Grey or White kitchen cabinets?

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Grey or White kitchen cabinets?

Ameenah Muhammad-Diggins
Investor · South Jersey · Member since 2016 · 2 posts · 2 votes

Remodeling to sell a 3/1 townhome . Seems like the trend is going towards grey cabinets now instead of white. Any thoughts on what would sell faster from experience?

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Theresa HarrisPro Member
Member since 2019 · 15k+ posts · 11k+ votes
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@Ameenah Muhammad-Diggins  I'd go with white as it is classic and timeless.

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  • Theresa HarrisPro Member
    Member since 2019 · 15k+ posts · 11k+ votes
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    @Ameenah Muhammad-Diggins  I'd go with white as it is classic and timeless.

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  • Jay HinrichsBusiness Member
    Real Estate Consultant · Summerlin, NV · Member since 2014 · 45k+ posts · 66k+ votes
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    Originally posted by @Theresa Harris:

    @Ameenah Muhammad-Diggins  I'd go with white as it is classic and timeless.

    You can do both in my personal house the cabinets are white and the island is grey.. 

    its a big island 6 X 9 feet so there is a pretty good chunk of cabinets that is grey.. 

    and we did these 5 years ago when I built this house.. 

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  • Ameenah Muhammad-Diggins
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    Investor · South Jersey · Member since 2016 · 2 posts · 2 votes
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    Thanks guys  for the fast reply. ✨✨

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  • Barbara Stopyra
    Chagrin Falls, OH · Member since 2018 · 9 posts · 6 votes
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    It will sell well in any color if it is made with taste. I make flips. I always did white, but I wanted to change something. The last one has a black kitchen. I got 6 full offers on the first day

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  • Brit Hale
    Real Estate Agent · Joplin, MO · Member since 2018 · 112 posts · 96 votes
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    @Ameenah Muhammad-Diggins we just went with the “cloud gray” box cabinets from Lowe’s and we’re very pleased.

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  • Bryan Devitt
    Contractor · Oxford, MA · Member since 2018 · 807 posts · 745 votes
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    Both are in right now so they should both work depending on what the rest of the house is like and who you're marketing to 

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  • Account Closed
    Contractor · San Diego, CA · Member since 2018 · 432 posts · 221 votes
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    @Ameenah Muhammad-Diggins grey lowers and white uppers.

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  • Account Closed
    Contractor · San Diego, CA · Member since 2018 · 432 posts · 221 votes
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    @Ameenah Muhammad-Diggins also, with a little creativity, look into open shelving. It can save you some $ on upper cabinets but it’s all the rage.. kind of simplifying/ minimizing in the kitchen. You can do a mix of some open shelving and upper cabinets

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  • Angelo Mart
    Professional · Parsippany, NJ · Member since 2013 · 384 posts · 262 votes
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    WHITE

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  • Marian Smith
    Real Estate Investor · Williamson County, TX · Member since 2011 · 1k+ posts · 961 votes
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    @Ameenah Muhammad-Diggins search houzz.com to see the results of their survey. About 1/2 of remodels are white and the rest split between wood, gray and other choices.
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  • Julio Hoyos
    Accountant · Member since 2018 · 4 posts · 0 votes
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    @Ameenah Muhammad-Diggins I think white a much nicer, they light the room while grey makes darker. I would go white except for the center island which would be grey.

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  • Brit F.
    Rental Property Investor · DFW · Member since 2017 · 143 posts · 120 votes
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    @Ameenah Muhammad-Diggins, it depends.  Can you post some pictures?  What else (floors, backsplash, counters, lighting) is in the color palette? 

    We once did a two-tone (grey lowers, white uppers) in a u-shaped kitchen that had a ton of natural light coming in.  The tile floors were lighter colored and walls were off-white.  The grey lowers balanced the brightness in the room.

    In contrast, if it's a closed-off galley kitchen with bulkheads and one small window above the sink, I would steer away from grey cabinets.

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  • Michael A.
    Investor · Richmond, VA · Member since 2016 · 164 posts · 114 votes
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    My wife and I did black bottom, concrete-looking counter, and white uppers. Looks awesome!

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  • Jeff Bousquet
    Rental Property Investor · RI · Member since 2017 · 94 posts · 52 votes
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    @Ameenah Muhammad-Diggins

    White. Classic and clean.

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  • Cassandra Sifford
    Rental Property Investor · New Castle, DE · Member since 2016 · 376 posts · 158 votes
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    @Ameenah Muhammad-Diggins I'm a designer and I've loved the look of white kitchen cabinets since I graduated in 2003 lol I put them in my rental and I'm about to put them in my own home. Go with the white... classic, clean and timeless 😊

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  • Bruce C.
    Seabrook/Galveston · Member since 2018 · 274 posts · 178 votes
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    I’ve seen some white with grey doors recently that I liked. 

    We usually go light grey walls, so white cabinets are needed in my opinion to make it not feel like a cave. Next place we do that is going to be another AirBnB in Galveston, I’d like to try to work some light blue or grey blue in to the kitchen

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  • Steven Lowe
    Real Estate Agent · Scottsdale, AZ · Member since 2019 · 448 posts · 320 votes
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    White shaker cabinets are a classic look, can't go wrong there.  

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  • Carl Stratton
    Real Estate Broker · Tampa, FL · Member since 2017 · 9 posts · 26 votes
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    @Ameenah Muhammad-Diggins

    I would stay with white. It goes with every color. If your flipping grey is hot right now. If your fixing and renting I would go with white since trends change and white cabinets are always acceptable.

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  • Roni E.Pro Member
    Specialist · Earth 2.0 · Member since 2019 · 598 posts · 271 votes
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    @Ameenah Muhammad-Diggins

    Go grey

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  • Rick Klopp
    North GA · Member since 2018 · 38 posts · 11 votes
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    @Ameenah Muhammad-Diggins just finished a big rehab and went with white cabinets set against a two-tone gray wall. Nothing but compliments.

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  • Patrick Doyle
    Accountant · Pensacola, FL · Member since 2018 · 14 posts · 10 votes
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    @Ameenah Muhammad-Diggins

    In my opinion expensive cabinets look better white and cheaper cabinets look better grey.

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  • Steve Milford
    Lender · Vancouver, WA · Member since 2015 · 482 posts · 316 votes
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    @Ameenah Muhammad-Diggins Survey the market you are in, and you will see a trend. Go with it.

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  • Connie Chan
    Investor · Member since 2017 · 239 posts · 149 votes
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    @Ameenah Muhammad-Diggins both!!!! I recently redid a kitchen and did great on the bottom and white on the top. I love how it looks. Grey doesn’t get dirty easily and white makes the room look less stuffy. The ceiling in the kitchen wasn’t particularly high so I needed to use white on top.
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  • Frank Wong
    Real Estate Broker · Bay Area · Member since 2018 · 1k+ posts · 3k+ votes
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    White is safer and will appeal to the masses, grey will look good but could back fire trying to get too cute with it. Also grey cabinets getting played out in my opinion. 

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