Cooking Up Contrast In The Kitchen

1 Pair light-colored cabinets with contrasting accents.

Lighter cabinets provide the ideal backdrop to showcase contrasting bold accents throughout the space—carrying your attention from the hardware to the pendant lights to the faucet.

2 Mix textures to create visual weight.

Two different cabinet styles, with contrasting textures, add sophisticated depth and visual weight to an airy neutral palette without adding color.

3  Create a high-contrast kitchen.

Bright, white walls and countertops add energetic contrast to dark, dramatic cabinets. The impact is striking.

4 Add balance with a backsplash.

A light backsplash adds contrasting balance to rich cabinetry. Dark grout perfects the design.

5 Repeat contrasting colors to add continuity.

Repeating the palette, inspired by the organic flooring, adds continuity to the design. Light cabinets that draw the eye around the perimeter are anchored by the stark contrast of the island.