Kitchens: what will be the next trend?

[LakieLady]

We're going to have a new kitchen next year and, as we hope to sell up and move within the next couple of years, want to put in something that will be attractive to buyers rather than what we would choose for ourselves.

I think we have reached peak grey, so that will look dated by the time we sell, and doubt my ability to keep a high gloss finish free of fingermarks, so prefer a painted finish.

What does the MN hive mind think will be the next kitchen trend?

Kitchen is 16' x 10', and not very light, as the garden is higher than the house, iyswim.

I agree, anything except grey.

Having coped with years of austerity and then covid, we deserve something cheerful and spring-like. Light & sunny

I considered all the colours and still went for grey. I think you are more likely to get fed up of a coloured kitchen than grey or cream that you can accessorise with different colours to change the look of the kitchen. The colours that seem to sell best are all muted colours anyway so you can get a pinky grey, a greeny grey or a bluey grey.

I think this site is good for seeing the different styles and colours in situ.

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Going off DIY work lots of my friends are doing, there's a trend for getting rid of the wall cupboards and having shelves instead. Mint green seems to be a popular colour choice for the walls with pale yellow a close second.

I have just done shelves instead of cupboards in a kitchen.

What a mistake. It looks fantastic, but it is a sodding nightmare to clean.

That's interesting @Gancanny, I thought a yellow might be nice on the walls. It could trick me into thinking my kitchen was sunny!

I only have one 10' wall to put wall cupboards on @Movinghouseatlast (one long wall has 3 windows, the other has 2 doors and the 2nd short wall has a door) and have ruled out open shelves because I'd have to keep them tidy! When I see open shelves in kitchens, they look more decorative than useful, tbh.

Good question. Gloss gave way to shaker style with mixture of light and dark units. Interested to see what the new trend is.

Forget trends and go with what you like. As long as the kitchen is clean and functional (presuming you don't have awful taste) it will help the house simply by being new.

ps. You couldn't pay me to replace wall cupboards with open shelving. It might be trendy but all that cleaning!!!

Free standing? With small kitchens I gather you need the odd wall mounted unit but that's the way I'm going with pieces picked up from sales/online and painting them. It's less expensive, and when the next buyer comes in I can take them with me or resell, and they can have a clear space to fill it up with what they want.

I've seen navy kitchens, my kitchen is also quite dark so I wouldnt choose navy. I have a wooden painted kitchen and while we're not planning to paint it again,if we did, I like the idea of sage green. Not that that has anything to do with what is stylish, I just think it would be nice!

If I were you I’d stick with something neutral but well organised. Optimise storage space and make sure that the kitchen ‘works’ in terms of layout.

I’d be tempted to use Ikea or the like. Then if new buyers want to change it they can just change door/drawer fronts.

God no don't do shelves instead of cupboards. Cupboards are far better.

Probably go a bit more traditional, wooden doors and easy clean worktop. If they want to, the new owners could paint the doors or just replace them. Wouldn't get high gloss, as you say they just look dirty everytime you touch them to open them. Constant wiping down, nah thanks.

White or cream. Traditional shaker for me with a wooden worktop, grey or osle green tiles, karndean flooring. Light grey walls.

I dont like modern sleek shiny kitchens without handles, but it wouldn’t suit the house neither as its over 250 years old,

I agree with not going for open shelves, fine if you have a big kitchen and plenty of cupboards , put up a few shelves to artfully display the expensive cook books and retro scales .
But I want a cupboard where I can fling all the plastic boxes that have no lids and the non matching cups & plates. .
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I had my kitchen redone early this year and it's a mixture of sandy and darker brown colours, perhaps wouldn't of been my 1st choice but it's HA so I only had 4 options but it's grown on me.

Wooden worktops, and not-quite-shaker in creams or muted pastels, I reckon.

On a similar note, I believe stand-alone dining rooms will come back where they were once knocked through, especially in houses without a dedicated study.....

I hate wood effect kitchens on Rightmove. They probably look fine in rl but so orangey and dated.
Shaker style white with very plain handles won’t age.

Our mortgage provider wouldn’t let us purchase a house with a freestanding kitchen so I’d rule one out straight away. I love light green and blue trend.

I’d get wooden doors that can be painted to taste.

I’ve seen some lovely dark green kitchens recently - my friend has one and it’s beautiful. Don’t do navy!

Open shelves are only pretty if you have decorative pans/plates etc! My wall cupboards are filled with a jumble of mismatched Tupperware and other random shite. But if the kitchen is big enough you can do floor units only and have a few nice things on shelves.

I reckon navy with brass hardware would be a good shout.

Something to bear in mind if choosing Shaker style is the tendency for dust, grime etc to settle on the lower "sill" of the panel IYKWIM, and the ease of cleaning those inner corners.

What a waste of the earth's precious resources having fashions in kitchens is.
I wonder if many of the people mentioning Shaker style have any idea where that term originates? The Shakers would be horrified by such profligate waste.

I reckon navy will date faster than any other choice.

Unless your kitchen is really dated, will the money you spend on re-doing the kitchen be recouped in the house sale price,if you’re planning to sell a year or so later.

I would go for something neutral.

I prefer stand alone dining rooms as well.

Cream kitchen wooden effect top I don't think will ever go out of fashion
Just dont have a dark kitchen in a small space makes it look a smaller room

I don't think you can go wrong with white, never overly fashionable but never completely out of date.

Black and white, dark green and navy blue seem to be the upcoming trends for kitchens. I would avoid grey.

Matt finish is still preferable to gloss imo. Gloss finish kitchens look like they're from the early 2000s.