Color: Orange Oak Cabinets

Master bathroom before

Inspiration from House Beautiful

After

Parma Gray from Farrow and Ball

Unlike most modern decorators, I am not hating on oak. Our house in Houma had beautiful, high grade oak cabinets that fit beautifully in our Southern country home. Our new house also has oak cabinets, but unfortunately, they are builder grade plywood that is not all that attractive and does look extremely dated. High gloss varnish has turned them orange.
I've always loved the look of painted cabinets--probably because I grew up in a house full of them. Lately, I find myself more and more drawn to them. With the right color choice, you can simultaneously take ten years off your room while making the cabinets look like they are 100 years old and a custom feature. I look to HGTV and decorating magazines for inspiration and found the look I wanted to mimic in my master bath in House Beautiful.