White is the finish most Atlanta kitchens end up with, and the one people are most often disappointed by - because "white" is not one colour. A crisp white beside an antique white looks dirty; an antique white beside a crisp white looks yellow. Neither is wrong on its own.
Rest Cabinetry stocks 20 white finishes across the nine collections held at 6115 Jimmy Carter Blvd, Suite E, Norcross, GA 30071. Boxes are all-plywood throughout - a strict no-particleboard policy - with full-overlay doors and soft-close hardware on the main collections, and a 12-month limited warranty on cabinets, hinges and drawer glides.
Crisp white is the modern choice: clean, slightly cool, no yellow in it. It reads well under LED lighting and against grey and white quartz. In a north-facing room with little daylight it can go flat and slightly blue, which is worth seeing before you commit.
Antique and off-white carry a small amount of warmth. They forgive older floors, oak trim and yellow-toned granite, which is most of what is already in an Atlanta house built before 2005. They also hide the edges of daily use better than a crisp white does.
Glazed and creamy whites have a deliberate aged tone worked into the profile. They belong with traditional door styles and stone, and they fight with a flat slab door and a waterfall counter.
A white kitchen has no colour of its own to carry the room, so the counter, the floor and the hardware do all the work. That is why white kitchens are either the calmest room in the house or the most anonymous, and very little in between.
Two practical rules. First, decide the white and the countertop together, in the room, under the room's own light - a sample door at the showroom tells you very little about how it will sit next to your floor. Second, if the counter is heavily veined, let the cabinets be quiet; if the cabinets are glazed or panelled, let the counter be quiet. One of the three big surfaces has to stop talking.
Every finish below is held in Norcross. Pricing opens once you register and log in; until then the product pages read "Login to Buy".
Shaker - Shaker White, Shaker Origami White, Shaker Antique White
Classic - Classic White, Franklin White Premium, Casselberry Antique White, Princeton Off-white, Princeton Creamy White Glazed, Bristol Linen
Escada - Escada White
Slim - Slim White, Slim Origami White
Inset - Inset Origami White
Oxford - Oxford White, Atlanta White, Oxford Cashmere
Haven - Haven Dune
European - Matt White, Valencia White, Valencia Cashmere Cream
The same finishes are made as wall cabinets, base cabinets, sink bases, drawer bases, corner units and pantry cabinets, with matching moldings and fillers to close the run.
Collect the order the same day at 6115 Jimmy Carter Blvd, Suite E, Norcross, GA 30071, Monday to Saturday 9:00 to 17:00, or have it delivered in 7 to 10 business days anywhere across the metro. Service areas lists every city on the route.
Before ordering it is worth working through how to measure a kitchen and what kitchen cabinets cost. If the stock sizes do not cover the room, that is what custom cabinetry is for.
The full stocked range also covers grey, black and charcoal, blue, green, natural wood and brown and espresso. Cabinet colours compares them side by side, and shop cabinets lists every collection.
Everything about buying kitchen cabinets in Atlanta - what is stocked, what it costs to change, and how long it takes - is on one page.
Crisp whites and antique whites in a shaker door, by a wide margin. Between those two the deciding factor is usually the floor: a warm or orange-toned floor wants the antique white, a grey or cool floor wants the crisp one.
Painted finishes can shift very slightly with years of sunlight, most visibly on a door that sits in direct light while the rest of the run does not. It is one reason to buy the whole kitchen in one order from one batch rather than adding to it two years later.
Almost anything, which is the problem rather than the solution. White quartz with grey veining is the safe answer; a warm-toned granite suits the antique whites and fights the crisp ones.
They show grease and fingerprints sooner than a mid-tone, and they show them near the range and the handles first. They also wipe clean completely, which a dark matt finish does not always do.
At 6115 Jimmy Carter Blvd, Suite E, Norcross, GA 30071, Monday to Saturday 9:00 to 17:00. Sample doors are the only reliable way to judge a finish against your own floor and countertop.
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