It’s said that a kitchen sells a house. To many people, the kitchen is much more than a room to cook the evening meal – the kitchen is the heart of the home. With open-plan living and the demise of a separate dining room, the kitchen has become a hub where so much of our home life is spent. It is a place where we can relax with friends and family while drinking a cup of coffee or a glass of wine, or where children can do their homework while mum or dad cooks the evening meal.
We all have an idea of our dream kitchens. However, turning our dream into reality can be a costly exercise – whatever your budget, a new kitchen is one of the most costly projects you are likely to undertake in your home.
What’s trending in kitchen design in 2020?
If you are thinking of updating or remodelling your kitchen, whatever your taste, there’s a trend to suit.
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Streamlined cupboard doors
For a minimalist, streamlined look, choose handle-less doors and drawers. If you are going for this style, make sure you have enough storage to hide all your kitchen bits and pieces away, as this style works best in an uncluttered kitchen.
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Find your inner Vader
Embrace your dark side! For a dramatic look, combine rich walnut flooring with dark cabinets.
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A luxe look with marble
Marble can bring a touch of luxury to your scheme but it does tend to look cold. Therefore team marble splashbacks, worktops and flooring with pale wooden cabinets to warm up the look.
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Play with texture
For a more relaxed feel, choose a mix of textures and styles. For example, pair brushed metal handles and rustic tiles with modern painted cupboards, or choose high gloss cupboards with terrazzo-style worktops to add visual interest.
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Au naturale
Natural wood brings warmth to any scheme and a look that will outlast many other trends. Use the various tones and the grain of the wood to make a statement.
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Make a splash with colour
Brighten up a neutral, white or grey colour scheme in a kitchen with a bright splashback, accessories and soft furnishings.
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Cupboard love
Pre-refrigerator days, houses were built with large walk-in pantries. As the trend for fitted kitchens took off, pantries were ripped out to make way for smaller cupboards. However, the idea of having all your ingredients, tins and jars stored in one handy place wasn’t such a bad idea – enter larder-style cupboards. Many well-known brands have added larder cupboards to their kitchen furniture range. Available in a range of colours and sizes, there’s one for every kitchen style.
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Store and display your plates
Plate racks are making a comeback. Show off your prettiest china with a countertop or wall hung plate rack.
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Painted cabinets
Whether you choose a handmade, bespoke painted kitchen or choose to paint your old melamine cupboards to give them a stylish update, the painted cabinet is a hot trend right now. Choose greys, subtle sage greens and deep blues to keep on trend.
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Paint wall cabinets a different colour to your floor standing cabinets
For a kitchen with a ‘wow’ factor choose painted kitchen cabinets in different colours. Pair light coloured wall cabinets with a darker base unit for a sophisticated look.
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Multi materials
Choose a combination of stone, metal and wood for a contemporary look with an urban/industrial twist. Team hardwearing stone or concrete worktops with wooden trimmed with metal cupboards.
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Focal point sinks
The choice is wide in statement sinks, from butler sinks to inset sinks in a stone worktop, or why not ditch the chrome and fit brass or black taps and let your sink be centre of attention.
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Contemporary style
High gloss, sleek cabinets with hidden handles and built in appliances will give your kitchen am ultra-modern look. Soften the look with low hanging brass pendant lights over a kitchen island.
Whatever the new trend, when you are spending thousands of pounds having a new kitchen fitted, it pays to choose a style that you will be happy with for many years to come.
Popular kitchen colours for 2020
Bring some colour into your kitchen to give it the ‘wow’ factor. Current trends include:
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The little black appliance
If you aren’t brave enough to embrace the trend for black or dark cupboards, choose black appliances. Many appliance manufacturers produce refrigerators, washing machines, kettles, toasters, and microwaves in black or slate.
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Blue
For a while now grey has been a staple in many homes across the country, but now blue is making its mark – so much so that classic blue was named by Pantone as its colour of the year 2020. Dark blue or navy cabinetry or walls make a stylish and elegant statement in any room, but look exceptionally good in the kitchen.
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Copper
Once just the metal for pots and pans, copper accessories are a key trend in 2020. Kettles, toasters, trivets, metal baskets, storage jars and even cutlery are all available in copper or copper-coloured to brighten up any kitchen.
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Bring the outside in
Bring the outside in with green accents in your kitchen. From adding indoor plants to painting a feature wall green, or even painting your cupboards a shade of olive green – blur the lines between your garden and your kitchen.
Small kitchen trends for 2020
Not all of us are blessed with the type of large kitchen that graces the inside of glossy magazines, but just because it’s small it doesn’t mean that your kitchen can’t be on trend.
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Open shelving
Often fitting cabinets to the wall can make a small kitchen look cramped. Instead of cabinets, use open shelving to open up your kitchen and make a feature of matching storage jars, china and glassware.
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Moveable butchers block
If you don’t have room for an island unit, choose a solid, chunky butchers’ block on wheels. They can easily be moved when you need extra work space, and provide handy extra storage.
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Light the way
For small dark kitchens, use bright recessed lighting or under cabinets to give the illusion of space and light.
Kitchen trends to avoid in 2020
Some kitchen trends come and go in a blink of an eye, some stay for many years, and some trends come back in style after a few years. In 2020, the trends that are going out of style are:
All-white kitchens
Although a perfect base to showcase bright accessories, the white kitchen is losing its charm.
Subway tiles
Seen in many home makeover TV shows for the last few years, it seems these tiles may have seen their day.
Closed-off kitchens
Gone are the days were kitchens were small, separate rooms where meals were prepared and then eaten in a separate dining room. Kitchens have moved on to bright, open, sociable spaces where cooking is just one of many uses.
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