Are these 10 Kitchen Trends Indeed Dead?

[@marypaquette8705]

Wish I still had my 1967 Avocado fridge, it lasted 35 yrs!

[@eddiefniii]

Never renovate a house to sell it. Do it way before so YOU CAN ENJOY IT!

[@TheLamrose]

This is soooo true!

[@xavierminchello8431]

@@eddiefniii THATS STUPID! WHO DOES THAT? MAYBE A HOUSE FLIPPER! 😂

[@eddiefniii]

@@xavierminchello8431 I did. Redid my kitchen 8 years before selling it. Lol. I knew I was gonna sell but didn’t know when. I redid kitchen after I lived in the townhouse 4 years. Then I knew exactly what I wanted. And I enjoyed it 8 years before selling. Other improvements then too. So yeah. People live in a house 10 years. Decide to sell and then they put granite countertops in new kitchen sink update the hardware. They should’ve done that two or three years and at least got to enjoy part of it. Because I’m not gonna get 100% of the money back anyhow you should do some of that stuff for you to enjoy for somebody to enjoy.

[@xavierminchello8431]

@@eddiefniii WELL I AFREE IF YOU ARE STAYING IN IT TO ENJOY IT! JUST WOULD NOT DO EXTREME $$$$ SPEND ON IT THOUGH. MANY BUY HIGH END APPLIANCES AND END UP NOT GETTING A RETURN ON THEM.

[@banne8834]

💯 agree.

[@nogames8982]

I redid my entire kitchen, gutted it, two years ago. I designed it for myself, not for whoever buys this house next. I hope to live in this house till the day I die. But no matter what I’m not changing a thing after I am. Done updating everything. I’m only doing it once and pass that I just don’t care.

[@bettinahooper5344]

THIS!

[@Tpsys-A]

👏🏻

[@xavierminchello8431]

GOOD FOR YOU! ENJOY IT !

[@davidhunternyc1]

Good for you. I hope you live in a state without predatory property taxes and insurance rates.

[@xavierminchello8431]

@@davidhunternyc1 ARIZONA! MOVED HERE AND THE BEST THING I EVER DID!

[@samueljaramillo4221]

Who can afford to remodel their kitchen every year? People,do what you want. Don’t let anyone dictate your taste.

[@brysonwest93]

Agree! Or choose classic styles that are timeless. Or both!

[@vaderladyl]

The best of both worlds is doing a transitional style that appeals to both modern and traditional styles.

[@sassysandie2865]

I was just going to say this! Too expensive and we can only put so much money in our homes depending on the price range and location.

[@why6212]

Dont complain when people pay less for your house because you blazed your own unique trail in kitchen design choices.

[@samueljaramillo4221]

@@why6212 Only if your selling your house.

[@livingthedream923]

I would never want a kitchen with open shelving. It’s too much work to keep clean.

[@Virginia-vn7ud]

I would have to be dusting all day to keep everything clean

[@eattherich9215]

@@Virginia-vn7ud: you need to do more than dust since the oils in the atmosphere will combine to leave a sticky detritus.

[@CoorsLight2025]

omg u don't have a maid?!? lol

[@marypaquette8705]

@@CoorsLight2025 I like a nice Gin and tonic, now that I'm retired,(never drank) when I had children lol!

[@bradc6199]

It's also horribly ugly.

[@Telcomvic]

I'm 4' 11" and will NEVER have a microwave over the oven I can't reach or a drawer microwave I have to bend over to use. Mine will always be on the counter--the perfect height to use it.

[@bettinahooper5344]

Good for you. I’m 5’3”. My new kitchen has no uppers…I decided to swap it out with the living room and make it an 18 foot long galley full of drawers on both sides. The living room is smaller now but hey, nobody does much in there that doesn’t involve the TV & gaming….who’s the cook? I’m the cook.

[@marypaquette8705]

Ditto, when the house was being built in 1973, I told the contractor I want to lower the bottom cabinets and Island lower than average, he looked at me like I was a crazy person! He said, when you go to sell it in the future,nobody will buy it. My husband said to him we are paying you ! my wife gets what she wants ( very Loud)! Or the contract is canceled, and I want my deposit back, here we are 51 years later, and I have never banged my elbows on the counters😊

[@carolinejohnson22]

A microwave over the cooker is really dangerous 🤨

[@Jean-ni6of]

My microwave is over the oven and I hate it. When I was younger it was alright, now it is not. Don't do it.

[@catherineslone9461]

I agree

[@kmartin2988]

I love a white kitchen - have my whole life - for the way it makes me FEEL. I don't care if it ever goes out of style. I love the freshness, light and versatility of decor it allows in a place where winter can be dreary for many months at a time.

[@janetr5929]

I hate the waterfall island countertops. They look cold, like they belong in a restaurant or office break room

[@ilonaforsman]

I don't care what is fashion or not. Trendy or not trendy, in or out. My home or my clothes.

[@robinbirdj743]

I created an outdated kitchen on purpose. It’s straight out of 1900-1920 with a classic cast iron white sink, a shelf, a 1920s leggy electric range, and two Hoosiers (one gives me an „ appliance garage“). I don’t have to contend with grout because I have no backsplash. It may not be the choice for everyone but my c 1905 house will be for only ONE special someone after I’m done here. ❤

[@susananders3834]

Excellent video! Just a comment on upper cabinets: as a senior adult with arthritis, I can really only reach the upper cabinets. I store items that I don't use regularly in the lower, which I often have to sit to access. Anything on open shelves must be dusted regularly. Designer trends really don't take access or cleaning into account.

[@AndreaSmith-gx4yj]

Good points. Rather than open shelving, in my last two kitchens, we had one upper cabinet with glass doors and lighting inside. This way we had display space without the constant dusting.

[@pamcornelius9122]

Love your perspective! My main kitchen has cabinets painted SW Iron Ore (a deep charcoal grey) with quartz countertops that look like Carrera marble. My basement kitchen has all white cabinets with solid white quartz counters (no veining). I ran the quartz up the wall in both kitchens rather than doing a tile backsplash. My personal goal is to not have any more grout in my house!

[@janiceestes9518]

I hate grout! I am a very neat clean person when it comes to cooking. Just my husband and me. I never had a spot on my backsplash from cooking. I had it installed 5 years ago. I will never have a tile shower. My shower is plastic. I never have to worry because I take my showers at the YMCA because I swim almost every day. Husband included. No tile floors for me either. My house is beautiful and well organized.

[@davidhunternyc1]

Open kitchens !!! Open kitchens must go the way of acid washed jeans. Builders love open kitchens because they take less material and less work for them to build. They can also build homes and apartments with smaller footprints to maximize profits. Now, open kitchens take up half of what once was a family room. There's no separation between relaxing in your family room and cooking in the kitchen but somehow builders, real estate agents, and landlords have convinced renters and homeowners that open kitchens are great. "Open kitchens are safe for families. You can watch your kids while you're cooking." People have bought this BS hook, line, and sinker. ... and don't get me started about windows that don't open... especially in kitchens !!! It's madness.

[@khanysafan1705]

Upper cabinets out? Shelves in? No, never liked shelves in the kitchen-greasy, dusty, icky. Who wants to dust your dishes every time you grab one? There’s a reason closed shelving (upper cabinets) became popular in the first place about 100 years ago. Wish we could ask our great grandmothers what they think about the open shelving trend. Also, putting microwaves low enough for young children to reach is about the dumbest thing. I just imagine the things, live and not live, that toddlers could decide to try out in the microwave. Gives me shudders.

[@rblover2466]

The biggest problem with a kitchen design is the people who actually do the work in the kitchen usually aren’t the ones who design them.

[@Bobrogers99]

Exactly! And they design kitchens for their looks and not for their practicality.

[@rosemarybanner]

Still like white kitchens!

[@ElizabethE1267]

Always put the cabinets up to the ceiling. Always! Dust collecting open space above cabinets is immediately dating and looks cheap.

[@tealkerberus748]

This. If it's too high to be useful, it can be boxed out with plasterboard, but anything to get rid of that dust shelf.

[@ruthannelamantia5568]

I have had white open concept kitchens in all of my homes for over 30 years. They sold all my houses. It’s an American classic for generations.

[@Gobble_de_Goop]

Open kitchens immediately limit upper cabinetry. Storage is EVERYTHING, and cabinets require walls.

[@davidhunternyc1]

Agreed. Open kitchens are the bane of home building. They're everywhere because they're cheaper to build.

[@alicenovak3579]

White is classic!

[@tombaker951]

Very good video...im not into trends so much as I like what I like...my kitchen is open concept and its the best design I've ever lived in

[@marciacoco9549]

Good video

[@springchicken893]

My kitchen I 40years old and I still love it.

[@nogames8982]

I don’t understand why they would say that open cabinetry is dying. That makes no sense whatsoever. Maybe in the ultra trendy, modern mansions, but for most of us in regular old houses you need at least some upper cabinets.

[@therapywithisabel]

A lot of these didn't make sense to me. As a former chef and long time real estate investor.

[@oliphauntsneverlie6227]

When you chase trends you're always behind. And probably broke! 🤣 I've never liked the open concept but do not mind a semi-open layout. Rooms need definition.

[@yvettemedina1859]

U very insightful ❤

[@bettinahooper5344]

Well said. Anything ‘classic’: white, farmhouse (so tweakable), tile backsplash , upper cabinets and open concept will never go away. Your house will NEVER appeal to everyone - the trick is to remodel with a LOT of thought and support. Stay away from ‘trends’ that will make your kitchen (or any element of your home) look dated quickly and turn off buyers from the get-go. If you can’t afford something like Cabrera or a solid backsplash, don’t worry about it, instead concern yourself with functionality. And of course, DO NOT MOUNT a microwave over the range….never ever. Also, use different depth drawers wherever possible in your lower cabinets. Lastly, If you actually cook, never try to emulate ‘designer kitchens’, (particularly the mostly dysfunctional celebrity kitchens on AD or other publications), follow your instincts as a cook and owner familiar with your own kitchen space.

[@yvettemedina1859]

Could U Do Videos on Kitchens ❤

[@tealkerberus748]

White kitchens may not be out of date, but wall cabinets with a vacant dust shelf on top of them will never be in. Take those cabinets up to the ceiling and don't have dust reservoirs in your food preparation space!

[@catherinecroghan1478]

Lllllll

[@suekpp]

I hate my open kitchen. It’s the first thing that you see when you come in our front door. Keeping it pristine all the time for me is impossible. Won’t live in one again. 😞

[@johnlehew8192]

My 25 year old kitchen has dead fluorescent 4’ lights, needs 4” can lights. Cabinets need to go to the ceiling and most of mine do. Shaker style cabinet doors is better with minimum cabinet frame showing will not go out of style. Glass cabinet doors only on a few cabinet doors as it is hard to keep those cabinets organized and looking good. Use Quartz or Corian countertops, I have Corian but will buy Quartz next as it looks better and stays nice like Corian. I bought Bosch 800 (aka top) appliances on the internet and installed myself and love them. Saved $10k by doing myself. I need a new backsplash and want an under mount single tub stainless sink with the grooves that allow sliding accessories around. Also need to add lights under my cabinets. Kitchens are so expensive to upgrade. Wish they were less expensive!

[@juanelllemon4833]

Very helpful

[@eattherich9215]

A white kitchen never goes out of style and that is what I have had over the past 40 years. I have graduated from a tiled splashbck to wipe clean paint, and continued with laminate worktops after my one dalliance with a stone composite. My current kitchen doesn't have any integrated appliances since I did a light refresh when I moved in because I wasn't sure if I was going to live here long term - turns out I am - so a complete renovation may still happen. Lastly, my kitchen is surrounded by walls and has a door. I like it that way.

[@jayson657]

Open concept kitchen are the absolute worst. I will NEVER buy another house with one unless I can easily close it in. Who wants to listen to running water, an ice maker, refrigerator and dishwasher running and rattling of dishes, pots and pans over the tv and people talking? Horrible design idea that needs to die.

[@rtel123]

What is with the cute but useless range hoods with flat bottoms instead of an umbrella shape, that catches the steam, then vents it all, instead of only catching half of it? And why does no one make the hood reach to the front edge of the stove? The front two burners make steam that misses the vent. And the hoods are usually mounted too high, so that that the steam can travel away at an angle before reaching the height of the hood.

[@jayburris6252]

Open concept is here to stay. It will never go out of style. It just won’t.

[@JackieofAllTrades]

Loved this video. I may look to update my backsplash based on your insights. Thank you.

[@cathtf7957]

South Carolina.

[@harrisond8132]

I hate marble and actually prefer a laminate. Marble is way too heavy and hard to maintain. I will never lose my otc microwave.

[@jayburris6252]

Why would you care if your counter tops are heavy?

[@lobstermash]

I also hate marble. Don't want to cook on a tombstone.

[@vaderladyl]

@@jayburris6252 maybe their bottom cabinets cannot handle the weight?

[@jayburris6252]

@@vaderladyl lol!

[@carolinejohnson22]

What's fashionable now, will be unfashionable in a couple of years. I detest every shade of grey and subway tiles, or as l call them, Victorian public toilet tiles (usually dark green or burgundy) 😮 😅🇬🇧

[@dawnelder9046]

I can handle the subway tiles, but hate the prison grey look.

[@nogames8982]

I absolutely love the look of marble. Even the really bold Gotti stuff :-) but the expense and the upkeep is absolutely not worth it.

[@ladylyonteeth3952]

My new kitchen is bulky and over cabineted. The icky white color fails to match the trim. The designer/cabinet seller was looking at his commission check more than he was interested in helping me. I could have had a nice open wall with no cabinets. Could have looked great with just a hood flanked by a pair of sconces. It would have been beautiful over a proper range. The pantry could have been a few steps away in the front closet. There’s no love for the homeowner in kitchens these days. 😢

[@vaderladyl]

Some of this articles mentions don't really translate in real life. And most trends come and go too fast to be adopted by people in the real world. They are just made for articles sales and views.

[@Derek-Adams]

Rule of Thumb: if you have no intention of selling your home within the next 5-10 years, have the kitchen you want. If you’re planning on selling your home within 5 years, don’t go with a current trend. Quality made, white cabinets to the ceiling will not go out of style. The backsplash is an easier, more affordable way to change the look of your kitchen but you cannot go wrong with white subway tile. If a potential buyer is having a problem with white cabinets, a good Realtor will steer the buyer to affordable changes they can make (have you seen what refacing cabinets can do - amazing transformations without the cost of gutting and replacing all the cabinets). Same principle as when a buyer loves the house but hates the wall colors; a good Realtor will remind a buyer that painting is a quick and inexpensive fix & will have a referral to a good painter.

[@janiceestes9518]

We should all live in a tent and sleep on the ground with sleeping bags, we can make a firepit and cook on the open firer. Wash our bodies in a near lake. Then maybe we will learn and appreciate what we have in our modern times and quite asking for more that only causes us to spend money that we don't have just to make us feel better. Dopamine high wears off very quickly. And don't get me started on the new phones that come out every Christmas. I hate cell phones.

[@banburypandora]

i abs HATE white kitchens i can deal w anything but when i see white and gray kitchen ugh

[@pamelamartel7361]

I agree with you

[@piapadmore430]

I love my new white kitchen with cabinets stacked to the ceiling🤍🤍🤍 I have oak hardwood flooring, it’s just so dreamy and comfy for my family🤍

[@henrypacheco9048]

I don’t follow trends i follow what I like

[@dawnelder9046]

White kitchens are great for people who cook once a month and do not have children.

[@xavierminchello8431]

SHELVES COLLECT DUST

[@ryancouture2508]

Um…. It’s not 2025 yet… this should be fascinating.

[@yvettemedina1859]

Over the range is Outdated. Hoods r in.

[@Bobrogers99]

White kitchens will never go completely out of style, nor will white appliances. Upper cabinets are always convenient. Open shelves are impractical, as are marble countertops because of maintenance issues. Over the range microwaves are dangerous for elders, and their ventilation fans are feeble. Grouted tile in a kitchen can be a cleaning problem even when allegedly sealed. Any elaborately-designed kitchen will become dated because its features will reflect the fads of the period. Simple, basic and convenient will never go out of fashion.

[@kennixox262]

If you are discussing American (North American) kitchens then you should carefully review your stock footage. Last tine I checked, homes have neither European continental or UK plugs. This is always, always where KZbin contractors fail daily. European and American kitchens are two different things entirely. Want to talk about bad kitchen items? Let's discuss bulky refrigerators that stick six inches or more beyond the counter depth. Makes a kitchen look small with all that bulk sticking out.

[@eattherich9215]

A lot of American kitchen cabinetry comes from the "big box stores". There is often an appliance package with a bulky fridge that does not go with the relatively shallow depths of the cabinetry. Many people who remodel their kitchen, don't have the money to go with integrated appliances or consider a retro style of fridge that would be a better fit.

[@kennixox262]

@@eattherich9215 A counter depth refrigerator would work very well and not stick out.

[@giennefarcais6834]

What a load of malarkey.

[@tealkerberus748]

The built-in cc that drops in and out in this vid and isn't even always correctly spelled .. you were almost there. Just don't drop the cc right when a truck is going past and I can't hear you. And do spell your words correctly.

[@marshacooper9088]

All BS, my kitchen is just fine and looks nice and does the job. $$$&&&, not a billionaire

[@ConstantGardener-q9q]

Carrera marble is incredibly destructive to the environment

[@vaderladyl]

and quartz is horrible for the ones that have to make it at the factory.

[@tealkerberus748]

@@vaderladyl Processed stone has been banned in Australia because of the harm it does to the people who make it. We like our workers able to breathe around here.

[@greene59]

Timeless functional design….some ole sh@t look.

[@JerryPinkasSellYourHome]

It's interesting how timeless designs can evoke such mixed feelings! They certainly have a charm that's hard to ignore. Thanks for watching and commenting.

[@lifeby2044]

Upper cabinets are not ergonomic

[@markwilliamson5796]

Where is your data? This just sounds like hand waving, not actual data.

[@vaderladyl]

check all the channels that do home decor and you will see why.