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’d love a dark green kitchen.

Grey is done. (Thank goodness)
Gloss is done. (Also thank goodness)
Navy and dark green will be very soon, I predict.
You can't really go wrong with off white teamed with a natural material worktop, granite or solid wood. Maybe if you're doing it to sell, a laminate worktop so you aren't shelling out for something you're not getting to enjoy yourself.
Generally I would say what the heck, have what YOU like, but doing it to sell is a tricky one... totally agree on the open shelves thing - I have some and they're a complete bugger to clean - get coated in grimy greasy dust seconds after you clean them.

@Hingeandbracket

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.

Totally agree!

Check out Alexandra Tolstoy on instagram. She’s just moved into a house and has done the kitchen. It’s absolutely beautiful and individual.

We had ours done 2 years ago. Went for handleless cupboards and drawers in a dark grey, then a white quartz worktop with a slight sparkle, and off white paintwork. Inset led spotlights in the ceiling. Really pleased with the look when it was first done, and still delighted with it now. Every show home we looked at had white doors and black worktops so we wanted to be different. The worktop cleans really easily, and reflects the light keeping the kitchen looking bright. Colour can be added with artwork and small electricals, or you can keep it monochrome, so whatever happens in fashion, it can be tweaked at minimal cost.

We have high end oak kitchen units with granite worktop. Lovely wood graining which I’m tempted to paint but worry that painted kitchens might go out of fashion and wood kitchens become all the rage. I fancy a change but don’t want to regret having done it in a couple of years.

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I think dark green and navy kitchens are already starting to date. And copper or brass coloured hardware, while lovely, will date quickly I think.

I think sleek handleless matte/satin doors. All the high end kitchen shops seem
to have a graphite combined with a wood effect finish option. We did ours a year ago and went with what a pp called "tuxedo style" (I like that!) so it's graphite and then some white upper cupboards.

Not long had ours done, off white shaker units with oak worktops and minty green walls. Don't really care if it's "in" or not as we like what we like ! Looks fresh and is so much better than the old 70's kitchen we had before !

A decent kitchen will last about 15 years

Mine's not done badly then, it was put in early in 1998. We've had slow leaks behind 2 of the base units, which have damaged them, the laminate flooring (which goes under the units) is shot, and the tiles in one corner keep falling off because the plaster beneath has blown.

Forget the trends and go for what you like, you have to live with it for the next couple of years.

@user1471462428

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.

What’s a freestanding kitchen?

@QuentinInQuarantino

I think dark green and navy kitchens are already starting to date. And copper or brass coloured hardware, while lovely, will date quickly I think.

I think sleek handleless matte/satin doors. All the high end kitchen shops seem
to have a graphite combined with a wood effect finish option. We did ours a year ago and went with what a pp called "tuxedo style" (I like that!) so it's graphite and then some white upper cupboards.

I agree with QuentinInQuarantino , two tone kitchens are the way forward.

I've got bardolino oak units like these and similar worktops.

We are doing our kitchen soon and I am tending towards a sort of khaki gloss that I have seen in Ikea- might not get it from Ikea but I’m sure other places will have similar

What’s a freestanding kitchen?

Not fitted. Can take the cupboards with you when you move.

We bought a house that came with an old kitchen. We think it was installed in the 80s, it's minimalist, good quality, painted wood. Our plan was going to be to get a new one, but once we moved in it just felt so cozy and homey, like going to your parents, so in the end we kept the cupboards, replaced everything else. I'm sure everyone who sees my kitchen is unimpressed, but when I'm at the sink I think of my nan (we bought a sink like the one she had), and my counter tops are like the ones in my mum's house... I guess what I'm saying op it's make yourself happy. People buy houses knowing they will change some things... and maybe they will just like what you have now.

Very simple cream kitchen with a mixture of wooden tops and cream stone worktops here..20+ years and still in fantastic shape. No notion of changing it...the hassle completely puts me off.

I think the simpler the design the less to go off.

A neat island with a painted wooden base can give a pop of any colour that is easily changed.
We have a snug off our kitchen with a stove and a very deep colour scheme that I have pops of also in the kitchen, to tie both areas together.

If we moved out tomorrow, the next person could easily adapt the kitchen to their, very different taste.

When selling a house you want your buyer to see themselves making your home theirs, easily.

@Movinghouseatlast

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.

I was just about to say that is response to the earlier post. Regardless of ANY trend I would NEVER have shelves instead of cupboards. What a fucking cleaning nightmare. I imagine any such trend will get short lived as people start to realise what a pain in the arse it is!

I work in interiors and recently we’ve installed kitchens in bespoke painted finishes including - purple, forest green, dark blue, light blue, orange, walnut, ash,blackened oak, limed oak.

So seems that anything goes!!

What doesn’t go is gloss.

Grey still occasionally gets a look in but rarely and only from people who aren’t looking to live in the houses they are doing up.

We went taupe! As boring as can be. But love it

@bridgetreilly

What’s a freestanding kitchen?

Not fitted. Can take the cupboards with you when you move.

Why on earth would that make a house unmortgageable?!

the only consideration with a kitchen for me is that it must be easy to clean. I got a new one in January, cream gloss, no handles, slide and hide oven door (like on Bake Off) and instead of cupboards below the work tops it's all drawers. And lots of lovely electric points. Also a double sink, or at least a sink and another way to tip out water if you're already washing up.
And one of those "hairdresser" style mixer taps (that you can pull out)

But the best thing is: no handles. I love no handles.

Freestanding kitchen means if it was repossessed you'd take "the kitchen" with you, which makes their asset kitchenless and technically uninhabitable. Have you not seen Homes Under the Hammer?

We went for white wooden shaker with interestingly-shaped chrome handles, dark grey marbled worktops and white walls. It's 7 years old and not at all dated. You can fairly easily change the look with a coat of paint or a brightly-coloured kettle tbh.

This was our kitchen while it was being fitted. I still love it.