January 10, 2025
The kitchen is the centre of gravity for modern homes, kitchen trends 2025 eco that importance. Similar to our increasing awareness of dietary wellbeing we are seeing a return to authenticity and timeless values in kitchen designs.
Between our fascination with cooking and working from home, the kitchen is having a moment right now. Some of the most exciting trends in home décor are in fact happening in the kitchen. From characterful finishes to eye-catching cabinetry the kitchen is evolving at a vertiginous pace. During 2025 we are going to see a marked evolution towards bespoke design that will transform the kitchen into a customised setting for cooking, dining and entertaining.
Join us on our exploration of kitchen trends 2025 UK with thirteen different ways that your kitchen can look bang up to date. We include functional as well as decorative elements to inspire your plans for a future kitchen.
Trending kitchens designs during 2025 feature continuous surfaces that appear to flow over floors and walls. This seamless aesthetic is ideal for kitchen floors that need to withstand a lot of maintenance and cleaning. The fewer the joints the more hygienic the result. Micro-cement kitchen flooring is gaining popularity in earthy off-white colours. Measuring less than 3mm the polymer-modified cement layer resembles polished concrete but without the construction hassle. It can be installed over an existing kitchen floor and provides non-slip and stain-resistant properties. For a more even and flawless pristine effect use rectified floor tiles in cement effect finish for continuous flooring and wall cladding. Similarly, micro-cement is also suitable for finishing kitchen walls to match the flooring.
Worktop and backsplash: XTONE Breccia Imperiale
Texture will continue to inform kitchen wall and floor finishes this year. Whether it be visual texture in surface treatment for floor tiles or light relief providing a raised pattern on wall tiles. The look is more rustic than plain tiles and adds a subtle cosy aesthetic. Floor textures that recreate the look of textured stone like travertine or chiselled stone are also easier to maintain. Kitchen trends 2025 will also feature more decorative wall tiles with subtle relief that add dimension and visual interest.
Natural stone Moka Anticato
The unique qualities of metal are adding a signature look to kitchens this year. The effect is based on mixing several metallics all together in different ways. Whether it be cabinet doors, statement lighting, metallic mosaics, kitchen appliances or elements of furniture. Metal provides a hygienic and reflective quality that can be softened by design. The dominant trend right now is for warmer metallics like copper, brass and titanium. Typically, two or three metals are combined in the same space, there’s a primary metallic and a complimentary metallic. This trend applies to traditional-style kitchens as well as more modern designs.
The growing popularity of customised kitchen décor is unstoppable this year. One of the most on-point ways of adding personal style to the kitchen is wallpaper. 2025 kitchen design trends include walls adorned with exuberant patterns, textured surfaces, organic colour schemes and geometric motifs. Combine wallpaper with a decorative backsplash or as a background to floating shelving on kitchen walls. Remember that wall coverings today are much more resistant to wear and tear compared to years gone by when wallpaper was last used in kitchen décor.
Kitchen trends 2025 include a resurgence in all things craft-related in the home. That also applies to kitchen cabinet doors. Shaker style, raised panel, beadboard and heritage doors will continue to gain popularity. The effect is subtle but unmistakable. The craft look celebrates how things are made and put together; it brings a cosy quality to kitchen designs. Framed cabinet doors in mid and darker timber tones will be trending this year, but other material choices work just as well. For a more impacting variation on the theme combine with glass-fronted wall cabinets for added visual interest and depth.
The practical advantages of the open-plan layout will continue to influence kitchen configurations in 2025. However, we will see the kitchen proper subtly differentiated from the dining area with the use of partitions, folding doors and even changes in flooring. The visual connection is maintained but there is a definite acknowledgement of different functions. This also applies to workstations and living areas that are open to the kitchen.
Vinyl floor Linkfloor Grand Nude
Mosaic Kronos Jade
Kitchen design trends 2025 feature more decorative kitchen backsplash ideas. That includes both the area behind the kitchen sink and the hob. There will be more emphasis on large format surfaces free from joints. We are seeing how the shape of the backsplash will include curves and decorative profiles. Marble effect tiles are particularly suited to this trend, in a variety of colours and veining patterns not just white. This trend looks more dramatic with floating shelving, avoiding wall cabinets, to convert the backsplash into a wall feature.
We are going to see a greater emphasis on artisanal crafts during 2025 in general. In the kitchen that includes handcrafted tiles such as Zellige tiles, mosaics, three-dimensional tiles and even hand-painted tiles. The effect is warm and rustic with a subtle reflection of the light that transforms the entire kitchen ambience. Add these tiles to the backsplash, kitchen island or coffee station to bring a cosy lived-in quality to the space.
Kent Warm Gloss / Deco Warm Gloss
While matt black faucets have been trending over recent years in 2025 kitchen taps are going to be warmer and visually ‘softer’. Taps in unlacquered brass, copper, bronze tones and titanium add a more characterful vintage look to kitchen sinks. These high-tech sanitary fittings continue to offer all the marvels of aerated water, instant temperature control and filtered drinking water. But the aesthetic is more eye-catching, inviting the touch of a hand and adding to the subtle detailing that shapes the overall design.
Kitchen faucet Round Inox Titanio Cepillado
Kitchen ventilation is going to be anything but boring during 2025. The multi-burner hob or induction plate is going to become the centre of attention thanks to statement extractor hoods. The trend includes built-in arches and alcoves within larger kitchen layouts. But even small kitchen trends 2025 feature rustic-style metallic hoods in copper and painted plaster. The look is a pure country kitchen with a focus on the functional hierarchy of cooking and baking as in times gone by.
Although colour is the most fleeting among changing trends in the kitchen we are seeing definite patterns. Over the last number of years, there has been a gradual evolution in how colour reflects sustainability in home décor. Kitchen trends 2025 feature warm and raw tones that have an organic quality. Timber, especially the mid-tone and darker varieties are going to be increasingly visible, as well as green tones such as jade and sage. Brown and green combine perfectly together, they look effortlessly stylish under the northern hemisphere light. This year will also see warmer metallic tones complimenting kitchen colour schemes, for faucets, ironmongery and decorative accessories.
There is a growing trend to be more playful with kitchen wall cabinets. Kitchen designers are leaving a gap between the upper cabinets and the ceiling which forms a shelf suitable for visible storage. This approach helps to visually heighten the ceiling. Similarly, the floating shelf trend is still strong with an emerging variation. Kitchen trends 2025 include the hutch style, or inset cabinet, where the wall cabinet rests on the base cabinets with a countertop in between. This practical idea evokes traditional kitchens and works well with floating shelving for a more open spacious kitchen ambience.
An alternative to the breakfast bar, space-depending, the breakfast nook is back in fashion this year. The nook can be built into a corner space within the kitchen and will normally have a mix of banquette seating and chairs. The table is situated at regular height, i.e. between 71 and 76 cm (38 – 30 inches) off the ground. Breakfast nooks bring an authentic diner experience to eat-in kitchens. The nook is still informal like the breakfast bar but gives off a more vintage vibe that celebrates sharing face-to-face laid-back family meals.
2025 kitchen trends are somehow familiar but totally fresh at the same time. We are seeing how kitchens are becoming warmer and cosier, places to be inhabited throughout the day. These trends and many more are on display at your nearest Porcelanosa showroom. Make an appointment today to consult the expert staff there and explore other interior design trends 2025 while there.
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