More Green Cabinets In My Future

I almost got my pantry doors finished yesterday. Almost. But after taking them outside to finish priming, sanding, and spraying them yesterday, I ran out of time to reinstall them and attach the new handles. (If you follow me on Instagram, you can get some behind the scenes looks at my projects, including a peek at the beautiful new handles I bought for the doors.)

Anyway, I decided on white for my pantry doors, as I told y’all a few days ago. I know. That sounds boring, right? It would definitely be boring for me if I stuck with my original plan of doing a white pantry. But a few days ago, I changed my mind on the white pantry.

I’ve decided to go with a green pantry instead.

I don’t know why I’ve been planning on white cabinets in my pantry in the first place. How many times have I said that white cabinets just aren’t me? So what was I thinking? I’m a color kind of person, and I think green cabinets peeking through those white French doors will be just perfect. Blue and green (or in my case, teal and green) work very well together.

Remember our condo? (If you missed the condo, you can click here to take the tour.) I had teal cabinets in the kitchen, and just around the corner I had green cabinets in the hallway.

condo hallway and utility closet makeover

I loved those green cabinets. I have no idea if that particular green is the one I’ll end up using, but it sure does look like it would work beautifully with my dining chair fabric…

breakfast room dining chairs

I can’t even remember the name of that paint color, so I’ll have to do some searching. But I hope to end up with something bright and happy like this…

Or if that green is a bit too bright and yellowish, then something like this might work…

I’m very excited about adding some color behind those white French doors. I can just imagine what a happy little pantry that will be filled with one of my favorite colors.



Update:

My pantry is finished! Want to see the entire project from start to finish? You can find every single post about the pantry build right here…

Or you can skip to the end and see how it turned out. Here’s a peek of the finished pantry…

Butler's pantry remodel with dark teal lower cabinets, floating corner shelves, and whitewashed wood countertop

You can see more pictures on the before and after post right here…

 

 

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44 Comments

  1. Green is my favorite, it’s a happy color yet soothing at the same time; depending on the shade you choose.

  2. I think your green cabinets are going to look fabulous in the pantry. What a great idea! By the way, I clicked on your Instagram link and I absolutely love, love, love the new pantry door handles.

  3. I love the second green in the BHG photo. A beautiful soft color. That will look great peeking through the doors of the pantry.

  4. Love the BIG picture-that’s the color I want for my kitchen, but with white subway tile!! So excited to see this beautiful pantry come together.

  5. Love all those greens, it will always be Spring in your pantry! I have a similar color on the walls in my studio, it’s called “Plum Passion” but I don’t remember the brand of paint. I thought that’s a dumb name until I remembered the green plums.

  6. It is going to look fabulous. I love the second green. I think the first green has a little to much yellow and the second one coordinates with your breakfast room colors.

  7. Ooh, like that last green. I just bought the same twisted bar pull handle to use on a wooden trunk in place of the robe pull that came with it. How funny.

    Have you decided what to do about the corner spaces in the panty?

  8. I love the cecond green and have for a while now and used it in several places! the one I chose is described as “sage”, hinting at the slight grey undertones. A light green is a very interesting choice for your pantry and I agere will go lovely with the kitchen and the breakfast room furniture!

  9. What a great way to go! I think it will be totally gorgeous like you said, looking through those French doors. Btw, your post was terrific yesterday. It just goes to show that we need to stay true to our personal design loves. I have gotten off track myself and I blame Pinterest for that because of the overload of choices and the constant inundation of boho, tribal, Scandinavian, and other designs that distract me from my first and true love, traditional.

  10. Hi Kristi
    That is so strange I was just thinking about when I started following your blog,and it was when you were doing the checkered paint effect in the utillity room,and today here it is! Looking forward to seeing your progress.Xx

  11. Love love love the second green. I’m afraid the “yellowy” green would clash with your kitchen, but believe the second one will contrast wonderfully.

  12. The second picture is awesome! I love the stained wood backs! I feel like you are doing all my research for me when I need ideas on how to redo my rooms. 😉

  13. Well. Well. Well. You are full of surprises and I love that green. With the yellow in your fabric, it might be the perfect shade in the pantry. Very exciting stuff.

  14. Ooooh that will be so pretty! But then again, I’m partial to yellow green. I have it in my kitchen and I love it! 🙂

  15. Whew! You scared me there for a minute! I thought you were changing your kitchen cabinet color again. I think green will be very pretty for the pantry.

  16. Oooooo. Great idea, Kristi! I really love the pear green in the House and Home image. It’s just classy and pretty well perfect with everything else you’re doing. Gorgeous.

  17. Oh I just adore that green. You’re right, it fits with the colour scheme for your chairs perfectly. I’ve always been a white cupboards girl (and yes, I wondered how long before you shook off that urge) and even I am tempted but such a gorgeous colour scheme. In my opinion I think the first yellow green fits well with your chairs but the second colour is just so rich. I’m no help at all here.

  18. You are on a roll, lol! This green color will look very nice in your pantry 🙂 I started following your blog during your condo days and I always did love the colors there.

  19. Either of those greens would be gorgeous! As someone up thread said, it’s a very fresh color, very happy, and will work beautifully with your color scheme. It’s going to look stunning with your chair fabric.

    Your favorite color family is mine as well, anything that’s in an aqua or turquoise or teal shade with sea greens family are my favorite colors. So calming and peaceful, yet happy and clean looking. Plus, certain shades feel beach-y to me, and the seaside is my favorite thing in the world!

  20. Love the idea of colored cabinets. I just redid my laundry room and added SW Oyster Bay cabinets against Alabaster walls and white subway tile. Everyone tried to talk me into white cabs and it tied my stomach in knots and a few sleepless nights. I went back to my gut and it is spectacular. I love my new updated room. Everyone loves the green cabs. So FRESH as an earlier reader stated. Good Luck, have been following your blog for several years. You’ve inspired me to keep going!

  21. That will look great. I have a shade of green on my dining rm and living rm walls and had a different shade in my last kitchen and dining rm. It’s so easy to be swayed otherwise but I love my calm and soothing green.

  22. Green will be really pretty. I love the color of the House & Home cabinets; it’s a much fresher and happier color than the BHG ones.