David Bromstad Shares The One Cabinet Choice That'll Make A Huge Impact On Your Kitchen

So you're bored with the same old kitchen design and playing it safe with your color choices. Lucky you, David Bromstad, host of the HGTV series "My Lottery Dream Home," has quite the bold suggestion: painting your kitchen cabinets pink for an expressive and vibrant look with plenty of personality. He previously told Apartment Therapy, "Personally, I love to add color to my kitchen by painting the cabinets." Of course, kitchen cabinets can come in lots of different colors, including natural wooden finishes or a neutral, pared-back white. Bromstad, however, likes to opt for something a little more vibrant and eye-catching, happily reaching for the pink paint bucket.

Choosing such a bright color for your kitchen cabinets may be scary at first, particularly if you're worried about it being a kitchen design choice that hurts your resale value down the line. But if you like the color's cheerful energy and see yourself enjoying your pink kitchen for at least a couple of years, go for it. Paint is an easy, affordable upgrade, and you can put off worrying about those resale renovations until — or if — the time comes to put your home on the market.

David Bromstad's penchant for pink cabinets was seen on Season 2, Episode 4 of the HGTV show "Rock the Block," in which the designer transformed a basement into a blush pink dreamscape. As he told Apartment Therapy, this kind of bold cabinet design using paint can be "such a powerful [form of] self-expression," with an affordable cost and a significant visual pay-off. If you're having a hard time picturing your kitchen with pink cabinets, there are countless examples of beautiful pink kitchen designs to inspire you.

When it comes to combining other colors with pink kitchen cabinets, consider whether you want to aim for strong contrasts — think pink and black — or something a little softer, like the popular pairing of pink and sage green. Rather than blindly following trends, the key is choosing colors that make you happy. If you do choose to take inspiration from what's trending, don't follow what you see on Pinterest to a T; instead, try and extract elements that draw you in, and find unique, personalized ways to apply those in your home.

A hot pink kitchen can be fun and invigorating, but it's not everyone's style. If you tend to lean toward softer colors in your interiors, a mellower pink shade can be the perfect underrated paint color for your kitchen cabinets to avoid overwhelming your space. After all, you want your home to represent your personal taste and truly feel like yours. Soft pink is also easier to pair with other colors and slot into various design styles, as it's less likely to clash.

If you want to incorporate pink elsewhere in the kitchen, consider painting a feature wall or adding some pink appliances, like a small countertop oven as an accent or a more daring pink statement refrigerator. A pink marble island or backsplash can be a luxurious addition as well, although much pricier. And if you love this look so much that you choose to take pink beyond the kitchen, the cabinets in your laundry room can be painted pink, too.