Kitchens with Color, but not Avocado Green
Angela Poirrier
August 14, 2015
Many of us can recall the avocado green and harvest gold colored kitchens that still haunt some homes today. In the time of keeping up with the Jones’, appliances and design were focused on mass appeal. If you had what everyone else had then you were in style. But as one style became so dominate, it quickly became easy to see that particular style date a home. If you see a harvest gold dishwasher today, you most certainly recognize the time period of when it is from.
In today’s world, where individuality thrives and custom is king, consumers are staying away from cookie-cutter design. As the kitchen has gotten larger in the footprint of today’s homes, color trends have become muted as opposed to bold colors dominating a space.
Nowadays you see neutral colors being introduced to separate and define spaces. For example, in a kitchen you might have darker stained wood cabinets for the main part of the kitchen, but a contrasting set of white cabinets to define a wine bar or eating space. Another trending option for large kitchens is to offset island cabinets with a different color or countertops so that one material does not become overwhelming in the space. The variety of colors, textures and materials are more attractive to the eye and the design.
Neutrals matched with selective color can transform the kitchen’s function from just a work space to an entertainment space as well. Color is once again being introduced into appliances. Manufacturers have answered the call by offering over 20 color options per appliance. The goal is to offer a showpiece of the kitchen rather than a matchy-matchy space. This helps to meet the needs of a truly customized space that will separate your home from the Jones’.
Today’s homes commonly feature very open floor plans which means that the kitchen must flow with the look and design of the rest of the home. So cabinets in a kitchen that opens into a living room with a built in entertainment center must work together. This is in great contrast to the time of harvest gold when homes were quite defined.
So our Acadian House Design & Renovation team wants to encourage you to not be afraid of colored appliances and contrasting cabinets. When individuality is the influencer of style, and not a trend, the design has a longer life within the home’s design. You won’t fall into a trendy space and become a victim of harvest gold and avocado green design faux pas. Besides what does avocado green really match anyway?
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