Today’s kitchens are a focal point where families and friends gather, talk and eat. This core first-floor space serves multiple purposes from cooking to storage to informal seating to planning. Here’s what today’s top ten kitchen design trends are:

1. The Island

‘No man is an island’ the phrase goes but in a kitchen, the island connects everything

2. Smart, integrated appliances

Connectivity is welcome in today’s stoves, refrigerators, dishwashers and accessories that make cooking faster, easier and foolproof; digital technology is a kitchen’s friend

3. Pantry space

Kitchens never have enough space! So, a built-in pantry space or pantry cabinets will allow you a food prep area that’s out of the way

4. Sink space

A dual-sink or kitchenette wet bar is every cook’s friend; you can put your pasta utensils in the wet bar or simply use as a prep space for bread, vegetables or warm water

5. Built-in breakfast nook

Placing hidden spaces into every square foot saves money! And having a small space just for two persons for a ‘quiet coffee and today’s newspaper’ gives you privacy and intimacy.

6. Natural woods

7. Organic tiles

8. Wall colors from hunter green to black matte to all-white and everything in between

9. Lighting fixtures that serve as design icons and seeing-eyes

10. Hidden doggie-bed just outside the kitchen

One trend we definitely see is a return to everything organic. Today’s design is toward natural, organic woods, tiles, colors, contrasting textures, and lighting fixtures. 

When planning your renovation, remodel or refreshing of your kitchen, remember these happening top ten kitchen design trends.