Kitchen cabinets are must-have items for any kitchens including a modern one. Modern kitchen cabinets applies flat and sleek design with no excessive details. Therefore, some of them are prone to dullness since no moldings and crafted details are found in these cabinets. But, don’t worry! Here are 15 alluring modern kitchen cabinets that will jazz your kitchen up.
Modern Kitchen Cabinets
1. Sleek Red Modern Kitchen Cabinets
A good thing of modern kitchen is you can play with any colors of your choice. You only need to make sure that the cabinets are flat and plain – or even sleek. These sleek cabinets lend an airy look in that the outer finish can reflect anything in front of them. They also make the kitchen look more spacious.
Since the vibrant red has taken over the kitchen, you had better not overwhelm the kitchen with some other vivid colors contrasting with red. Stay simple is your great bet. Therefore, pair these red cabinets with black, silver, or white furniture and fixture for a harmonious look.
• The sleek and vivid color can cheer the kitchen up, making it look fresh.
• The cabinets provide more space to store things.
• It can be hard to reach the upper cabinets.
2. Veneer Kitchen Cabinets
Modern kitchen cabinets are not always about sleek design and vivid colors. You can bring nature to your modern kitchen by installing veneer kitchen cabinets.
Veneer kitchen cabinets lend the natural look to your kitchen. The natural patterns of the veneer embody the color of woods. If you want your modern kitchen to look more natural without burning a hole in your pocket, these veneer cabinets will your great bet.
Pros:
• They provide natural look.
• It is much cheaper than solid wood cabinets.
Cons:
• The edges of the cabinets are prone to chipping.
3. Geometric Modern Kitchen Cabinets
Well, yeah, modern kitchen cabinets tend to be plain and have no decorative patterns, but it doesn’t mean that adding a few patterns can be a sin. As long as the patterns remain flat and not excessive, they will be just fine.
Instead of using glass or frosted glass for the cabinet doors, these cabinets prefer to cut the doors in geometric shapes so that you can see what is inside. They are such great cabinets.
• The patterns add a distinctive look to your kitchen, making it look more spectacular.
• The cabinet doors are not covered with any glasses. It makes the plates and everything stored in it are prone to dirt. You will need to clean them religiously.
4. White Kitchen Cabinets for White Kitchen
White is one of the most versatile colors that you can add in any kitchen styles including this modern farmhouse kitchen. The white kitchen cabinets create a perfect harmonious to the kitchen. They also make the kitchen look clean and neat.
• White kitchen cabinets can spruce the kitchen up and make it look larger.
• They fit any decor and color very well.
• White cabinets show dirt, scratches, splashes, or smudges clearly.
• They can be discolored easily.
5. Built-in Glossy Cabinets
These built-in kitchen cabinets look fantastic with glossy and wood-grained finish that suit the tongue-and-groove ceiling very well. To accentuate the clean look of the cabinets, clean handlebars with polished silver are installed.
The cabinets are also permanently attached to the kitchen island. Instead of using wooden cabinet doors, they use clear glass doors that display what is inside.
Pros:
• Built-in kitchen cabinets are made to suit your requirements.
Cons:
• Built-in cabinets are install permanently and cannot be moved easily.
6. Stainless Steel Kitchen Cabinets
Many homeowners are shifting from the ubiquitous wooden cabinets to stainless steel cabinets for their durability and sleek look. And stainless steel cabinets always look great in any modern kitchens. If you want to add modern touch to your kitchen, you can always rely on these types of cabinets.
• Stainless steel cabinets are easy to clean and they do not need extra care.
• Unlike other metal, stainless steel cabinets will not fade or even tarnish.
• The sleek finish of the stainless steel cabinets reflect lights in the kitchen, making it look brighter.
• Stainless steel cabinets usually cost an arm and a leg.
• Unlike wooden cabinets that provide a breadth of designs, stainless steel cabinets only provide few designs.
7. Tetris-Look Modern Kitchen Cabinets
Do you still remember a popular game that you played when you were a kid? It was a very simple yet addicting game. Yes! It is Tetris. You can bring back the feel of stacking some blocks up to your kitchen by installing these Tetris-look kitchen cabinets.
The rectangular white cabinets come in various kinds of sizes. Although they are stacked up randomly, they still look great together and create a perfect harmony. The flat designs that ditching the handlebars make them look more chic.
• White cabinets make your kitchen look larger and brighter.
• These modern cabinets are effortless. You do not need to harness your strength to pull the slab doors out. You only need to push them, and they will be open.
• White cabinets are prone to dirt and splashes.
• These kinds of cabinets can be pricey.
8. Ditching The Upper Cabinets
If you have a small kitchen, and you want to make it look more spacious, you can try ditching the upper cabinets. Ditching the upper cabinets enables you to see the walls over the countertops. It will make you think that the kitchen is quite roomy.
Does it mean you cannot store things in the cabinets? Of course, you can. You still have lower cabinets in which you can store spices, sauces, or many other things. To fill the blank space left by the upper cabinets, you can put photographs or paintings on the wall.
• Ditching the upper cabinets make the kitchen look larger.
• You will have fewer spaces to store things.
9. Add Industrial Look to Your Modern Kitchen Cabinets
Modern kitchen cabinets tend to have glossy finish with vivid colors. That is absolutely true. But why don’t you try to break the rules by adding an industrial look to your modern kitchen? It will be a great fusion since the indutrial look that you usually find in a steampunk kitchen – and does not look modern at all –has turned to be an art in your modern kitchen.
These galvanized kitchen cabinets give a rustic look to your kitchen without compromising on the modern look. Despite the distressed steel, the cabinets are still edgy and simple with no excessive details which are the most important elements of modern kitchen. Now, bringing a rustic look in a modern kitchen is not pie in the sky anymore.
• Galvanized steel cabinets make a distinctive look to your modern kitchen and will make everybody envy you.
• These kinds of cabinets can be costly.
• The galvanized finish does not make them look clean.
10. Bring The Joy of Yellow to Your Kitchen
The good thing of a modern kitchen is you can explore your idea to perk your kitchen up including using your favorite colors just like this kitchen. Fresh and bright yellow cabinets add joy to this white kitchen. The glossy finish reflects the light making the kitchen look bigger and brighter.
• Vivid colors such as yellow make the kitchen look more spacious.
• The bright yellow can inject joy to your kitchen that encourages you to expore your cooking skills.
• Yellow is a vibrant color. Like any other vibrant colors, it might not look great with other colors except the neutral ones such as white, black, and gray.
• These types of cabinets that do not have any handlebars can be costly.
11. Black Matte Kitchen Cabinets
Black matte furniture always looks good with any colors and styles. It lends the touch of boldness to the room where it is put. Just like these black matte kitchen cabinets. They add elegance to your kitchen and make it look more attractive.
Black is one of the colors that can be paired with any colors of your choice. These black matte cabinets complement and highlight the boldness of crimson wall very well. and the good news is they would look as good as this kitchen if you paired them with any other colors.
• Black is a neutral color that can be paired with any colors that you want.
• Black and any other dark colors can make your kitchen look more cramped.
12. Frosted Glass and Veneer Wood Cabinets
A modern kitchen allows you to use various kinds of cabinets made of any materials such as aluminium, stainless steel, wood, or even frosted glass. The combination of frosted glass and veneer wood in these kitchen cabinets are epic. The frosted glass cabinets display blurred plates and bottles put inside them.
The veneer wood cabinets add charm and elegance to the frosted glass cabinets. Many people feel all worked up when it comes to add veneer to their furniture as veneer are prone to chip. These cabinets, however, are secured with white edges that will hold the chip at bay.
• The frosted glass cabinets enable you to see what is inside.
• The veneer wood cabinets add the natural look to your kitchen.
• Some sides are not secured with white edges which cam make them prone to chip.
13. Melamine Modern Kitchen Cabinet
Installing wooden cabinets can add nature to your kitchen. Unfortunately, wooden cabinets can be too way exorbitant.
If you want to add nature to your kitchen, but you are caught short, you can have melamine kitchen cabinets. Melamine kitchen cabinets really look like real wooden cabinets, but they are much cheaper than the real ones. By installing melamine kitchen cabinets, you can bring back-to-nature theme to the hub of your house.
• Easy to clean due to the paper and resin finish.
• It is resistant to dirt, heat, stain, and moisture as long as you keep cleaning the other finish.
• It looks as good as the real wooden cabinet.
• It will be easily damaged if you install it too close to the sink or any other water resources. It absorbs the water and is prone to moist.
• A melamine kitchen cabinet tends to be heavy. Therefore, an extra care during the installation is necessary.
14. Aluminium Modern Kitchen Cabinet
If you find wooden and glass cabinets mundane and want to have something different for your kitchen cabinets, consider installing aluminium kitchen cabinets. These aluminium kitchen cabinets look clean and adorable with the white glossy finish.
The white aliminium cabinets complement the black matte walls, making a simple yet attractive look. Now you know that the combination of black and white is not always tedious. It can be fabulous, instead.
• Aluminium cabinets are quite durable since they are water proof.
• They are also rust resistant.
• You do not need to worry about damage caused by inscets since they are insect proof.
• Aluminium cabinets are prone to dent.
• If they are not installed properly, it can be noisier than a wooden cabinet.
15. Double-stacked Modern Kitchen Cabinets
If you have many things to store, but your kitchen cabinets are full already, you will have to add more cabinets. But the problem is you don’t have enough space to add freestanding cabinets. Why don’t you invest in double-stacked modern kitchen cabinets?
Double-stcaked kitchen cabinets enable you to store more things without taking up a lot of space since you stack the cabinets up. These brown double-stacked cabinets look amazing and neat. And the most important thing is you can still have your dining table since there is still plenty of space.
• They provide extra storage spaces.
• They fill the gap between the cabinets and the ceiling. Therefore, they provide finished look since they.
• More cabinets mean more money to spend.
• More cabinets entail extra care.
• They are hard to access.
• They can make a small kitchen look cramped.