I've been enamored with black kitchens lately. That look didn't work in our current kitchen remodel, although we considered it. I still like white kitchens, but I think that black is a nice departure from what's trendy.

Also, from our recent visits to design centers, it seems that slab cabinet doors are replacing the popular shaker door. Pirch had more slab doors and only a few sections with shaker doors.

Several cabinet companies have had shades of blue in their offerings for almost ten years. I did blue hutch for a project in a low-priced semi-custom cabinet about eight years ago. Blue hasn't gotten a lot of traction but I have seen it in design magazines as an overall cabinet color and I have seen it several times in Building a Home forum as an island color, so it is making some headway. Dark wood stains have been popular here for some time in new construction. I'm holding out for pink.

I've noticed more blue in stores like Pottery Barn. When I tried to purchase blue sofas about five years ago, most of the sofa floor samples were leather or white slip covers. No blue to be found. I don't know if I could handle a pink kitchen but a coral island would be fun!

I love black as an accent but my aging eyes lose all depth perception if there is too much of it.

PS Pal - it's good to have you participating again :)

Navy blue gloss and matte cabinetry was everywhere at #KBIS2017.

For me, it is generally possible to see the future by looking at what is being done in Italy, as they are always years ahead of the U.S. But then I have always preferred Italian design to American. I had a white kitchen from 1994 to 2009 and have no intention of going back.

Navy and shades greige are all over Instagram.

@LisaD82 yes. Putty-like colors like Farrow & Ball French Gray.

since I read a bit too much and look at a bit too many pics-blue and black are here for quite some time already, and especially blue.

i think first, you buy the house..which will stand somewhere and will look like something. then you have a pool of options to choose from, but it's not an indefinite pool whatever trends are. Too many variables: the trends, the house, and you:)

Since it's all very overwhelming these days, with social media and all..i think at some point people will seek some calm and harmony(if given a chance)..and somewhere it will be modern slab doors and somewhere it will be country cottage.

I think the colors are here to stay as there are stains. And there will be more colors, and more stains. Because I feel we're in the"blooming" period...on some huge invisible spiral. So we we'll try to surround ourselves with things that will reflect that blooming, and personalize it as much as we can...in ways more modest or more lush.

I love that black kitchen in the first photo. It looks so quiet, cool, and peaceful. Cool as in hot outside, but cool temps inside. I could see that working in a hot climate and walking around barefoot on that nice cool tile. It would be refreshing to work in that kitchen and not be in the glaring sun.

lol I'm so weird

why weird. it's an amazing kitchen. actually I remember the whole house..was pictured in House Beautiful a couple years ago I believe. I loved it all. still remember their living as well. great color scheme. inspired me a lot. the homeowners there are very talented people. they remodeled several homes already(for themselves) and each one ends being pictured in a magazine. if i'm still able to recollect that info..I was really impressed then.

of course one should also notice amount of light and height of the ceilings..architecture helps. like, a lot))

Black, if the economy tanks. Black covers up cheap wood, cheap but sturdy wood, mismatched woods, pressboard, mdf etc. It can look great (though really dark depending upon the lighting) but you know the real story when you touch it...

Ones kitchen is typically inside the house in the US and should go with the way the rest of the house is decorated. I don't mean "matchy-matchy", but it should not look drastically different. If white or gray work with the rest of our house, then go for it and don't worry about "trends". As for black kitchens - they can look great in a kitchen that is enormous, has no uppers, has huge windows and high ceilings. Unfortunately, that look will be transferred to a 1500 sq ft tract house and will look awful.

I know a couple of people who have either finished a kitchen remodel or are embarking on one and both of them are choosing wood cabinets with marble like quartz counters. In the one that's finished, their cabinets are stained with what looked like a transparent walnut color. Both said they aren't interested in a white kitchen.

ETA: I think a lot of people who prefer paint over wood will lean towards the pretty kitchens with two colors in them.

I'm definitely doing blue cabinets in our new place. I've only had wood and/or white to date, so this will be a change for me. I'm seeing lots of black I like as well. And green.

The first new kitchen I put in was in 1975. That was a grey and blue kitchen. Since then I've installed 5 more kitchens and all of those have been white. I've used the trending colours at the time, as accessories. My latest kitchen is not yet 2 years old, white and blue accessorised. Who knows if there will be another.

We really wanted matte black, like the 3d picture pipdog posted above. We don't have the budget to "do what we love." Going against the trend is more expensive and a bit more of a challenge for sourcing.

White and grey is the reigning trend here. There is some color creeping in w blue, usually in the form of a painted island.

I'm seeing lots of quartersawn oak kitchens that I love and other more rustic woods. I was never a fan of stained but I'm liking these and also some of the MCM kitchens with woods with a lot of character. We've had a black kitchen for the last 10 or 12 years and I still love it. I selfishly hope it doesn't become trendy b/c I like having a "different" kitchen.

I'd never do black, or blue, or cool gray kitchen. As much as I can admire the look in other people's houses(lol thinking about it-I saw them only in magazines and the web. how funny it is? you're sure you've seen something a lot..while in reality you did but saw it only on pages, paper or virtual ones. The sense of reality is very strong though).

I love blue can look at it indefinitely. When it's the sky or the sea. Furniture..less so. Especially something as (semi) permanent as kitchens..

I can imagine going as far as green..but it would be more an infatuation thing. Probably.

I'd never do white kitchen as well. That doesn't mean I'd rip out other kitchens by the way, whatever color they are, as long as they work with the house. I would just not do one myself when given a choice.

I went with the warmest greige I could find. I love it deeply. Together with it, I was very seriously considering aubergine lowers and fuchsia uppers..:) I just didn't have enough uppers..would make for a choppy look..All aubergine would be too dark. All fuchsia would be too much, even for me lol. By the way our cabinet guy loved this purple-pink idea and was a little bummed when I went with the greige..))

I would very very happily mix wood -and color. I first fell in love with the look approximately 17 years ago..it was a furniture line made in Spain. I saw the example of it in a neighbors' house, went to the store, and into a huge debt..)) Never got over it. Makes my heart skip each time. I have custom shelving that's wood and color combo now too.

I also love plain wood. Love, love walnut and teak. When I was young I had a maple period..then a light cherry period..I still like them. I think I prefer softer grains.

My first ever kitchen..I mean the one I did myself (altogether there are two ))..I think the veneer was a pear tree. Possible? It was darker than maple yet lighter than cherry. Very soft, warm, calming stain.

In short. We're influenced of course. A lot. But by many things. What comes next is partially part of these things. Yet still you are you..living in a certain place..having your own memories and associations..giving a damn or not..

Flat front doors

Wood

No tile backsplash

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European kitchens are, by and large, sleeker and more streamlined/contemporary looking, with induction, built-in appliances...

So, for the East and West Coast, I see something along these lines:

Of course, given the new political climate, we'll probably also see something like this:

OMG nsm...that second to last kitchen looks so high maintenance! I cannot imagine cooking in a space like that.

I'm loving all these trend projections. I really like black, and did black vanity/dark grey floor in on of our small baths. Although I love the look, I'm very conflicted about the work required for upkeep (but the main users are sloppy boys so that's also a factor). Black shows so much dust and splatter, maybe it isn't practical for a kitchen although it looks gorgeous!

I think kitchens will start to have more color and also more indoor plants.

I love these nosoccermom..the first and the third one, to be exact

European kitchen have all the reasons to be more streamlined..overall, it's much more urban society. Cities, apartments. (Well there's a countryside too of course, yet still. ) Successful kitchen is like a very well made folding knife..my brother's family has this kind of a kitchen..it's such a pleasure to work in, it's small but fiercely efficient, and very comfortable. When I just got married and had my first baby, i would go-after work-to that kitchen store..very high end..just to look at these kitchens.Mostly through the glass)) Couldn't afford one drawer from these lol-but one can look and admire. Now many years after I have the dream come true when I come to visit my brother..))

Interestingly I chose a very similar color during this remodel, even though his cabs are sleek and modern and mine are painted Shaker.

Here, many things are vastly, vastly different. I couldn't get over the sheer size of everything for a year after I first came here..starting from the packages of sugar in the grocery store..:)

Also, I think I never knew that kitchen hoods existed..I don't recall them let's say. Until the move here. Actually I was oblivious long time after the move also. Until we got a first house.

( I'm a tile geek(thank you for the term barncatz)), and I first used(a very modest cheap neutral) tile when I was ..26, 27? We didn't have tiles when I was a kid..nobody did. and if somebody did I never saw it

Then we moved and that's how I learned people have backsplashes. That's also when my tile love began- strong Spanish/Morroccan/etc influence was evident there, in older parts of the older cities..that's why I love arches, courtyards, tiles, bougainvilleas.. ))

So many things shape what we love and why, it's amazing.

I love that first EuroCucina kitchen. A fabulous big space, sleek lines filled with practicality. yet not over crowded or a cleaners nightmare. The second last one? never to be used I'd say. Oh and black is trending here as well.

https://www.thegoodguys.com.au/suzi-vonni-kitchen

I'm preparing for a kitchen remo - have only decided one thing: I do not want a kitchen that looks like a science lab. It must be warm and inviting ,no matter what is in style.

I think for many people, having a home with calm colors fits, and makes their homes most comfortable. I love color and will always have lots of it, regardless of trends. That is what makes my house, my home. I could never live in a beige or gray house; it would be depressing to me.

This doesn't mean that I don't like other choices because I love good design in all its renditions. I hope people get to have a home designed for their comfort, regardless of the current trends.

I'm fine with the no tile backsplash but no backsplash at all? Are they just caulking the countertop and wall?

No, I think there's a trend towards different materials, e.g. solid panels, glass, metal, plastic (?), high pressure laminate. There's a trend towards induction, so heat isn't a concern.

Like Ikea has a whole bunch

This one is a high pressure laminate

This one is mosaic on aluminum, which then gets attached to the wall on magnetic strips?

There are also easily removable foil "backsplashes."

my crystal ball says white will always be but the new will be color matched appliances. Wood will also remain a "cant go wrong" staple. the only MCM trend that hasn't returned its colored major appliances. Since these things are cyclical--it is time. Not saying I'd do it, just saying it's time. I think I will always have a white kitchen, primarily for practicality. You can spot a tomato spill, small or large, one mile away when you have a white kitchen. Easy to spot grime, and if cleaning is your thang, easy to clean once spotted.

I will say I once lived in an apartment with grayish cabinets with mauve trim. It was beautiful and I was surprised it was so neutral and calm w/o being cold. I was truly surprised.

I'm fine with the no tile backsplash but no backsplash at all? Are they just caulking the countertop and wall?

If you look at sites like Plain English you will see what looks like no backsplash at a glance, but usually there is a very short backsplash in matching countertop material, like under 2" in height.

In the last kitchen I did not want it to look like it had a backsplash, so I had a short (1-1/2" I think) backsplashof soapstone matching the counter, on which sat a back painted piece of glass the same color as the rest of the downstairs (it was an apartment).

I think it you are going to do "no backsplash" it makes sense to have at least a very short one that matches the countertop material, so there is no change in material and caulk joint right on the same level where spills occur and where you are cleaning the horizontal surface with water and cleansers that would not be kind to caulk, paint or drywall over time.

I love the first black pic that Pipdog posted. I really wanted black or a very dark blue in my bathroom remodel with a marble. Dark blue with a marble like sochi's pic or black with a marble. I think it's subtly dramatic, modern yet classic. It is so hard to resist not doing it!

I dont have a backsplash and I hate it! This is partly because my parrot shakes his head when eating something wet and slings food all over the wall. But it is impossible to keep clean. I will be expanding my kitchen window and dropping it to the counter to make up for not having a backspash.

We have painted drywall, finally au courant apparently. :) I really like it. The kitchen's a kind of basic country traditional, but very unfussy, and the walls sweep serenely in from other areas and around the kitchen without interruption. No parrot complications, but the area behind the stove does get greasy splashes. After 5 years we don't have to repaint yet (a couple tiny stains), but I can see it's starting to get a little thin in some spots. Today's paints can be very durable, though, so anyone who likes the look and doesn't have a parrot, or maybe even if they do, might consider giving it a try.

As for white "fading"?? White may become passe a while for those craving the leading edge, and after all there are a whole lot of white kitchens that'll have to be torn out if profits are to be made in remodeling, but white'll never be "what were they thinking?"

Gray, lovely as it can be, like any other color was almost literally the writing on its own wall from the beginning. My daughter never admitted listening to my advice, but her gray is paint on the walls, easily changed out. :)

Nothing like time to give perspective, and wisdom. And self knowledge: "Laurie Gordon--The first new kitchen I put in was in 1975. That was a grey and blue kitchen. Since then I've installed 5 more kitchens and all of those have been white. I've used the trending colours at the time, as accessories. My latest kitchen is not yet 2 years old, white and blue accessorized. Who knows if there will be another." White and blue. Now that's classic, eternal--showing up in every century.

Seriously, though, I have a theory that what is in style, and thus what our minds were open to when we are young, tends to retain some of its initial "trendy" gloss for many of us, a bit of immunity to ohmigod out-of-style rejection as trends come and go over the decades--a reason "grandma's house" so often looks like it even when she can afford to redo entirely.

I wouldn't be a bit surprised if my daughter's last kitchen that I'll never see turns out to be a lovely, serene gray and white.

I am just guessing here, but I think wood is going to come back (not that it every really left, but white kitchens seems to be the trend for a while now) Slab doors, in walnut, or other stained wood, in lighter shades, the grain running horizontally. Marble counters will still be on trend for a while yet, I also predict counters will have less movement than the lovely but busy granites. White kitchens will always be classic, but I think they are being done so much that people will look for something different. I already see more wood slab doors, in light or natural stains, as well as walnut. But I do think we are in an era where pretty much anything goes, white, wood, or colored cabinets as long as it blends well with the home's style.

I have had a white kitchen for 30 years now and have never felt off-trend. I actually painted my walnut slab doors an off white 27 years ago in our new-to-us house.

Living in the PNW (CDN side) grey has never really taken off. We spend 7 months of the year looking outside at grey, why would we want to live in it.

I cringe when I see someone on House Hunters wanting (usually) a white kitchen. There is not one style of kitchen that works for every house. The whole house style needs to dictate the type of kitchen for each house. Imagine some of the above kitchens in either very contemporary or traditional houses.

I'm loving the very few black kitchens i'm seeing mainly in magazines or on line, not to be confused with charcoal gray or dark blue. I like to *think* I would have the guts to do it since i'm attracted to the dramatic effect it creates, as well as being unique, and not a copy cat of many kitchens today. With that said, a white Traditional kitchen will forever reign supreme IMO.

I'm not sure but it will probably be mixed materials and cabinet colors mixed with wood.

On a side note: the house I bought has a kitchen that I would never have picked, very vibrant cherry or lyptus wood (not sure) flat front doors/drawers and a granite that looks like toast crumbs. Well, I have never had a kitchen that was so easy to maintain. In my future move my new kitchen will have flat slab doors/drawers in nice natural walnut on the bottom , a mix of painted cabs and walnut shelves on the top and a countertop that is easy to maintain. Wood on the bottom will be easier with having dogs but I'll have a bit of color on the top. The best of both worlds. The house I buy will have to go with that idea.

justerilynn that's my idea too..the house refused to go with it though))

actually not that it refused but i knew for sure i'm repeating walnut floors since i love them so. and i was afraid too much walnut will be overkill in our small kitchen

otherwise what you've described is very close to my own idea of kitchen heaven

totally agree with cmarlin too-there's no one kitchen that will fit all. well i think that's great-i love seeing different styles, it's inspiring and gives you a glimpse into many interesting revelations about styles, what they try to say, by what means, and why.

April, in my last house I did a kitchen with yellow uppers with mirrored doors and dark cherry wood on the bottom. That would not look good in all homes but was perfect in that one. I love the mixy look.

A timely read sent my way today: Houzz Kitchen Trends 2017

https://www.houzz.com/magazine/kitchen-confidential-trends-to-look-for-in-2017-stsetivw-vs~77197367?utm_source=Houzz

In 2006, we built a house with a cherry kitchen, raised panels--and 10 years later, I still love it. Our next house will probably have a similar kitchen. I can't quite see myself with a white kitchen--and the woods speak to me...

mom2sulu - #3 on your link to Houzz Trends - Jewel Tones

I love jewel tones and always have done so. We're having our kitchen chairs reupholstered and while at the shop yesterday I specifically mentioned wanting to look at them - turns out they're back in style.

Who said black?

New IKEA cabinets made from recycled wood and plastic bottles. Each cabinet uses 25 plastic bottles.

If I were to use a wood, it would be natural cherry.

I am drawn to the pale green celery colors. The black is gorgeous but only in a gorgeous room, where you could almost do no wrong.

If I were to do a kitchen today, I might do FnB Mouse's Back.