Cool Mint Green Kitchen Designs
Fancy adding a touch of mint green to your kitchen but not sure how? Mint is no longer reserved for retro. With loads of different ways to add a touch of mint green to your kitchen, you don’t have to go “all-out” to add a splash of mint.
Quick Summary
Mint green works in a kitchen at any dose. Go all-in with a full run of flat-front mint cabinets, or keep it lighter by using mint only on the countertops, a tiled accent wall, or accessories like pendant lamps and plants. The pairing matters more than the amount: light wood or white marble tops and white trim keep it fresh and minimal, while bright red furniture, black-and-white checkered tile, or exposed brick pull mint in a retro, masculine or industrial direction.
Mint green can make a kitchen feel fresh, light, and full of character. And while it may bring retro kitchens to mind, the right shades, materials, and color combinations can make it feel just as modern.
You can use mint green across your cabinets for a bold new look or introduce it through countertops, tiles, lighting, and smaller accessories. Here are some mint green kitchen ideas to help you find an approach that works for your space and style.
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Mint Green Kitchen Cabinets
Go all-in, and try mint green on all your kitchen cabinets. To create a modern look like the one above, use simple flat-front cabinet doors and drawer faces. Choose cabinet fronts with recessed edge pulls to eliminate the need to add hardware. This will create a clean, uninterrupted band of mint green color, making it the focal point of the kitchen.
Pair your mint green cabinets with light wood or white marble countertops. Forgo upper cabinets, to create a minimal look. Keep any open shelves, backsplashes and trim above the countertops white to reinforce that open kitchen feeling. Light-colored or white floors will add visual balance.
Finish your cool mint green kitchen with a stainless steel sink and appliances. Add a few choice accessories in a complementary color such as orange, red or blue to complete the look.
Mint Green Countertops
Spruce up your kitchen cabinets with mint green countertops. Then furnish with a contrast color like bright red. The combination red/mint green is both retro and modern at the same time, and prevents the mint green from dominating too heavily. Choose large accessories like chairs, tables, window frames, etc to make sure the boldness of the contrast color prevails.
Make It Masculine
Contrast mint with checkered tiles in black and white and strong, masculine details like a French-style artisan clock. The black and white checkers bring out the darker side of mint, and the combination is chic, masculine and modern.
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Bring Nature In
Pair your green kitchen with lots of fresh plants, flowers, and even rocks and stones. The fresh green contrasts well with the pastel mint, making the whole room feel fresh and clean – just what you want in your kitchen.
Accessorize With Mint
In this kitchen, an old window frame has been painted mint green, repurposed as a shelf unit, and placed against a contrast wall. Easy to do, effective, and chic and creates an instant eye-catcher in your kitchen.
Or, just add a few nostalgic mint green pendant lamps and make your kitchen instantly mint green modern.
Mint Green Tiles and Curtains
Take your accessories to the next level, and go for an accent wall with mint green tiles, paired with green curtains. By choosing tiles that cross over several hues, you are not bound by what the flair of the day is – rather you set your kitchen up for a more timeless look. Curtains can easily be changed out depending on what’s trending.
Contrast Your Mint
These days it’s all about contrast and with mint, it’s no different. Go rough, by contrasting your mint green cabinets with red brick walls. In this loft-style kitchen, the original brick walls have been preserved.
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Create Your Own Kitchen Design
Ready to see how mint green could look in your kitchen? Use RoomSketcher's kitchen planner to draw your floor plan, try different layouts, and experiment with cabinets, countertops, tiles, furniture, and finishes. View your ideas in 3D and compare different options before deciding what works best.
Common Questions
Light wood or white marble countertops pair well with mint green cabinets. Keeping open shelves, backsplashes, and trim above the counter white reinforces the open feeling, while light-colored or white floors add visual balance.
Use simple flat-front cabinet doors and drawer faces. Choose fronts with recessed edge pulls so no hardware is needed. This creates a clean, uninterrupted band of mint green and makes it the focal point of the room. Skipping upper cabinets also adds to the minimal look.
Bright red is the standout pairing. The red-and-mint combination feels retro and modern at once and prevents the mint from dominating. Orange and blue also work well as accent colors. Apply the contrasting color to larger items, such as chairs, tables, and window frames, so it holds its own.
Use mint on the countertops, or create an accent wall with mint green tiles paired with green curtains. Smaller touches also work, such as nostalgic mint pendant lamps or a repurposed item like an old window frame painted mint.
Choose tiles that span several hues rather than matching one trending shade, so permanent surfaces are not tied to the fashion of the moment. Use curtains and accessories as the changeable elements that can be replaced as trends shift.
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