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Introduction

An Overview of Kitchen Styles

A traditional white kitchen, a contemporary blue kitchen, a traditional kitchen with wood cabinets, and a contemporary kitchen with metal cabinets

 

Like clothing or furniture, kitchens come in many styles. Since a new kitchen costs the most and last the longest, choosing a kitchen style requires serious thought.

 

Speaking broadly, it helps to know if you prefer a more classic or more modern look. Making that decision will help you start to narrow down choices on everything from wall color to cabinet doors. Picking a very specific design theme, such as French Colonial or Art Deco, gives you even more of a design road map.

 

Mixing and matching styles typically is called eclectic, while a look that blends traditional and contemporary elements is considered transitional.

 

Find out how to pick paint colors for your kitchen in our Choosing Color by Stylesection.

 

 Try our interactive style quiz, view our regional & period style kitchen tours, or click a link below for an example of each style.

 

Styles  

American Colonial
Art Deco
Arts & Crafts

Asian 

Biedermeier

Contemporary

Country

English Cottage

Federal 

French Country

Lodge   

Mission 

Modern 

neoclassical 

Old World

Rustic

Shaker 

Traditional

Transitional

Tudor

Tuscan

Victorian