The New Hues: Blue, Grey & Green in the Kitchen

Nancy Mitchell
Nancy Mitchell
As a former Senior Writer at Apartment Therapy, Nancy split her time among looking at beautiful pictures, writing about design, and photographing stylish apartments in and around NYC.
updated Oct 15, 2022
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Modern kitchen with stainless steel stove, open shelves, toaster, kettle, and espresso machine on white countertops.
(Image credit: Emily Billings)

For some time now, white has been the color of choice for kitchen cabinets. I think maybe we got fatigued by all those dark-cherry and oak cabinets in the late 90s and decided to play it safe. But now I’m noticing a new trend, one that I’m really excited about: color, especially in beautiful, cool tones like grey and green and blue, is creeping back into the kitchen.

  • Mint green cabinets in a kitchen by Petra Bindel. Doesn’t this space look so cool and elegant?
  • A beautiful blue kitchen by Københavns Møbelsnedkeri.
  • This gorgeous minimal kitchen is from an apartment for sale by Scandinavian firm Entrance.
  • Blue lowers and white open shelving, spotted on SF Girl by Bay.
  • More mint green — can’t get enough of this color. From Balingslov.
  • When I first spotted them, I completely fell in love with these grey kitchens from Karlavagen 76, a luxury apartment building in Stockholm.
  • A seafoamy green and navy blue, all in the same space. Spotted on Desire to Inspire.
  • Sage green is lovely in a small kitchen from Estilos Deco.
  • Grey? Blue? Beautiful either way. Hus & Hem via Riazzoli.
  • Blue cabinets and marble, from Scandinavian Deko.
  • Dark grey plays nice with white in a kitchen from Femina.

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