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Timeless and elegant, this year's new kitchen trends showcase their dark side. Black kitchens, combined with a fine selection of materials such as marble and wood, are welcomed in any kitchen style. Touches of color and handle-less designs court the fusion of living space and kitchen. Whether glossy or matte surfaces, the kitchen trends for 2019 make kitchen furnishing stylish and timeless.
Everything is black?
The new country-style fronts in blackened oak lend a modern and timeless appearance to traditional country kitchens. Elegant design kitchens impress with black slate and steel decors, as do combinations of black surfaces with wood tones or white. Shelf elements and countertops in white marble create a beautiful contrast, add a subtle touch of color, and soften the dominant black tone.
The new accent color is the soft rose tone, which, when used sparingly, adds a modern touch. Rose complements dark kitchen fronts in gray and anthracite, softening their appearance. The fresh color accent also pairs convincingly with light wood and white.
The color palette of wood tones for kitchen design is diverse. Light woods are as popular for kitchen fronts and countertops as dark, almost black ones. The warm wood shades, combined with skillful spatial planning, create beautiful combinations for nature-inspired living, cooking, and life in the kitchen.
Combination of Material, Style, and Technology
Surfaces in elegant marble optic in white, gray, or black tones are increasingly making their way into kitchen design and are used for kitchen fronts, countertops, or backsplashes. The noble and timeless design looks particularly impressive when fronts and work surfaces are fully planned with the stone decor. Robust, cost-effective, and easy to maintain, a countertop made of genuine marble convinces with a unique pattern. Marble surfaces look noble in handleless and straight-lined design kitchens, but also timeless as countertops in elegant country-style kitchens.
Alongside marble, wooden surfaces continue to be highly popular. They are no longer merely associated with country-style kitchens but instead, with the contemporary industrial look of concrete and metal, they create a modern contrast.
However, even though this year's trend is more focused on decor and style, "Smart Kitchen" is also becoming increasingly important. Applications that bring real benefits are slowly becoming visible. The extractor hood, which regulates itself automatically, the hob that adjusts its heat output as needed, or the lighting control via digital voice assistants like Siri or Alexa.
Useful additional functions are also available for faucets and sinks. In 2019, boiling, filtered, and carbonated water can be dispensed directly from the tap. Additional cutting boards are designed to fit over the draining area of the sink, and containers for kitchen waste are conveniently integrated.
The major advancements in recent kitchen design, however, are the adaptations of faucets and sinks to match the design and color scheme, as well as the prevailing material used in kitchens.
Kitchen or Living? A trend continues to prevail
Living where cooking happens. Kitchen furniture increasingly adopts the design of living room furniture, shelves make space for accessories or kitchen items. Appliances disappear when not in use, seamlessly blending into the kitchen decor. This trend is reflected in handle-less fronts, uniform strips and skirting boards, as well as stylish panel systems in consistent colors and materials. Easy-to-clean surfaces transform the kitchen area into a living space, and a cohesive decor completes the fusion of cooking and living.
Kitchen manufacturers are increasingly becoming designers of living room furniture as well.
At your kitchen specialist Varia, you can discover the new kitchen trends and find "The Kitchen for Life".
