My current kitchen has white upper and lower cabinets with a black stove and dishwasher.
Black or white cabinets.
Overall a white or light kitchen will evoke a clean and sanitary look.
The island will also be stained black.
Also one photo gives you a more wider view of the kitchen and one photo is more of a close up shot.
For a large kitchen with many cabinets consider placing an island with black cabinets in the center and then make the rest of the cabinets white.
This can be both timeless and fresh and as an overall approach will never go completely out of style.
I think it s because the design above looks very modern y to me maybe it s the handles on the cabinets.
My kitchen looks huge and i receive so many complements.
It doesn t look bad to me.
I also have a section with open shelves and some with glass fronts and a copper sink.
My permeter cabinets are antiqued black which softens things.
Whereas the refrigerator with the black cabinets looks more built in.
My walls are also a bright turquoise.
Light granite counter top.
The photo of the white cabinets just does not look as appealing especially since the refrigerator looks awkward in the space.
My large island is antiqued white cabinets with black granite.
We are building a house right now and we plan to put white upper cabinets and stained black lower cabinets in the kitchen.
Six years later i still love it.
I much prefer the black.
I m surprised to say that because i much prefer white usually especially in farmhouse design.
This will give you a clean contemporary look without going totally dark or overwhelming the senses.