Cabinets are one of the biggest investments we make in our kitchens (and therefore in our homes). These are also the kitchen features you're likely to use the longest. But just because they're fairly permanent features doesn't mean they can't go out of style (hello, high lacquer cherry cabinets with braided wood trim!).
To get the inside scoop on the rapidly fading kitchen cabinet trends, I spoke to trend-forecasting brand consultant and Interior Designer TK Wismer. Here are the Cabinet developments she said she could bid farewell to this year.
“Wood is really popular,” Wismer said, noting that while wood is a great natural and sustainable material, white oak has become very difficult to find, perhaps at the expense of its beauty. do. “It comes down to what you get out of it,” she says. As a result, “we've seen prices go up.” Mid-tone woods are gaining popularity as an alternative to light-colored woods.
we have been dyed white for a long time minutes. “All the beautiful kitchens we've seen have been white,” says Wismer. That is the definition of supersaturation. While it's a beautiful color for kitchens, many walls and ceilings are also white, and “people are really understanding that they need a little more depth,” she says. Cream colors and khaki colors, like her recent kitchen reno, also help highlight other white features.
There's a clear reason why neutrals are popular. But your options don't have to be limited to beige and gray, says Wismer. Instead of them? “Blue and green are really becoming neutrals,” she said. Particularly in bright shades, she says, with the growing popularity of looking to nature for color inspiration (what you see outside the window is nature). That's why stock cabinets are now offered in such shades, she added.
4. Highly decorative cabinet
Wismer says complex, overly detailed profiles just feel outdated. Even her style, the perennially popular shaker, is veering away from decorative cabinetry and toward slimmer shapes, she says. If she's not ready for a really plain, flat profile, her personal favorite is a slim shaker with just a little edge.
5. Matching brass and matte black hardware
With so many people looking for unique designs, “there's a huge trend where not all handles and knobs throughout the kitchen are the same,” says Wismer. Rather than matching everything, she says, people are “combining zones and considering the ergonomics of where they work.” Brass is attracting attention along with matte black, but there are signs that titanium and brushed black, “soft industrial'' so to speak, will take over its place in hardware.
6. Waste of existing cabinets
Wismer said tearing down and updating the entire kitchen would create excessive waste. Both in terms of materials that often end up in landfills and in terms of money. “Given everyone's cost of living and her DIY projects, sometimes it's easier to just replace the fronts than tear down the entire cabinet,” she says. You can keep the box and transform and customize your space with custom cabinetry.
