Why This Designer Is Over White Kitchens
They re as boring as they are ubiquitous, Kevin Isbell says.
By Kevin Isbell
Kevin Isbell is an (opinionated!) interior designer based in Los Angeles.
If you follow me on Instagram, you’ve no doubt seen my Reels series of hot takes on watered down design trends. Nothing was more controversial than my stance on thinking outside the (literal) white box when it comes to kitchens. The white kitchen has become so classic that it is now cliché and, as this designer sees it, deeply uninspired.
While I understand the argument for the color, I just can’t condone its lack of originality. The proliferation of white kitchens today seems to have gotten a jump-start with the 2003 movie