Agree. I still love my style from 23 years ago. I considered changing it up 5 years ago because I thought it was outdated and then I thought, "but I still love it." So I updated a few small things and kept it. Everything that has been will be again. It will come back in eventually. I love my white cabinets!
Here are my two cents, for what it’s worth: Based on comments across various decor RUclips channels, people seem to be waking up, tired of being led around like sheep, coming out from under their masks and restrictions to stand on their own feet. Some still want to be “trendy” but most express the importance of individuality above trendiness. That said, I would recommend content that does not stress trends or what’s in or out (one could totally leave out those words!) but rather ideas for individuality, creativity, different decor styles, etc. All of these could incorporate both new and older “trends” without coming across as a sales person for particular colors, wood tones, wallpapers, tiles, flooring, etc. etc. Most people have the intellect to determine what they love and don’t love, what they want to keep or change, what makes them happy, what makes them love or not love their home and it’s style if they’re just presented with “here’s something to think about” ideas. Like I said, just my two cents.
You do realize that individual maximalism, classical notes and thrifted furniture has been a current trend for a while, right? :D "Most people have the intellect to determine what they love and don’t love" - this is not entirely true. I mean, they do, but if you add "at the moment". And this is influenced by exposure, including marketing, influencers, popular pictures. It takes years of conscious feeding the mind various styles as trends change, experimenting in your own space, educating on design principles and history so you notice references, to actually see what is your personal style regardless of trends. Otherwise you will not avoid being a sheep because that's how human mind works. Liking something is not a thought, it's an emotion, and emotions are influenced by other people. Intellect will not help you. It can help you in the mentioned process though, because designing a space requires a skill, as every other creative encounter. Approaching decorating the space might not yield the best results if you don't know anything about it, so back to square one, it's the easiest way to find some inspirations and copy them. Which are probably trends.
I'm sorry I totally disagree with color instead of white! White never ever goes out of trend.. you could incorporate color with paint on walls, decor etc.. once you have a color on cabinets that's hard to change. White is classy and classic. White cabinets are forever, colored cabinets can go out within a few years... I hate those wood cabinets small, I just can't stand them, all throughout my youth that's all you saw, it was never pretty just functional.. today we want trendy but functional, white cabinets will deydo that. This is my opinion! Happy renovating everyone!
Exactly. Trends are for insecure sheep. If you like white cabinets, go white cabinets. The point I made is people need to stop worrying about trends. Trends are nothing more than labels created by designers to make people feel so insecure if they don't follow the herd. And those trends do nothing but drain peoples' accounts and feed those of the designers.
My kitchen is on the north side. I don't do trendy. Honey Maple cabinets to the ceiling, installed 1980, now creamy white formica and shades of white and beige 12 x 12s on the floor. Lots of lighting. I cook a lot, yes there are appliances on the counters and crocks of tools and hanging pots in my 15 x 15 country kitchen.
I personally think that neutral color palette just can't be "trendy" or not. The problem is in how its used. There's a big difference between solid wooden cabinets painted white, and glossy plastic surfaces; semi-gloss white paint, or broken white very subtle wallpaper. How it's working in the space. I think white can be easily misused too but really good design and good quality will never be outdated. I think that most things go out of trend eventually because it becomes popular and so many people use them wrong that it gets ridiculous and boring. I can't see how classical design can get so. - Said by a person who hates white :D but it has some merits. If you can stand light bouncing off everything because you're not a vampire.
I totally disagree on whit going out of style. I love white cabinets, I think it makes the kitchen look clean and bright and never goes out of style as color would.
I, too, disagree with her assessment of white kitchens. White is timeless. I find it rich this woman is talking incoming kitchen trends while disparaging past trends. All the crap she’s advocating, with the exception of open shelving, will be obsolete or out of vogue in 2 years. Do what you love and what works for your lifestyle.
Our kitchen was done in the mid-80's and is surprisingly current. The cabinets are cherry (warm wood) and have pull out drawers for food and more for pots and pans, built in spice racks and tons of storage in general. It is not open concept but the dining room is just off the kitchen. The countertops are granite with rounded edges. There are no open strorage shelves. There is a lot of natural lighting and windows. There is nothing we would change, which is kind of amazing. It just goes to show how good design can be timeless.
We had two windows over the sink. We needed new windows . We were going back to the two window design and thank god for our salesman who pointed us to a beautiful one window solution. We listened and I’m so glad we have this gorgeous window and plenty of natural light.
While I love the colors you suggested for kitchen cabinets. However, I think these colors definitely are trends. I think I’ll stick with white. Hobby Lobby is a great place to look for handles and knobs.
Disagree on white cabinets. They also help with the lighting issue because they bounce more light around. And a great way to add mirrors to a kitchen is the replace a center panel on a door with a mirror instead of glass.
Whatever you do in your kitchen make sure it is easy to get grease off of it. Rough stone backsplash is a nightmare. Textured ceilings will drive you mad. Beams included. Wallpaper peels with steam from cooking. "Classic" inherited 1940s kitchen gets repainted white every couple of years. STILL love it ))) OR just redo every two years to keep up with the Joneses. Whatever makes you happy.
I don’t have an “all white” kitchen, but have always preferred white cabinets and light counters. It’s great for targeted cleaning because you actually see where to apply your effort whereas with a busy granite for instance you have to look so much harder to locate the messes. Also, I like the LOOK of open shelving, but since I actually use my kitchen daily to cook it wasn’t practical.
Keeping my kitchen CLEAN is my #1 inspiration for design updates. One thing I've been seeing more is mounting the water source and the on/off handles on a wall, NOT as a built-in cutout part of a kitchen sink. I have always hated that inevitable grime build-up that seems to accumulate around my kitchen sink faucet and handles. And that 1 inch space between the handles and the backsplash/wall area is so difficult to clean.
I clean mine with a good old fashioned toothbrush! Spray, let it set for a few minutes, then scrub your little heart out lol. I also take the knobs off and scrub under there. Single parent, full time job,so don't ever say that there is never enough time. 69 and still going strong 😊❤
Yes! Do what you ❤LOVE❤!!! I have a bright and sunny kitchen in the morning. Perfect!! I do have photosensetivity, so wooden cabinets, pale green walls, with bright white trim works best for me! Then the bright sunlight isn't making me squint all the time! ❤
I sure hope that White Kitchens are not on the way out! I have had brown wood cabinetry in every home I've ever lived in as an adult, and I am so ready for a change. I've owned and lived in a couple of homes since 1980, and I really want to do away with the 1989 honey oak and go for white cabinetry. I am considering a beautiful blue for the back of my peninsula that faces the family room though. AS I age (I'm 69 now), I find I really seek out light and bright in spaces wherever I can.
They will never go out of style - white kitchens are classic. White has just been overdone which is why color is being pushed. Colors (e.g. gray) cycle in and out of style.
I’m 67 and in 2000 when I built my home, and everyone was putting in the dark Tuscan trend cabinets, I put in white cabinets with black counter tops. It’s timeless and I still love it. I’ve since added GE Café appliances in matte white and it looks great. You’ll never regret a white kitchen!
No open shelves! Neutral colors only. Nice windows for light. Lots of drawers! Lower cabinets should have pull out shelves. Thanks for your advice and suggestions. 👍❤️
If you watch videos about this or that trend, you should go in KNOWING WHO you are, what your style and tastes are, and be confident about it because at the end of the day, listening to others ramble about trends that are coming in and going out, and then emptying your bank account trying to "FIT IN" is nothing short of you feeding the accounts of designers looking to profit off of how insecure they can make you feel. Ignore trends, and be YOU. It is YOUR house, YOUR life, and YOUR memories that you should feel free to incorporate into your home instead of worrying about feeling "less than" others because you don't have a styled, fake, cold, magazine house designed to make you feel horrible in six months time.
I think it is fun to see what some magazines, designers, and manufacturers refer to as trends for the upcoming year. It sometimes seems as though these are designs and decor that they WISH the public would embrace, and many times they do. But, most of the time, telling people what things will or won’t be trends in an upcoming year is a guess, at best. They can’t possibly know what people will choose to buy. In the fashion world, people buy the clothes that the stores carry, or they sew up their own garments if they don’t like what’s trendy in the store. It is harder to DIY a whole kitchen to suit your style if you don’t like what is offered in the store. You can, however, choose to “buck” the trend, and design your home to make it uniquely your own, which is what I do.
White handle-free cabinets will always be my favourite - cleaning around handles is fiddly and annoying. Never understood open shelving with the grease that occurs in a kitchen. I would say one of the trends is more dramatic stone choices are back and I love that. I also think the Hamptons kitchen look is also on its way out, it will never look dated if done well because it’s classic, but I don’t think it’s the popular choice anymore.
Always hated the idea of open shelves. IMO a cheap way for contractors to complete a project on the cheap. Dust, grease, and such makes this idea gross, unless you like to clean ALOT!!
I am going to add bistro shelves to compete remodelling our tiny kitchen. But we are installing away from cooking zone. The rest of the kitchen is classic with upper cabinets to the ceiling
I love my white kitchen because I have northern and eastern light exposure, which makes my kitchen somewhat darker than the rest of my otherwise bright house. I love other kitchen cabinet designs as well; it depends on the house, the light exposure and many other factors. My kitchen cabinets are oak, and they were stained a very dark espresso brown before I painted them in a cloud white paint by Benjamin Moore. I agree that bright, stark white cabinets might be out.. they have always been stark and not cozy because bright white can be hard to work around. Thank you very much for your videos, Penny-- you are doing a fantastic job!!
So funny …. I’m Australian and my kitchen is facing the same as yours … but in the Southern Hemisphere this is the lightest and brightest room in the house! I have white counters and cupboards and lots and lots of drawers! And I just love it. No updating for me !!!!
I guess I’m doing well. We have wood beams, cathedral ceiling with two corner windows and a skylight. My lowers will be a dark teal while minimal uppers with two pantries in white. And lots of upper lighting with three pendants. Will likely add your suggestion of under cupboard lighting. No coffee bar though. Can’t wait. Thanks for the info.
You can add light to your kitchen with a pale yellow (not school bus yellow or taxicab yellow) wall paint. It works even better than white paint to bring light into a room.
I’ve had it with stainless steel appliances. I want white back! I’ve bought the finger print resistant stainless and I loathe it. It needs washed and dried several times every day to keep it looking presentable. We need better choices!
I had a small wall with an upper cabinet that looked odd to me so I just removed it, tiled the wall and added 2 open shelves there! It purely decorative not too much trouble to keep clean. Wouldn’t do anymore than that.
It never fails to amaze me with titles like this is that you aren’t thinking for yourself. Pick a style, a color, a pattern that you feel something about. Calm, happy, nature what ever. Have you ever considered that trend is just that. What “designer” an income boost next year? Live with what makes you sigh when you walk into “your” room.
I love the idea of open shelving with those grass baskets. It's the baskets I love. Also you don't have to commit to a specific type or style, change it up with the season or mood ,or what you store in them beit a catchall or designated items
A 'trend' is what used to be called a 'fad'. Like bell-bottom jeans. White and gray kitchens will never be out of style. Painting the walls an interesting color to liven things up or to set a mood is far more economical. The trend setters are focusing strictly on the designers and the manufacturer's that set an exorbitant cost, just to be 'current'. I say, if you like a particular style or color, embrace it! However, speaking of that, Please paint those oak cabinets WHITE! 😮
To each his /her own. I am NOT a trend follower. I dislike “ brown” looks dirty and feels dark, like a cave. LOVE ethereal so whites and lighter colors and massive windows are right for me.
@@emiliebova I am not a trend person, I am a “ know thyself “ person. I like ethereal vibes and would live in a home that offers that. I do not” follow”
As a Professional Interior Designer with a degree with Honors, I am sick and tired of Stainless appliances....Just invested in Matt White GG Cafe Collection pieces, with custom copper handles, to honor the two Brick arches.....I will purchase 30 copper handles for my cabinets and drawers.....Please paint all wood colored kitchen cabinets.....do yourself a favor....
Open shelving is stupid, waterfall island ends are stupid. White will never go "out". Dramatic and well designed lighting is great. Love incorporating light natural wood with clean design.
In 1987 I repainted my honey toned oak cabinets, off white on top cabinets and a beautiful forest green lower cabinets. (Clearly ahead of the times, eh?). The house is a federal style two story home and HAD warm brick with a mahogany front door with skylights. The backyard HAD a vegetable garden, koi pond, a cutting garden and gravel paths throughout (I was called the Martha Stewart of our neighborhood, LOL). But the “Pottery Barn family” that bought our home for above our asking price - and who I thought would cherish it - turned the entire house into a minimalist, gray and white palette with a cold, sleek look, painted the entire outside bright white, including the mahogany doors, and bulldozed the backyard to become a soccer field for their boys. Why did they buy this house! Go figure.
White will always be in. I love the other colors blue, green and gray but just like the waterfall counter they will date themselves and be out Glass cabinets with blue , greens or whatever strikes your fancy in dish display and colors in your decor is easier and cheaper
I wouldnt shoot a video about kitchens standing in a kitchen which is denying most of the designer rules...sorry but it looks unprepared or just unconscious.
I was thinking the same, lol. That kitchen is so outdated. If I were an interior designer or not that kitchen would be my first project, but maybe that’s her style and she likes it, so be it.
After 16+ moves in my lifetime I am (hopefully) in my final home (at least until I'm forced into a nursing home!). I started looking at what was "on trend" for my new bathroom. Grey, grey and beige. Bleuch! I decided instead to do something *I* would enjoy living with. So I'm having 3 shades of blue & chrome, with a custom built, British made vanity unit in oak as a focal point. I also insisted on 5cm of insulation on the flooring (though the fitter managed to persuade me it wasn't necessary on the walls with cavity wall insulation, given it's small size, I'm partly regretting it) and a mechanical heat recovery ventilator. I suspect that when I get around to doing the kitchen (which is swapping with the bedroom that currently leads out onto the garden - very impractical) I'll do the same. I'm looking for a local carpenter - less plastic, more wood and natural materials - and Farrell & Ball or Green Company breathable/low VoC paints. I'm in the process of replacing the door with a bi-fold pine one, stained with light-oak beeswax, and a glass panel to let in the light to the East-facing living room. The handles are British made cast-iron (I did look for pewter ones, but couldn't find ones I liked), so cabinets will probably be similar, or replicate the silver-chrome in the bathroom.
My kitchen has white cabinets and white appliances. And there’s white trim on the walls. That’s pretty much where the white ends. Has gray countertops, brown, LVP flooring, and a great bright paint color. So although there is a lot of white in there, it’s not an all white kitchen. I don’t like all white kitchens either. I love color. But I think a white Cabinetry is just fine.
White cabinets are often melamine or paper foil covered. Dirt shows so much. They wear faster than others. I guess if one cleans (many do not), white cabinets are fine. I’d much rather cover them in color.
I love the open shelving but it must be organized and minimal. Baskets are a good idea but put felt or cork on the bottom. It also doesn’t solve the cleanliness/ dust issue, does it? No one with open shelving big is wiping everything do e weekly. Keep only what you use in the kitchen. Cover shelves with newspaper you can toss.
Hate wallpaper on the ceiling. When it becomes out of style. It's a nightmare to fix. White is always gonna be in style. Adding a Skylight is a no also. Waste of money. Dont like open shelves they collect dust and cause more work. Like the coffee bar idea.
If you stay away from trends your kitchen will always look good. I've never understood "trends" with really expensive materials. Just think of all of those "tuscan" kitchens of the 90's. Why waste all of that money and materials? BTW, white NEVER looks trendy, it's classic.
I miss when we were first married and able to get accessories, Counters and cabinets in different colors.. Past years we could get was gray. Now beige is back with some colored cabinets that I love. Never cared for white on white kitchens with all the glare. Nor do I like open shelves. I have a red brick floor that will stay in my kitchen. As will my 3/4” natural wood cabinets. Part of our counter tops have worn out and regretfully has to be replaced. It is hard to find something to go with the red brick floor. We will replace our almond colored appliances with finger print proof stainless steel. We wanted to get another side by side, but since we bought appliances in 1985, refrigerators have gotten a lot taller. We do not have space under our cabinets for the taller side-by-side. Also the icemaker now take up half the space in the door. Before you could get it without that and used ice cube trays. I wish we had an assortment of colors to choose from instead of the color or the style of the year and such. Coffee bar for me. I drink mostly mineral water . Same with fashion you can’t be an individual and show your own personality. What is trendy since that’s something marketing came up with.
Every single year we are told that white is on it’s way out. I might do a bath vanity in navy blue, but a $30K investment in navy and gold is not my idea of a smart long term investment in my kitchen.
Open shelves is no bueno lol but a white kitchen is divine. You can add touches of color in accessories. Sky lights in florida is a no no. Water intrusion with hurricanes. I love waterfall countertops done in a neutral stone or material.
I live in the actual dust bowl. Open shelves are absolutely stupid here. I’m not kidding about daily cleaning of anything in the open. Plus it seems to take away useful cabinet space to set a few art pieces on. In the last five years it just seemed to be a trend to take away all your upper cabinets for a few narrow space wasting shelves. Poor had shelves, the aspiration was to have cabinets with doors to protect things. So, I am happy to wave goodbye to that one. Now just convince people to put their cabinets to the ceiling. No place for spiders to easily hide. Improves built in look and makes things looked finish.
Open shelving has always been a bad idea for anyone with pets (cuz pet hair), but even worse, cats love to get on the shelves, risking damage to your knick-knacks.
I have the exact kitchen color cabinets with arch top doors and what to change them to match the bottoms. Any budget friendly ideas? I can't figure out who the manufacturer is. My countertop is also the same. Must of been the tuscan era...lol
Most designers don’t cook. Why would I listen to someone who never cooks design a kitchen on looks. I need it to FUNCTION! And look nice. Kitchen basics. Triangle. Storage. Storage. Storage. Work area. Storage. Less maintenance. .
I have a white and off white kitchen with brass handles with a waterfall countertop and I love it… I feel the rounded countertops are just a fad and will go out of style faster. Just my 2 cents….
✨✨✨Open shelving was just someone being cheap and not bothering to order actual cupboards.✨✨✨ Then it became… “a thing” … but unless staged it will always look awful and cluttered‼‼‼✨✨✨ Gladys🇨🇦Toronto🇨🇦Canada
@@bonniesteinke6624 BASKETS MAY BE OK… IF YOU NEVER COOK I repeat, never cook…not ever… many people only use their refrigerators to keep drinks and fruit cold. AND BY NOT FRYING THEY NEVER CAUSE A MIST OF GREASE IN THE AIR FROM FRYING. Not for me…I cook each and every day…it, cooking is the only way to budget and save money‼💵💵💵💵💵
I think following any trend too closely is going to lead to its going out of style quickly. A kitchen is too expensive to change over every time a style changes. That's why I always prefer going with a classic, neutral kitchen and warming it up with artwork, curtains etc.
I respectfully disagree with the playground equipment. I raised my kids in Atlanta. They used it tens of the year. Is was great for play dates and generally brought the neighborhood kids over regularly.
The average person probably only remodel their kitchen every 30 years. Trends are not relevant. While the National kitchen and bath association seems to want to make trends a thing they really are not. If you’re lucky enough to live in a house long enough to remodel one should design the kitchen as if they are going to live with it for 30 years. Do what you love. The kitchen that inspired me was my grandmother’s 1950 mid century kitchen which had push to open handless hardware and slab doors. In the 1970’s the push to open still fully functional. Lots of draws and full height pantry cabinets along one wall.
Interior Designers are licensed ASID members with a five year degree in interior architecture from an accredited university. So she’s not a self taught interior designer. That’s like self taught cardio thoracic surgeon.
Woven baskets? It can't get more dated than that! And I normally don't care about 'dated'. We have open shelving, and LOVE it. Sure, it means more dusting, but who cares? I don't, and I'm the one doing the work. And those pull-out vertical shelves mean you can't do anything with that floor space. Looks really crowded in the corner, too.
Open shelving is impractical and waste of space. I think practicality ,logical shelving , saving of space that looked good are finally the trend .Pull out shelves , floor to ceiling cabinets,simplicity, more hidden shelving and electrical outlets etc natural lighting is key ,Quarts .
Open shelving has never been a good idea, unless you enjoy taking everything off them regularly to clean it. If you want to show off your stuff, that's what glass doors on cabinets are for! As for kitchen lighting, under-cabinet lighting is one of the most important things, so you can illuminate your work surfaces without the light glaring in your eyes from above. My mother loved an all-white kitchen, but I never could stand them; they look too cold and sterile to me. Nor am I fan of this gray-and-white everything that's been popular for the past several years. And those overly busy glass-tile backsplashes are already looking dated, as well as stressing me out. A natural stone or brick backsplash in a neutral color is far easier to live with, and can help brighten up the under-cabinet space.
Watched twice and still have no idea what you meant by waterfall countertops. You might want to define terms for us regular folks, might add to your subscriber count.
Who came up with these trends that are now “in” HGTV? Oh add a deep color to your ceiling to make it pop. Conserving a $25K+ for any Reno it’s probably best to go traditional. Natural light is always good.
open shelves in kitchen is out? i guess they got tired of that back in the 1800's good thing someone came up with the cabinets idea. imo, just who thought it was a great idea for all? the open concept of borrowing space from 1 room to make another appear bigger is only good if there is nothing in the room. everything has a size and a size needs a space.
Forget trends! Trends only happen to make more money for certain people involved. A throwaway society. Come on people get real. Our resources are not there forever. 😢
I have a white kitchen and love it. No plans to change.
If you choose what you ❤ love ❤ rather than what's in trend you should never get sick of it.
Agree 👍 The changes to your home should be done when you are ready and want them not because they are trendy
YES! That’s what I was trying to say. Do what you love! ❤
Agree. I still love my style from 23 years ago. I considered changing it up 5 years ago because I thought it was outdated and then I thought, "but I still love it." So I updated a few small things and kept it. Everything that has been will be again. It will come back in eventually. I love my white cabinets!
Trends will come and go but what you like will always stay.
Here are my two cents, for what it’s worth: Based on comments across various decor RUclips channels, people seem to be waking up, tired of being led around like sheep, coming out from under their masks and restrictions to stand on their own feet. Some still want to be “trendy” but most express the importance of individuality above trendiness. That said, I would recommend content that does not stress trends or what’s in or out (one could totally leave out those words!) but rather ideas for individuality, creativity, different decor styles, etc. All of these could incorporate both new and older “trends” without coming across as a sales person for particular colors, wood tones, wallpapers, tiles, flooring, etc. etc. Most people have the intellect to determine what they love and don’t love, what they want to keep or change, what makes them happy, what makes them love or not love their home and it’s style if they’re just presented with “here’s something to think about” ideas. Like I said, just my two cents.
You do realize that individual maximalism, classical notes and thrifted furniture has been a current trend for a while, right? :D
"Most people have the intellect to determine what they love and don’t love" - this is not entirely true. I mean, they do, but if you add "at the moment". And this is influenced by exposure, including marketing, influencers, popular pictures. It takes years of conscious feeding the mind various styles as trends change, experimenting in your own space, educating on design principles and history so you notice references, to actually see what is your personal style regardless of trends. Otherwise you will not avoid being a sheep because that's how human mind works. Liking something is not a thought, it's an emotion, and emotions are influenced by other people. Intellect will not help you.
It can help you in the mentioned process though, because designing a space requires a skill, as every other creative encounter. Approaching decorating the space might not yield the best results if you don't know anything about it, so back to square one, it's the easiest way to find some inspirations and copy them. Which are probably trends.
Tall , shiny white cabinets and drawers will always win.
I absolutely love my white cabinets. My counters tops give a nice contrast
I'm sorry I totally disagree with color instead of white! White never ever goes out of trend.. you could incorporate color with paint on walls, decor etc.. once you have a color on cabinets that's hard to change. White is classy and classic. White cabinets are forever, colored cabinets can go out within a few years... I hate those wood cabinets small, I just can't stand them, all throughout my youth that's all you saw, it was never pretty just functional.. today we want trendy but functional, white cabinets will deydo that. This is my opinion! Happy renovating everyone!
Exactly. Trends are for insecure sheep. If you like white cabinets, go white cabinets. The point I made is people need to stop worrying about trends. Trends are nothing more than labels created by designers to make people feel so insecure if they don't follow the herd. And those trends do nothing but drain peoples' accounts and feed those of the designers.
My kitchen is on the north side. I don't do trendy. Honey Maple cabinets to the ceiling, installed 1980, now creamy white formica and shades of white and beige 12 x 12s on the floor. Lots of lighting. I cook a lot, yes there are appliances on the counters and crocks of tools and hanging pots in my 15 x 15 country kitchen.
I personally think that neutral color palette just can't be "trendy" or not. The problem is in how its used. There's a big difference between solid wooden cabinets painted white, and glossy plastic surfaces; semi-gloss white paint, or broken white very subtle wallpaper. How it's working in the space. I think white can be easily misused too but really good design and good quality will never be outdated.
I think that most things go out of trend eventually because it becomes popular and so many people use them wrong that it gets ridiculous and boring. I can't see how classical design can get so.
- Said by a person who hates white :D but it has some merits. If you can stand light bouncing off everything because you're not a vampire.
I totally disagree on whit going out of style. I love white cabinets, I think it makes the kitchen look clean and bright and never goes out of style as color would.
I, too, disagree with her assessment of white kitchens. White is timeless. I find it rich this woman is talking incoming kitchen trends while disparaging past trends. All the crap she’s advocating, with the exception of open shelving, will be obsolete or out of vogue in 2 years. Do what you love and what works for your lifestyle.
Our kitchen was done in the mid-80's and is surprisingly current. The cabinets are cherry (warm wood) and have pull out drawers for food and more for pots and pans, built in spice racks and tons of storage in general. It is not open concept but the dining room is just off the kitchen. The countertops are granite with rounded edges. There are no open strorage shelves. There is a lot of natural lighting and windows. There is nothing we would change, which is kind of amazing. It just goes to show how good design can be timeless.
We had two windows over the sink. We needed new windows . We were going back to the two window design and thank god for our salesman who pointed us to a beautiful one window solution. We listened and I’m so glad we have this gorgeous window and plenty of natural light.
White everywhere! It is classic. You can always change out the handles or paint the walls.
While I love the colors you suggested for kitchen cabinets. However, I think these colors definitely are trends. I think I’ll stick with white. Hobby Lobby is a great place to look for handles and knobs.
Disagree on white cabinets. They also help with the lighting issue because they bounce more light around. And a great way to add mirrors to a kitchen is the replace a center panel on a door with a mirror instead of glass.
Whatever you do in your kitchen make sure it is easy to get grease off of it. Rough stone backsplash is a nightmare. Textured ceilings will drive you mad. Beams included. Wallpaper peels with steam from cooking. "Classic" inherited 1940s kitchen gets repainted white every couple of years. STILL love it ))) OR just redo every two years to keep up with the Joneses. Whatever makes you happy.
Open shelving is a dust collector. Ok if you wash each item you use every time you use it. Not for me too dirty
Not to mention an open invitation for pests!
I don’t have an “all white” kitchen, but have always preferred white cabinets and light counters. It’s great for targeted cleaning because you actually see where to apply your effort whereas with a busy granite for instance you have to look so much harder to locate the messes. Also, I like the LOOK of open shelving, but since I actually use my kitchen daily to cook it wasn’t practical.
Keeping my kitchen CLEAN is my #1 inspiration for design updates.
One thing I've been seeing more is mounting the water source and the on/off handles on a wall, NOT as a built-in cutout part of a kitchen sink. I have always hated that inevitable grime build-up that seems to accumulate around my kitchen sink faucet and handles. And that 1 inch space between the handles and the backsplash/wall area is so difficult to clean.
I clean mine with a good old fashioned toothbrush! Spray, let it set for a few minutes, then scrub your little heart out lol. I also take the knobs off and scrub under there. Single parent, full time job,so don't ever say that there is never enough time. 69 and still going strong 😊❤
Yes! Do what you ❤LOVE❤!!! I have a bright and sunny kitchen in the morning. Perfect!! I do have photosensetivity, so wooden cabinets, pale green walls, with bright white trim works best for me! Then the bright sunlight isn't making me squint all the time! ❤
totally agree with the open shelves, never liked it! Great video, TY for posting.
I sure hope that White Kitchens are not on the way out! I have had brown wood cabinetry in every home I've ever lived in as an adult, and I am so ready for a change. I've owned and lived in a couple of homes since 1980, and I really want to do away with the 1989 honey oak and go for white cabinetry. I am considering a beautiful blue for the back of my peninsula that faces the family room though. AS I age (I'm 69 now), I find I really seek out light and bright in spaces wherever I can.
They will never go out of style - white kitchens are classic. White has just been overdone which is why color is being pushed. Colors (e.g. gray) cycle in and out of style.
Do what you luv and what color feels good to You. White is timeless. Why paint it something that someone on the internet says so.
I’m 67 and in 2000 when I built my home, and everyone was putting in the dark Tuscan trend cabinets, I put in white cabinets with black counter tops. It’s timeless and I still love it. I’ve since added GE Café appliances in matte white and it looks great. You’ll never regret a white kitchen!
@@lisaanderson3549gray is not „ color“ as they’re talking- it’s a neutral.
Light and BRIGHT spaces are well on their way in. ❤
Even if they do, who cares. It's just a trend. Your style is your style.
No open shelves! Neutral colors only.
Nice windows for light.
Lots of drawers!
Lower cabinets should have pull out shelves.
Thanks for your advice and suggestions. 👍❤️
If you watch videos about this or that trend, you should go in KNOWING WHO you are, what your style and tastes are, and be confident about it because at the end of the day, listening to others ramble about trends that are coming in and going out, and then emptying your bank account trying to "FIT IN" is nothing short of you feeding the accounts of designers looking to profit off of how insecure they can make you feel. Ignore trends, and be YOU. It is YOUR house, YOUR life, and YOUR memories that you should feel free to incorporate into your home instead of worrying about feeling "less than" others because you don't have a styled, fake, cold, magazine house designed to make you feel horrible in six months time.
I think it is fun to see what some magazines, designers, and manufacturers refer to as trends for the upcoming year. It sometimes seems as though these are designs and decor that they WISH the public would embrace, and many times they do. But, most of the time, telling people what things will or won’t be trends in an upcoming year is a guess, at best. They can’t possibly know what people will choose to buy. In the fashion world, people buy the clothes that the stores carry, or they sew up their own garments if they don’t like what’s trendy in the store. It is harder to DIY a whole kitchen to suit your style if you don’t like what is offered in the store. You can, however, choose to “buck” the trend, and design your home to make it uniquely your own, which is what I do.
White handle-free cabinets will always be my favourite - cleaning around handles is fiddly and annoying. Never understood open shelving with the grease that occurs in a kitchen.
I would say one of the trends is more dramatic stone choices are back and I love that. I also think the Hamptons kitchen look is also on its way out, it will never look dated if done well because it’s classic, but I don’t think it’s the popular choice anymore.
Always hated the idea of open shelves. IMO a cheap way for contractors to complete a project on the cheap. Dust, grease, and such makes this idea gross, unless you like to clean ALOT!!
Just USE the items in your kitchen frequently and live shelves with newspaper, replacing once in a while - problem solved.
I am going to add bistro shelves to compete remodelling our tiny kitchen. But we are installing away from cooking zone. The rest of the kitchen is classic with upper cabinets to the ceiling
I love my white kitchen because I have northern and eastern light exposure, which makes my kitchen somewhat darker than the rest of my otherwise bright house. I love other kitchen cabinet designs as well; it depends on the house, the light exposure and many other factors. My kitchen cabinets are oak, and they were stained a very dark espresso brown before I painted them in a cloud white paint by Benjamin Moore. I agree that bright, stark white cabinets might be out.. they have always been stark and not cozy because bright white can be hard to work around. Thank you very much for your videos, Penny-- you are doing a fantastic job!!
So funny …. I’m Australian and my kitchen is facing the same as yours … but in the Southern Hemisphere this is the lightest and brightest room in the house!
I have white counters and cupboards and lots and lots of drawers! And I just love it. No updating for me !!!!
I guess I’m doing well. We have wood beams, cathedral ceiling with two corner windows and a skylight. My lowers will be a dark teal while minimal uppers with two pantries in white. And lots of upper lighting with three pendants. Will likely add your suggestion of under cupboard lighting. No coffee bar though. Can’t wait. Thanks for the info.
I love white kitchens the best like Shea McGee has in her house.
You can add light to your kitchen with a pale yellow (not school bus yellow or taxicab yellow) wall paint. It works even better than white paint to bring light into a room.
I’ve had it with stainless steel appliances. I want white back! I’ve bought the finger print resistant stainless and I loathe it. It needs washed and dried several times every day to keep it looking presentable. We need better choices!
I had a small wall with an upper cabinet that looked odd to me so I just removed it, tiled the wall and added 2 open shelves there! It purely decorative not too much trouble to keep clean. Wouldn’t do anymore than that.
It never fails to amaze me with titles like this is that you aren’t thinking for yourself. Pick a style, a color, a pattern that you feel something about. Calm, happy, nature what ever. Have you ever considered that trend is just that. What “designer” an income boost next year? Live with what makes you sigh when you walk into “your” room.
Blue cabinets make me not want to eat! ☺️ White cabinets are more elegant, so is gray.
I love the idea of open shelving with those grass baskets. It's the baskets I love. Also you don't have to commit to a specific type or style, change it up with the season or mood ,or what you store in them beit a catchall or designated items
Can you recommend a good place to buy those baskets? I like organic things - if possible.
Open shelving have been out for awhile now
I still see it all the time in designer kitchens!
A 'trend' is what used to be called a 'fad'.
Like bell-bottom jeans.
White and gray kitchens will never be out of style.
Painting the walls an interesting color to liven things up or to set a mood is far more economical.
The trend setters are focusing strictly on the designers and the manufacturer's that set an exorbitant cost, just to be 'current'.
I say, if you like a particular style or color, embrace it!
However, speaking of that,
Please paint those oak cabinets WHITE! 😮
Not a fan of white and gray kitchens. Give me wood shaker cabinets up to the ceiling, warm tones, earth tones.
To each his /her own. I am NOT a trend follower. I dislike “ brown” looks dirty and feels dark, like a cave. LOVE ethereal so whites and lighter colors and massive windows are right for me.
@@ediewall6360😂😂😂 white is out and dated.
@@emiliebova I am not a trend person, I am a “ know thyself “ person. I like ethereal vibes and would live in a home that offers that. I do not” follow”
As a Professional Interior Designer with a degree with Honors, I am sick and tired of Stainless appliances....Just invested
in Matt White GG Cafe Collection pieces, with custom copper handles, to honor the two Brick arches.....I will purchase
30 copper handles for my cabinets and drawers.....Please paint all wood colored kitchen cabinets.....do yourself a favor....
Great video! I still associate forest green with the 90's... 🙂
Open shelving is stupid, waterfall island ends are stupid. White will never go "out". Dramatic and well designed lighting is great. Love incorporating light natural wood with clean design.
Great information! Thank you.
White kitchen cabinets are timeless.
In 1987 I repainted my honey toned oak cabinets, off white on top cabinets and a beautiful forest green lower cabinets. (Clearly ahead of the times, eh?). The house is a federal style two story home and HAD warm brick with a mahogany front door with skylights. The backyard HAD a vegetable garden, koi pond, a cutting garden and gravel paths throughout (I was called the Martha Stewart of our neighborhood, LOL). But the “Pottery Barn family” that bought our home for above our asking price - and who I thought would cherish it - turned the entire house into a minimalist, gray and white palette with a cold, sleek look, painted the entire outside bright white, including the mahogany doors, and bulldozed the backyard to become a soccer field for their boys. Why did they buy this house! Go figure.
White will always be in. I love the other colors blue, green and gray but just like the waterfall counter they will date themselves and be out
Glass cabinets with blue , greens or whatever strikes your fancy in dish display and colors in your decor is easier and cheaper
Team storage
Definitely!
I wouldnt shoot a video about kitchens standing in a kitchen which is denying most of the designer rules...sorry but it looks unprepared or just unconscious.
She said at the beginning she was starting to renovate it!
Thinking the same thing but didn’t want to be rude
I was thinking the same, lol. That kitchen is so outdated. If I were an interior designer or not that kitchen would be my first project, but maybe that’s her style and she likes it, so be it.
@@Bamberlove80she did said that she’s doing a renovation
After 16+ moves in my lifetime I am (hopefully) in my final home (at least until I'm forced into a nursing home!). I started looking at what was "on trend" for my new bathroom. Grey, grey and beige. Bleuch! I decided instead to do something *I* would enjoy living with. So I'm having 3 shades of blue & chrome, with a custom built, British made vanity unit in oak as a focal point. I also insisted on 5cm of insulation on the flooring (though the fitter managed to persuade me it wasn't necessary on the walls with cavity wall insulation, given it's small size, I'm partly regretting it) and a mechanical heat recovery ventilator.
I suspect that when I get around to doing the kitchen (which is swapping with the bedroom that currently leads out onto the garden - very impractical) I'll do the same. I'm looking for a local carpenter - less plastic, more wood and natural materials - and Farrell & Ball or Green Company breathable/low VoC paints. I'm in the process of replacing the door with a bi-fold pine one, stained with light-oak beeswax, and a glass panel to let in the light to the East-facing living room. The handles are British made cast-iron (I did look for pewter ones, but couldn't find ones I liked), so cabinets will probably be similar, or replicate the silver-chrome in the bathroom.
My kitchen has white cabinets and white appliances. And there’s white trim on the walls. That’s pretty much where the white ends. Has gray countertops, brown, LVP flooring, and a great bright paint color. So although there is a lot of white in there, it’s not an all white kitchen. I don’t like all white kitchens either. I love color. But I think a white Cabinetry is just fine.
White cabinets are often melamine or paper foil covered. Dirt shows so much. They wear faster than others. I guess if one cleans (many do not), white cabinets are fine. I’d much rather cover them in color.
I love the open shelving but it must be organized and minimal.
Baskets are a good idea but put felt or cork on the bottom.
It also doesn’t solve the cleanliness/ dust issue, does it?
No one with open shelving big is wiping everything do e weekly.
Keep only what you use in the kitchen. Cover shelves with newspaper you can toss.
Hate wallpaper on the ceiling. When it becomes out of style. It's a nightmare to fix. White is always gonna be in style. Adding a Skylight is a no also. Waste of money. Dont like open shelves they collect dust and cause more work. Like the coffee bar idea.
If you stay away from trends your kitchen will always look good. I've never understood "trends" with really expensive materials. Just think of all of those "tuscan" kitchens of the 90's. Why waste all of that money and materials? BTW, white NEVER looks trendy, it's classic.
I miss when we were first married and able to get accessories, Counters and cabinets in different colors.. Past years we could get was gray. Now beige is back with some colored cabinets that I love. Never cared for white on white kitchens with all the glare. Nor do I like open shelves. I have a red brick floor that will stay in my kitchen. As will my 3/4” natural wood cabinets. Part of our counter tops have worn out and regretfully has to be replaced. It is hard to find something to go with the red brick floor. We will replace our almond colored appliances with finger print proof stainless steel. We wanted to get another side by side, but since we bought appliances in 1985, refrigerators have gotten a lot taller. We do not have space under our cabinets for the taller side-by-side. Also the icemaker now take up half the space in the door. Before you could get it without that and used ice cube trays. I wish we had an assortment of colors to choose from instead of the color or the style of the year and such. Coffee bar for me. I drink mostly mineral water . Same with fashion you can’t be an individual and show your own personality. What is trendy since that’s something marketing came up with.
Every single year we are told that white is on it’s way out. I might do a bath vanity in navy blue, but a $30K investment in navy and gold is not my idea of a smart long term investment in my kitchen.
Baskets on open shelving? Adding insult to injury! Twice the dust and grease!
Good riddance to open shelves and waterfall edges. I'd like to say good riddance to open kitchen's as well.
UK residents find much everyday American decor very “brown” dark and dreary.
Open shelves is no bueno lol but a white kitchen is divine. You can add touches of color in accessories. Sky lights in florida is a no no. Water intrusion with hurricanes. I love waterfall countertops done in a neutral stone or material.
Prediction: tiled ceilings will die a fast death. I hate it and I’m sure I’m not alone 🤮
I live in the actual dust bowl. Open shelves are absolutely stupid here. I’m not kidding about daily cleaning of anything in the open. Plus it seems to take away useful cabinet space to set a few art pieces on. In the last five years it just seemed to be a trend to take away all your upper cabinets for a few narrow space wasting shelves. Poor had shelves, the aspiration was to have cabinets with doors to protect things. So, I am happy to wave goodbye to that one. Now just convince people to put their cabinets to the ceiling. No place for spiders to easily hide. Improves built in look and makes things looked finish.
Open shelving has always been a bad idea for anyone with pets (cuz pet hair), but even worse, cats love to get on the shelves, risking damage to your knick-knacks.
I have the exact kitchen color cabinets with arch top doors and what to change them to match the bottoms. Any budget friendly ideas? I can't figure out who the manufacturer is. My countertop is also the same. Must of been the tuscan era...lol
Most designers don’t cook. Why would I listen to someone who never cooks design a kitchen on looks. I need it to FUNCTION! And look nice. Kitchen basics. Triangle. Storage. Storage. Storage. Work area. Storage. Less maintenance. .
I have a white and off white kitchen with brass handles with a waterfall countertop and I love it… I feel the rounded countertops are just a fad and will go out of style faster. Just my 2 cents….
✨✨✨Open shelving was just someone being cheap and not bothering to order actual cupboards.✨✨✨
Then it became… “a thing” … but unless staged it will always look awful and cluttered‼‼‼✨✨✨
Gladys🇨🇦Toronto🇨🇦Canada
I agree, and woven or fabric baskets are definitely not a fix! I can’t imagine how difficult it would be to clean a greasy dust covered basket 😬
@@bonniesteinke6624 BASKETS MAY BE OK… IF YOU NEVER COOK I repeat, never cook…not ever… many people only use their refrigerators to keep drinks and fruit cold.
AND BY NOT FRYING THEY NEVER CAUSE A MIST OF GREASE IN THE AIR FROM FRYING.
Not for me…I cook each and every day…it, cooking is the only way to budget and save money‼💵💵💵💵💵
I think following any trend too closely is going to lead to its going out of style quickly. A kitchen is too expensive to change over every time a style changes. That's why I always prefer going with a classic, neutral kitchen and warming it up with artwork, curtains etc.
I respectfully disagree with the playground equipment. I raised my kids in Atlanta. They used it tens of the year. Is was great for play dates and generally brought the neighborhood kids over regularly.
Team open shelving here. The doors on our short low cupboards were hitting us in the head so we removed them.
I'd still go for minimalist handleless cabinets for an open kitchen
The only ceiling statement I’d consider is beadboard.
News flash: not everyone loves beams on ceilings. To some of us, they feel heavy and claustrophobic.
I'm really not a fan of the gold hardware. This trend will fade away once again.
For hardware I buy from House of Antique Hardware.
Awesome! Thanks for sharing!
Hobby Lobby has some great cabinet knobs but I got mine at Pottery Barn.
Love the storage….I was never fond of open shelving from the beginning! Pretty but not practical.
I have to disagree with color kitchen's i think in three-years they will be outdated. I think wood is a better bet on longevity.
Why don’t waterfall
edges age well?
They are specific to a time period, so they will eventually age out. Anything that you see but can't place it on a timeline generally ages well
Team storage, all the way.
The average person probably only remodel their kitchen every 30 years. Trends are not relevant. While the National kitchen and bath association seems to want to make trends a thing they really are not. If you’re lucky enough to live in a house long enough to remodel one should design the kitchen as if they are going to live with it for 30 years. Do what you love. The kitchen that inspired me was my grandmother’s 1950 mid century kitchen which had push to open handless hardware and slab doors. In the 1970’s the push to open still fully functional. Lots of draws and full height pantry cabinets along one wall.
Interior Designers are licensed ASID members with a five year degree in interior architecture from an accredited university. So she’s not a self taught interior designer. That’s like self taught cardio thoracic surgeon.
But the kitchen you are standing would never work for me. So I guess I shouldn't even listen
It’s not what is out, but what you like.
Open shelving never appealed to me, maybe one for decor purposes, yes, buts lots no thank you!
I never could get those open shelves in the kitchen!! Awful!!
But a few floating shelves are okey for that style just not my cup of tea.🤪🙆♀️
Woven baskets? It can't get more dated than that! And I normally don't care about 'dated'. We have open shelving, and LOVE it. Sure, it means more dusting, but who cares? I don't, and I'm the one doing the work. And those pull-out vertical shelves mean you can't do anything with that floor space. Looks really crowded in the corner, too.
Microwaves over the stove that are also the vent are totally out of style. I put my cooktop with a vent that pops up in my 10 foot island.
Yes a lot of open shelving sucks, especially by the stove and oven. White cabinets go with everything. Trends come and go. Completely different.
Since when are baskets a hack?
Open shelving is impractical and waste of space. I think practicality ,logical shelving , saving of space that looked good are finally the trend .Pull out shelves , floor to ceiling cabinets,simplicity, more hidden shelving and electrical outlets etc natural lighting is key ,Quarts .
Can’t wait to see what she will do with her outdated kitchen 🤔
I’ve never like open shelves. Trend or not!
I always thought open shelving was the dumbest idea. Stop following trends and do your own thing.
Open shelving has never been a good idea, unless you enjoy taking everything off them regularly to clean it. If you want to show off your stuff, that's what glass doors on cabinets are for! As for kitchen lighting, under-cabinet lighting is one of the most important things, so you can illuminate your work surfaces without the light glaring in your eyes from above. My mother loved an all-white kitchen, but I never could stand them; they look too cold and sterile to me. Nor am I fan of this gray-and-white everything that's been popular for the past several years. And those overly busy glass-tile backsplashes are already looking dated, as well as stressing me out. A natural stone or brick backsplash in a neutral color is far easier to live with, and can help brighten up the under-cabinet space.
Watched twice and still have no idea what you meant by waterfall countertops. You might want to define terms for us regular folks, might add to your subscriber count.
“Waterfall” on an island is when the countertop material is continued down one (or both) sides of the island cabinetry.
Who came up with these trends that are now “in” HGTV? Oh add a deep color to your ceiling to make it pop. Conserving a $25K+ for any Reno it’s probably best to go traditional. Natural light is always good.
Hated the ceiling ideas. Talk about a dated look. white kitchens with accents of color will never look dated.
When has no light ever been a trend?
I never understood the popularity of the waterfall cabinet edge. I don’t get it. Doesn’t look good and it’s very expensive.
open shelves in kitchen is out? i guess they got tired of that back in the 1800's good thing someone came up with the cabinets idea. imo, just who thought it was a great idea for all? the open concept of borrowing space from 1 room to make another appear bigger is only good if there is nothing in the room. everything has a size and a size needs a space.
I hope stanless steel appliances go out. They look cold and surgical to me.
team storage
Forget trends! Trends only happen to make more money for certain people involved. A throwaway society. Come on people get real. Our resources are not there forever. 😢
I'm working out this color and element palet in my head to create a colorful life giving kitchen without it looking like Crayola's baby threw-up.