Timeless elegance and well-considered arrangement are the order of the day when it comes to current trends in kitchen design: When it comes to colors, black and gray tones are on the rise, and matt fronts are racing against the glossy versions. General trends are also increasingly being transferred to the kitchen: Micro living, smart home, and sustainability are trends that are being reflected in more and more kitchens.

Muted, dark colors dominate

Inconspicuous, subtle colors dominate the trends in the kitchen. While white was recently the undisputed leader among kitchen colors, the trend is slowly moving towards darker tones such as gray or black. The times of gloss are also over: the fronts are now at best matt and often provided with an anti-fingerprint coating, on which fingerprints are not so clearly visible and which in this way, especially in kitchens without handles, are common Wiping clean saves.

The dark color scheme can be broken up with accents in a different color – there is now plenty of choice for fittings and sinks too. Here, however, you should decide on a color scheme so that the kitchen does not look restless in the end.

Details in the trendy kitchen

Elegant versions made of natural stone and ceramic to match dark, matte facades are the trend for countertops. Unlike their generally bulky previous models, they are now slim and unobtrusive. When it comes to wall design behind the kitchen unit, subway tiles have been making a comeback for several years now, and this still continues due to their timelessness.

Micro living and open living concepts

If you live in a big city, you often have to make little space as clever and versatile as possible. “Micro Living” is the name of the trend that takes this into account and has also spread to the kitchen. After all, in one-room apartments, the kitchen is often also the bedroom and living room.

The increasing trend towards minimalism, which hits a nerve with many young people due to increased environmental awareness and digitization, is also playing into the cards of micro-living.

In the case of micro-living, smart solutions for saving space and storage space are required, which nevertheless fit elegantly into the overall picture of the apartment – ceiling-high cabinet designs, plenty of drawers, and multifunctional use of the sink area with the right tools make this possible.

What is often a must in small rooms becomes an optional extra in large ones: Open living concepts that combine several rooms into one are also very trendy with their modern loft look.

Walls and room dividers are therefore often avoided and instead, the styles of the various rooms are perfectly coordinated. The space gained in this way can be used for a kitchen island, for example.

Smart home in the kitchen

Like all other rooms, the kitchen is increasingly becoming part of every smart home. Kitchen appliances take on more and more tasks in the cooking process completely autonomously and also ensure more cleanliness themselves.

It is no longer uncommon for the kitchen appliance to guide the cook or for the oven to clean itself using pyrolysis.

The control of kitchen appliances is also becoming increasingly simple and central: more and more devices can be controlled by tablet or mobile phone as well as voice.

In addition, there are the usual smart home functions such as light, music, or roller shutter control, which of course can be installed in the kitchen as well as in any other room in the house.

Naturally sustainable

The trend towards sustainability has also arrived in the kitchen: kitchens produced in a climate-neutral manner are experiencing an upswing, as are natural materials.

There is room for wood and natural stone in the modern trend kitchen – after all, it should not only be green in production but also designed in a correspondingly natural way.

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