Dolly Parton's White Kitchen Is A Canvas That Changes With The Seasons

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Are you someone who struggles to decorate at home because choosing a single style feels too final? While it may seem like you have to go all-in on one specific design, there is actually a clever solution for making your home decor changeable, allowing you to switch it up to suit varying seasons or your own mood. And you don't have to embark on this interior decorating journey on your own — Dolly Parton has actually shared a great example of how to create a simple, versatile design which reflects your changing tastes. Her kitchen — which is often featured in promotions for her Dolly Parton food products — is dominated by white. From a crisp, white subway tile for the backsplash to white marble countertops with just a hint of natural veining and simple, farmhouse-style cabinets, Dolly has essentially created a blank canvas which she can decorate to suit any event or season. 

This is a great example to follow if you struggle to stick to a specific style, but it's also a smart way to make sure your interior design stays budget-friendly. Rather than having to change out your kitchen cabinets, countertops, or wall color when you feel the urge to renovate the room, you can focus on switching out the added decorative elements, which are much cheaper than a whole kitchen remodel. Although opting for an all-white scheme may sound boring at first, it's actually easy to keep a white kitchen from looking dull by changing the decor within it according to the seasons, just like Dolly.

Dolly Parton has exhibited her kitchen through social media posts and interviews for her food products, such as the Duncan Hines Dolly Parton's Banana Flavored Cake Mix. In these various posts and clips, she makes great use of decorative color schemes over the blank white kitchen setting, creating a unique mood for each season or holiday. For example, in a summer post on Instagram, Dolly decorated her countertop with a pink cake stand and a simple mason jar filled with fresh daisies. Then, in a Christmas Instagram update, she freshened up the same corner by swapping out the light pastel items for red sleigh and bright sprigs of evergreen. This shows a subtle and impactful way to decorate your kitchen for Christmas. Because her cabinets have clear glass fronts, she also changes out the plates and glasses inside, showing how even practical items can work to your advantage.

But Dolly doesn't just use different color schemes to customize her white kitchen. She also swaps out a variety of different materials. In one instance, her countertops can be seen filled with natural wooden cutting boards, pink pig salt and pepper shakers, a cow-shaped ceramic milk pitcher, and a twine-wrapped flower vase. All these shapes and textures helped to foster a rustic, farmhouse aesthetic perfect for summer or spring. 

If farmhouse pieces aren't your style, these same concepts can easily be tweaked for different aesthetics. Choose materials that speak to you. For fans of industrial design, an iron pot rack, slate cutting boards, and geometric fruit bowl could give a plain white kitchen the tasteful edge it needs. When summer comes around, shell-shaped plates, a driftwood lamp, and blue-green hand towels could be swapped in to add a coastal vibe to the kitchen.