Kitchen Trends For 2024

Kitchen Trends for 2024

Southern homes are known for their gorgeous design and style. At the center of every lovely home is the watering hole, the center of life in a living space, the kitchen. It is important that the kitchen is a pleasing space, where everyone feels welcomed to come and enjoy the fruits of their labor at the end of a hard day’s work. But what does that look like? Kitchen trends around the world fluctuate with time, like your retro eighties or your super modern 2000s. Let’s dive into some of the most current trends of 2024:

• Sustainable and Eco-Conscious Kitchens

As the world moves into a more green era, it’s important that we change our living spaces and not just our lifestyles. Creating a space that promotes environmental awareness helps to lower your costs by conserving materials and energy. Practices such as:

• Recycled countertops: Innovative companies around the US have been recycling used porcelain, glass, quartz, and other attractive raw materials to create smooth and shiny surfaces. 
• Reclaimed Materials: Besides the smooth stones, kitchen spaces are large areas and encompass a lot of detail. For many surfaces like cabinets, consumers are opting in to using reclaimed wood and open shelving. Using less material can be more cost efficient and produce a more open design.
• Energy-Efficient Appliances: Smart technology has been implemented into many kitchen appliances now. These devices can cut your energy and water bill by knowing when to turn off and use less!

• Bold Color Statements

Monochromatic and bichromatic kitchens have been all the rave in 2024. People are looking for less distractions and more simplicity. Bright, bold hues are in:

• Daring Backsplashes: Kitchen walls can pop out at ya! Using bold patterns and shapes of tiles will make your walls come to life.
• Color-Blocked Cabinets: Cabinets can be turned into striking visuals by combining contrasting colors.
• Green and Earthy Tones: Give your kitchen a more natural feel by dying its smooth colors like terracotta, deep brown, or forest green. This will give it a cool or warm feel. Studies show these calmer colors actually relax and help its inhabitants focus. 

• Open Shelving and Glass-Front Cabinets

Open shelving is no new conversation, but it is surely one that is here to stay. 2024 refined this with more functional touches:

• Glass-Front Cabinets: This bridge in between open shelves and traditional cabinets allows for a beautiful display of kitchenware and dishware. This is perfect for those who love to visualize their organization and display their efforts. 
• Minimalist Floating Shelves: Somewhat similar to open shelving, slim profiles made from woods and metals create an open and airy feel that can create intention in the use of items. 

• Tech-Savvy Kitchens 

New tech trends can be applied in every aspect of your life, this integration have evolved from being a luxury to an expectation now that they are much more cost efficient:

• Smart Appliances: This is the modern era! Be ready for refrigerators that check expiration dates and ovens that you can control via your smartphone. 
• Voice Activated Sous Chefs: Assistants like amazon alexa or google home can now help you follow recipes, stay on top of multi step dishes, and adjust your mood with connected lighting and music. This AI can now help in anything you’re cooking! 
• Integrated Charging Stations: Everyone has a smart phone in the twenty-first century, and they need to be charged! Say hello to charging stations that pop out of your counter, and lie flush during cooking operations. Wireless charging can also be integrated into countertops for less clutter of wires. 

• Natural Stone Surfaces

Stone countertops have always been the most visually and physically pleasing on the senses. These pieces are timeless and beautiful, because nothing is more durable than stone. 

• Marbles and Quartzite: With industrial mining and shipping, these luxury stones have become more affordable and easier to treat. Waterfall kitchen islands and full-height backsplashes could be considered artwork in kitchens. 
• Natural Beauty: Stones are made naturally over hundreds of years and leave beautiful random patterns of veins and minerals. Every piece is unique which leaves no repetition in your space. 

• Multi-Functional Spaces:

Kitchen are merged with living rooms more and more to be space efficient in homes. For daily living and entertainment, multi functionality is key:

• Built-in Seating: Pull out stools and benches with built in storage allow kitchens to be professional spaces that can transform into social collaborative spaces.
• Flexible Zones: Modular designs allow you to rearrange your kitchen to your different uses, optimizing for whatever event you hold that day.
• Kitchen Islands: Islands can be the most functional piece in a kitchen, used for work, chopping vegetables, or extra storage for visually pleasing items.

As kitchens and interior designs evolve and fluctuate over the ages, it’s important that you’re connected to professionals that adapt with time and learn to integrate all the new technologies. EZ Kitchen and Bath are skilled professionals that are able to transform any kitchen to your dream and image. Their wide range of materials and skills can develop your dreams, at affordable costs. As well, finding interior design experience as refined as their own is rare. If you live in Lafayette and want to experiment in changing your kitchen, renovations can be transformations or simply refinements.  Learn what EZ can do for your space, don’t be afraid to reach out for advice or free measurements!