The new year is as good a time as any, if not the best time, to redo spaces in your home. Whether you’re tackling the living room, your bedrooms, or even your bathrooms, a new year means new trends and a whole new set of ideas to work with and refresh your living space.
Now aside from aesthetics, if you’re looking to redo a particular space for functionality – a kitchen is a great place to start. Kitchens are the most used space in any home. Day in and day out, the kitchen area is frequented by multiple members of a household and used extensively. It is for this reason that kitchens often end up looking the most run-down. Which is why, along with look and feel, it’s important to build a kitchen for functionality and long-term use.
Fortunately, 2023 is all for that vibe. Kitchens, more than any other area in a home, have become a focal point of efficiency and multifunctionality this past year. And, that trend is predicted to take full form in the next year.
So, if you’re considering sprucing up your kitchen, read on to find out the top trending kitchen designs for the year 2023.
Kitchens Get Walk-In Closets Too
This coming year, the traditional layout of kitchens is about to get a shake-up. Moving towards multifunctionality, experts predict that walk-in storage spaces are going to become popular; namely, walk-in pantries.
Essentially, pantries are storage spaces where one stocks up on groceries, packaged goods and other kitchen equipment. Their primary role is storage. And, in 2023, this storage area is about to become a bigger part of the traditional kitchen design. Walk-in pantries are all set to feature in kitchens this coming year, allowing for more efficient storage and smarter use of the rest of the space.
Where one would usually splurge on extra cabinets, now, walk-in pantries present a more elegant design solution to storage requirements. What’s more, even a sleek, narrow pantry, will likely provide more storage space than a row of cabinets, without encroaching on the main space of your kitchen.
Shine a Light
Lighting is primed to play a major role in the kitchen design trends of 2023. Moving away from purely functional lighting like bulbs in traditional bulb holders, modern light fixtures that lend to both functionalities, as well aesthetic appeal is going to take centre stage.
Think floating lights, hanging lights, modern-minimalist chandeliers, lanterns and the like.
Warm and mid-cool lighting is also predicted to be more popular this coming year, as opposed to full-blown white light – a common occurrence in many homes, until now.
Aside from artificial light, open sources of natural lighting are also anticipated to become more popular in 2023, with skylights, large windows and more coming back into fashion.
Storage Galore
While multifunctionality remains an important consideration in the coming year, storage walks side by side. So, design trends this year are sure to accommodate every homeowner’s storage needs. While excessive cabinetry is on its way out, floating shelves, wall racks and hooks are going to be popular this coming year. Rustic storage fixtures that allow for storage out in the open will also make quite the appearance.
2023 is going to be all about smart storage as opposed to hoarding and accumulation.
The Reign of Multifunctionality
Multifunctionality has been the most popular design trend arising from the COVID-19 pandemic. Being in lockdown made everyone realise how important it is to have multifunctional spaces that can be used for various purposes at the same time by different people.
This coming year, kitchens are going to go through similar makeovers. From hardware that has multiple uses to efficiently planning out and using storage areas as well as designing layout plans that can accommodate multiple people in the same place at the same time (regardless of size), will be the new way of kitchens in 2023.
Joni Hanebutt
Backsplashing is A Hot Favourite
2023 is the year for backsplashing, especially in kitchens. Backsplashing refers to the design solution of using a hard material to cover the main wall of a kitchen to protect it from rapid wear and tear. A backsplash is most commonly used in areas susceptible to deterioration; in kitchens, that would be behind the stove or main preparation counter.
Aside from being a great long-term solution for protection, backsplashes can also be extremely fun to play around with. And, in 2023, funky backsplashes are all set to rule the game. From beautiful, slick marble to colourful stone and bold laminate, consider installing a vibrant backsplash to lift up your kitchen space.
Backsplashes of this kind will also give your kitchen that statement piece you’ve been on the lookout for, elevating it from a purely functional unit of the household to a more evolved, aesthetically appealing space at home.
Cottagecore is the New Aesthetic in Town
If you’ve been on social media or wandered onto any design page on the internet in recent times or even just listened to the new Taylor Swift songs, the term “cottagecore” will be all but familiar to you. Cottagecore essentially refers to an aesthetic that spotlights elements of rustic and rural life.
This past year, it reached mainstream media, and promises to be the ruling aesthetic of 2023. Kitchens that incorporate cottagecore will feature quirky and rustic elements of interior design like mismatched crockery, use of brick and unpolished stone, copper and metallic elements and organic materials.
Gone are the days of template modular kitchens straight out of the catalogue. 2023 is going to be all about curating your own unique kitchen and cooking space. If you’re looking to give your kitchen a shakeup in the new year, get in touch with the experienced team of interior designers at HomeLane and bask in the glory of a brand-new kitchen, entirely unique to you!
