Tips for Decorating a White Kitchen With Top Designer Vanessa Deleon

Sherwin-Williams Alabaster Is Perfect for the Kitchen

Vanessa Deleon: "Alabaster represents that soothing vibe on any wall with a hint of softness and captivating hue of white. Keep in mind that lighter colors expand and brighten your living space."

"When mixed in with wood accents, brick, agates and ceramics they make a great contrast creating an exhilarating, and harmonious tone. Alabaster can stand-alone or complement multiple design styles, including contemporary, transitional, eclectic, and classic and Glamilistic.”

Sherwin-Williams Alabaster

Think of Your Kitchen as an Open Canvas

Vanessa Deleon: "Selecting paint colors that reflect a vibrant or modern appeal to a relaxed and soothing atmosphere should be as important as the furniture that you sit on. Just think of the walls as an instant canvas where anyone can imagine and create how you want a room to feel."

Decora Cabinets

Neutral Colors Make a Great Backdrop

A hip bar cart in brushed gold metal is ideal for a white or neutral kitchen. Your bar cart or other accessories for entertaining, can make your parties more glamorous, and serve as stylish storage every day.

Vanessa Deleon: "Neutral colors that make a great backdrop for injecting pop-up colors. Some colors that work best within white and gray-hued spaces are:"

• Silver 
• Gold 
• Black 
• Blue​

Libations Bar Cart in Gold from Crate & Barrel

Colorful Upholstery on Chairs or Barstools

A white kitchen with an adjacent dining room is the perfect spot for colorful upholstered chairs and barstools. Choosing an upholstered fabric with a simple graphic pattern gives you the pop of color you need, without being too busy. Carry that upholstery color to bar stools if your kitchen has a counter separating the dining space.

HomePop Upholstered GeoBrights Parsons Chair from Wayfair.com

Pendant Lights Add a Pop of Color

Color or metallic, pendant lights are like ​jewelry for your white kitchen. Vanessa Deleon suggests using pendant lights for a pop of color. If you'd like to keep your white kitchen neutral, explore metal finishes like dyed brass or copper. Warm metal pendants can warm up a white kitchen color palette.

Essex 18" Dyed Brass Metal Pendant from Lamps Plus

Try an Accent Wall

If you love the look of a white kitchen but still crave a bit of color, consider an accent wall. Vanessa Deleon's tip of trying a painted accent wall can help you pull together other colors in the kitchen or adjacent rooms. 

Spring Sprig BIC-25 from Behr

Add a Tile Backsplash

A tile backspace is also a stylish way to add a splash of color to your white kitchen, according to Vanessa Deleon. White or gray subway tile is a hot look in kitchen design right now. A white tile backsplash has a fresh and clean appeal. A neutral tile backsplash can add color without changing the nature of a white kitchen. Pale colored subway tile in blue or mint green can give just enough color to a white kitchen while keeping that light and bright vibe.