If white cabinets aren’t your thing, try navy, forest green or matte black paint.

And it keeps dust and kitchen grime from forming like open shelving.

Louvered

Louvered kitchen cabinets made with horizontal wood slats provide texture and interest.

Kitchen wall with open shelving and white shaker cabinets

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Traditional cabinets are often rendered in dark woods orclassic mapleor painted in neutral colors.

But if you are messy and find visual clutter bothersome, think twice.

Real Shaker Kitchen from deVOL.

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Ultra contemporary all-white kitchen.

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Plykea kitchen cabinets.

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Glass front kitchen cabinets

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Rustic country-style kitchen cabinets.

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Sebastian Cox kitchen for deVOL.

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Haberdasher's kitchen from deVOL.

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Traditional wood kitchen cabinets.

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Floating wood shelves in an all-white kitchen.

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Classic English kitchen from deVOL.

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