Will gloss kitchens date v quickly ?

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Hwllo, we are finally getting a new kitchen and I can't decide between a white gloss or white matt kitchen. DH likes gloss but I'm worried that it will date more quickly. I even read somewhere recently that gloss will be the new pine soon.

We plan to be in this house for the foreseeable future and getting a new kitchen is a big deal for us, so I really want to try and make sure that I buy something that doesn't look too dated in 5 years.

I genuinely like gloss, and matt, and just keep going around in circles trying to make a decision. We need to put an order in this weekend and I am panicking because I've been thinking about this for weeks now and still no nearer to making a decision.

ANY advice would be greatly appreciated, thank !

I think white gloss is a very specific look which is alreayd looking a bit dated.
I woudl think a matt finish would also be easier to keep clean, so would go fot that option.

yes i think it will date, but not sure how much quicker than other types. I would be more worried about chipping/damage personally. It is relatively easy to repair a matt, but i would be concerned about the same with gloss.

but as ever, just my very humble opinion.

I just got white gloss because I decided I wasn't bothered if it dated, it would always look clean and fresh, unlike doors which collect dust&dirt. We're not up-to-date much ourselves anyway and we'll be here long enough for the dating not to matter too.

I think the white gloss look will date - or as Pannacotta says, is already slightly starting to date. However, we bought a coloured gloss kitchen and we love it, so go for it if you like it.

HerHonesty is right on the chipping - I was extraordinarily pissed off to discover that our very expensive German kitchen chipped slightly within 6 months. I really was considering demanding a new door. It did come with cover-up paint, though, and you can't now see the chip, so I couldn't face hassling them for a new door, after previously hassling for not one but two new sinks, and not one but two new worktops.

If you like gloss, go for it - ultimately anything will look dated in due course!

I hope not. We've got a gloss black kitchen with beautiful acrylic doors. It looks fabulous.

I have cream gloss have had it for 2 yrs, I love it and it still looks great, clean and fresh.
Evverything dates eventually.

I think rather than units dating it's the layout and accessories that start to look tired. Good quality door fronts, few (I would say no) fussy wall units, tall cupboards and pull-out larders, non-laminate worksurfaces, expensive handles, clever containers and that sort of thing, some attempt at balance (but not slavishly symmetrical), good tiles and/or splashbacks will mean that, IMO, your kitchen will look modern.

We had a white gloss kitchen put in last year, absolutely love it. It is very easy to keep clean (no mouldings to trap dust; just wipe down occasionally). We have granite tops and funky dark wooden overhead cupboards to balance the base units and I don't think it looks dated yet!

white gloss is still specified in high end flats/houses in swanky parts of london, is fine for normal folk

I don't think it will date any quicker than any other style (less so if anything), even if it does and you want to sell/update in 5 years time, just replacing the doors (or having them dipped) isn't that expensive, it's the rest that's expensive.

Why do you need to order it this weekend?

What TheNextMrsDracula said. So what if it dates, you have to choose something and the gloss will still look fab long after others have aged iyswim. The gloss (look at Avent)is so easy to clean and so far our 3 year old kitchen is unscratched and unchipped.

We have just had a new kitchen put in and according to the guy in our kitchen shop, gloss is already dated! SIL has a lovely gloss kitchen but some of it is dark wood and she is now finding it a nightmare with fingerprints from her toddler and also with the light (very bright kitchen) showing up dust on the doors. That's my unlearned contribution, for what it's worth!

Gloss kitchens have been around for a long time - we got one in a previous house in 1993. Not sure you should worry about it dating - buy what you like. As others have said you can always replace the doors.
I found ours very easy to keep clean.

Gloss vinyl is different from gloss wood and therefore does not absorb anything. If you like wood, have wood, it's been around for a long time and hopefully will remain with us I think gloss vinyl became a good option when one factors in the Rainforest debate that raged a few years ago. That consideration remains.

We had a white matt and stainless steel ( with a smidge of elm )kitchen installed this time last year. Its contemporary as opposed to classic, as is the whole house, and of course eventually anything contemporary will date.

We plan on staying, so it wasn't with saleability we decided, it was based on what we like now and we deliberately didn't spend too much ( cabinets/carcasses nearly all Ikea )so that if in 10 years time we want to update it, we don't feel bad ripping out a handmade by artisans/fairies with dovetail joints etc expensive kitchen. Instead, we spent money on the stuff we don't plan to change, like the floor and the table.

Does anyone have any advice, we had a gloss kitchen fitted it is less than 6 months old and is now chipped, is it just us or is this normal

Ours is a mid range white gloss kitchen 5 1/2 years old and no chipping at all, still looks like new.