Give Your Kitchen A Timeless Look With This Idea Inspired By Courteney Cox's Cabinets

Scrolling through your phone and stumbling across a video of a celebrity home tour often feels like a moment of unattainable admiration, not inspiration. However, Courteney Cox's kitchen has a design feature that's surprisingly easy to adapt because her cabinets are left unpainted and smooth rather than distressed, and are taken all the way up to the ceiling which immediately makes her whole kitchen space feel rustic and lived in.

This stripped-back natural style is an all-around gorgeous cabinet trend that is actually completely timeless, not being locked into any loud choices or color schemes. And it's a simple design choice that works for basically any type of kitchen, whether your space is small or large. If you have a smaller kitchen, this is actually going to be a great choice because floor-to-ceiling cabinetry draws the eye upward and makes a room feel taller than it is. And even leaving the wood natural does something similar, as it adds warmth, which makes the space feel inviting.

It's also a really accessible way to make changes without jumping in with both feet. You can apply it gradually by keeping existing wood cabinets unpainted or just choosing smoother finishes over heavily grained ones.

If you're sitting in your home right now, looking at painted cabinets, don't assume you need to rip everything out and start from scratch if you want to copy Courtney Cox's vibe. In many cases, you can easily strip the paint, although it will also depend on what kind of finish you have underneath. If that's not realistic, you could look into simply replacing the cabinet doors (and not the whole cabinets) instead.

Even fully painted kitchens can still get on the more rustic home design trend by leaning into texture rather than color itself. So, focus on natural materials with simple finishes and better storage solutions. Embracing natural wooden features throughout the kitchen could be a more realistic way to embrace this feeling, even if you have painted your cabinets already.

What Courtney Cox really embraces in her kitchen is the use of the floor-to-ceiling cabinets, not just their style. She uses them as the doors for her fridge and her trash unit and even has added rollout shelves behind some of the corner cabinetry for extra convenience. The "Friends" star also embraces a really nice contrast between the handles of her cabinets, which are dark bronze, against a lighter wood. This creates a sense of contrast and weight, which makes the wood feel intentional, not old-fashioned.