When remodeling your kitchen, knowing which ideas are most popular with other homeowners is helpful, even if you decide to break with most homeowners. The newly released 2023 U.S. Houzz Kitchen Trends Study provides a great starting place to consider your options. This study provides valuable information about homeowners’ preferences in the dimensions and scope of their kitchen, its appearance and feel, and everyday items and attributes.
Layout Changes Continue to Lead
When it is time to make significant kitchen remodel modifications, changing the layout is at the top of the list for homeowners (45 percent). It is followed by updating systems (41 percent) and altering walls (36 percent).
Many Kitchens Are Increasing in Size
In the meantime, kitchens are becoming more prominent. Over one-quarter of homeowners (27 percent) are making their kitchens larger during remodeling. Most homeowners have an even larger kitchen, increasing the size by over 50 percent.
Most kitchens (51 percent) are more significant than 200 square feet. A majority (35 percent) comprise between 100 and 199 square feet, and one in seven (14%)) are smaller than 100 square feet. Users Modern Mountain Cabinetry made the Granite Bay, California, kitchen into a spacious, open space with ample work surfaces and space for entertaining.
Open Kitchens Appeal
Open spaces are a popular topic. Most homeowners are looking for homes with kitchens open to the interior (40 percent, an increase from 38 percent in 2022) and outdoor space (20 percent, an increase from 18 percent by 2022).
The kitchen design without walls to separate it from the rest of the interior is the most sought-after option (61 percent). However, the alternative declined in popularity by four percentage points over the year.
To open a kitchen’s door outdoors, homeowners typically opt for double doors or rows of entries (46 percent).
Modifications to kitchen layouts are not uncommon. About fifty percent of house owners (45 percent) remodel their kitchens. L-shaped (40 percent) or U-shaped (31 percent) kitchens are among the most sought-after styles. Most homeowners opt for the galley arrangement (11 percent) or a single-wall layout (8 percent).
White has always been a popular color for kitchen wall options, but it’s becoming the most popular choice. Over a third of homeowners (35 percent) prefer white walls. This is a 3-point rise from year to year. White is also the dominant color for backsplashes. Over 2 of 5 homeowners (41 percent) choose white for their backsplash. As was stated in an earlier article about the 2023 U.S. Houzz Kitchen Trends Study, approximately 40% of homeowners (40 percent) prefer white cabinets.
Gray, the second most widely used wall color, is now further slipping off the radar, with less than a quarter of homeowners (24 percent) selecting the color. It’s down by 4 points from year to year. It’s the fourth year of decline.
In terms of appliances, there is no better choice than stainless steel. The finish is the most sought-after, with 37% (74 percent) of homeowners opting for it. Madison Taylor Co.This Coto de Caza, California kitchen features many finishes loved by homeowners, such as white cabinets, walls, backsplash tiles, hardwood flooring, and stainless steel. Appliances and a contrasting wood island.
Multicolored Countertops Fall Further Out of Favor
Most homeowners who remodel (90 percent) have their countertops upgraded in an upgrade to their kitchen.
White is the dominant preference color and will continue to do so (41 percent in 2023, contrasted with 39 percent in 2022 and 33 percent for 2021).
In the meantime, the demand for multicolored countertops has steadily decreased (19 20% in 2023, down from just 24% by 2022 to 26 percent by 2021).
For homeowners re-designing an island, a quarter (25 percent) pick a countertop color that contrasts with the countertop color. The most frequently used countertop colors for an island to differ from the perimeter countertop are white (29 percent), medium-tone wood (16 percent), black (11 percent, up 4 points over the previous year), and gray (11 percent).
The most well-liked countertop material is engineered quartz (36 percent), although the material decreased by 6 points yearly. Other popular materials include granite (23 percent) and butcher block, wood slab (10 percent), Quartzite (8 percent), along with marble (5 percent).
One-quarter of homeowners remodeling (25 25 percent) can contrast their island countertop material against the countertop material. The most popular countertop material option is wood slab or butcher block (31%). Story LLC This Seattle kitchen designed by the architecture firm Story has white countertops contrasting with the wooden butcherblock island countertop.
Ceramic and Porcelain Tile Top Backsplash Choices
The number of people (84 percent) remodel their backsplashes during a kitchen renovation. Tile is the most preferred choice (85 percent), and porcelain or ceramic is the best (67 percent).
The most frequent remodeling dilemma homeowners are faced with is how is the best place to put their backsplash. Covering the entire area from the countertop to the range hood or cabinets is the most preferred choice (61 percent), although it slowed in popularity by five percentage points from year over year. Part coverage grew by two percentage points to 21% during the same timeframe.
Around 1 out of 10 homeowners (11 percent) entirely cover the space until the ceiling, while 4 percent cover it in part.
As we mentioned whit, white had been identified as the top commonly used backsplash color (41 percent), followed by multicolored (16 percent, dropping four percent) and gray (12 percent). TriVistaUSA Design + BuildIn: In this Washington, D.C.-area kitchen, TriVistaUSA Design and Build installed glazed rectangular tiles with a herringbone pattern that runs from the counter’s toe ceiling.
Loads of Dishwashers
Most house owners (53 percent) upgrade all their kitchen appliances in a remodeling. Around a third (32 percent) are upgrading a few.
The appliances that are most often upgraded are dishwashers (75 percent, which is up four points per year) and refrigerators (75 percent), microwaves (72 percent) as well as the range (63 percent) and rangehood (59 percent) as well as garbage disposal (52 percent).
