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White Strides: 5 Easy Ways to Spice Up Your All-White Kitchen
Friday, November 20, 2020
When we last covered the subject of colour in the kitchen, we outlined a number of other shades that can be used and their subtle effects on your cooking space - but if you decided to stick with a largely white palette in the kitchen, we have some pointers on how that all-white space can be personalised to suit individual tastes.
Contrasting Arrangements
Interior design by: Yong Studio
The overwhelmingly common result of opting for architectural finishes in white is an overly monotonous expanse devoid of detail or depth - Yong Studio counters this expected result with the selection of glossy white tiles to counter the matte finish of the surrounding surfaces, and arranges the tiles in a brick pattern to disrupt the standard grid arrangement of the floor tiles and the right angles of the cabinetry.
Wooden Accents
Image Credit: DMZ Consultancy
While a glossy white expanse may have been considered a characteristic of modern interiors some time in the past, emerging trends reveal the use of wood to be increasing in tandem with the world’s maturing ecological consciousness. Framing glossy white panels in pale wood produces a lightweight décor similar to those observed in the temperate climates of Northern Europe, but this kitchen in the tropics is given a regal streak with panels of dark wood to contain the glossy white.
Reflective Planes
Interior design by: Jashen Interior Design
Smaller kitchens - such as the pictured galley decorated by Jashen Interior Design, stand to gain a visual expansion with the addition of mirrored panels on various surfaces around the countertops. The neutral palette of this diminutive kitchen is reflected in kaleidoscopic fashion, with the incorporation of a mirrored backsplash and splatter screen beside the stovetop to provide an expansion of the space on two different axes.
Backlit Cabinetry
Image Credit: Regal Violet
Decorated by Regal Violet, this kitchen projects a stereotypically clean image with its composition in glossy all-white surfaces and stainless steel fixtures. In an exercise of subtle juxtaposition that is characteristic of their style, Regal Violet incorporates a warm visual element in the form of dim yellow light spilling out the frosted glass cabinet doors to provide a measure of stimulating contrast against the potentially sterile décor.
Vivid Highlights
Interior design by: Turn Design Interior
Diversions from the neutral palette may require some courage, but the result can be a surprisingly spirited décor. With a simple switch in colour on the backsplash and the front face of the kitchen island, Turn Design Interior enlivens what would otherwise be a relatively plain décor with cheerful dashes of yellow.
Decorating for Elegance with Versatile White
Friday, November 20, 2020
Whether the reasons are grounded in physics, biology, or culture, the colour white represents purity for most people — and as demonstrated by Isaac Newton and the album art for Pink Floyd’s Dark Side of the Moon — white is perhaps the most adaptable of colours, being composed of all the other hues of visible light. Given the association of white with purity, and our common understanding as to what makes the colour so universally compatible with other hues, many choose it as the predominant shade of our homes. In our attempt to explore the various effects of colour, we take a closer look at a range of spaces that have been saturated in white.
Living Room
Where one would normally imagine a space monotonously saturated in white, the quality of white in this seating lounge is instead made intriguingly varied with a range of whites applied — from the pristine plaster ceilings, largely unadorned and untouched walls, to the subtly cream floor tiles. A few choice accents appoint the space to add variability to the range of shades while being emphasised by the pale background: a panel of white marble flanked by reflective metals adds a shimmering layer of luxury and a few playfully coloured throw cushions provide some mirth.
The reliance on white provides visual emphasis and brings attention to the few coloured decorations and reflective finishes in this space.
Dining Room
The use of off-white upholstery and subtly pinstriped curtains against the pale background of this space elegantly contains the black glass and steel dining table against the sheer-covered windows and cream floor tiles. The resulting visual illusion diminishes the presence of the dining surface, making the arrangement appear to blend with the surroundings in an effort to preserve empty floor space. As with the seating lounge, a coloured element in the form of a blooming stem of purple orchid placed in a turquoise and brown glass vase takes advantage of the white background to create its own emphasis and to provide the space with a visual breath of fresh air.
Kitchen
The majority of modern kitchens are rendered almost entirely in white for the sake of maintaining an immaculate appearance. This common practice also creates a versatile background that will accommodate and complement appliances in a range of colours and finishes — so you don't necessarily have to hunt down appliances that match each other. The pictured kitchen exhibits a classically inspired décor that is largely unaffected by the array of modern appliances, due in part to the white of the background lending itself well in combination with other colours,
Bedroom
The use of white in bedrooms more often than not results in an overtly feminine space, especially when combined with intricate wall coverings, sheer curtains, and classical details such as a capitonné leather headboard. The pictured bedroom arrangement utilises white less as a background and more as an accent colour, but the prevailing theme and underlying principles are the same — the application of white brings together the disparate hues of the space.
Interior decoration by: Latitude Design. Read a similar article in Mandarin here, more about this home here, or about decorating with blue and grey here.
White Strides: 5 Easy Ways to Spice Up Your All-White Kitchen
Friday, November 20, 2020
When we last covered the subject of colour in the kitchen, we outlined a number of other shades that can be used and their subtle effects on your cooking space - but if you decided to stick with a largely white palette in the kitchen, we have some pointers on how that all-white space can be personalised to suit individual tastes.
Contrasting Arrangements
Interior design by: Yong Studio
The overwhelmingly common result of opting for architectural finishes in white is an overly monotonous expanse devoid of detail or depth - Yong Studio counters this expected result with the selection of glossy white tiles to counter the matte finish of the surrounding surfaces, and arranges the tiles in a brick pattern to disrupt the standard grid arrangement of the floor tiles and the right angles of the cabinetry.
Wooden Accents
Image Credit: DMZ Consultancy
While a glossy white expanse may have been considered a characteristic of modern interiors some time in the past, emerging trends reveal the use of wood to be increasing in tandem with the world’s maturing ecological consciousness. Framing glossy white panels in pale wood produces a lightweight décor similar to those observed in the temperate climates of Northern Europe, but this kitchen in the tropics is given a regal streak with panels of dark wood to contain the glossy white.
Reflective Planes
Interior design by: Jashen Interior Design
Smaller kitchens - such as the pictured galley decorated by Jashen Interior Design, stand to gain a visual expansion with the addition of mirrored panels on various surfaces around the countertops. The neutral palette of this diminutive kitchen is reflected in kaleidoscopic fashion, with the incorporation of a mirrored backsplash and splatter screen beside the stovetop to provide an expansion of the space on two different axes.
Backlit Cabinetry
Image Credit: Regal Violet
Decorated by Regal Violet, this kitchen projects a stereotypically clean image with its composition in glossy all-white surfaces and stainless steel fixtures. In an exercise of subtle juxtaposition that is characteristic of their style, Regal Violet incorporates a warm visual element in the form of dim yellow light spilling out the frosted glass cabinet doors to provide a measure of stimulating contrast against the potentially sterile décor.
Vivid Highlights
Interior design by: Turn Design Interior
Diversions from the neutral palette may require some courage, but the result can be a surprisingly spirited décor. With a simple switch in colour on the backsplash and the front face of the kitchen island, Turn Design Interior enlivens what would otherwise be a relatively plain décor with cheerful dashes of yellow.
Decorating for Elegance with Versatile White
Friday, November 20, 2020
Whether the reasons are grounded in physics, biology, or culture, the colour white represents purity for most people — and as demonstrated by Isaac Newton and the album art for Pink Floyd’s Dark Side of the Moon — white is perhaps the most adaptable of colours, being composed of all the other hues of visible light. Given the association of white with purity, and our common understanding as to what makes the colour so universally compatible with other hues, many choose it as the predominant shade of our homes. In our attempt to explore the various effects of colour, we take a closer look at a range of spaces that have been saturated in white.
Living Room
Where one would normally imagine a space monotonously saturated in white, the quality of white in this seating lounge is instead made intriguingly varied with a range of whites applied — from the pristine plaster ceilings, largely unadorned and untouched walls, to the subtly cream floor tiles. A few choice accents appoint the space to add variability to the range of shades while being emphasised by the pale background: a panel of white marble flanked by reflective metals adds a shimmering layer of luxury and a few playfully coloured throw cushions provide some mirth.
The reliance on white provides visual emphasis and brings attention to the few coloured decorations and reflective finishes in this space.
Dining Room
The use of off-white upholstery and subtly pinstriped curtains against the pale background of this space elegantly contains the black glass and steel dining table against the sheer-covered windows and cream floor tiles. The resulting visual illusion diminishes the presence of the dining surface, making the arrangement appear to blend with the surroundings in an effort to preserve empty floor space. As with the seating lounge, a coloured element in the form of a blooming stem of purple orchid placed in a turquoise and brown glass vase takes advantage of the white background to create its own emphasis and to provide the space with a visual breath of fresh air.
Kitchen
The majority of modern kitchens are rendered almost entirely in white for the sake of maintaining an immaculate appearance. This common practice also creates a versatile background that will accommodate and complement appliances in a range of colours and finishes — so you don't necessarily have to hunt down appliances that match each other. The pictured kitchen exhibits a classically inspired décor that is largely unaffected by the array of modern appliances, due in part to the white of the background lending itself well in combination with other colours,
Bedroom
The use of white in bedrooms more often than not results in an overtly feminine space, especially when combined with intricate wall coverings, sheer curtains, and classical details such as a capitonné leather headboard. The pictured bedroom arrangement utilises white less as a background and more as an accent colour, but the prevailing theme and underlying principles are the same — the application of white brings together the disparate hues of the space.
Interior decoration by: Latitude Design. Read a similar article in Mandarin here, more about this home here, or about decorating with blue and grey here.
5 White Kitchen Ideas
Friday, November 20, 2020
A white kitchen is not just easier to keep clean; it can be made palatial with a nuanced blend of depth, texture, lighting, and accenting materials.
Interior design by: Pocket Square
Few have defined the colour white as aptly as Gilbert Chesterton, the “Prince of Paradox” and twentieth-century thinker who once said: “White is not a mere absence of colour; it is a shining and affirmative thing, as fierce as red, as definitive as black.” Beyond the trope of white representing purity — a factor that certainly sways the value of many homes—an all-white kitchen is easier to keep clean as stray spots of dirt are presented with greater contrast against an immaculate and white background. In light of all the benefits, a kitchen rendered in white is understandably the most popular method of dressing a cooking space, which is why we now take you on a tour of white kitchens.
Pristine Pose
Interior design by: Pocket Square
Much like the grains of natural wood, the organic veins of marble stand out with greater emphasis against a uniformly white background. But unlike common and readily available wood, the wide varieties of marbled stone speak volumes more of wealth and opulence—which is likely the reason why marble dining surfaces have been found to be highly prevalent in the homes, palaces, and places of worship in Ancient Greek and Roman society. The designers of the pictured kitchen demonstrate the regal effects of a pale marble, echoing the smooth white cabinetry and the pale wood accents against the monochromatic background.
Pure Touch
Interior design by: Yong Studio
A featureless space does little to comfort — as described in fiction, the appearance of a room devoid of any detail represents a frightening and disorientating detachment from reality. With some varying sensations of depth and texture incorporated into an all-white space, even a matte-white background will come alive with a range of stimuli to invite an exploratory touch.
As Yong Studio demonstrates in the pictured cooking space, a distinct transition from the smooth cabinet doors to the brick-configuration of tiles on the backsplash provides the scene with some variations in texture to beguile minds perpetually in search of familiar details.
Interior design by: Yong Studio
Finer Details
Interior design by: Latitude Design
A kitchen saturated in white does not necessarily have to appear as a flat and featureless space. Attention-grabbing details can be weaved into an all-white kitchen with decorative features painted to match and emphasise the white background. Latitude Design pulls the pictured cooking space from the brink of monotony by adding white cabinet doors adorned with intricate wainscoting and table legs decorated with ornately carved floral motifs. The result is a classically inspired and luxuriously uplifting décor seemingly transported from a stately cottage in the French countryside.
Interior design by: Latitude Design
Tip: A simplistic array of lines and textures provides even the most monochromatic of spaces with a measure of visual depth, but when attempting to adhere to a particular decorative style, the details should conform to the unwritten rules of the theme – such as the requirement for intricate ornamentation in classically inspired spaces.
Interior design by: Latitude Design
Wood Attitude
Interior design by: Gusto Design
Without an array of details to provide the space with variations in texture, an all-white kitchen relegates itself to serve as a background. Against this uniform background of white, a focal point of wood creates a scene of striking visual contrast and draws the observer into the space.
Interior design by: Gusto Design
Gusto Design purposefully incorporates few details into the pictured kitchen, enabling attention to instead fall to the slab of lightly treated wood poised at the centre of the space. For emphasis, a trio of disparate pendant lamps are hung directly over the focal point to further drive attention to the kitchen island.
[gallery columns="2" size="medium" link="file" ids="60801,60804"] Interior design by: Gusto DesignLight Bright
Interior design by: Yong Studio
With white being composed of all the other colours along the visible spectrum of light, surfaces painted white are exceedingly adept at faithfully echoing the tone of light reflecting off them.
Interior design by: Yong Studio
Yong Studio soaks the white background of the pictured kitchen with a combination of yellow light cast by hanging pendant lamps, ample natural sunlight via wide patio doors, in addition to wood flooring and countertops. The result is a warm and comfortingly familiar sheen that permeates the space, varying between slightly off-white and pale flesh tones depending on the perspective of the observer.
Interior design by: Yong Studio
Tip: White being the most reflective of colours, an all-white space will take on various other tones through the course of the day – reflecting light and adjacent colours with often mystical and unpredictable results.
Interior design by: Yong Studio
5 White Kitchen Ideas
Friday, November 20, 2020
A white kitchen is not just easier to keep clean; it can be made palatial with a nuanced blend of depth, texture, lighting, and accenting materials.
Interior design by: Pocket Square
Few have defined the colour white as aptly as Gilbert Chesterton, the “Prince of Paradox” and twentieth-century thinker who once said: “White is not a mere absence of colour; it is a shining and affirmative thing, as fierce as red, as definitive as black.” Beyond the trope of white representing purity — a factor that certainly sways the value of many homes—an all-white kitchen is easier to keep clean as stray spots of dirt are presented with greater contrast against an immaculate and white background. In light of all the benefits, a kitchen rendered in white is understandably the most popular method of dressing a cooking space, which is why we now take you on a tour of white kitchens.
Pristine Pose
Interior design by: Pocket Square
Much like the grains of natural wood, the organic veins of marble stand out with greater emphasis against a uniformly white background. But unlike common and readily available wood, the wide varieties of marbled stone speak volumes more of wealth and opulence—which is likely the reason why marble dining surfaces have been found to be highly prevalent in the homes, palaces, and places of worship in Ancient Greek and Roman society. The designers of the pictured kitchen demonstrate the regal effects of a pale marble, echoing the smooth white cabinetry and the pale wood accents against the monochromatic background.
Pure Touch
Interior design by: Yong Studio
A featureless space does little to comfort — as described in fiction, the appearance of a room devoid of any detail represents a frightening and disorientating detachment from reality. With some varying sensations of depth and texture incorporated into an all-white space, even a matte-white background will come alive with a range of stimuli to invite an exploratory touch.
As Yong Studio demonstrates in the pictured cooking space, a distinct transition from the smooth cabinet doors to the brick-configuration of tiles on the backsplash provides the scene with some variations in texture to beguile minds perpetually in search of familiar details.
Interior design by: Yong Studio
Finer Details
Interior design by: Latitude Design
A kitchen saturated in white does not necessarily have to appear as a flat and featureless space. Attention-grabbing details can be weaved into an all-white kitchen with decorative features painted to match and emphasise the white background. Latitude Design pulls the pictured cooking space from the brink of monotony by adding white cabinet doors adorned with intricate wainscoting and table legs decorated with ornately carved floral motifs. The result is a classically inspired and luxuriously uplifting décor seemingly transported from a stately cottage in the French countryside.
Interior design by: Latitude Design
Tip: A simplistic array of lines and textures provides even the most monochromatic of spaces with a measure of visual depth, but when attempting to adhere to a particular decorative style, the details should conform to the unwritten rules of the theme – such as the requirement for intricate ornamentation in classically inspired spaces.
Interior design by: Latitude Design
Wood Attitude
Interior design by: Gusto Design
Without an array of details to provide the space with variations in texture, an all-white kitchen relegates itself to serve as a background. Against this uniform background of white, a focal point of wood creates a scene of striking visual contrast and draws the observer into the space.
Interior design by: Gusto Design
Gusto Design purposefully incorporates few details into the pictured kitchen, enabling attention to instead fall to the slab of lightly treated wood poised at the centre of the space. For emphasis, a trio of disparate pendant lamps are hung directly over the focal point to further drive attention to the kitchen island.
[gallery columns="2" size="medium" link="file" ids="60801,60804"] Interior design by: Gusto DesignLight Bright
Interior design by: Yong Studio
With white being composed of all the other colours along the visible spectrum of light, surfaces painted white are exceedingly adept at faithfully echoing the tone of light reflecting off them.
Interior design by: Yong Studio
Yong Studio soaks the white background of the pictured kitchen with a combination of yellow light cast by hanging pendant lamps, ample natural sunlight via wide patio doors, in addition to wood flooring and countertops. The result is a warm and comfortingly familiar sheen that permeates the space, varying between slightly off-white and pale flesh tones depending on the perspective of the observer.
Interior design by: Yong Studio
Tip: White being the most reflective of colours, an all-white space will take on various other tones through the course of the day – reflecting light and adjacent colours with often mystical and unpredictable results.
Interior design by: Yong Studio