Matte and glossy kitchen facade
If possible, order or buy any unique set, you can choose a white kitchen with a matte or glossy facade. The choice of a wooden table top also depends on the choice of kitchen.
Glossy
Glossy white kitchen with wooden worktop is suitable for a modern style, for a small kitchen. Gloss reflects light well, creates an airy atmosphere.
It is easy to leave marks on the glossy facade, but also easy to clean, which is important for a white kitchen. Gloss needs to be combined with an opaque wooden table-top, an apron and a floor.
Matt
The matte white kitchen with wooden countertops looks equally good in a modern and classic version due to the variety of types of headsets.
In a dull white kitchen, spray marks are less noticeable, but they are also more difficult to wash. It does not reflect light, so the presence of additional lighting is important. For organicity, the wooden countertop can be glossy, matte.
Headset shape
It is important to choose the appropriate form of headset that will look beautiful in the kitchen.
Linear
A linear white kitchen with a wooden worktop is suitable for a rectangular and medium-sized room. All cupboards and cupboards are located along one wall, including the oven. The length of the headset is selected independently. This is not the best option for a large kitchen in terms of saving time. Together with a white suite in one kitchen you can conveniently place a dining table.
Angular
The corner white kitchen with wooden worktop is suitable for rational housewives and small spaces. An angle is involved here, which remains unused during normal planning. You can put a sink in the corner, and under it in the ergonomic cabinet you can store not so often necessary kitchen items. The corner can also be done using the hinged bar, which will help out during quick dinners.
U-shaped
U-shaped white kitchen with a wooden worktop is suitable for a rectangular shape, where at the top of the letter "p" you can place a sink or additional shelves, surfaces. With such a layout, it is important not to make the window furniture. There is no place to put a dining table in a small kitchen, so it can be moved to the designated area of the living room.
Island set
An island white kitchen with a wooden worktop is most suitable for a large area. With this form, a linear or angular set is combined with an additional large table in the middle of the room, which can be on wheels and act as an additional work surface with a sink or stove.
Style selection
White color is universal, elegant and everyday at the same time. It suits any style and makes the kitchen look different depending on the color and type of decor.
Modern style
White kitchen in a modern style can be with a matte or glossy surface.The facade should be without bevels, straight and simple in shape. The wooden tabletop can be light, dark or ebony, combined with a floor or kitchen table. From the decor, a clock with a simple round dial, contrasting roller blinds are suitable. For the minimalist style, a matte kitchen with blank doors and a dark brown countertop are suitable.
Loft style
You can create using a dark wooden tabletop, a white kitchen with glossy facades, a brick wall above the work table or at the dining table. From the decor fit chandeliers with metal lampshades, chrome faucets, cacti, glassware.
Scandinavian style
It is distinguished by a love of white and brown tones and a mixture of minimalism with a modern style. A white kitchen can be of any shape, and a wooden countertop is better to choose from bleached or dark wood. From the decor, images of mountains in a picture or photo wallpaper, translucent curtains, white pillows and dishes are suitable here.
Classic style
The white kitchen should be exclusively matte with glass doors, carvings, curls, gilded, black or silver accessories. The wooden tabletop should be made of solid dark wood in the color of laminate or parquet. From the decor, short curtains of the French or Austrian type are suitable, Roman curtains, lambrequin, upholstery textiles, tea set, round dining table.
Provence
The style is distinguished by the type of furniture, the way to install the sink and the unusual decor. The walls should be pastel green, pink, on the background of which there will be a white kitchen with a wooden tabletop. Of the decor, wildflowers, knitted textiles, embroidered curtains or cafe-curtains with a print, a wooden clock, a ceramic apron with a geometric color pattern are suitable.
Eco style
A combination of natural colors, such as green, white, and brown, is characteristic of eco-style. The color of the wooden countertop does not matter, the kitchen should be white, an apron for furniture, contrasting or under the countertop. Important decor are pots with planted greens or flowers, white or green curtains, a rattan dining group, natural textiles.
Apron selection
An apron in a white kitchen can be an accent or a neutral functional decor. It can be made of durable glass with printing, from laminate, tiles.
View | Example |
To the tone of the countertops | You can make an apron for the color of the countertops from tile under the tree or laminate. The uniformity of the working surface can be combined with the floor and look contrasted against the background of a white headset. |
Under the color of furniture | A white apron will merge with the facades, such a solution is suitable if there is an idea to combine these colors. You can also make a gold strip on the apron. |
Contrast | A contrast apron will become an accent. It can be a landscape, bright abstraction, colored mosaic, colorful ornament. Any bright shades will do. |
Under the color of the countertops in a different shade | The color of light or dark wood, which differs by several shades from the working surface. |
The choice of material for countertops
A wooden worktop is called one whose production is associated with wood or wood materials. It can be a tabletop made of MDF, fiberboard, particleboard, veneer, wood.
- Solid wood worktop Represents solid or pressed pieces of wood.Such a countertop needs to be sanded and varnished from time to time, it serves for a long time and is not afraid of the kitchen microclimate.
- Veneered countertop covered with thin wooden layers on top of a chipboard.
- MDF and chipboard plates consist of wood fibers and shavings that are glued together with a synthetic (chipboard) or natural (MDF) adhesive composition.
The combination with the wallpaper
White kitchen is suitable for wallpapers in delicate shades of pink, blue, green, cream and beige, wallpapers with a golden pattern, white wallpapers, bright orange, dark green, light brown, gray, and lilac.
Wallpaper can be plain or with a design. It is better to choose non-woven vinyl wallpapers that can be wiped with a damp cloth without harming the color and texture of the wallpaper.
Combination with curtains
Curtains are better to choose a short length or with a lifting mechanism, Roman or roller blinds. Curtains on grommets, curtains-cafes are also suitable.
By color, they can be white translucent, coffee, red, green, match the shade of the walls. From fabrics it is better to choose linen and cotton with impurities of synthetic fibers of viscose or polyester so that the fabric retains its shape and color after washing.
Photo gallery
A white kitchen unit with a wooden worktop can be called a universal option for a kitchen of any size and style, which is also easy to modify with curtains and textiles of a different shade. Below are photos of examples of using wooden countertops in the interior of a kitchen with white facades.