At a Glance:
Why White Kitchen Appliances Remain Popular
Using White Kitchen Appliances in Today’s Homes
The Best White Kitchen Appliance Brands on the Market
Caring for White Kitchen Appliances
Are white kitchen appliances still popular? White kitchen appliances have long been a staple in home design—and that hasn’t changed! Not only are they a budget-friendly option, but they also offer a timeless and versatile aesthetic that fits seamlessly into a variety of styles. Whether you're aiming for a sleek modern look, a cozy farmhouse vibe, or anything in between, white appliances can be the perfect foundation for your kitchen.
In this design guide, we’ll explore creative ways to incorporate white appliances into your kitchen, providing inspiration you need to refresh a kitchen with this classic yet contemporary color choice. From all-white themes to bold contrasts and everything in between, discover how white appliances can elevate the heart of your cooking space as we highlight the brands that create the best white kitchen appliances on the market.
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White appliances continue to be a popular choice among homeowners for several compelling reasons, such as:
✓ They’re affordable and available. On average, the cost of white kitchen appliances vs stainless steel appliances tends to be about $150-$300 less.
✓ They are versatile. Depending on whether you choose a matte or glossy white appliance and what the overall feel of the appliance is, white kitchen appliances work well in traditional, modern, contemporary, and even farmhouse spaces.
✓ They look fresh and clean. White appliances are great at hiding fingerprints and water stains, which can be more prevalent on stainless steel or black appliance finishes.
✓ They can help a space feel more open. Today’s white appliances typically feature pure, bright white finishes that offers a crisp, modern aesthetic. New additions include matte white, satin white, and high gloss white appliances, which can even help make a small kitchen feel bigger, brighter, and more open.
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Using White Kitchen Appliances in Today’s Homes
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➕An All-White Kitchen Theme
Imagine stepping into an immaculate white kitchen with appliances where every detail radiates brightness and cleanliness. With white cabinets, countertops, appliances, and even floors, this monochromatic theme creates an open, airy atmosphere. You can prevent an all-white kitchen from feeling too stark with subtle textures like a patterned backsplash or a soft gray undertone on the walls. This design is perfect for those who love a crisp, clean aesthetic.
➕White and Gold Appliances
Elevate your kitchen’s elegance by mixing white appliances with gold accents. This luxurious combo pairs beautifully with marble countertops, creating a chic and sophisticated space. Gold hardware, light fixtures, and even bar stools can add a touch of glamour, making your kitchen feel like a high-end designer space. The warmth of gold contrasts beautifully with the coolness of white, striking a perfect balance between opulence and modern simplicity.
➕A Minimalist Kitchen with White Appliances
Embrace the simplicity of minimalism by incorporating white appliances into a sleek, uncluttered kitchen design. Think flat-front cabinets, clean lines, and a neutral color palette. White kitchen appliances blend seamlessly into this aesthetic, allowing the overall design to shine without distractions. To keep the space from feeling sterile, introduce natural elements like wooden accents or greenery for a touch of warmth and life.
➕A Farmhouse Kitchen with White Appliances
For a cozy and rustic vibe, pair white appliances with farmhouse-inspired elements. If your current kitchen features a white shaker-style cabinets, farmhouse sink, and open wooden shelves displaying charming dishware, white kitchen appliances can help complete the farmhouse vibe.
➕A Coastal Kitchen with White Appliances
For kitchens with soft blues, sandy neutrals, and natural textures like rattan or driftwood, adding white kitchen appliances can help complete the feel of a seaside escape. They especially look great paired with shiplap walls, light-colored cabinetry, and nautical-inspired decor complete this calming and inviting look.
➕A Modern Kitchen with White Appliances
If you’re drawn to contemporary designs, white appliances can serve as a sleek addition to your modern kitchen—especially combined with glossy cabinets, quartz countertops, and minimalist hardware. The clean, uninterrupted lines of modern cabinetry paired with white kitchen appliances create a cohesive and streamlined appearance, perfect for those who appreciate simplicity with a cutting-edge twist.
Tips for Incorporating White Appliances
When incorporating white appliances into your kitchen design, it’s important to consider how they’ll interact with the rest of your space. Here are a few top tips from our interior design pros on how to keep a white kitchen from feeling lifeless.
✅Think About Color Harmony and Contrast: White appliances provide a neutral canvas that’s the perfect way to play with various color schemes. Soft pastels, such as mint or sky blue, create a fresh and airy feel, while bold colors like navy or charcoal are great for adding striking contrast. For a cohesive look, match your cabinet color with your appliances, or create a dynamic contrast by pairing them with darker cabinets or walls.
✅Consider Accent Finishes: Accent finishes like cabinet handles, faucets, and lighting fixtures can elevate the look of white appliances. If modern kitchen design where metallic finishes like brushed nickel, chrome, or even matte black are your goal, consider a white appliance for a touch of balance.
✅Avoid a “Flat” Kitchen Design: One of the biggest complaints about white kitchens is that they can feel flat and cold. In spaces where white is the main tone, breaking up the feel with contrasting hardware or even appliance finishes can give the space more dimension. Matte white finishes are great at the effect, while appliances with glossy white finishes add reflection, which naturally create visual interest.
The Best White Kitchen Appliance Brands on the Market
White kitchen appliances are nothing new, but these following brands are rethinking how the color works with exciting designs. Check out our top picks.
Café White Kitchen Appliances
Café is renowned for its modern, customizable appliances that bring a designer touch to everyday kitchens. The brand gives customers the power to personalize appliances with different hardware finishes, making it a favorite among homeowners seeking a contemporary, upscale look in the kitchen. Additionally, it’s one of few brands that offers matte white appliances, which create a soft, luxurious texture that contrasts beautifully with their signature metallic accents. Café appliances fall within the premium price range.
Cafe 22.2 Cu. Ft. Matte White Counter Depth French Door Refrigerator
This matte white refrigerator allows you to create a look that matches your style by choosing any combination of premium finishes and hardware options (for us, Café’s copper and matte white is always a winning combination). This premium refrigerator delivers fresh style, brightening up your kitchen, and fresh food. Looks aside, it’s a workhorse, equipped with a TwinChill system that creates separate climates in the fridge and freezer to keep your food at the optimal temperature. Everything is easy to locate thanks to bright LED lighting, and you can control your fridge with your voice or smart device.
Cafe 1.7 Cu. Ft. Matte White Over the Range Microwave
This white over the range microwave isn’t your average microwave. It features Air Fry, Steam Cook, and Sensor Cooking to take the guesswork out of choosing time and power. You can even utilize convection cooking for fast and crisp results. If you’re looking for a microwave that is stylish and extremely functional to save you time on busy weeknights, this is the one!
⭐Featured Cafe CVM517P4RW2 Review:
“Beautiful design, really user friendly. I replaced a GE Profile convection microwave range hood. It was a great machine. But this Cafe blows it away with it functionality.”
Smeg White Kitchen Appliances
Known as the Italian brand celebrated for its retro-inspired designs, no other manufacturer has the looks that Smeg appliances has. On top of a catalog full of bold, colorful appliances, Smeg also offers white finishes that maintain the brand’s vintage aesthetic for the kitchen. Smeg falls within the upper-mid to premium price range, appealing to design-conscious consumers who appreciate both form and function.
Smeg 50’s Retro Style 19.3 Cu. Ft. White Top Freezer Refrigerator
This white refrigerator is perfect for a retro-style kitchen with a funky feel. With over 19 cubic feet of refrigerator storage and a dual-flow cooling system, there’s plenty of room for a standard size household to enjoy fresh food. This eco-friendly refrigerator is ENERGY STAR certified and features a fast-freezing setting perfect for getting your frozen items back to the right temperature after unloading groceries. If you’re looking for a playful fridge for a mid-century modern kitchen, there’s no better option.
KitchenAid White Kitchen Appliances
KitchenAid is synonymous with durable, high-performance appliances that blend industrial strength with timeless design. While the brand is most famous for its mixers, they also offer a range of kitchen appliances in various finishes, including white. KitchenAid’s white appliances are typically sleek and understated, fitting well in both traditional and modern kitchens. Falling within the mid to upper-mid price range, KitchenAid is ideal for shoppers who seek reliable appliances with a classic, yet slightly modern, aesthetic.
KitchenAid 30” White Single Electric Wall Oven
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This white electric oven, like KitchenAid’s lineup of white appliances, is sleek and modern. We love the pro-style handle and sleek touch controls that give the white finish a boost of modern flair. This wall oven isn’t just sophisticated on the outside—it comes with must-have features like Air Fry Mode, convection cooking, and an integrated meat thermometer. With 5 cubic feet of oven capacity, there’s more than enough room for the frequent entertainer, and the self-cleaning cycle makes it easy to clean up after preparing a feast.
Samsung White Kitchen Appliances
A go-to for modern kitchens, Samsung is known for manufacturing innovative, tech-forward appliances that feature sleek, minimalist designs. The brand offers a wide range of kitchen appliances, with white finishes that fit seamlessly into contemporary spaces. Samsung’s appliances fall within the mid to upper-mid price range, making them accessible to a broad audience while still offering cutting-edge features.
Samsung 24” White Glass Built In Dishwasher
You can’t beat the convenience of a dishwasher, especially when it’s as stylish as this white dishwasher with a sleek and contemporary look. We love this model’s glossy white finish in a refined design, but the features are just as fantastic. It features innovative washing and drying technology, an AutoRelease Door that opens toward the end of the cycle to deliver 2.5x better drying performance, and the StormWash+ system utilizes dual wash arms and a rotating spray jet to get every nook and cranny sparkling clean. We love the convenience of remotely scheduling your cycles with the SmartThings app and, of course, saving money on energy bills thanks to this ENERGY STAR certified dishwasher.
⭐Featured Samsung DW80BB707012 Review:
“Extremely quiet operation. With a family room in the same space (no walls separating kitchen and family room) - the dishwasher is not disruptive to our family time in the evenings. Love the white glass!”
Bertazzoni White Kitchen Appliances
Bertazzoni is an Italian brand renowned for crafting professional-grade appliances that blend precision engineering with elegant style. Equally bold and distinctive by design, Bertazzoni appliances come in a variety of colors and sophisticated finishes, including a fresh take on whtie. The brand falls within the premium to luxury price range, ideal for those who value top-tier performance and aesthetics.
Bertazzoni Master Series 36” Bianco Matte Pro Style Dual Fuel Range
This white gas range is stunning from its 36” width to its European design and impressive cooking performance. This Bertazzoni cooking appliance in matte white features dual fuel performance that can boil water in under six minutes on a setup featuring a dual ring and four MonoBloc burners that can adjust temperatures depending on whether you need to boil pasta or simmer a delicate sauce. With just under 6 cubic feet of capacity, the oven is roomy and comes with a broiler with optional convection allows you to grill and sear at high heat. If you want to personalize this range even further, you can choose from satin gold and black nickel knobs and handles.
Fisher & Paykel White Kitchen Appliances
Fisher & Paykel is a New Zealand-based brand known for their innovative, user-friendly appliances that combine modern design with advanced technology. The brand is particularly popular for its minimalist aesthetics with appliances that are ideal for seamless, built-in kitchen designs. Fisher & Paykel falls within the upper-mid to premium price range, offering a balance of style, innovation, and quality.
Fisher Paykel Series 7 36” White Wall Mounted Range Hood
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This white range hood is a sleek modern option that will get rid of odors, smoke, and steam to keep your kitchen cleaner. It features three fan speeds and a maximum airflow of 600 CFM for clearing the air. It’s easy to use and sophisticated, adding instant style to your kitchen. It’s designed to pair with the classic Fisher & Paykel range, and energy-efficient LED lighting illuminates your cooktop. Overall, this is a stylish range hood for a contemporary or modern kitchen design.
Caring for White Kitchen Appliances
White appliances don’t smudge as easily as stainless steel appliances, but it’s still important to keep them clean. Here are some tips for caring for and cleaning your white kitchen appliances.
Daily White Kitchen Appliance Care
Wipe down the door, sides, and handles with a damp cloth to prevent any dirt or grime buildup. Avoid using abrasive cleaners or pads, which can damage the finish.
How to Deep Clean White Kitchen Appliances
For safety, unplug the appliance. Then use a mixture of warm water and mild dish soap to wipe the outside of the appliance. Attend to any stains or discoloration using the next two tips.
How to Clean Stains off White Kitchen Appliances
With the appliance unplugged, create a paste using water and baking soda and apply it to any stained areas. Let the paste sit for a few minutes, and then scrub and rinse.
How to Remove Discoloration from White Kitchen Appliances
With the appliance unplugged, create a paste using hydrogen peroxide and baking soda, and apply it to any discolored areas. Let the paste sit for a few minutes, and then scrub and rinse.
Learn more: Do You Need to Stick with the Same Brands in Your Kitchen?
Going back to the basics doesn’t have to mean sacrificing style, and these brands prove it. The updated, classic look of these appliances—and others like them from each line—offers a whole new way for homeowners to enjoy white appliances in the kitchen in a fresh, new take. To explore these picks, plus a whole selection of other white kitchen appliances, visit one of our Pittsburgh appliance stores at Don’s Appliances today!
FAQ
Are white kitchen appliances coming back?
White kitchen appliances are in the spotlight yet again. They offer a timeless look that never goes out of fashion. They’re also widely available and more budget-friendly than stainless steel appliances. With a neutral and fresh look, white appliances easily adapt to many design styles from modern to traditional.
How to decorate a kitchen with white appliances.
To decorate a kitchen with white appliances, focus on adding contrasting colors, such as dark or vibrant cabinets, and incorporate textured elements like a patterned backsplash or wooden accents to add depth and interest. You can also use metallic finishes and pops of color through accessories to create a balanced and stylish look.
What color cabinets go with white kitchen appliances?
White kitchen appliances pair well with a variety of cabinet colors, including classic white for a seamless look, soft pastels for a fresh and airy feel, or deep shades like navy, charcoal, or black for striking contrast. Natural wood tones also complement white appliances, adding warmth and a rustic touch to the kitchen.
Can you mix white and stainless appliances?
Yes, you can mix white and stainless appliances in a kitchen. This combination can create a modern and eclectic look, especially when balanced with complementary cabinet colors and finishes. The key is to maintain cohesion by choosing consistent hardware, lighting, and decor elements that tie the different appliance finishes together.
Why Trust Don’s Appliances?
Founded in 1971, Don’s Appliances is a family-owned, independent appliance retailer based out of Pittsburgh, PA. Don’s has since expanded to 10 locations selling, delivering, installing, and servicing all major appliance brands. Large enough to offer competitive pricing yet small enough to continue offering the “white glove” service we pride ourselves on, our focus is always on the customer experience — from the first step into a showroom to the purchase transaction to well after your new appliance has been installed.
When our customers are remodeling or building a new house, Don’s has all the expertise, product knowledge, inventory, brands, displays, and services to meet and exceed your needs. And in the event an appliance breaks, we are there, right on time and with the right product, delivery, installation, and service.
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