A small detail, like this range hood wood accent, visually connects the white cabinets to the wooden pantry doors.
Should the Pantry Door Match My Cabinets? (incl. 23 examples)
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Published: January 16, 2022
Updated: August 30, 2022
Should the Pantry Door Match My Cabinets? (incl. 23 examples)
Written by
Zakhar Ivanisov
January 16, 2022
Adding a pantry to your kitchen helps maximize your storage space and organization system. One design decision that you’ll have to make is how you want this area of the kitchen to look, especially if it will have its own doors. After all, your pantry won’t be a standalone piece. Instead, it will be placed along with the other types of cabinetry within your kitchen. So should the pantry door match your cabinets?
There’s no single rule that answers this question. It really depends on your preference and the type of aesthetic you want to achieve. On one hand, matching the color and style of your pantry to your cabinets will create a clean and coherent appeal all throughout your space. On a more practical level, having similar cabinets and pantry doors can also be more cost-efficient.
On the other hand, homeowners who want to achieve a custom look in their kitchen may opt for a pantry door that doesn’t necessarily look like the rest of the cabinetry. This can be done by using a different color, material, or door style. Bringing in a different element lends variation and visual interest to the space. The key component is to create consistency through the other aspects of the kitchen design. Matching the pantry to a butcher block countertop, for example, can inject a cohesive touch in an unexpected and subtle manner.
If you’re still wondering and asking yourself “Should the pantry door match the cabinets?”, here are 23 ways that you can approach your pantry design.
03 of Turn it into An Accent Door
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Give your pantry a feature door rather than treating it as just another functional area in the kitchen. These glass-paned wooden doors lend brightness and rustic textures to the space, making the kitchen more interesting.
04 of Reclaimed Wood
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Pairing white cabinets with warm wood accents, such as this stunning wooden pantry door, will make your kitchen feel warmer and more inviting. Use similar wood stains in various levels of richness to give your space a coherent look.
05 of Equipment Complement
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Kitchen appliances sometimes look out of place in a kitchen with monochromatic cabinets. This taupe pantry door with a central glass pane brings that visual connection, tying the white and black cabinets and the metallic equipment together.
07 of Island Pairing
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The island is considered a focal point in the kitchen. So, instead of matching your pantry door with the cupboards, why not take color and style inspiration from the main feature of the space?
08 of A Shade of Gray
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Give your kitchen an industrial farmhouse touch with a glossy gray pantry door that matches the black countertop and the gray and steel décor accents in the space.
09 of Wooden Door for a Wooden Floor
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Your kitchen’s floor can be the source of inspiration if you want to make your pantry door stand out from the rest of the cabinetry. This herringbone barn door elevates the cozy feel of the white kitchen.
11 of Match the Tiles
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One way to pull off a mismatched pantry door is to take inspiration from the kitchen’s overall color palette. Instead of matching the cabinets, the door is painted with the same color as the backsplash tiles, giving this area an accent look.
13 of Pop of Green
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Pair your fun kitchen floor tiles with a bold Bayberry green pantry door to lend a touch of fun to your kitchen. The black lever door pull matches the color of the kitchen hardware for a subtle connection.
14 of Vertical Insets
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This pantry door might not have the same glass inserts as the cabinet, but its vertical green chalkboard gives it an illusion of similarity and adds practicality to the door’s function.
16 of Crisp Lines and Insets
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Create a clean and straightforward aesthetic by matching your pantry door to your cabinets and blending it with the rest of your kitchen’s architectural elements. This paneled barn door works perfectly with the white shiplap accent wall by giving it a touch of dimension and reflecting its linear qualities.
18 of Tone on Tone Versatility
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Matching the color of your pantry door and cabinets is a great way to bring flexibility into the kitchen, especially if you love to add tons of kitchen décor along the way.
19 of Subtle Differences
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Should the pantry door inconspicuously match the cabinets? Painting your pantry door in a light sea salt gray hue gives it a distinct dreamy look without totally contrasting against the kitchen cabinets. The soft gray paint adds subtle color to the space without breaking up the cool color palette.
20 of Same Color, Different Look
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Color is an effective tool in creating a coherent aesthetic even when two elements don’t have the same design. While the cabinets have Shaker-style doors with crown moldings and the walk-in pantry has an X-brace barn door, the use of clean white paint visually ties them both together.
21 of Uniformed Molding
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Apart from the same overlay panel design and use of white paint, the molding used on the pantry door matches the cabinets. The moldings are applied on the header of the cabinets while the pantry features a similar style in its door casing.
22 of Rustic Cabinet Touch
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If you want your cabinets and pantry door to be the same color, why not add a rustic touch for style while injecting variation and interest at the same time? By simply adding wood accents, the cabinet looks livelier and warmer. Meanwhile, the upper glass pane makes the pantry door appear brighter without veering away from the design scheme.
23 of White with White
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Here, both the cabinets and the pantry door feature an overlay panel design and are coated in bright white paint. Selecting the same theme for the pantry door and cabinet is one of the best ways to make your kitchen look timeless and versatile.
