Trends in basic kitchen design

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What is currently 'in' and likely to last a few years, and what is on its way 'out'?

Gloss or matt finish doors?
Chrome, nickel, stainless steel, black, brass handles/taps?
Bullnose or square edged counter-tops?
Very dark or black countertops are surely on their way out after such a long time, is it white tops now?
What sort of (fake!) wood is in/out?
Anything else?

I'm only thinking about a budget kitchen, probably Howdens, only because my fitter is very keen.

I think you can't go wrong with a shaker style door - seems not to date x

Dark kitchens, light countertop. Though white is still probably number one colour, if you want the latest colour, it's green.
I'm thinking very dark grey or black handless matt slab with composite marble worktop and patterned tiles for my next kitchen.
But that's my taste - shaker is a perennial favourite, but been there done that. As for wood effect - ugh no!

I think the black and navy kitchens will be out and we’ll head back to pastels. My own kitchen is being made right now in F&B Treron, with oak floor and white tops. I wanted brass finishes but the price of the brass Quooker vs the standard chrome has disabused me of that idea!

I think both brass and chrome will be timeless. Shaker style also. Oak. But touches not 90s “oak everywhere”. Ply and walnut are both very in right now, as are unfinished boards of wood. God knows why they would be a living nightmare to clean.

Gloss I hate and think it comes around every 5/10 years on repeat.

We've just picked our kitchen for our new build. I wanted to go dark cupboards with a light top but feel that will seem dated before we can update it. So we've gone for a light grey shaker but with a dark wood top and dark brushed brass/copper chunky handles.

when we put our new kitchen in we didnt care what was on trend how fast it would date or whether anyone else likes it, we picked a kitchen that we like, can live with and was in our budget

I think minimal/modern/jappandi style is going to be the next kitchen trend. With that, pastelly versions of the colour. I'm also seeing a lot of terrazzo so probably that too (ugh!)

I try not to focus too much on the trends and picking stuff that I like. I've always been a fan of green/teal so probably going for a light green (but not too saturated) kitchen regardless of whether it's trendy or not! I will also have a modernish kitchen as otherwise it'll look really out of place with the rest of the house. I'm also going a bit out there with the top cabinets as wooden slat panelling 🤣

For you, I'd suggest matching the style of the kitchen with the rest of the house!

Shaker is classic, especially when not too ornamented (though the type with no beading at all is quite fashionable now so a simple bead is probably more timeless). Simple slab doors, matt, are also pretty trend-proof, and if you have a painted finish (MDF, wood etc) can be re-finished in a few years if you want to. Agree gloss is quite marmite and goes in and out of fashion, it was very in in the 2000s but less so now. Probably best avoided if you want versatility in your kitchen.

Personally I love the wood look and wanted slab/ j-groove wood doors for my kitchen 10 years ago which would still look great now had I actually got them!

Colour-wise, white, grey and navy are dominating the market at the moment. Dark green has been popular over the last 3-4 years but I think the dark look with be dated in about 5 years' time. Unfortunately a side-effect of the Instagram culture is that kitchen and bathroom trends are moving more quickly than they ever used to. It's not great for the environment.

The best advice is to try (it's hard!) to not be swayed by trends and pick a colour you really love, even if that's just white, as your dominant colour. On Pinterest or Instagram or Houzz you will see kitchens in pink (lots of pink), all shades of green, yellow, orange, light blue, deep red... try and find one that makes you go "ooh!".

There's a lot of island-worship around and I think that thing of slapping an attention-grabbing colour on your island and hanging three pendant lights above it will start to look naff before too long, but it's very popular so maybe I'm wrong!

Worktops - hard to go wrong with a natural material (or a quartz version) like marble, concrete or wood (nor in wet areas though!). Our first flat 20 years ago had a white shaker kitchen with a butcher block worktop and tbh that would still look fine now.

Controversially I don't care for the open shelf look that's been dominant over the last few years either; a modest number of wall cupboards, either glazed or light coloured, is easier to clean and hides the Tupperware from public view. No need to have them wall-to-wall though unless you're dealing with very limited storage space.

Hardware: brass still v popular, chrome not cool but so ubiquitous it's classic really, copper quite trendy but if you love it, have it. Nickel is a good shout, if it goes with your cabinet colour(s), as it's never been super on trend so more likely to last.

I wasn't really aware there were big trends in worktop edges, but instinctively I'd go with simple = best. Ornamentation in kitchen fittings is still a way off being in fashion again, though it will come back round eventually!

Actually- one thing I will say is I find if the kitchen goes with your house it's doesn't matter too much about the trend. I have a period house and the kitchen reflects that a bit. I I'd gone ultra Modern I think it would look naff even if it was in fashion x

Go with what you like personally and with a style that fits your house and you won’t go wrong. I live semi-rurally so for me a shaker kitchen with beading, lighter stone countertops, non-white non-pastel cabinets, a big belfast sink and chrome fittings makes sense because they are easy to maintain and keep clean. I have also put down porcelain tile instead of wood flooring because it works better with my lifestyle.

Hi we're just ordering ours now 6 months later than we had hoped because other more important jobs cropped up in our old house( it's never bloody straight forward!). I've just gone for a bright white handless kitchen:

tkckitchens.co.uk/kitchen-view/Lucente%20Handleless%20Gloss%20Kitchens/Dust-Grey/

I was really deliberating whether to go handless or not but people have been really positive about them, plus I don't see what a handle can't be added later and it would change the style and look too

Surely brass will age. Does no one else remember their parents ripping out 1980s bathrooms with brass fittings? Chrome is much safer and easier to clean.

We are renting a place with pale green shaker cupboards, a Belfast sink and white reconstituted stone worktops. It’s about 10 years old but still looks very nice.

We are also looking to buy a house and the whole navy and white kitchen with the ubiquitous pendant lights is starting to feel a bit stale.