The kitchen is arguably the most used, and most functional, room in any house, which means kitchen remodels—and even aesthetic upgrades––can cause massive disruptions to home life for extended periods.
For these reasons, designers encourage clients to look beyond trends, breathing new life into spaces with lasting materials or smart structural interventions. Rather than tearing out last year’s beige cabinets to chase this year’s perfectly polished range, accepted wisdom around kitchen remodels is to identify ways to elevate, update, and stylishly optimize what’s in place to best serve this room’s primary function: cooking. (And, if walls must come down, make sure there’s added light coming into the kitchen afterward.)
“We are seeing a rise in holistic design that considers the layout, improved lighting, better airflow, appliances, and storage solutions that support the modern chef in creating healthy meals,” says Elizabeth Valkovics, the founding principal of Batten Court Design.
To that end, we talked to designers to find out what’s going on in home kitchens these days. Below are the zhuzhing efforts our experts have been seeing a lot of lately—and how you can integrate their lessons into your own kitchen.
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