Kitchen Trends 2025: The Big Ideas Ruling the Home’s Most Popular Room

Our kitchens have become multiuse workhorses, making permanent the many functions demanded during the pandemic, whether that was dining, gathering, or working. But what about kitchen trends in 2025? This year, expect a rise in bespoke layouts, seductive natural materials, and integrated appliances that cater to specific lifestyle needs—because with every family comes a unique set of requirements. Now more than ever, kitchens are embracing that sense of individuality.

“Our clients are seeking an aesthetic that is more personal and maybe more about craft, jettisoning the futuristic seamless kitchen for a range of different looks, including colorful palettes and natural materials,” says designer Lisa Odyniec, cofounder of San Francisco–based ES-LO Design Studio. Members of the National Kitchen and Bath Association (NKBA) agree, reporting that thoughtful designs that “prioritize functionality with a personalized touch” are one of several key kitchen trends in 2025. This year, in alignment with larger interior design trends, personality will certainly be on display in designs for this heart of the home—but a kitchen that works best for its residents is most important. Below are some of the trends designers predict this personalized approach will manifest.

Concealed kitchens

For this Jessica Schuster–designed home in New York City’s Chelsea neighborhood, a cooktop and hood range blend in seamlessly with the quartzite surround of the kitchen. Schuster worked with Eric Sheffield Architect and Coleman Contracting on the project.

Photo: William Jess Laird / Styling: Brittany Albert

Although the kitchen is one of the most important rooms in the house, designers are seeing an increase in homeowner requests to hide it. “Panel-ready appliances that disappear into the cabinetry” make for a “cleaner design, allowing homeowners to focus on more fun elements throughout the room, such as unique pops of color, mixing and matching textures, and personalized accessories that add character to the space,” explained AD PRO Directory designer Hilary Matt in a 2025 kitchen design forecast for Sub-Zero, Wolf, and Cove. Noam Dvir, cofounder of New York architecture and interiors firm BoND, has seen this trend extend beyond the typical refrigerators and dishwashers to the range.

“We used to see large industrial size hoods in kitchens, then ‘microhoods’ (microwave doubling as a hood), and more recently, hoods disguised inside the upper cabinets, or even integrated into the cooktop,” Dvir says. “This makes the kitchen appear more like a sophisticated millwork piece.” In May, Gaggenau launched a line of built-in appliances designed inside and out to integrate seamlessly into any kitchen. Subtle design detailing and a flush mount option create a smooth look within cabinetry. And for the oven, power is obscured via an industry first: a hidden broiling element. For the cooktop, both Dvir and Odyniec recommend Pitt cooking burners, which can be installed directly into the countertop to create an uninterrupted surface that is also easier to clean.

Because our kitchens do far more than just feed us, this polished look allows the space’s chosen materials to make a bigger design impact while encouraging its flexibility. “New options for hardware and appliances make it possible to mask the kitchen’s functionality, making it a backdrop for other uses,” adds Odyniec, who has designed in-plane retracting and pocketing doors to enclose a coffee bar and specifies touch-latch ovens and refrigerators for kitchen cabinet continuity.

Statement lighting

One of the biggest ways that designers are adding personality to the kitchen is through lighting, from skylight illumination to bold pendants to subtly integrated LEDs. “Kitchens are where the magic happens and above all, need to work—To work, you need to see,” says Jason Davis, studio director of AD100 architecture and design firm Marmol Radziner’s San Francisco office. “With open floor plans, the kitchen has become even more of a focal point and lighting plays a major part in setting the stage for the workspace and for entertaining.”