25 Beautiful White Kitchen Designs (With Pictures)

White kitchen designs are timeless, come in many varieties, offer a simple beauty, and can give your home a spacious feel. Whether you want a traditional kitchen design or something more contemporary, white provides a neutral canvas on which to build. White kitchens can make your space feel bigger and brighter, and blend with practically any home style.

The picture above shows a classic-style white kitchen that uses various tones of white to achieve this look. The walls are a very light off-white shade, while the kitchen cabinets with molding details have an antiqued white finish. The backsplash uses diagonally arranged ceramic tiles in a light beige color. For the kitchen island, the base cabinet is Red Mahogany instead of antiqued white, making it stand out from the rest of the kitchen.

Choose White Cabinet Styles

When choosing white kitchen cabinets, it is best to make certain that they are made of high-quality materials and are in the style that will complement the rest of your kitchen design. Here are some of the most popular types of kitchen cabinet styles:

Shaker – This is the most popular door style used in the kitchen. It is designed with a five-piece flat panel, with a frame built from four pieces and a single flat center panel utilized for the fifth piece. It features clean lines with simplicity and emphasizes utility.

Flat – Designed with simple flat panels featuring hard lines and a minimalist form, it is suitable for modern and contemporary interior designs. The doors are made from wood or laminate in varied sheens and colors.

Thermofoil – The doors are made with medium-density fiberboard covered with a plastic coating and then sealed intensely with heat. They are available in solid colors and imitation wood grain.

Inset – It projects a classy appearance which is set in the inside of the frame of the cabinet. This style typically has no exposed hinges and offers clean lines and hinges out of sight behind doors.

Beadboard – The center panel is designed to appear similar to traditional beadboard paneling. Using all-white beadboard cabinetry makes the atmosphere of your kitchen look bright and clean.

Distressed – The doors appear antique as the corners are being rubbed off or manipulated with distressing techniques to achieve the old-age feeling.

Louvered – These horizontal wood slats add a unique style to kitchen cabinetry because of their architectural design. Many louvered doors are built with spaces in between that necessitate good ventilation. These slats are most often used on windows, interior doors, and some furniture pieces.

Custom – It allows you to have your own kitchen cabinet design according to your preferences regarding the style, whether you want it mixed or based on the materials of your choice.

Beautiful White Kitchens

This is a gorgeous transitional style white kitchen which has dark walnut floors, creating a good contrast of colors between the floors and the white surfaces. The kitchen cabinets are painted off-white with simple molding details, and the countertop is white Carrara marble. The backsplash tiles behind the range are also Carrara marble tiles.

Warm walnut solid wood floors and light beige walls create a warm background for the whole kitchen, which helps soften the white surfaces. The main kitchen cabinets are off-white with simple black pulls, while the large kitchen island is golden walnut finished and topped with gray granite. Above the island are three glass pendant lights, which add to the space’s personality.

This is a large, full-sized kitchen with off-white classic cabinets in an off-white color. The floors are natural stone tiles in a similar off-white tone as the kitchen cabinets, unifying the look. There are two rectangular kitchen islands, one of which is only for an additional preparation surface, while the other has a sink installed. These kitchen islands are in natural walnut finish, but use the same light beige granite countertop as the main cabinets.

The classic detailing of the cabinets for this kitchen gives it a certain elegance brought about by the intricate moldings. The entire kitchen is set on a warm background, mostly credited to the Red Mahogany engineered wood floors. The walls are simply painted white, but the cabinets are off-white. Despite using the same style of cabinets, the kitchen island in the middle has a darker wenge finish instead of off-white, contrasting it from the rest of the kitchen. It also uses a darker black granite counter instead of the gray salt and pepper counter on the main cabinets.

This kitchen uses a simple version of classic kitchen cabinets, with simpler molding details and not too many carving details. The cabinets are off-white in color with a matching light beige granite countertop and complementing stone backsplash. Walls are in a light cream color which also matches the light cream shade of the floor, creating a light and warm background for the whole kitchen. At the center, you will see a rectangular kitchen island which is mostly for additional storage and prep area as it doesn’t have sinks or stoves on it.

With a gorgeous combination of simple cabinets and finishes, this kitchen gives a sleek and elegant look without looking too classic or dated. Cabinet detailing is simple and minimal, with modernized versions of molded cabinets in both white and Red Mahogany finish (for the center island). The white cabinets are combined with a full gray countertop, giving it a modern look, while the mahogany island uses a light beige granite countertop to counter the dark wood base. The walls and floors are nice neutral Walnut and beige colors so that they won’t compete with the other finishes of the kitchen.

This is another classic kitchen design, with simple paneled kitchen cabinet doors in an off-white color paired with beige granite countertops to match. It has a large rectangular kitchen island in a dark mahogany finish. This island counter has lots of storage and also has a raised counter for dining.

A transitional style kitchen which combines simple paneled cabinet doors for the base cabinets and French cabinets for the upper cabinet doors. All of the cabinets are in white finish which matches the moldings and doors used in the house. The floors are Golden Oak engineered wood floors giving the kitchen a nice warm glow. Backsplash tiles are white subway tiles, the main counter top is in black granite, and the kitchen island uses dark wood counter top.

This kitchen is in a simple transitional style, with simplified cabinets in an off-white finish. It is fairly large and has a combination of plan and French cabinet doors. It has one kitchen island with a wood countertop and also has a small informal dining area.

This is transitional style l-shape kitchen design uses trendy Golden drawers pulls and knobs, giving it a very sophisticated look. White Carrara marble was used for the main countertops, as well as the backsplash, to give it a clean, seamless look. For the center island, you can see two counter heights, the higher of which uses solid wood with special treatment to make it more non-porous and withstand constant exposure to moisture. This also adds an interesting finish to the otherwise all-white space.

This is a good example of a well-simplified transitional kitchen design. The use of simplified panel doors creates a certain texture and layer to the kitchen space without being too heavy-looking, as is typical of classic-style kitchens. Modern design’s classic elegance and simplicity are blended well to achieve this look. For this example, the main cabinets are all white with black granite counters, and in the middle, there’s a large Oak-laminated kitchen island topped with a marble countertop.

This design features a beautiful kitchen with white cabinets and granite countertops. The wengue-toned wood flooring gives the kitchen a dark background, helping the white cabinets pop out more. The kitchen used modular cabinetry with classic-style doors, like paneled doors and French doors with clear glass. It used a thick slab of beige granite for a simple, soft look, and for its backsplash, it used highly textured white ceramic tiles, giving it a stucco-like finish.

The space’s modern architecture calls for an equally modern kitchen. This kitchen uses minimalist modular cabinets, which are all laminated in white with stainless steel pulls/handles. The countertop material used is white solid-surface, creating a very modern, minimalist kitchen space. There’s also a full wall for a pantry storage area and an oven wall on the side opposite the counter with sink. Despite the all-white configuration, the maple wood floors still manage to add a touch of warmth to the space.

This kitchen is fairly small, but the open plan layout of this home enables the space to still look large despite its limited space. Cabinets and drawers are all flushed with a simple panel detail. All countertops, including the kitchen island, are made of white marble, adding to the space’s sophisticated look. The white glass subway backsplash tiles, on the other hand, add a touch of modernity to the space.

Despite using classic-style kitchen cabinets, this kitchen design manages to look and feel updated as it uses high gloss finish for the white cabinets. There’s a large rectangular kitchen island with a dark wenge-finish base and a white marble countertop matching the one used on the main kitchen counters. The floors are solid Walnut, and the walls, including the backsplash, are simply painted sienna brown.

This kitchen has a warmer look, thanks to the use of beige paint and light cream cabinets instead of flat white. You can see that the walls are painted in a warm beige tone, and the simple paneled kitchen cabinets opts for a more cream-toned white, making it look warmer. The granite countertop used also has a light yellow tone to match, and the backsplash tiles used have a light peach/orange tone and have a natural texture, giving more depth to the space.

Most modern minimalist style kitchens opt for the all-white scheme to create a bright and light kitchen space, and this kitchen is a good example of such. Modular kitchen cabinets are laminated in a simple matte white color, with concealed hinges, stainless steel handles, and appliances. The countertop material is a solid white surface for that seamless white surface. In this kitchen, you will see that to add a little bit of color to the space, brown graphite glass was used for the backsplash and a very subdued warm gray for the wall color.

The dark walnut flooring of this kitchen spaces serves as a nice contrast to the all-white classic kitchen cabinets in this kitchen space. This design is simple: white paneled cabinets with white granite countertops, white sink basin, and stainless steel finishes for the faucets, hardware, and appliances. White glass subway tiles were used for the backsplash, giving it a nice reflective surface that also adds a slight modern touch to the space’s design.

White kitchens can sometimes be too dull for some people’s tastes, but this example shows how you can subtly spice up your minimalist white kitchen. The large windows provides a good vista of the garden area which helps add natural colors into the space, so even if the cabinets are plain white with gray counter top, the greens and blues of the outdoors are somehow integrated into the overall color of the space. The use of indoor plants also helps add a pop of color to the space without really moving away from the kitchen’s all-white color scheme.

This kitchen design shows a really interesting nautical-inspired look. The small kitchen space manages to maximize storage by using a full-height cabinet for the storage/pantry and oven wall. The cabinets have simple paneling detail and are all in white, topped with gray salt & pepper granite. The dark blue walls adds contrast to the space, and this dark blue color is repeated on the striped roman blinds and the seat cushions of the chairs, giving us nice balance of blue and white typical of nautical-themed spaces.

A minimalist modern kitchen which effectively combines brown and white to create a simple but well-balanced kitchen design. The space’s floors are light maple, giving it a subtle warmth despite using flat white for both walls and ceiling. The cabinets are laminated in glossy white, and no visible hardware is used for that ultimate minimalist look.

For its countertop, a well-polished dark brown solid surface material was used, and the same shade of brown was used to laminate the kick space for the whole kitchen. This dark color nicely frames the white cabinets, creating a balanced look. A full-height cabinet on one side of the wall maximizes kitchen storage space.

Golden walnut floors and full beige walls gives set up a warmer and slightly darker background for this kitchen design. Kitchen cabinets are classic and of antiqued white finish, giving it a classic aged look. For the countertops, dark orange-toned granite was used. This is the same material used for the backsplash wall, adding a textured look to the wall. This kitchen also used a large beige area rug and three metal bar stools with light beige upholstery.

This all-white minimalist kitchen has a somewhat futuristic appeal to it because of the use of lighting, adding special effects to the space. Walls, floors, and ceiling are all in white, as well as the kitchen cabinets. It also uses push-to-open drawers and cabinets, creating a seamless kitchen surface. The countertop was made of white solid-surface, and lighting was integrated under the upper cabinets, giving the main counter space a bluish sheen.

This is another traditional kitchen design which has a darker over-all look as it uses dark beige paint for its walls, combined with dark oak floors. While most of the paneled kitchen cabinets have an antiqued white finish, the surfaces are primarily dark, even the backsplash, which uses natural stone tiles in a color very similar to the wall. The countertop material is white granite with beige grains, and the kitchen island has a mahogany finish instead of antique white, contrasting it from the rest of the kitchen cabinets.

Adequate lighting is always a pleasing addition to any space, just like in this kitchen. This palette features a lovely combination of warm and cool colors, creating a very homey kitchen space. A large kitchen island provides extra space for meal preparation, and the wood surfaces provide a lovely contrast to the off-white cabinetry.