in a deep base cabinet where the door pulls out three racks of storage space. These short-width cabinets also make great endcaps to a range or other appliance. Appliance Garage. An “appliance garage” is a space that hides your small appliances such as blenders, toasters, air fryers, etc. With an appliance garage, you can keep these appliances on your counter, but they are hidden behind a hinged cabinet door that matches the rest of your kitchen. If coun- tertop space is limited, consider a “lift” for your mixer stand: Trans- form a shelf in a base cabinet into a platform that stores your mixer (or other small appliance) when the mixer is not in use but can be gently maneuvered into countertop height when access is needed. 2. CEILING-HIGH CROWN MOLDING Although tall wall cabinets are currently trending, connecting them to the ceiling with crown molding will continue to grow in popularity through 2023. This practice draws the eye up the cabinet, elongating the space. Leaving upper cabinets “free-float - ing” creates a linear break between
the top of the cabinet and the ceiling, creating a shortening effect. Whether you can achieve this effect with crown molding depends on the existing kitchen structure. Often, electrical is kept within soffits, making them complicated to remove. A work- around is to simply add crown molding to the soffit—an easy way to still achieve the “elongated” cabinet look. Adding crown molding is also a fun way to add more character to a project and space. There are many styles of crown that will work with a wide variety of cabinets, offering a great way to add detail and texture to your project. 3. TWO-TONE CABINETRY HGTV has certainly shown us a lot of dramatic kitchens in dark blues, greens, and even black. A neutral two-tone kitchen can still give your project plenty of drama. Try painted white cabinets on top, with darker gray cabinets for your base. This technique can be especially effective in darker rooms where all-gray would make for a gloomy kitchen, yet you still want something different from the standard all-white kitchen that’s so popular today. If you have room for an island, make it the focal point of your
kitchen. Feature the island in a different, but complementary, finish or color. Perhaps experiment with a blue or green shade that is a bit much for an entire kitchen but works well as a pop of color for an island. 4. O PEN SHELVING OR GLASS FRONT CABINETS Open shelving is enjoying a comeback moment in 2023. People seem to either love it or hate it. A bit of open shelving placed over a fully backsplashed wall can create a
beautiful detail in a kitchen. For those that just see open
shelving as a clutter magnet, glass front cabinets could be the answer. Glass front cabinets bring a touch of “openness” to the space while still allowing you to hide that one ugly coffee mug your friend made you out of view, in the back behind the matching coffee cups. •
Kate Haubrich is the director of marketing at MFS Supply. Throughout the past seven years, Haubrich has run eCommerce, product management, and
data analysis at MFS Supply in addition to her standard marketing strategizing responsibilities.
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