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Published June 5, 2020
Design Trends for Kitchens and Bathrooms
Whether you are thinking about selling or just updating your home into the modern age, now may be the time to upgrade some key rooms. The kitchen and bathroom often are the most expensive renovations to do. The average kitchen update cost $66,196 in 2019, according to Remodeling Magazine while the average bathroom remodel was $20,420. Yet, they can also be the ones that deliver the biggest return on investment.
Even with a sizable return on investment, it is still important to ensure that you select a design, including fixtures, flooring, coloring, and more that last more than a few years. In 2020, I’ve started to see some significant design changes after so many years of key design trends like subway tile, quartz countertops, and white cabinets.
Here are some of the up-in-coming design trends for kitchens and bathrooms that you may want to consider for your own home:
Kitchen: A Multitasking Room
The kitchen has become the “heart” of the home, offering more than just a place to store food and cook meals. It’s a multitasking space where there is entertaining, homeschooling and homework, and socializing not to mention cooking and eating.
More homeowners are opening up closed off kitchens to have them connect to other social spaces like the family room.
A Changing Color Palette, New Materials, and Smart Technology
A palette of bright white colors, marbleized countertops and gray tones has been the ongoing design choice for kitchens. That look is starting to evolve with soft, soothing colors like cream and light blue.
Other more bold design choices are also appearing, including a splash of a primary color like green or red in the cabinetry or range hood. Even appliances like stoves and refrigerators are now available in colors.
Countertops are also changing with the addition of porcelain tops to replace quartz as part of the architectural look now changing kitchen design. Areas like kitchen islands are now being made to function as furniture rather than just a place to prepare food. Sinks, with a trend word unlacquered brass or matte black faucets, are the new workstation, with all types of built-in functionality like bowls, colanders, and cutting boards.
Technology has also taken over as an integral part of kitchen design -- and, not just in higher end appliances. Smart technology is becoming accessible to all budgets, including ovens with built-in cameras as well as refrigerators with calendars and the ability to reorder items. As part of kitchen design, technology is also making other changes, such as vacuum sealer drawers that are built into the cabinetry and look like warming drawers as well as speed and steam ovens.
Bathrooms Become the Spa
Over the course of the last few years, the Zen experience has become an integral part of master bathroom design. Now, that spa-like feeling is being added to the other bathrooms in the house, moving away from the utilitarian feel and toward a sleek design.
Think of those bathrooms found in resort spas or upscale hotel rooms. This means a frameless shower enclosure, floating vanities, and deep soaking tubs. Goodbye, jetted tub that has dominated bathrooms since the early 1990s! Hello, curbless shower with linear drains and large-format tiles made for an army!
Technology has also become a large part of bathroom design. There are smart shower features that can be controlled with a smartphone app as well as medicine cabinets with built-in defoggers and mirrors with artificial intelligence.
Time to Remodel!
There’s never been a better time to remodel your kitchen or bathroom. With low interest rates and a healthy real estate market, you can watch your home value rise. Even if you are not planning to sell your home right now, you’ll be able to enjoy increased value as well as the kitchen and bathroom of your dreams.
What would you change about your current home? Want to know if it will add value to your home before you spend the money, call Liz at 951-970-4771.
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