Kitchen Trends of Late

The latest articles on kitchen trends state that popularity of stained wood cabinets has increased. Cherry is increasing in usage, followed by maple. However, a good percentage of homeowners still prefer cabinets painted in the "white family". This can include pure white, creamy white, glazes, and even buttery yellow.


Another current trend is the increase of cabinet front panels on appliances. I am not sure if that means that stainless has decreased in popularity or not. Certainly many homeowners have never liked stainless appliances, so perhaps those are the homes with appliance panels. It still seems to me that appliances seem to be stainless, cabinet paneled. white, or black. In that order of popularity.

I have also read that the range is decreasing in favor, and that many people are going back to the cooktop and separate wall ovens.

Mixing woods within a kitchen still seems fairly popular from my perspective. Often combining painted and stained cabinets can make a kitchen less overwhelming. Sometimes a wood floor in a kitchen, with wood stained cabinets and a wood table can be a bit heavy. The solution to that can be as simple as varying the shades of wood so that they blend, but do not match. Or creating interest with the counters and backsplash to draw the eye away from all the wood. Changing out a floor to a stone tile can also offset wood nicely.

I have to say that there are many beautiful painted cabinets in colors other than white or cream. There are blues and greens and grays and anything you can imagine. However, in my experience homeowners do not want to commit to that much color on something that is so expensive to change. So maybe the fun colors go in the mudroom, or a bathroom.
 
These are some of my thoughts, share yours.

-Marybeth