Timeless yet modern kitchen- does it exist?

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Would anyone be able to suggest suitable ideas for a 90s built house? Colour, style, worktops? Don’t want something that looks dated in 5 years.
Help us !! Terrible at interior design.

I don't think you can go wrong with shaker style for longevity. Then again I'm a bit rubbish with interior design too! When I buy my house I will be going for something like that.

Shaker style and real wood worktops hasn’t gone out of fashion for a long while, although I think the colour of the wood is leaning away from orange tones to more of a greyish. But to me, it’s the same style and has been in fashion since 2000. If you want it to look more ‘modern’ then get matt black handles and black accents (toaster, bread bin) and swap them out later when you get bored.

Thank you. Don’t you just wish someone aligned to your taste could come in and make all the decisions! (For nothing or next to nothing )

What do you think of the darker colours or would you stick with lighter? Navy blue seems to be more popular. I’m a bit wary of dark grey.

Love the navy blue shaker style kitchens!

Navy is v fashionable right now and will date badly. Cream or white would be a safer bet.

If you’re after darker colours like navy I can see it going out of style in 5 or so years tbh. I like the look but not sure about it’s longevity really? I don’t know if it helps but I’m 23 and have a shaker style kitchen that I like a lot, my 30 year old brother had one put in last year too. His has white shaker style cabinets, wooden veneer worktop and light grey tiles. I would suggest that real wood looks nicer but I have heard it’s a pita to take care of, but I have no personal experience.

A few family members have been buying properties recently and it's been interesting to hear their comments on the kitchens. Home painted kitchens and tiles were a bit of a turn off and usually involved them factoring in a new kitchen.
I think as little wall tiling as possible is the answer. It's hugely expensive and can really date. I remember how shockingly expensive tumbled travertine was but regularly see queries about how to paint over it in the french chic forum.
My daughter has recently had a new kitchen installed and got solid doors, sprayed and kiln dried to her chosen farrow and ball colour. I'd be cautious of grey but that's what she went for.

I’d go with cream for longevity.
Our cream kitchen was from the early 90’s and other than the varnished wood trim and knobs was still fine, we got 15 more years out of it by changing the worktops and sink.
I’d go for in frame rather than slab doors.

I was seduced by a blue kitchen , I love it but I think it may well look dated in 10 years.

Cream shaker style definitely - had ours done about 10 years ago and it still looks clean and fresh and hasn't 'aged' in the way some high gloss style kitchens have.

something like this probably won’t date, but even a timeless look will eventually date. Who knows what wonders we will have in our kitchens in 10-15 years ?

I did visit properties as part of my job, shaker kitchens don't date and can be mixed with different colours. Higher end properties tended to have painted and wood shakers as if they were spending £££ they wanted classic and timeless- Aga and shakers

I like that one Littlebillie. I like the contrast. Not sold on grey (yet)

Worktops - real wood or granite or other ?

Egg shell blue or sage with cream might be nice.

We went for wood shaker and black granite 20 years ago and it hasn't dated at all.
The less colour you "build" into the kitchen the less it will date.
You can accent with ceramics and tea towels etc, but if you go for a colour other than white in a very big room it's always going to date, so we went for wood and so far haven't even had to change the handles.

We have navy blue top cupboards. They came with the house nearly seven years ago and if they go out of style in five years, I reckon that will be a reasonable span for them.

I put in a cream shaker style kitchen in my house 14 years ago with a wood worktop...it still looks modern and hasn't dated at all.

We are having a black shaker from IKEA
Black shaker are near impossible to get. Most places only do a very dark grey

Second choice is navy. I was worried about it dating but all the friends I have that have new kitchens and houses we viewed a year ago were favouring the grey still.

A shaker style in matte white or cream.

Have a look at Neptune - just for inspiration as their kitchens are bloody expensive! But I feel that they do "timeless but modern" exceptionally well.

I've had white Matt units installed recently with beautiful stainless steel handles by Buster and Punch. Worktop is Leven quartz by Cambria. I think it's stunning and hopefully timeless - years or so at least. By which time I will be an old lady.

Lasting 20 years or so

Our kitchen is more than 20 years old! We had a local joiner come in and build it because we have such an old and crazy wonky kitchen. It's in a shaker type style, solid pine with a butler sink and currently it's painted cream eggshell but if we want a change in the future we'll paint it a different colour. We recently had another run of units made by another joiner in the same style (but you can't tell it's not the same). Worktops are beech and we sand and oil them regularly which helps keep it all fresh. It's worth considering if you have a good local person without the crippling big kitchen name prices (and without the chipboard! )

Shaker style with pale worktops, either corian or similar, or a mix of pale worktops and wood won’t date. I would go for pale colours (cream, pale grey, pale green) and white or cream tiles (or a pale coloured splash back). Avoid navy, dark green, very dark grey and brass or black fittings as these scream lockdown makeover!