Kitchens by Riland

The newest kitchen design in the market at the moment is opening up the kitchen to an adjacent space. Other trends include under mounted sinks, making furniture-like cabinets, using commercial grade appliances and using natural stone for kitchen countertops. If you are thinking of remodeling your existing kitchen, or plans are underway to add a kitchen, or you are building a new home, the following is a list of the new kitchen design that you can use.

1. Kitchens as part of a ‘greater kitchen room’

This new kitchen design is achieved by combining the existing kitchen with an adjoining family room or open space. To create the ‘great kitchen room’, the wall separating the family room and kitchen is removed completely to create a huge open space centered by a peninsula or roomy kitchen island.

2. Cabinets Designed like furniture

Furniture-style cabinetry is a new kitchen design that will continue to feature in most homes for many years to come, thanks to their charm and versatility. This new kitchen design is considered to be particularly popular when developing kitchen islands. Some of the notable features that give cabinets a furniture-sort-of appearance are bun feet or legs, mouldings, onlays, and corbals. Cabinet doors on the other hand are made of solid hardwoods such as cherry and maple.

Designers and cabinet manufacturers have embraced this new kitchen design and have started to design more freestanding and individual furniture pieces rather than the usual in-built cabinetry for expanded kitchens. This is referred to as the ‘unfited’ new kitchen design.

3. Under mounted Sinks

Having an under mounted sink is another new kitchen design which can be in stainless steel and cast iron. This trend has become very popular because designers and home owners love the clean glossy look which blends perfectly with modern designs. The merits of under mounted sinks is that they are quite functional, are very easy to install, and are beautiful. The bowl is simply attached beneath the countertop and off you go. There will be no sink rim appearing over the countertop.

Kitchen designers today predict that as the size and complexity of the kitchen expands, ‘mixed orders’ are becoming the order of the day. Wet bars, kitchen islands, butler’s pantries, and baking centers all are being incorporated into more and more kitchen designs. This creates the need for more dissimilarities-in cabinet colors, styles, finishes, and type of wood used.