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Five Important
Kitchen Design
Trends 2025
Kitchen Cabinetry Design Trends -Midwest
Would you like a design you won’t grow tired of in 15 years?
Consumers are choosing stained cabinets with not so white neutrals on the island or the main run or cabinetry. Off-white cabinetry is still in high demand and gray is being replaced with gray/brown stains. White and red oak are replacing the once dominate maple cabinets, opting for more fine grain showing. Consumers are featuring the stove with hidden range hoods and well-lit cabinetry: offering highlight on details. Customers continue to open walls from the kitchen to living room spaces. Spending time to look at investing in laundry or work area efficiency.
Smart Efficiency Work Areas
The beauty of remodeling a kitchen is to incorporate the most efficient design to eliminate wasted space and build in convenient tilt down trays, soft close drawers, built-in USB ports and laptop nooks, tray dividers, coffee nooks, large drawers for pots and pans and pull out pantry shelves. Stream-lined kitchens continue to be popular in higher markets as well as in the country, with more natural wood than painted cabinetry. Many opt for casual family friendly styles that make everyone comfortable. Even in older homes, walls are being transformed to create greater ease in conversation and family bistro-style flex spaces like laptop nook, coffee centre or entertainment bars that are comfortable for work, eating or entertaining.
Simple ways to improve the sink area, the star of the kitchen, is to trade out for updated water efficient faucets and new countertops. Updating knobs into golden tones such as Gold Satin and Brushed Bronze continue to rise in popularity while the
Brushed Nickel and Oil Rubbed Bronze maintain their space on the selection tray.
Introduce Wow Factor
Combining bold accents with neutral finishes of cabinetry, countertops and flooring is a simple way to create a unique look. White-linen, Dove, Agreeable Gray painted cabinets combined with wood cabinetry and accents creates some interest and relief from the all white kitchen. Natural or light tones in stains and paint are being combined with natural wood as well. Natural textures, and the appreciation of nature come out in wood choices, and today’s market provides exciting quartz tops with minimal design.
Stainless Steel and Black Stainless Steel appliances surge as well as built-in appliances hidden with wood fronts.
Satin Black and gold or bronze accents continue to dominate while wild wall paint is out. The market tends towards natural earth-toned colors. Shaker style cabinet doors and flat panel doors are dominating.
Matching window trim and interior doors improves eye appeal.
The Way We Cook And Eat
Today’s higher interest in healthier cooking or specialty cooking with guests requires a kitchen that looks beautiful and yet offers ease of cleaning. Minimal design with open shelving is popular and gives relief from the all wood wall cabinet runs. The waterfall countertop on the island gives visual pop. Many customers still opt for the most seating available to the island while keeping the kitchen work area minimized of traffic.
Budget vs Customizability
Our Planning Specialist provide balance in the number and shape of cabinet doors, and empty space. Our planner can help you evaluate if its better to keep the cabinets and do a reface to save money in your kitchen budget or if you want more innovation to make the most efficient use of your space in the corners, pantry, trash, recycling, yet putting those into a beautiful design. Organizing options include storage systems, roll out shelving, cutlery, or bulk food storage, menu organizers, specialty appliance storage, and coffee stations.
Ample lighting is provided with under counter lighting and built in LED lights.
LED lighting is much more efficient, for example using 9 w bulb provides as much light as a 100 w bulb!! Multiply that times the number of bulbs you have in your kitchen or home, and you have a lot of savings by updating your fixtures. Ask about efficient appliances as well. The green market pushes for more efficient appliances and companies that keep the Earth in mind.
Smart Technology increases efficiency and kitchen investments almost always pays off. We encourage LED lighting to save on energy. We have energy star rated appliances, Energy star rated windows and doors that are made to hold the winter heat in and the summer hot air out can save a lot of waste in heating and cooling.
We also have smart connected appliances to your phone so you can double check to see if your dishes are getting clean and your meal is being prepared, or your oven is shut off after you have left.
Let's start a conversation about your kitchen needs, our first in store design consult gets you examples or pricing of other kitchen remodels similar in size and scope to your home. Contact us below with your details.
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