There?s been an ongoing debate in our home for over a year about painting some dark wood cabinets in our casa.� We have dark wood cabinets in our master bathroom and dining room, dark wood countertops in our kitchen and dark wood treads on our staircase too ? all of them I love and would never paint.
I love dark wood, especially juxtaposed next to crisp or warm whites ? the contrast is divine.� The debate in our home has to do with the dark wood built-ins in our windowless family room, which feels like a cave much of the day. I am so drawn to the look of white built-ins in a living or family room space, especially flanking a fireplace.
See how nice they look?
White built-ins are so clean, so fresh, so timeless ? there?s something so beautiful about a clean white backdrop to showcase art or other accents. I?ve begged the mister to agree to paint our family room?s built-ins white, like the ones above, remaining eternally optimistic for over a year that he?d cave and say yes.
The good news is he finally agreed.� So the plan is to paint these family room built-ins a warm white, and I?m thinking of removing the doors too.� It will expose the television, which I hesitate to do, but also provide a great opportunity to display photographs and collectibles too.� And no, I?m not painting the wood bench seat along the bottom, just the cabinets ? I think it will be a nice rich contrast and brighten this windowless room.
Raise your hand if this same debate about painting dark wood cabinets is one going on in your home too?�� How have you convinced (or maybe not yet convinced) your mate to paint your dark wood cabinets white?
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