Decide on a base color for your cabinets. Antiquing is a process by which you put a dark 'antique' stain over the top of cabinets that are painted or stained a few shades lighter. That means that the base color for the cabinets can be anything you like, be it painted white or stained oak. Whitewashed Cabinets: Of the thousands of pictures of kitchens found on this website, fully 30% of them are white (or off-white) kitchens. For your benefit, I've separated the "whitewashed wood" kitchens, shown here, from the "antique white" and "pure white" kitchens located in the main

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