Is matt white kitchen too ‘basic’

\We have just had the kitchen refitted with white units and white marble tops. I did intend to have the walls sage green, but couldn't find the right shade, so we opted to have them painted white in order to add colour later. However - we love it, and the various items around, cookbooks, flowers, pots and pans, crockery, pictures, give colour and interest. A white room on a sunny day is wonderful - and even when the sun isn't shining it is still bright and fresh.

My entire house is matt white because the windows are small and the ceilings low. I love white because every room has darker or brighter colours in furniture and soft furnishings. My kitchen has pine dresser, table and chairs but everything else is white.
Hold out against the crazy trend for black.

North facing kitchen. White units, black speckled tops, black/ grey floor . Colour added in walls and with accessories.

It looks lovely, you can have coloured pots, cups tea towels to add some colour even a big vase of flowers. White goes with anything, and anything goes with white!

Casdon

Daizyone

Oooh, thankyou all for your input. Its lovely to hear from people who have one already especially.
Does a darker floor make the room look dark though as we have 16 square metres which is a lot to me (but i know probably not by todays mega kitchen standards).

I’ve got a wooden floor with white units in my kitchen, and it doesn’t look dark. I don’t think you need to go too dark, a light oak or medium grey colour would be nice for example, really just dark enough not to show every mark.

We've white units and wooden floors, it looks warm and clean.

Wondering if you have looked at speckled floors? You could have a white terrazzo?

Daizyone

The other colour that was suggested was Porcelain. Its a kind of beige colour, but looks mushroomy/taupey . It looks sophisticated but seems a bit dull in our area. This is my best representation below, followed by the real thing. My husband thinks it looks a bit pink. The real thing is no 1 shown below.

I like D with the white doors.

We chose a colour called "champagne" for our cupboards which sounds a bit like your porcelain.
The supplier considered it to be a sort of off white. Actually it is a little on the pink side of very pale mushroom but warm in winter and cool and clean in the light.

I'd try the colour combinations at different times of day and also different parts of the kitchen and with lights on and off.

I'm sure whatever you choose you will be pleased to have done it.

Thankyou redrobin

Franbern

I love my light coloured Karndean kitchen floor. I do run the vacuum cleaner over it most days, and then use a Vileda 1-2-3 mop once a week to clean. Use Karndean's own cleaner in that mop. Always looks nice and clean. And is much warmer feel in the winter months . As I wanted to keep my fairly new white washing machine and dishwasher in my new kitchen, I kept to Gloss white units. Have found them marvellously easy to keep clean

a Vileda 1-2-3 mop
Yes, I have one and it's so easy to use. I use Method floor cleaner in it, but dilute it.

As you can see , I dont think I have got the hang of replying properly. My apologies and thanks for all of this fantastic input.

Mid grey….now thats an idea. Thanks.

Didnt know about the ph thing, thanks!

Thanks Franbern thats handy to know.

Thanks Win.

Tenko. Would a porcelain (beige ) kitchen be easy to sell?

My kitchen has white units which have a slight gloss. Very easy to keep clean . I’ve got black speckled granite worktops and grey wood effect tiles . They look like planks of wood. I’ve added colour with the accessories .
We’ve flipped several properties and a white kitchen is easy to sell .

My choice would be no 2 (white) for the doors
C for the floor (grey)

That's why you have beautiful dishware and cookware!

I would go for porcelain, white seems too clinical to me.

I love my light coloured Karndean kitchen floor. I do run the vacuum cleaner over it most days, and then use a Vileda 1-2-3 mop once a week to clean. Use Karndean's own cleaner in that mop. Always looks nice and clean. And is much warmer feel in the winter months . As I wanted to keep my fairly new white washing machine and dishwasher in my new kitchen, I kept to Gloss white units. Have found them marvellously easy to keep clean

Very, very nice - but if you do make a curry, keep the turmeric away - it’s an unforgiving spice.

My daughter’s new kitchen has white quartz worktops which I find a nightmare. Terrified of chipping them or cleaning them with something that will damage them.

I like white. My daughter has just gone for matt black whole thing, I've never seen a black kitchen before!

I have a Matt finished kitchen which people did admire after it was completed 7 years ago. As long as you put a different coloured top. My son has recently had a new kitchen installed which is black with a white and black top, the same as my neighbours who have had their new kitchen for 2 years

If you like it, choose it.

You have to look at it and live with it, and there is no point whatsoever in asking others for their opinions.

I would never choose an all white decor anywhere, but that is no reason why you should not like it.