11 Ways a Colorful Appliance Can Perk Up Your Kitchen
Whether your kitchen is mostly white or full of color, appliances that aren’t white or stainless can jazz up your space
Erin Carlyle
20. september 2018
There’s no doubt that white kitchens rule these days, but some Houzz readers have told us they don’t want everything in their kitchens to be white. If you’re looking to add a splash of color to a mostly white kitchen, a wood kitchen or even a colorful one, have you considered choosing a colorful oven or refrigerator? The following rooms illustrate 11 ways a colorful large appliance can perk up a room.
Whatever your overall kitchen palette, with this design move it’s wise to select a color that will have staying power for you. Take a look and then tell us: Which colorful appliance would you most enjoy seeing in your kitchen?
Whatever your overall kitchen palette, with this design move it’s wise to select a color that will have staying power for you. Take a look and then tell us: Which colorful appliance would you most enjoy seeing in your kitchen?
Colorful Appliances in Mostly White Kitchens
1. Channel a nautical vibe. The blue and brassy oven brings a ship’s feel to this white, wood and brass kitchen in Nantucket, Massachusetts. The 90-square-foot kitchen is part of a couple’s vacation condo, and the full space is indeed decked out with coastal-themed decor.
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1. Channel a nautical vibe. The blue and brassy oven brings a ship’s feel to this white, wood and brass kitchen in Nantucket, Massachusetts. The 90-square-foot kitchen is part of a couple’s vacation condo, and the full space is indeed decked out with coastal-themed decor.
Read more about this kitchen
2. Add a splash of romance. Deep red connotes energy and, well, it can also be romantic. And who doesn’t want to experience the romance of cooking — getting deeply absorbed in a passion for pasta or the love of a good chili? Here, a red oven brings richness to an elegant white Chicago kitchen with dark countertops and inlaid wood floors.
Find more ranges in shades of red
Find more ranges in shades of red
3. Celebrate the hues of a countertop. The owners of this kitchen in Charleston, South Carolina, must have had an easy time deciding on the color for their oven — they clearly have a passion for blue. The oven’s hue picks up on the lighter blue flecks in the terrazzo countertop — the flecks are actually a blend of architectural glass and oyster shells.
Countertop: Bretagne Blue, Vetrazzo
What Is Terrazzo — and How to Rock It
Countertop: Bretagne Blue, Vetrazzo
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4. Offer up a surprise. The orange oven and matching pendant come as a pleasant surprise in this white-and-silver kitchen in Columbus, Ohio, which features classic Shaker cabinets and white subway tile — choices you don’t often see paired with bright orange. The green Paul Frank bar stool peeking out beneath the breakfast counter offers another colorful surprise.
This kitchen also features classic choices: white cabinets, simple bar pulls, a gray-veined backsplash and two separate butcher blocks. The cheery aqua range creates a happy departure from the room’s other beautiful and understated finishes.
Colorful Appliances in Colorful Kitchens
5. Blend in with colorful surroundings. Rather than the prevailing white palette seen in the previous kitchens, the dominant color in this London kitchen is powder blue. The darker blue of the range serves to deepen the room’s palette, an effect enhanced by the various blues of the decorative accessories.
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5. Blend in with colorful surroundings. Rather than the prevailing white palette seen in the previous kitchens, the dominant color in this London kitchen is powder blue. The darker blue of the range serves to deepen the room’s palette, an effect enhanced by the various blues of the decorative accessories.
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The retro-style refrigerator in this Surrey, England, kitchen features a color that’s very close to the cabinet color, allowing the wall to carry its pinkish-lavender tone across the room (interrupted only by the stainless steel stove).
Colorful Appliances in Wood Kitchens
6. Create a focal point. You don’t have to have a white kitchen to enjoy a colorful appliance. It can work just as well in kitchens that are mostly wood. This cherry red range brings cheer to a rustic kitchen in Vancouver, British Columbia. Medium-tone wood cabinets with a slatted construction contribute to the rustic feel.
6. Create a focal point. You don’t have to have a white kitchen to enjoy a colorful appliance. It can work just as well in kitchens that are mostly wood. This cherry red range brings cheer to a rustic kitchen in Vancouver, British Columbia. Medium-tone wood cabinets with a slatted construction contribute to the rustic feel.
7. Add soft color for a vintage vibe. The retro mint of the range in this kitchen in Cologne, Germany, lends a pleasant timeworn feel to the space.
8. Reinforce a color palette. The bold blue range and its custom orange knobs encapsulate the color palette for this Chicago kitchen, which was inspired by the homeowners’ large collection of Persian rugs.
Read more about this kitchen
Read more about this kitchen
9. Create contrast with other elements. Here, an orange dishwasher, refrigerator and oven (just visible on the far right) offer bursts of color that contrast with the cobalt cabinets. Orange and blue are complementary colors, meaning they’re across from each other on the color wheel and therefore a dynamic combination. If you like color, choosing complementary hues guarantees your kitchen will have an energetic vibe.
Colorful Appliances in Mixed Kitchens
10. Stand out amid gray and white. This Cheshire, England, kitchen features dark gray on the island cabinetry, but it’s the purple range that draws the eye. Without that purple, the room would have the much more commonly seen palette of gray and white.
10. Stand out amid gray and white. This Cheshire, England, kitchen features dark gray on the island cabinetry, but it’s the purple range that draws the eye. Without that purple, the room would have the much more commonly seen palette of gray and white.
11. Complement an accent wall (or a few). This Paris kitchen features white and wood plus several hits of turquoise: on the recessed niche above the sink, the wall on the left side of the room (behind the upper cabinets) and on the bench seat’s back cushion. The Smeg refrigerator’s pale aqua correlates nicely with the room’s more intense turquoise hues. The refrigerator also complements the print of sky and clouds on the wall to the left.
Your turn: Would you consider a colorful large appliance for your kitchen? If so, which color would you choose? Tell us in the Comments.
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Your turn: Would you consider a colorful large appliance for your kitchen? If so, which color would you choose? Tell us in the Comments.
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