Not all kitchen trends are created equally, and not every temporary fashion appearance is penetrated by the durability and the luxurious vibes that you want for a room that you will not change very often. Some trends can even make your kitchen look cheap.
Following trends in a kitchen is such a risk. It is a room that you cannot change as easily as a bedroom or living room. Your cabinet styles, the materials you selected, the colors and the layouts are a fairly permanent decision that you do not really want to change for decades or even longer.
Which kitchen trends do you have to avoid now to ensure that your space does not look cheap and out of date in just a few months? We asked interior designers for their advice and what they would recommend instead.
1. Helle white worktops
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Due to the way they manage to feel even brighter, there was a trend for bright white kitchen worktops, which are usually made from quartz. The problem is that their shine can look a bit freshly chicken and gives the fact that they are not a natural material and are therefore a bit cheap.
When you go in the opposite direction, a more luxurious look is generated and designers will now create darker worktops for a more timeless and more expensive appearance. “I think there is a time and a place for every design selection-imposed black worktops” the overall design. In my own kitchen I have dark soap stone counters and I love the character you bring with you, imperfections and everything! If black counters are made thoughtful, they can add brave, timeless elegance to every room. '
2. Chromat fittings
The surprise kitchen trend that we never saw was the return of Chrome. Is it used to disguised cupboards or worktops, is it fresh and dyanic, but on the sanitary goods? It reminds of the cheap taps that a developer is safe to be safe.
“Old brass is a bit lower, and a finish that we always turn in a kitchen,” says Monica Santayana, co -founder of the Miami -based design studio Moniomi. “Brass is the warmest metal and we can do so much with it that the rooms feels much higher.”
3 .. Solid front cabinets
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With the infinite trend for the kitchens in the Scand style and for minimalist kitchens, we saw a run with cupboards with a closed rank over walls. Seamless and smoothly, they are missing handles, visual disorder and thus the personality that makes a room appear richer and more expensive.
So designers warn to avoid an excessive simple look without a texture because it can look flat and cheap. Place the shelves into your kitchen or disassemble the rows of solid cupboards with class fronts.
Like Kathleen Hay, director and founder of the Studios Kathleen Hay Design based in Nantucket, explains: “Open shelves are well suited in hut kitchens, in which a varied collection of objects contributes to the general cozy feeling of space. They also work well in contemporary, clean -lined kitchens, in which a carefully curated representation of China and glassware improves both the beauty and the function of the room. '
4. Corrugated surfaces
The flute, which was a big trend for kitchen islands and cupboards with a glass front, is the risk of being exaggerated now. Old hat and cheap through overexposition.
“As far as the area is concerned, my thoughts are,” says Dawn Bergan, main designer and owner of the studio Corley Design Associates based in Dallas. “I like the view of islands or Akentrums to arouse some interest in the texture, but I hesitate to use it a lot out of fear that it is a temporary fashion, and the space will quickly date. Looks great today, but I'm not sure in five years. 'A safer bet that continues to look luxurious for years is smooth, plentiful.
5. U -Bahn -tiles -Backplashes
This was a multi -year kitchen trend for so long that it is difficult to remember a time in the U -Bahn tile on a kitchen wall as a daring or innovative (you have to return until 2010).
And that's why they now have the air of securing a developer and look cheap by association. It is much more luxurious to take the wall to take up, and even more opulating to illuminate it. The interior designer Olga Ashby says that she selects Travertin instead and takes the wall up the wall.
“Traantine is difficult to apply, but it looks so luxurious,” explains Olga, who recently covers a kitchen wall in a Parisian apartment. »I once lit up in a kitchen in Florence, Italy, and made my stone person create a light for this home. It looks like it is laced with gold. '
Be careful when you follow the kitchen trends when you redesign your room. Leave the trends for your easy -to -switch decor and in the larger parts of the design, keep things timeless and choose colors, style and materials that you love. At the end of the day, when you love your decisions, your kitchen will never go out and will not feel cheap.