14 Kitchen Design Trends You’ll See Everywhere in 2024

Regardless of how cozy the sofa or how giant the eating desk, the kitchen is indisputably the guts of the house — household and pals are at all times drawn in for drinks, dialog, or cooking collectively. With extra folks working from residence than ever and a renewed deal with customizing our areas, homebodies in every single place need extra from their kitchens. And rightfully so!

So, what’s subsequent in kitchen design developments for 2024? To search out out, we reached out to a few of our favourite inside designers and pulled knowledge from the Nationwide Kitchen and Tub Affiliation’s annual kitchen development report (which surveyed a variety of trade professionals from contractors to architects). From modern cooktops and storage programs to trending counter supplies, listed here are the 14 kitchen developments to look out for in 2024.  

For those who’ve been dying to emulate Dakota Johnson’s inexperienced kitchen however haven’t but made the leap, you’re in luck — shades of inexperienced aren’t going anyplace. “Inexperienced continues to be going robust in design on the whole, from partitions to cupboards to tile,” says Vicky Serany, co-founder of Southern Studio. “I’ve traveled to Spain, Portugal, and Italy to the design and tile reveals this 12 months and it’s proven in each assortment as a part of the colour palette, which tells me it’s right here to remain for some time.” 

Relaxation in peace, all-white kitchens … you have been unattainable to maintain clear, troublesome to personalize, and simply not encourage! However wooden tones are again, child. “I’m seeing the return of stained wooden cupboards versus painted cupboards,” says Shamika Lynch of Maximizing Tiny. “Whether or not it’s in an equipment storage, pantry, or all the cupboards, owners are rising uninterested in the upkeep that comes with painted cupboards. Though they’re typically inexpensive than ‘stain grade’ wooden cupboards, they don’t patina as effectively, and as a society we’re discovering our manner again to prioritizing sustainability.” 

“Pure wooden is a should within the kitchen to provide heat,” provides Jeanne Chung, principal at Cozy•Trendy•Stylish. “Our clientele not needs a sterile kitchen — they need a kitchen with life that feels lived in. White oak and walnut have been on the high of the record by way of trending wooden species, and we’re additionally beginning to use alder, because it stains properly, has a pleasant grain sample, and it does effectively in each trendy and conventional settings. As well as, we’ve additionally integrated wooden beams above and water resistant wood flooring. Individuals are spending extra time at residence so they need their properties to really feel intimate and comfortable.” 

Contemplating that doing the dishes takes practically the identical period of time as truly making the meal, sinks might stand to work a bit tougher than they already do. That’s the place workstation sinks are available. “A workstation sink has separate stations for laundry fruit and veggies, slicing and chopping, and washing and drying dishes,” explains Eva Higby of Higby Design. “This creates extra space to prep fruit and veggies within the sink, and I like that it reduces the mess and creates extra workspace.”

The final main innovation in stovetops occurred within the early 1900s with the arrival of electrical energy, so we’ve actually been due for a brand new methodology for a while now. Plus, with new environmental rules relating to fuel cooking, extra folks than ever wish to put money into a long-term dependable cooktop. “Induction cooking is getting smarter and sleeker; the cooktops are simply built-in into the countertop for a cleaner floor,” says Higby. “I’ve even seen induction cooktops which might be hidden beneath the countertop so when they’re off, you’d by no means realize it was there. They warmth quick and funky rapidly, so are nice for households with younger youngsters. They’re additionally fairly exact, permitting for a variety of temperatures from boiling to warming.” 

Who says the fridge must be one hulking equipment, and never a couple of completely different centered drawers spaced all through the kitchen? Higby notes that fridge drawers are trendier than ever, as a spot to maintain waters, seltzers, and sodas, and anything a household may wish to seize and go. “Dishwasher drawers are exhibiting up an increasing number of as effectively,” she says. “Two dishwasher drawers can substitute the usual dishwasher, however many occasions they’re being added along with normal dishwashers to areas like beverage stations and residential bars. They are perfect for smaller hundreds and fast washes.” These equipment drawers are additionally straightforward to combine into cabinetry with matching panels so that they mix proper into the background. 

If the higher cupboards have gone in favor of shelving, this implies the decrease cupboards want to choose up the slack. However oftentimes they’re troublesome to prepare and a ache to succeed in into. Higby remarks that they’re being changed by drawers altogether, as a result of it’s “a lot simpler to open a drawer and pull out your plates or your pots and pans. As soon as my shoppers uncover how straightforward decrease drawers are, they wish to put them into each lavatory as effectively!” As well as, tall, full-height cupboards are an awesome possibility for pantries in addition to space for storing for home equipment like mixers, toasters, and low makers. 

Extra cooking at residence means extra cleansing the kitchen, and Higby has discovered that this has led to a extra minimal strategy in relation to backsplashes. “Individuals hate cleansing grout strains and love the look of constant the countertop materials up the backsplash,” she says.” By persevering with the countertop materials onto the backsplash, you create a clear and crisp really feel and might showcase that lovely materials!” 

“Whereas shaker-style cupboards have been the go-to over the previous decade, we’re designing kitchens with extra slab fronts,” Higby says. “I like the clear look of the drawers and doorways. It helps the ‘much less is extra’ development in kitchens. They’re additionally a breeze to scrub!” 

Certainly your social media feeds have been chock-full of kitchens bedecked in intricate, veined marble for a while now, however one factor individuals are realizing? Marble is plenty of work to keep up. It’s actually stunning and, with the suitable care, can final ceaselessly, however not everybody needs to place a lot work into their kitchen counter tops. “Most of my shoppers are busy households and don’t have the endurance for marble,” agrees Higby, and as a substitute recommends Quartzite. “It’s a pure stone like marble so it has stunning and pure veining that is available in many variations,” she says. “Whereas marble is understood for being comfortable, quartzite is difficult and sturdy like granite. Quartzite is porous like several pure stone, however as soon as it’s sealed it’s good to go for heavy use. Quartzites are stunning, and a honed or leathered end makes it straightforward to maintain clear.” 

One other countertop materials getting its day within the solar is sintered stone, reminiscent of Neolith or Dekton. “I undoubtedly see the trade shifting extra into Dekton counter tops,” Lynch factors out, as a result of “they’re much more sturdy, straightforward to scrub, and are available a big selection of choices.” That stated, when you’re nonetheless set on marble (we get it), Wahler notes that there are new merchandise that act as protecting shields for marble that the stone yard distributors she works with are getting enthusiastic about. 

You heard it right here first: The microwave is out and the sensible oven is in. “Pace ovens, air fryers, and new light-based cooking are changing microwaves as a result of home equipment have to be greater than quick — they have to be sensible,” Higby says. “Sensible ovens aren’t solely quick, however additionally they enhance the cooking expertise. They typically include built-in recipes and even join together with your cellphone.” Higby is personally enamored of the Brava, which makes use of light-based cooking to prepare dinner extra effectively, and is linked to an app that walks you thru recipes and permits you to watch one thing prepare dinner from one other room. 

It’s no shock that folks need extra from their kitchen islands than simply being an additional prep area — it must additionally serve different capabilities. “If the kitchen is the guts of the house, the island is the guts of the kitchen,” Higby says, and since it’s so important, she finds her shoppers putting extra precedence on it than they used to. There’s been a rise in incorporating workstation sinks, including smarter storage, and getting larger to accommodate extra seating. Sarah Robertson, principal designer at Studio Dearborn, has seen the island trending away from “all in a row” island seating and as a substitute in direction of wrap-around seating, and Higby provides that she only in the near past accomplished a 12-foot island with seating on either side, which takes the place of a separate kitchen desk. 

Might open ideas and floating cabinets actually be gone for good? Possibly not, however Olivia Wahler of Fireside Properties Interiors has undoubtedly observed a shift again in direction of closed storage. “Equipment garages (our private favourite) have been on the rise,” she says. “In addition to hidden drawers, built-in step stools, charging drawers, hidden pet meals storage and feeding stations, and the sneaky toe-kick storage! Our shoppers have been leaning closely into the thought of as a lot useful storage as doable, leaving no room for wasted area.”

Whether or not it’s a bar for entertaining, a nook for espresso and tea, or perhaps a youngsters’ drink fridge, virtually all of the designers we spoke to talked about a rise in requests for beverage stations. “Plainly the pandemic shifted the best way folks use their kitchen and created a brand new period of homebodies,” Wahler says. “Our shoppers aren’t going out fairly as a lot for cocktails or coffees, and as a substitute have put an emphasis on desirous to have a spot to each put together and luxuriate in a lot of these issues at residence.” Elizabeth Valentina, CEO of Nar Design Group, agrees, including, “Beverage facilities are rising to the highest of desired objects to incorporate in a kitchen, now together with espresso and tea service, water dispensers, under-counter refrigeration, and frozen items storage for smoothies, shakes, and acai bowls. 

Kitchens shouldn’t be excluded within the pursuit of heat, cozy lighting. Whereas shiny daylight bulbs are sometimes chosen for activity lighting, you possibly can nonetheless layer in different kinds and fixtures. “Lighting is extra essential than ever in a kitchen, and plenty of layers are used to attain one of the best consequence,” Seranay says. Robertson provides that her agency loves to make use of “pendants over the island and sconces over home windows or flanking the vary, and are shifting in direction of small flush mounts as a substitute of recessed lighting. If we’ve a big open counter area, we introduce a desk lamp.” What’s extra, Valentina says, “Lighting cupboard interiors creates an enhanced expertise, permitting for higher engagement with the interior cavity of the cupboard or area.”