I’ve been touring some new construction open houses-houses priced in the millions. I’m seeing various shades of brown/beige coming back into kitchens. But they are painted, not stained.
Still see mostly white, gray, or shades of blue in high end kitchens currently on the market.
I think that this (along with much of what the WSJ writes) is rubbish. In the first place, ALL white kitchens were never in. There was always some color in the flooring, backsplashes, kitchen hoods, and even if the countertop was mostly white there was usually some veining or other detail in another color (usually gray). I haven’t read the article (paywall) but this seems like a strawman. Even when white painted cabinets aren’t super trendy, they will never be “out”. It’s like saying black shoes are “out”.
@Joblue – strong opinion for someone who didn’t read the article.
DIY light fixture repair was a success so I don’t have to worry about those little bulbs for the time being.
Interesting that blue is back in. I love blue, but blue has been “in” in my lifetime already! Seems like I just got rid of all of it. I do have pretty blue (navy) and white dishes put away. Might have to drag them out again.
I seasonally decorate too. Not a ton but I have some throw pillows I change out, my kitchen island bowls, a shelf I. The dining room, and the entry. (It’s not as much as it sounds). I just put the Fall stuff out today. It will stay up until Thanksgiving and then it will shift to Xmas/winter.
I have four seasonal sets of table runners and placemats. I will be putting out the fall set as soon as Yom Kippur is done. Then switch to winter at Chanukah, and spring at Passover. I don’t really have a set time for switching to summer; usually sometime in June.
My neighbors wanted to get a blue countertop. The guy at Lowe’s advised against it. He said only old people buy blue countertops. My neighbors are retired.
A 60-watt Edison light bulb will give you about 300 lumens while a standard incandescent 60-watt bulb will give you 800 lumens. So if you like bright, I don’t recommend them.
We have a dining room fixture with little “candle flame” bulbs AND a wonderful down-light (with separate control) in the center. It really useful when we are doing projects, puzzles or games on the big dining room table.
When we switched kitchen fixtures about 10 years ago, we really wanted to find one with center-downlight but were unsuccessful. We did at least get one with bell shaped shades facing down, not up .
I like the Edison bulb look but they weren’t bright enough for the kitchen. I wouldn’t have minded for the dining room but I like brighter light in the kitchen. We did put everything on dimmers.
Neighbors just redid their kitchen and put their house up for sale. Cabinets are what I’d call muted wedge wood blue. I had to look closely to be sure. Way too trendy for me, and and I probably would pass on a house with this kitchen.
Other neighbors sold their house a month ago. Previous owners in it 5 years, kitchen was redone right before that sale in a Mediterranean look that was pleasing (at least to me, and I’m not into Mediterranean at all). Those owners took it all out in July and new kitchen is a mix of woods and lots of glass that don’t blend well with black quartz counters.
Not liking these trends at all. Says the person who has ivory cabinets, reddish oak fake wood floors, and quartz counters with many shades of medium beige made up of what looks like cut glass. : )
Blue has never been out. The shade may vary, but blue is the most universally liked and professionally used color in the spectrum. There has never been a decade or a season where blue was not featured somehow; it is the universal color neutral. I don’t have blue in my house (someone else designed it), but blue is ALWAYS your best decorating bet if you’re looking for color staying power.
Right now, the hot neutral combination is white, cream, black, and beige, a palette that is very easy on the eye. If you throw in blue for color, you’ll never be dated or out of style. For example:
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In a kitchen, you might be looking at something like this:
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This is still considered a white kitchen, although it is softened by the blue-gray backsplash, off-white cabinets, wood floor, and woven shade.
Oh well, I guess those examples weren’t helpful. 
Honestly I am tired of things going “out” so quickly. As if everyone was able to redo the kitchen every few years or so. It’s exhausting.
We plan to sell our house in 2 years. Kitchen has light maple cabinets , dark granite countertops and wood floors (recently refinished). The kitchen is fairly large and at this point I think we will just leave it as is. It seems as if no matter what we do, it will likely end up being redone by the new owners and I doubt we would make up for our investment in resale value.
@ChoatieMom I tried to look at them cause I was intrigued!!! 
@FallGirl that sounds like a nice neutral kitchen and not outdated. I think as long as it’s clean, not worn and spacious you’ll be fine - you can’t guess a potential buyers taste!!!
@fallgirl - I was worried about the kitchen when we sold our last house- darker stained maple cabinets, dark granite, travertine backsplash, wood floors. But everything was high quality with professional appliances and clean. The house sold in one day.
I have a friend who just had her high quality kitchen cabinets professionally painted and they look amazing and it was super affordable. I’m thinking that’s an easy fix for most people and then a darker granite could work.
@musicmom1215 , we have Edison bulbs in our basement light fixtures and some are on dimmers. I wouldn’t use them any place else because I need much brighter light for most things, from cleaning to doing puzzles. They’re great in a media room though.
@ChoatieMom , I love a blue kitchen. Several houses ago, a new neighbor was checking out our home (the whole neighborhood was built out in a year so we were all new), and sniffed when she saw the blue kitchen. She informed me that blue was “out” and I’d made a big mistake. She, on the other hand, had “outgrown” that look. I just turned away and rolled my eyes while biting my tongue.
We plan on walnut stained cabinets in our next house, but there will still be shades of blue throughout the house.
I agree with those who have said that blue is always “in”.
I remember a lot of blue growing up in the 70s/80s. My mom was never fan and preferred the taupes and browns but I loved going to a cousin’s house where blue was the predominate color.
@Silpat wow what a cranky neighbor!!! Hope she didn’t get invited over for any meals out of your cute kitchen!!
I think that color is always about BALANCE. Blue cabinets, blue walls, blue carpet - all in one room? Probably not… but balance the color and the neutral and the patterns for a balance that does not compete with each other!