Contemporary Kitchen Cabinets: More Choices Than Ever
Today's consumer looking for
Euro-style kitchen cabinets is enticed with a wonderful selection of materials ranging from exotic wood veneers to high gloss, reflective finishes and even striking metals such as aluminum. Let's take a look at some of the materials available today.
What do you envision when you think of glass cabinets?
Most of us are familiar with glass inserts in doors which allow the contents to be displayed. Few realize that glass is available to create mirror like finishes as the actual surface of contemporary cabinet facings or doors. Glass cabinets have a unique ability to let light travel from room to room and can be furnished in a variety of colors. Striking in black, red or white, glass colors lend themselves to creating dramatic interiors that reflect and amplify light in amazing ways. The true benefit of the glass facings is that they are not painted surfaces that can be easily damaged and do not telegraph imperfections in the substrate material like paints.
Metallic Cabinetry Interprets Ultra Modern Kitchen Cabinets
The metallic look is a terrific choice for creating modern and sleek Euro-style environments. There are metallic laminates made of real metal as well as faux metallic materials which can convey the look of everything from stainless steel to aluminum and even copper. There are also real metal cabinets made from stainless steel, painted steel as well as aluminum. Often these metal looks are used to set create a focal point within the overall design of the interior.
Real Wood Looks In the Best Traditions of Italian Kitchen Cabinets
Contemporary European kitchen designs utilize wood looks most often in wood veneers that contain subtle or striking grain patterns which lends them to showing vertical or horizontal orientation which enhances the linearity often found in this style of design. These veneers may be of common wood species such as oak, cherry or maple, but most often an engineered exotic veneer is chosen for its striking patterns and colors that easily achieve harmony with its surroundings. Often, two different colors or materials are used between the lower and upper cabinetry to create strong horizontal visual elements in the design. Today there is great interest in exotic Zebrawood, Teak, Wenge and Bamboo to create one-of-a-kind interiors that are sophisticated, yet simple design statements.
Where to Discover the Best in Contemporary Cabinetry
European cabinets are available from manufacturers such as Allmilmo, Alno, Poggenpohl and Webinetry.com to name but a few. Altogether, modern cabinetry today offers much more than I have mentioned in my posts thus far, but stay tuned as I'll be sure to continue to introduce you to the wide variety of unique design choices as well as budget options available in the world of contemporary cabinetry.
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