Top Five Kitchen Design Trends in New Homes
What Should YOUR North Carolina Home Include?
Sometimes trends are just, well, trendy. But other times, new features and looks make perfect sense, and make an already attractive new home even better. Take a look through these top trends, and put together your new home checklist!
1. Open Kitchens, but not TOO Open!
Homebuyers want kitchens that have visibility to living spaces, but not ones that bare it all. A half wall with an eating or serving bar is the perfect solution.
Cooking spaces are somewhat out of sight, but the cook can take part in conversations and interact with guests easily.
Busy family times can be spent together in these comfortable kitchen designs.
2. Contrasting Kitchen Cabinetry
It's become attractively trendy to include multiple finishes and styles of cabinetry in the Kitchen. The light and dark finishes contrast and draw the eye.
Contrasting pieces can be used for decorative range hoods, islands, even eating bar areas.
Usually the island, if contrasting, will be a darker finish, but not always.
Watch of video tour of the home pictured here.
3. Built in Banquettes
A built in seating area near the kitchen can maximize space and storage.
Built in seats are flush against the wall, which allows more open space, and also reduces the need to clean under and around pesky chair legs.
Banquettes can be large or small, and storage can be built into the bench areas.
4. Oversized Islands
An oversized island can be a wonderful feature of a larger kitchen. Oversized islands offer extra cabinetry for storage, and can be designed in a myriad of ways.
- Large seating area on one side, raised or same height
- Unique kitchen desk area
- Separate range top and cooking center
- Preparation area with vegetable sink
Accents like display shelves, corbels, and "furniture" posts can also be added.
This kitchen features Capistrano Cherry cabinetry by Timberlake.
5. Built in Storage - Everywhere!
As focus moves back from oversized mansions to smaller, more manageable (and affordable) homes, the emphasis is definitely on storage solutions.
Bookcases and storage systems can be incorporated into every room of the home, including the kitchen.
One under-used area is actually underneath the serving bar or eating bar area. With just a small extension of the existing space, a multitude of storage is added.
Finish the look by inserting neutral or colorful storage bins, neatly labeled for easy clutter solutions.
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