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These 32 Examples Prove the Versatility of Green Kitchen Cabinets

Stephen Kent Johnson

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Farm Fresh Green

Rachael Smith

This English kitchen may be in one of the most charming country houses we’ve ever seen, but owner and Toast CEO Suzie de Rohan Willner looked to the space’s continental cousins for inspo: “I wanted a very practical kitchen that suited the house but also reminded me of France,” she told us. And that resulted in the vivid green cabinets, painted in Farrow & Ball’s ultra-fresh Emerald.

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Green Island

Francesco Lagnese

This kitchen, designed by Tom Scheerer for a client on New York’s tony Upper East Side, proves that you don’t have to choose between a classic all-white kitchen or a trendy green one. Here, Scheerer incorporated a custom island painted in a bright pea green, a tint that’s picked up in the John Derian decoupaged trays on the wall and in the charming botanical wallpaper above the cabinets.

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Green Lacquer Cabinets

Cerruti & Draime

ELLE DECOR A-List designer Fabrizio Casiraghi doused this Paris apartment in a layer of glossy green lacquer. Follow suit by coating your kitchen cabinets in a high-shine finish.

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Dusty Green Cabinets

Ty Cole

This New York City brownstone features a predominantly all-white palette, but local design firm 2Michaels introduced color into the scheme with these dusty-green painted cabinetry (in Benjamin Moore’s Vintage Vogue, in case you were wondering). “It’s a warm and inviting atmosphere,” firm co-founder Joan Michaels told.

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Classic Green Cabinets

Ricardo Labougle

What makes this elegant Paris apartment extra striking? The green kitchen cabinets, of course! Designer Lorenzo Castillo painted the surfaces in Farrow & Ball’s Studio Green and papered the walls in a complementary covering of his own design. A sky-blue ceiling lends the look an alfresco feel.

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Earthy Green Cabinets

Stephen Kent Johnson

Brother-sister design duo Ramin and Pamela Shamshiri chose Farrow & Ball’s earthy Dyrehaven green for this laid-back kitchen in Southern California. White shiplap walls and pale timber floors keep the look organic and effortless.

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Acid Green Cabinets

Roger Davies

A shocking shade of poison ivy green has been making the rounds lately, and we love this take on the trend, courtesy of David Netto. He tempered the lime cabinets above with stainless steel and blue-gray cabinets below.

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Barely-There Green Cabinets

Ryann Ford

Pale jade green cabinetry accentuates the airy feel of this effortless Texas bungalow designed by architect Paul Lamb. Bonus: the tint echoes a subtle green palette that can be found throughout the home, including the tile that clads the exterior.

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Blue-Green Kitchen Cabinets

Isabel Parra

If acid green isn’t quite your style, consider a deeper, moodier shade, like this deep green in the Hudson, New York, home belonging to the founders of Perifio.

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Celery Green Cabinets

Kelly Marshall

Fashion designer Chris Benz coated his kitchen in the palest of greens, a move that feels fresh and timeless. Here and in the rest of the house, he opted for Farrow & Ball’s Teresa’s Green.

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Green and Gold Storage

Ye Rin Mok

If you’re not ready to commit, paint a single zone of your kitchen in green. We love this scheme from Los Angeles firm LAUN. Instead of sticking with a single material, the firm specified stone and brass alongside the sleek lacquered storage volume.

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Layers of Green

Douglas Friedman

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Sage Green Cabinets

Michael Partenio

An elegant, understated shade of green boosts this Connecticut kitchen’s style factor. Design by Rachel Reider Interiors.

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Mint Green Cabinets

Courtesy of Maureen Stevens Design

In this kitchen by Maureen Stevens Design, mint green cabinets create an attractive contrast to the brass hardware and Moroccan handmade tiles.

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Soft Lime Green Island

Benjamin Moore

A soft green island, thanks to Benjamin Moore’s Chantilly Lace, offers a sense of balance to the pops of crisp white in this kitchen design scheme.

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Olive Green Cabinets

David W. Gilbert

A windowless kitchen designed by Blythe Home benefits from deep olive green cabinetry.

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Deep Olive Cabinets

Andrea Cipriani Mecchi

Michele Plachter Design experimented with rich olive green cabinetry in this sophisticated kitchen featuring gold accents and mirrored subway tile.

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Bold Green Cabinets

Chaunte Vaughn

In this Brazilian-inspired kitchen owned by the Bucket List family, bright green touches, including cabinetry and a patterned rug, serve as focal points.

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Mallard Green Cabinets

Douglas Friedman

In Steven Gambrel's Chicago apartment, the sink fittings in the butler’s pantry are by Kallista, the counter is in Indigo Green marble, and the antique mirror is from Olde Good Things; the cabinetry was painted in a custom high-gloss lacquer matched to Pantone’s Mallard Green.

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Pistachio Cabinets

Jared Kuzia Photography

In a kitchen from Haver & Skolnick Architects, Shaker-style cabinets in a mellow pistachio tone provide a cool complement to red vaulted walls.

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Seaweed Stain

Robert Benson Photography

In this farmhouse kitchen by Haver & Skolnick Architects, traditional paneled cabinets are washed with a slightly transparent rich sea green.

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Shades of Citron Shelves

Roger Davies

Girlboss founder Sophia Amoruso opted for citron open-shelving and cabinetry, plus melamine stools in shades of mint, jade, and gray green.

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Seagrass Cabinets

Jamie Salomon

Seagrass toned cabinets in a barnwood double-height kitchen by Kristina Crestin Design.

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Olive Green Cabinets

Björn Wallander

In this earthy Greek island home, the kitchen's doors, window frames and custom cabinetry are all splashed with a custom green color that is reflected in accent pieces throughout the home. The kitchen countertops are poured concrete.

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Two-Toned Green

William Abranowicz

In a Malibu beach house belonging to designers Nathan Turner and Eric Hughes, the light green floor (painted in Farrow & Ball's Arsenic) provides just enough contrast to the dark, glossy green cabinetry by SieMatic.

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Fresh Mint Cabinets

Thomas Loof

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Clover Green Cabinets

Eric Piasecki

In a colorful, contemporary Houston home designed by J. Randall Powers, the kitchen's lower custom cabinets are painted green in a strié effect.

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Juniper Green Cabinets

William Abranowicz

Cameron Diaz's Manhattan home, designed by Kelly Wearstler, features a show-stopping green and brass kitchen. The backsplash, counters and sink fittings are all unlacquered brass while then brass-trimmed cabinetry is lacquered in a custom color. The wood floors were treated with an ebony stain and then cerused.

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Grassy Green Cabinets

Simon Upton

This kitchen in a Manhattan apartment is swathed in Benjamin Moore's Courtyard Green, which covers the cabinets, walls and table.

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Sapling Green Cabinets

William Waldron

Punctuated by a glossy wooden countertop, a refreshing shade of green lends quiet charm to glass-fronted cabinets, accentuating the glassware and fine china displayed inside.

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Lime Green Cabinets

William Waldron

It may seem like an unusual choice for a kitchen, but the Benjamin Moore’s Bright Lime hue used in this cheery kitchen brightens and energizes upon first glance. Red accents pop against the green for a palette evocative of apple trees on a sunny summer day.

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Pastel Green Cabinets

Stephen Kent Johnson

Amanda Seyfried's cozy home in the Catskills, designed by Brooklyn-based firm General Assembly, is full of subtle, gentle color. The kitchen is defined by a geometric green backsplash and pale green cabinetry.

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15 Best Green Kitchens - Ideas for Green Kitchen Design

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We're seeing green.

By Sienna Livermore

Thomas Loof

For many of us, the kitchen is the place in our homes where we spend the most time. After some time, things can feel pretty dull, especially if you're eating more leftovers than getting creative with your fun gadgets. This year, make your heart skip a beat by changing up the color! And what better hue for it than a pretty green? You're able to bring the outdoors in and boast about styling your home with the standout color of the year.

Green is everywhere, and it is not going to hide anytime soon. From your cabinets to your counters, to even your plates and appliances, there's an opportunity to add it to your space. Green is the perfect color to celebrate growth and refresh your point of view. Start small with a pale mint or go bold with an emerald hue, these shades will leave your guests green with envy. Scroll for genius inspo below!

Thomas Loof

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Balance Light and Dark

In this showstopping kitchen by Kati Curtis, emerald cabinets in a high-gloss lacquer are brightened up with white oak ceiling beams.

Sara Tramp for Emily Henderson Designs

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Go for a Gray Green

Choose a dark green with gray undertones if you want to keep it subtle. It'll add some color, but still feel neutral, as Emily Henderson proves here.

Alyssa Rosenheck Photography

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Add a Graphic Motif

For the mint-hued kitchen in Charles and Cassie Kelley's Nashville home, designer Lindsay Rhodes created a black-and-white stripe on the floor to amp up the retro feel.

Victoria Pearson

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Add Brass

This is, without a doubt, the sexiest kitchen ever. Pair green with brass and white like Martyn Lawrence Bullard did, and everyone will be envious. Trust.

John M. Hall

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Refresh Your Cabinets

Traditional Shaker-style cabinets in a farmhouse kitchen by Young Huh feel fresh thanks to a couple coats of blue-green paint. They stand out when paired with white walls but not so much that it's jarring.

Trevor Tondro

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Try a Green Stove

An apple green range and cabinetry from La Cornue bridges bold and classic in this kitchen.

Peter Murdock

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Channel the Outdoors

This shade of green is funky, but also fits with the lush, green landscape outside this Alabama home by Brockschmidt & Coleman. Plus, the cabinetry echoes the wallpaper in the dining room beyond.

Eric Piasecki

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Have Fun With Pattern

A green gingham ceiling gives a classic kitchen personality, and it brings extremely high ceilings down to a more comfortable place. To further animate the room, the island was painted to match.

David Tsay

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Take Cues From Jungle Hues

A pale green blends seamlessly between the kitchen and dining area of Justina Blakeney’s hime, especially when paired with the Moroccan clay tile backsplash.

Thomas Loof

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Double Up

Sometimes two is better than one, like in this colorful farmhouse kitchen by Jeffrey Bilhuber. The table is a lighter green, while the island is a rich, deeper hue.

James Merrell

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Give a Small Space a Big Effect

Use green to turn a small kitchen into a jewel box like Meg Braff did here. Mahogany counters and brass hardware gleam on moss-colored cabinets, while sage wallpaper adds texture.

Thomas Loof

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Go Lacquered

The cabinets in the kitchen of Miles Redd’s New York apartment are painted a bamboo leaf shade of green. Lacquering adds depth and brightens up the small space.

Simon Upton

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Add Pop to a White Kitchen

Get the best of both worlds by painting cabinet fronts white and adding an accent color on the back. A greenish-turquoise is perfect for a beach house.

Julian Wass

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Distress It

Colored plaster walls and a distressed finish on the tongue-and-groove cabinetry add patina to this California kitchen by Suzanne Tucker. The kitchen cabinets are new but meant to look old, with seeded glass in the doors and about six layers of paint.

Ngoc Minh Ngo

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Bring The Shine

David Kaihoi’s small New York apartment kitchen got a serious upgrade with the simple-but-effective trick of a fresh coat of bright green paint on the cabinetry. It's so good it doesn't even need hardware!

25 Beach Color Palettes That Channel the Seaside

Sienna Livermore Senior Editor Sienna is a senior editor at Hearst.

How not to overdo it with green?

Green is the color of nature. It pulsates, grows, blooms, breathes and lives. 60% of the Earth's surface is green.

This is the color of life itself and we love to have it around us. Perhaps it is for this reason that interiors in this color are so popular.

Green is perfect for absolutely all areas of the house. Being in the interior of a green kitchen, a person relaxes and feels peaceful. This color has a relaxing effect and is seen to improve mood.

Opticians have found that, unlike other colors, the eye rests on green. According to the Chinese Feng Shui doctrine, which claims that color affects mood, green is also considered calming.

Interior in detail

The photo shows a green kitchen in a modern style. Simple and clear lines create a concise image of the entire interior.

Kitchens in this color can be very different: in modern styles and traditional, bright colors and pastels. Everyone can find their ideal interior and bring it to life. We offer you various design options and photos with examples of green kitchens.

Green set. Perhaps the most important design element in any kitchen is its furniture. Today, you can find and choose a set in any style: from hi-tech with glossy facades to romantic Provence with wooden cabinets.

If you have a small kitchen area, it is better to choose light, pastel or bright shades of green: olive, lettuce, pistachio or mint. Dark-colored furniture can look too depressing and gloomy in a small kitchen.

If you chose green furniture, then the walls should be decorated in neutral colors: white, beige, light gray, etc. Green Walls

Kitchens with green walls look beautiful and impressive.

There is now a huge variety of wallpapers in this color, as well as other shades, but which are ideal for a green kitchen.

In addition, you can use a special kitchen paint, which is easy to clean and resistant to dirt. Paint manufacturers offer a huge palette of shades.

If you want to make a bright design, then you can make only one accent wall in a rich shade.

For such an interior, light-colored furniture is well suited: white, cream, ivory. A set with a wood texture of all shades will also look harmonious. Green apron

You can choose a rich shade and make a backsplash with green tiles as an accent in interior design. There are many options for shades and tile layouts.

The mosaic in the working area of ​​the kitchen looks interesting and unusual.

A glass apron or, as it is also called skinali, can also be a good option.

Here you can let your imagination run wild: from solid colors to all kinds of images of foliage, young grass, bright fruits and flowers.

There are many beautiful landscapes in nature that will complement the interior of your kitchen.

Color range

You won't believe it, but it turns out that there are more than a hundred shades of green: emerald, pistachio, olive, light green, mint, mustard, khaki, the color of young grass, lime, artichoke and many others.

Green is the transition color between blue and red, the most extreme colors. It can be both warm shades and cold.

Like other colors, green looks different depending on the environment.

Next to yellow, it seems sharp and sour. Next to orange it becomes fragrant. It blends with blue and looks fresh when paired with blue. On a gray background, it looks bright.

In green kitchen interior design, combinations with the following colors are most often used:

We offer you a selection of photos of a green kitchen of various designs and colors.

White. This neutral and pure color is most often used in combination with green. You can choose absolutely any shade and it will look harmonious and fresh.

Wood. Perfectly this color is in harmony with all shades of wood. It looks good with light woods such as maple, ash, birch, beech. So with darker ones - wenge, polysander, walnut.

Blue and blue. Depending on the saturation of the blue color, it may look different in combination with green.

Dark tones create a serious and respectable atmosphere, lighter and brighter ones bring refreshing notes to the interior.

Red. This natural combination looks bright and contrasting. However, it is best to make small accents of red so as not to make the interior too colorful.

Yellow. This is the color of the bright sun and hot summer. Depending on the saturation of colors, this combination can be seen in various interior styles.

Bright colors are often found in modern high-tech, minimalism, avant-garde and pop art. More muted tones in this color scheme are often used in traditional Provence, country and Mediterranean styles.

Orange. This combination of colors is associated with juicy oranges and tangerines. This color scheme makes the design very bright, joyful and makes it homely.

Choose any combination of colors you like in the photo and create your own unique kitchen design!

Green kitchen - 77 photos of the perfect combination and harmony of design

Green is the palette of nature. The color is found in plants and symbolizes health and freshness. It is considered to be unique in its kind.

In the morning it will invigorate and improve your mood, and in the evening it will calm you down after a stormy day. A green kitchen is suitable for calm, balanced individuals who love a calm and cozy environment.

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Green kitchen design

In order for the thoughtful design of the kitchen to be correct, you need to consider some expert advice.

If you are at the initial stage of arranging the kitchen space, then first select household appliances, headset attributes, and only then choose surface finishes.

The bright tone of green is not suitable for a large surface. You can decorate one of the walls for an accent. Dark green color is suitable for large areas.

For southern cuisine in green, shades containing blue are suitable: turquoise or mint. If the room is located on the north side of the house, then choose green with a yellow tint.

A large kitchen can be decorated with almost any color, but a small kitchen can only be decorated in light shades.

If classic or minimalism is thought out in the kitchen, then natural green color will be ideal. And bright colors are suitable for a modern kitchen in shades of green.

Successful combinations of green palette in the kitchen

The color scheme of green is quite diverse, the main thing is to choose the right neighbor. Let's next let's talk about the most relevant combinations.

Green and white kitchen

This green kitchen design is the most popular of all the other ideas. Often, a green color scheme is found on the facade of a kitchen set, on an apron, on curtains and decorative details.

Any shade of green will do. White color serves as the main one. To make clear lines stand out in the room, the interior is complemented by a black tone.

This can be a dark top or chairs. There should be a little black - do not overdo it.

Green kitchen with brown

A classic combination that works well in a green kitchen. To diversify the greens, choose furniture items in brown.

Shades of brown and green are usually found in nature, which made it possible to create a good mood in the kitchen. Furniture attributes will fit well into this idea.

Shade of brown - wenge allows the room to have a beautiful and modern look.

Kitchen and green-red shades in it

The combination of red and green will give your kitchen a rich look. A partner of natural color can be on furniture attributes, on decor. Finishing and tiles pick up light colors.

For a green kitchen in the interior, furniture items with a shiny surface are sometimes used. Gloss capable of visually reducing attributes.

Kitchen with yellow and green shades

This combination is the most win-win. In the interior of the kitchen, these two colors look good together, but sometimes they are complemented by some kind of warm tone.

For small spaces, a beige-green combination with yellow fits in is suitable. Use shades carefully, don't overdo it.

Dark green kitchen looks good with light yellow shades. This combination will fit into a large room.

The green color of nature is often chosen independently without the help of designers. With a natural shade, the kitchen will be unique.

Consider your own wishes and the recommendations of your household.

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