Ty Pennington’s Smart Tips on Adding Interest to an All-White Kitchen

If you’ve never seenTy Pennington flip a kitchenwith his design team, you are missing out. Just when you think he’s going to pull some typical color scheme you’ve seen before, he comes out surprising viewers on his new show, “Ty Breaker” on HGTV. And in a recent episode, Pennington showed how to go monochromatic with kitchen color choices while still allowing forcontrast and visual interest.

In the series finale, a couple expressed to Pennington that they wanted a bright, white kitchen, but there’s always therisk of an all white kitchenfeeling sterile instead of ahomey, vibrant place准备一顿饭。事情看平淡真的曲ickly, so Pennington made a few design decisions to combat this from happening.

Pennington and his team opted for a “Cooper Brown” floor that contrasted with the white (fifth photo above). This wasn’t his only darker design choice — they landed on dark bronze hardware, and earthy tones were also integrated in a double-decker herb garden shelving system in front of a deeply silled window (pro tip: you can also chooseclear shelving to prevent blocking light).

You can go all white without choosing pure white, too. Pennington and his team debated quartz versus granite countertops, but they ultimately landed on a beautiful gold and gray flecked quartz. You have to look a bit closer to realize the counter isn’t all-white, but when you view the room as a whole, it eliminates that sterile feel.

Finally, Pennington chose a more off-white bright gray paint for the walls that completed the vibrant and well-lit space the couple had dreamed of withouttoomuch white. Finishing details included a mosaic style white backsplash and that eye-popping miniature garden in the window.

To see more from Ty Pennington and his favorite kitchen renovation tips, check out hisupdate of an 1800s kitchenand his show “Ty Breaker” onDiscovery+,Amazon Prime, andHGTV.