We've been talking about rental kitchen makeovers, and we often hear laments about bland oak cabinets and brown tile. So here's one idea: don't fight the rental kitchen brown. Embrace it.
Rental Kitchen Color: Consider Brown
We found this luscious brown kitchen at Atelier Abigail Ahern, and we were immediately intrigued by the possibilities of a brown kitchen. Yes, the cabinets here are white (as are many other rental kitchen cabinets) but we could totally see a rich, sophisticated brown playing off those unwanted wood cabinets in a rental kitchen.
Instead of trying to paint them or get rid of the brown entirely, why not embrace them and go the opposite direction with a mellow, rich brown like this one? Work the cabinets into rich brown color scheme and make your kitchen look like you wanted it that way all along.
Yes, this walks a line of danger; it could fall off the edge into too-retro 70s orange and brown, but for those of you who are allowed to paint your kitchens, this might be an option to at least play around with.
Do you have a brown kitchen?
Related: Five Small Kitchens from This Old House
(Image: Graham Atkins Hughes)
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I really like the masterpiece paintings above the stove. They add a certain calming elegance the kitchen and make it more formal. What a cleaver idea. I'm going to try that in my kitchen.
view lona's profile
That centerpiece of a range doesn't hurt.
view meleyna's profile
I think the particular shade of brown is key. The one pictured above is a very cool-toned brown with gray and what seems like plum undertones--a sophisticated and elegant color. A cool shade like that would make warmer-toned wood 'pop' rather than blend in.
view slowdown's profile
That is a truly gorgeous kitchen!
The colour is quite unusual; I never would have considered it for a kitchen...
view mschatelaine's profile
not normally into brown, but this is lovely!
view DUSKIN's profile
i would need to actually see brown applied to a drab rental kitchen to believe in its worth as a kitchen color.
this kitchen can get away with anything. very chic.
view SwedishChef's profile
Another option for the white cabinets is a deep slate gray, it looks beautiful and doesn't risk the 70s look. But, I really like that brown.
view CKBH's profile
We just painted our kitchen similar to this. Removed the pink wallpaper, painted the previously pink cabinets a clean off-white, and painted the backsplash a rich brown. Sort of like this, but there are subtle yellows in all the paints. Gives it the same look as this, but more of a warm look. We're very happy with the results.
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