eye
FYI. Sometimes you get chevron mixed up with herringbone.
Thanks for the heads up.
Welcome back @MTKDofficial....I was just about to email to check on your well-being. Very exciting news and plans, congratulations Mark. Sorry I missed LIVE this week but next if you go LIVE. I got rid of my solid Tasmanian Oak kitchen and as you know replaced with two-tone white and charcoal grey. I love my new kitchen as it really bounces the light whereas the wood sucked in the light. Oh happy days!!
I never would have open shelves anywhere in the kitchen, especially over the range. Dirt & grease & being so close- fire! If you have a lot of light from windows, wood cabinets might work, but I can't stand them. I can't afford any of it. The first picture you showed would be more my style, but in a very saturated dark blue. Thank You
The 70's are coming back, ugh.
If I had an upstand shelf I wouldn’t want it by the stove. Maybe at a prep counter a bit off to the side of the stove or different leg of counter run.
I like the pops of blue & green in the first kitchen. Would rather see the wood on the countertop.
How do you clean greasy fingerprints from white oak cabinets and drawers.
I love wood best. Not a fan of painted cabinets at all. I love stained real solid oak personally…. Timeless and durable and yes high quality vibe! I never get tired of mine. I think the cheap pre-fan oak colored laminated fake oak cabinets of the 80s & 90s gave oak a bad name. Too bad.
Totally agree! We had oak plywood (reddish colour) in our starter home in the 80s, then pickled oak stain cabinets in our current house (over 30 years, and I still like them). Getting ready to build our retirement house, and we’re waiting to see if we can afford quarter sawn white oak custom cabinets with a light stain🤞.
33:58 I think that’s hickory.
I love the look of wood but wood cabinets and wood floors is so much wood.
Only wood I don’t like for furniture is hickory.
Let me save everyone some time. It's not. Even the white kitchen in the thumbnail phone looks better than the wood one.
Nice
We went from stained wood cabinets to white cabinets when doing a remodel years ago,… have never liked it.
Wood is beautiful and should not be painted!
Honestly, who cares about trends? Just use the colors you like. You want a dark wood kitchen, go ahead! You love white kitchens, please yourself! Stop worrying about trends as they come and go. Live in the decor that you like and ignore the rest!
Seems like maybe there was a shortage of time to develop content for the video a lot of talking but not a lot of content. Perhaps wait until your associate is onboarded and find more succinct and clear information. Less fluff.
Wow, - cruel?
Wood stain cabinets can date the kitchen, think orange oak or dark cherry. White is timeless!