What is on-trend for kitchens?

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Anonymous wrote:I'll tell you what's not on trend? Using the words "on trend". Ugh, so pretentious and tacky.

Whatever, I paid full freight for that kitchen.

Please, this is offensive to amtrak engineers.

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Am I dreadfully late by thinking that white gloss everywhere is on trend?

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White is classic and never off trend. My parents did a mid-range raised arches kind of white kitchen in 1989, with plain white corian counters and a white ceramic sink. The white appliances had all been swapped out over the years for stainless steel, and the room had been painted recently with more current colors. When they sold in 2009, they swapped out the old white ceramic door hardware for brushed nickel -- and the realtor told them the kitchen was what sold the house (sold the day it hit the market).

As others have said, yes, the combo of maybe nickel hardware with subway tiles and white cabinets may look very 2010s right now..... but if you stick with neutral countertops, then you can simply swap out the hardware, appliances, backsplash and lighting and basically have a new kitchen in 20 years. I liked white kitchens in 1989 when my parents did it, in 2004 when I bought my first house, in 2012 when I gutted my second house, and still like it now as we are in the midst of yet another kitchen reno (we move a lot for my husband's job). Yes, I have liked some weird accompanying stuff over the years (I think my parents' 1989 reno involved ceramic tiles painted with pastel flowers) that didn't stand the test of time, but the cabinets always did.

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Anonymous wrote:Am I dreadfully late by thinking that white gloss everywhere is on trend?

We are struggling with this right now as we have started a kitchen reno. White flat slab cabinets for sure, with walnut veneer on the cabs on the small island. But we are torn between high gloss white versus a painted flat white. I kind of feel like the painted flat white looks more contemporary, and that the gloss is starting to look a little been-there-done-that (in fact, we did a high gloss white kitchen in 2012) -- but I'm also worried that the painted white slab is just less striking and visually appealing.

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Also torn between white flat and white glossy. I really like the look of the latter a lot, but I'm concerned that it's 1) going to show dirt/fingerprints/mess more and 2) it'll be out of style at some point in the future. But man, something like this looks really nice:

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Anonymous wrote:Also torn between white flat and white glossy. I really like the look of the latter a lot, but I'm concerned that it's 1) going to show dirt/fingerprints/mess more and 2) it'll be out of style at some point in the future. But man, something like this looks really nice:

I'm the pp who is also torn between glossy and matte. If it helps, we had a glossy kitchen in our last house - installed in 2012 - and fingerprints were not a problem at all. In fact, I just ordered a sample matte door to see if I like it, and was disappointed at the dirt it showed as soon as I touched it. But... Because we did a glossy kitchen 3 years ago, I have this sinking feeling that glossy had already been on trend for too long so it is likely to go out of style soon. That said, if you google it, no one is saying it is about to go out of style, so maybe I'm just being paranoid. I think we're going glossy.

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looks like a room in a hospital

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We have white glossy and I love it, because everything wipes clean

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Anonymous wrote:looks like a room in a hospital

+1. That was my thought too.

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Anonymous wrote:White is classic and never off trend. My parents did a mid-range raised arches kind of white kitchen in 1989, with plain white corian counters and a white ceramic sink. The white appliances had all been swapped out over the years for stainless steel, and the room had been painted recently with more current colors. When they sold in 2009, they swapped out the old white ceramic door hardware for brushed nickel -- and the realtor told them the kitchen was what sold the house (sold the day it hit the market).

As others have said, yes, the combo of maybe nickel hardware with subway tiles and white cabinets may look very 2010s right now..... but if you stick with neutral countertops, then you can simply swap out the hardware, appliances, backsplash and lighting and basically have a new kitchen in 20 years. I liked white kitchens in 1989 when my parents did it, in 2004 when I bought my first house, in 2012 when I gutted my second house, and still like it now as we are in the midst of yet another kitchen reno (we move a lot for my husband's job). Yes, I have liked some weird accompanying stuff over the years (I think my parents' 1989 reno involved ceramic tiles painted with pastel flowers) that didn't stand the test of time, but the cabinets always did.

hah. We bought a house with this very kitchen in 2013- but they hadn't swapped in nickel hardware or stainless steel appliances.
The all white corian counters and white (small) ceramic sink were awful. I couldn't wait to rip them out, along with the shiny square white backsplash tiles that looked like they belonged in a bathroom (with decorative tiles of flowers here and there, of course). This look is all so 80s, and not classic. I agree that white is classic, but there are components that are not.

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Anonymous wrote: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.

I want your kitchen.

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For those doing a white kitchen with quartz countertops, what color quartz did you choose? I like marble but now it's impractical but have not really like allot of the quartz I've seen. Have hard wood floors and will likely do subway tile for the backsplash.

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Anonymous wrote:For those doing a white kitchen with quartz countertops, what color quartz did you choose? I like marble but now it's impractical but have not really like allot of the quartz I've seen. Have hard wood floors and will likely do subway tile for the backsplash.

We did ceasarstone -- whatever the purest white one was. It is very beautiful.