What is on-trend for kitchens?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I know it's just me loving maximum efficiency, but I like the ease of no doors on the upper cabinets. The practicality is amazing if you cook a lot.

Also, for under the counters, there should be all (except obviously under the sink) drawers, not cabinets. Too much reaching way back, with cabinets.

Agree on the drawers, but I think open uppers only look good in magazines - too hard to keep organized & pretty.

I like less upper cabinets, for a more open space. White cabinets. Chrome, nickel or brass fixtures. Hardwood floors. Quartz countertops, marble is always in. Subway tile or marble in a pattern backsplash.

We gutted our kitchen and did white cabinets. For me it was key to have:

a few glass front cabinets - we did one wall of upper cabinets and then open wall mounted shelving on the smaller wall
bottom cabinets with drawers
pantry with pull out shelves
polished nickel hardware
quartz counters
white subway tile
hardwood floors

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Corner cabinets have lazy susans so it's easy to reach back.


Kick drawers under the cabinets for pet food bowls and other storage.

Long thin cabinet for baking pan/ cutting board storage.

Spice storage inside the cabinet door.

Pantry cabinets with sliding drawers.

Garbage disposal that operate by push button by sink not wall or under the counter switch.

Double sided cabinets on any island between kitchen and dining room.

Pocket doors for utility/ storage areas.

Drawers with auto close.

Open cabinets without doors are so ugly.

Cabinets in all space - eg cabinet with lift up door above fridge to store party platters.

2 islands.

I love you list. It sounds like a cooks kitchen. Now, how to you specify that this is what you want when house hunting? Gourmet kitchen seems to mean it looks pretty but no one paid attention to function.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I know it's just me loving maximum efficiency, but I like the ease of no doors on the upper cabinets. The practicality is amazing if you cook a lot.

Also, for under the counters, there should be all (except obviously under the sink) drawers, not cabinets. Too much reaching way back, with cabinets.

Agree on the drawers, but I think open uppers only look good in magazines - too hard to keep organized & pretty.

I like less upper cabinets, for a more open space. White cabinets. Chrome, nickel or brass fixtures. Hardwood floors. Quartz countertops, marble is always in. Subway tile or marble in a pattern backsplash.

We gutted our kitchen and did white cabinets. For me it was key to have:

a few glass front cabinets - we did one wall of upper cabinets and then open wall mounted shelving on the smaller wall
bottom cabinets with drawers
pantry with pull out shelves
polished nickel hardware
quartz counters
white subway tile
hardwood floors

Sounds just like my new kitchen. Very trendy, it's in all the magazines and Houzz. I love the look and functionality but am afraid it's getting a bit overdone.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:ALL drawers for the undercabinets. We have that now and it's amazing.

We do too and I agree. Key U.S. To have one or two deep ones for big pots/stacking pans.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Corner cabinets have lazy susans so it's easy to reach back.


Kick drawers under the cabinets for pet food bowls and other storage.

Long thin cabinet for baking pan/ cutting board storage.

Spice storage inside the cabinet door.

Pantry cabinets with sliding drawers.

Garbage disposal that operate by push button by sink not wall or under the counter switch.

Double sided cabinets on any island between kitchen and dining room.

Pocket doors for utility/ storage areas.

Drawers with auto close.

Open cabinets without doors are so ugly.

Cabinets in all space - eg cabinet with lift up door above fridge to store party platters.

2 islands.

I love you list. It sounds like a cooks kitchen. Now, how to you specify that this is what you want when house hunting? Gourmet kitchen seems to mean it looks pretty but no one paid attention to function.

Not pp, but you can't. The people who put this much time and effort into their kitchen remodel aren't selling for years. We gutted ours recently and did something similar. Budget the money and gut your kitchen if you want this.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Corner cabinets have lazy susans so it's easy to reach back.


Kick drawers under the cabinets for pet food bowls and other storage.

Long thin cabinet for baking pan/ cutting board storage.

Spice storage inside the cabinet door.

Pantry cabinets with sliding drawers.

Garbage disposal that operate by push button by sink not wall or under the counter switch.

Double sided cabinets on any island between kitchen and dining room.

Pocket doors for utility/ storage areas.

Drawers with auto close.

Open cabinets without doors are so ugly.

Cabinets in all space - eg cabinet with lift up door above fridge to store party platters.

2 islands.

I love you list. It sounds like a cooks kitchen. Now, how to you specify that this is what you want when house hunting? Gourmet kitchen seems to mean it looks pretty but no one paid attention to function.

Not pp, but you can't. The people who put this much time and effort into their kitchen remodel aren't selling for years. We gutted ours recently and did something similar. Budget the money and gut your kitchen if you want this.

Yup. Which is why if you've ever remodeled your own kitchen and then have to move, you'll want to remodel the next kitchen to your own specifications too. No way I would want some slap-dash Home Depot builder kitchen after having spent months designing every last detail in my kitchen. Of course, if you don't care about this stuff then it doesn't matter to you.

[Anonymous]

Get a white kitchen if you love it but will soon be out-of-date.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Get a white kitchen if you love it but will soon be out-of-date.

Ehh my grandma grew up with one in the 1920s, DH's parents had one in the 1960s and I grew up with one in the 1990s. They've been around.

That being said, we just gutted our kitchen with white cabinets and got cream cabinets in the remodel. Love the warmth it brings.

[Anonymous]

Easier to update a white kitchen with some paint than ripping out light wood/dark wood/cherry wood cabinets every time the trend changes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Get a white kitchen if you love it but will soon be out-of-date.

A white kitchen is classic.

[Anonymous]

We are getting ready to start a remodel and we have chosen antique white cabinets, a granite slab that is whitish and grayish and looks vaguely marble-eqsue. Dark charcoal faux slate floors, white tile backsplash that is not subway tile, a sort of moroccan inspired shape. Wall paint color is navy blue.

[Anonymous]

Black may be the new white in kitchens:

http://www.wsj.com/articles/the-rise-of-the-black-kitchen-1410537807

http://www.abcddesign.com/2015/04/27/black-kitchen-cabinets/

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Get a white kitchen if you love it but will soon be out-of-date.

A white kitchen is classic.

OP asked what was on-trend.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I know it's just me loving maximum efficiency, but I like the ease of no doors on the upper cabinets. The practicality is amazing if you cook a lot.

Also, for under the counters, there should be all (except obviously under the sink) drawers, not cabinets. Too much reaching way back, with cabinets.

Agree on the drawers, but I think open uppers only look good in magazines - too hard to keep organized & pretty.

I like less upper cabinets, for a more open space. White cabinets. Chrome, nickel or brass fixtures. Hardwood floors. Quartz countertops, marble is always in. Subway tile or marble in a pattern backsplash.

We gutted our kitchen and did white cabinets. For me it was key to have:

a few glass front cabinets - we did one wall of upper cabinets and then open wall mounted shelving on the smaller wall
bottom cabinets with drawers
pantry with pull out shelves
polished nickel hardware
quartz counters
white subway tile
hardwood floors

I think the design world has moved on from the white kitchen, but it is pretty.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Get a white kitchen if you love it but will soon be out-of-date.

A white kitchen is classic.

100% agree with this.