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10 Kitchen Trends You’ll Be Seeing In 2023

By Wendy Jacob On

This year you’ll see designers embracing bold color and pattern, dramatic marbles and unexpected materials like antiqued mirrors in the kitchen.

Scroll down for 10 kitchen trends you’ll be seeing in 2023!

Maroon Cabinets

We have seen a tsunami of blue kitchens over the past few years, with green kitchens also catching the wave. Now the tide has turned towards warmer options like maroon or deep shades of eggplant.

  • Photographer Robin Stubbert
  • Designer Shannon Vosters

Wallpaper Niches

Designers are using wallpaper niches to create beautiful, poetic moments, like in this kitchen which is adorned with Morris wallpaper. Concerned about grease splatter? Tempered glass was installed over the wallpaper to protect the paper and ensure easy cleaning.

  • Photographer Valerie Wilcox
  • Designer Emily Wunder

Interesting Cabinet Cutouts

Long, capsule-shaped cutouts in this cabinet are even more intriguing thanks to the addition of caning.

  • Photographer Adrian Tiemens
  • Designer Marian Postlethwaite

Dramatic Counterplashes

The popular look of using the same stone on your countertops and backsplash creates a seamless look, but play it up to greater effect by continuing the stone to the full wall height in a dramatic, veined marble.

  • Photographer Nicole Franzen
  • Designer Monica Fried

Round Islands

Rounded edges improve the flow in the kitchen, but it’s the sleek organic shape that homeowners are gravitating towards. For those who want something bespoke and unusual, this shape is a standout.

  • Photographer Virginia Macdonald
  • Designer Katherine Newman Deisgn

Antiqued Mirrors

The romantic rose-gold mirrored backsplash in this PMH showhome by Brian Gluckstein adds a ton of glamor to the powder-blue cabinets.

  • Photographer Alex Lukey
  • Designer Brian Gluckstein

The Return Of The Kitchen Desk

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It fell out of favor for a while, but a dedicated workstation in the kitchen came back strong when homeowners had to find new spots to Zoom. An area like this one could also function as a spot for homework or to browse through cookbooks while planning a menu.

  • Photographer Lauren Miller
  • Designer Andi Wheelband

Ceiling Interest

Eyes are turning upwards and designers are offering plenty of options. In this farmhouse, rustic beams add architectural distinction and warmth to the grey kitchen.

  • Photographer Alex Lukey
  • Designer Halina Catherine

Wood Revival 

We’ve seen plenty of colorful kitchens of late but there’s a strong resurgence in mid-wood tones. White blond woods have given way to deeper tones of walnut, seen in this kitchen’s substantial island.

  • Photographer Kim Jeffery
  • Designer Barbara Wigmore

‘Breakaway’ Tiles

In this trend, there are no hard and fast rules when it comes to when the tiles stop and the wall begins. Here, designer Andi Wheelband took a free-form approach so the edges of triangular tiles segue into the wall in a whimsical way.

  • Photographer Lauren Miller
  • Designer Andi Wheelband