In interior design, trends change not as rapidly as in other areas. Often, the focus is on long-lasting trends, although there are also completely new fashionable techniques. This article will explore what modern kitchens will look like in 2024. We’ll discuss current layouts, colors, and designer tricks.
Main Trends in Kitchen Interior Design
General
— Spa Atmosphere
— Seamless Backsplash
— Statement Hardware
— Cylindrical Range Hood
— Open Space
— Hidden Kitchen Units
— Snow-White Kitchen Units
— Natural Shades
— Unconventional Palette
Fashionable Kitchen Design
Let’s start with the general trends of 2024 that are definitely worth paying attention to in the upcoming season.
Spa Atmosphere
Everyone knows about spa bathrooms, especially as they have been a firm trend for the last few years. But what about a spa kitchen? It sounds unusual, as the cooking area always seems to be chaotic and disordered, and the space should primarily be ergonomic and easy to clean. However, everything changes. In 2024, kitchen design photos will predominantly feature completely different moods. Natural materials and textures like wood, stone, porous plaster, and ceramics will come to the fore.
The stylistic design can be varied. Japandi, soft minimalism, country, and contemporary are best suited for implementing this concept, but it can also be a relaxed classic or even loft. Spa kitchen is primarily about atmosphere, not specific visual markers.
Calming colors in natural palettes, tactilely pleasant surfaces, attention to detail — the cooking area becomes a place where people like to spend time and feel most comfortable.
Seamless Backsplash
Ceramic tile is a classic material for backsplash design. It can be simply bright, patterned, or of an unusual shape.
But the real trend in the upcoming season will be the unity of the composition. In their projects, designers are increasingly moving from small details to a single surface, which can be just the backsplash area or the entire wall, especially if the kitchen unit has no upper cabinets.
To achieve this effect, different materials are used, going beyond traditional tile:
- Seamless large-format porcelain tiles.
- Water-resistant paint.
- Decorative plaster.
- Washable wallpapers (for additional protection, it’s better to cover them with a transparent glass screen).
It doesn’t necessarily have to be a monochromatic surface. Patterns can be used, especially when decorating backsplashes with wallpaper, but they should be smooth, flowing into each other, or even thematic.
Statement Hardware
The enduring trend of minimalism has popularized handle-less kitchen units, with doors that open with a push.
This design is still relevant, but in the upcoming season, hardware will finally receive the attention it deserves. It’s not just a utilitarian accessory but a full-fledged element of decor. Contrasting color, texture of precious metals, unusual shape, or even deliberately large size — you can experiment as much as you like.
Moreover, door handles are easy to replace, so in this way, you can completely transform the appearance of the kitchen unit and the cooking area as a whole, even without remodeling. And if the result does not appeal or you want something new over time, they will be just as easy to update.
Cylindrical Range Hood
Kitchen range hoods, like most appliances, are usually built-in and hidden from view to create a cohesive picture.
But this year, solutions with accent ventilation have become very popular. In the next season, the smooth cylindrical shape will remain relevant, and the hood itself can be quite massive. It is built between cabinets or made the only element on the wall without upper cabinets. The color and texture depend on the design of the kitchen unit and the overall style. Chrome cylinders, gold models, or, conversely, matte black ones look interesting. It creates a bright contrast that immediately attracts attention.
Layout
In the kitchen layout solutions themselves, there are also certain trends. The following will be particularly striking in the coming year.
Open Space
Despite the disadvantages of a combined kitchen-living room (e.g., odors or lack of privacy), the trend for open spaces will not go away anytime soon. Cooking, dining, and relaxation areas are now a standard set, even where a kitchen-living room is not initially planned. In studio apartments, small sofas are added; in studios, everything is in one room. And in more spacious apartments, European layout remains the most popular.
To make it comfortable to be in such a unified space:
- Ensure quality ventilation. A powerful range hood, natural air circulation, and regular ventilation will solve any problems with odors.
- If possible, install a partition. Best of all — sliding or swinging, made of transparent or frosted glass. This will allow you to connect and separate areas as desired, so no one interferes with each other.
- Zone the space. In rectangular rooms, areas are usually arranged sequentially: kitchen unit, then dining group, in the far part — living room. In square or non-standard shaped rooms, you’ll need to use your imagination, but it’s important to clearly delineate all areas.
Hidden Kitchen Units
Hidden kitchen units are one of the hottest trends of the coming year.
If previously transformer kitchens were rare and perceived as something extraordinary, not for ordinary apartments, now there are more and more such projects. Complex solutions are easily integrated into the interiors of standard studios, one-bedroom or two-bedroom apartments, and completely change the perception of space. It ceases to be static; at any moment, you can change the look of the room. Just now, there was a kitchen unit where you prepared breakfast for the whole family, and in a moment, it’s just part of the wall or even a full-fledged office.
Of course, currently, these are mainly designer solutions with structures created according to individual drawings, so such transformers are more expensive than a standard kitchen unit. But the trend is gaining momentum, and there is a high probability that ready-made transformer models will appear on the market in the near future.
Fashionable Colors
Kitchen photos in apartments clearly show: there are no certain fashionable colors. The palette should be chosen according to your taste, but you can highlight several trends in coloristics.
Snow-White Kitchen Units
The white color in the interior as a whole is still approached with caution, especially in the cooking area. The main objection is that it is impractical. However, designers, furniture manufacturers, and even owners of light kitchens have long dispelled this myth.
Yes, grease stains and fingerprints will be visible on white facades. But they will be just as noticeable on blue, beige, green surfaces. Moreover, on dark matte doors, all contamination is even more visible. So the question of practicality is more about the right material and timely cleaning.
In the new season, snow-white kitchen units will gain popularity. In such a light refreshing shade, large furniture looks light and airy, and the cooking area seems more spacious and festive. This palette combines perfectly with the spa kitchen trend, as in combination with natural materials and unobtrusive natural decor, light space gives that very feeling of tranquility and holiday mood.
Natural Shades
Among the trends, there are both new and stable ones. This also applies to the kitchen color palette.
Thus, any natural tones do not go out of fashion. Beige, brown, green, gray, reddish, deep blue — any that are found in the world around us are suitable. Here the importance is not the color itself but the right shade. Such that does not seem artificial, electric, and does not irritate the eyes.
Complement the natural palette with textures of wood and stone, ceramic dishes, items of natural, deliberately imperfect shapes, textiles made of natural fabrics. This is a universal set, appropriate in any interior style: from neoclassicism to boho or minimalism.
Unconventional Palette
If you want to move away from tested safe solutions, now is the time to do it.
The trend towards unconventional solutions is already clearly visible. Breaking the rules is the motto of the coming year. Want to see pink, red, and orange together? Please! Make the kitchen completely black, even if it is small in size? It’s also possible. Move away from stereotypes, choose colors according to your preferences, not the color wheel, disregard the golden rule of 60/30/10. If the final result pleases you and evokes positive emotions every time you enter the kitchen, then it is the perfect palette.
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