A slightly dark gray shade is modern, while natural beige wood tones are versatile. Avoid hues that are too orange, as they can look outdated and don't pair well with your white cabinetry. Light floors: Light hardwood is the best color floor for a white kitchen if you want to maintain an airy feel.
Opt for darker cabinets and a lighter floor
'Typically, darker cabinets are coupled with a lighter floor color to break up the space and to prevent the kitchen from feeling too enclosed,' says Chris Dance, head designer and director at InHouse Inspired Room Design.
Go for a dark tile floor to contrast with light or honey oak cabinets. This sleek option is favorite and really updates the space. Colors like dark grey, charcoal, and black are great choices to keep the room neutral.
Dark, warm wood floors
If you're looking for a flooring that contrasts beautifully with white cabinets and brings in some warmth, dark wood flooring is a good pick. A dark walnut stained hardwood floor, or even a deep cherry colour offers a grounded look to a kitchen and it's a beautiful, traditional look.
A light gray cabinet paired with light brown wood flooring looks simple, clean, and beautiful.
Hardwood floors are the contemporary choice for kitchens today. Hardwood flooring is a timeless choice that can bring warmth and character to your space. Lighter-colored wood is the best floor color for white cabinets as it brightens up the space, making your kitchen feel airer and spacious.
Dark or light floors can be equally successful choices with white cabinets. A dark floor dials up the contrast with the cabinets so can create a more dramatic look, while a light floor creates a more subtle tone-on-tone effect.
Mix, Don't Match!
For example, if you're selecting hardwood flooring and want unpainted wood cabinets as well, they don't have to be the same color. Dark and light woods pair well together, as do painted cabinets and natural stone floors.
White Oak Cabinets
White oakwood already provides enough subtlety, texture, and aesthetics with its gray and blue undertones, so choose shades of purple or green for the color of the floor. If you don't like that, a red or yellow palette might be a better option.
Medium-dark flooring matches oak cabinets perfectly: When you're trying to decide what color flooring goes with oak cabinets, medium-dark flooring is one of your best options. Since oak is a medium-dark wood, medium-dark flooring would complement your cabinetry nicely.
Rarely do you want your floors and cabinets/existing wood finishes to be the exact same. Some of our favorite high variation hardwood floors for pre existing gunstock/honey oak wood work is natural hickory, natural acacia, and our in-stock Raphia to name a few.
#4: Light Neutral Colors
Another top flooring trend in 2023? Light and neutral flooring. Modern grey wood flooring continues to be popular, as are light floor colors like blonde and beige. A great way to add these lighter flooring shades to your home or business is to use bamboo flooring.
Classic medium-toned browns such as cherrywood, mahogany, oak, maple, walnut, birch wood, and hickory are all timeless colors that never go out of style. Cherrywood is a deep, rich color that has a deep mahogany shade with warm tones of red or brown, often mixed with hints of pink and even purple.
Don't Fear Dark Wood Colors
It's a misconception that dark wood floors constrict our sense of space. Paired with the right combination of wall color, trim, and molding, darker species like walnut and exotic Brazilian cherry can, in fact, make a room look bigger.
Make the floor color a contrasting color. For example, a kitchen with white cabinets, black countertops and dark flooring looks classic, clean, and elegant. Black and white are the two dominant colors in this design, while the dark wood flooring acts as a contrasting element.
Ultimately, there is no hard and fast rule for whether to choose lighter or darker wood floors in relation to cabinets. It's important to consider the specific design goals you have for your space and choose a color that fits with your overall aesthetic.
Select a simple color scheme.
For a more put-together look, choose two main shades that complement each other and one accent for a pop of color. For example, combining white cabinets and flooring with a black countertop is both classic and modern.
Most interior designers will usually recommend white warm tones or light gray paint colors for the kitchen walls. However, it's also possible to use a bold color or to go with a color palette of neutral colors. Swiss Coffee on kitchen walls with white cabinets painted Creamy White.
Similarly to birch, maple has a smooth, uniform surface that's perfect for a painted finish. In fact, maple wood is even smoother than birch in comparison! Making it arguably the best solid wood surface for painted cabinets. Maple is unique in that it has two separate types of species: a softwood and a hardwood.
White and yellow tend to be the most popular colors for kitchen floors. Both colors create a light and airy ambiance in the kitchen and make the space feel more relaxed.
They have a timeless appearance: Since grey cabinetry fits many different designs, it'll never go out of style.
The first thing we tell people when they ask whether grey is gone for good: take a look at modern interior design! The hottest modern kitchens are now featuring muted grey cabinets. Grey, a versatile neutral, is integral in modern design because it's relaxed tone allows for other design elements to really pop.
Adding some plants to a grey kitchen, whether they are houseplants or herbs, can add some more personality warmth into the room. Using herbs as your greenery means you can grow your own food in a kitchen that looks beautiful – saving you money!