The 4 Best Kitchen Trends Of 2025, Ranked

Kitchens are the heart of the home. It's where food is made (with love, of course) and the place people tend to gravitate to during parties and social gatherings. They need to be functional, comforting, and beautiful all at once, which is why designing them just right isn't always easy. Thankfully, trends help to give people an idea of ways to keep this space relevant, modern, and beautiful. They also provide a bit of continuity, so that no space in your home feels completely isolated from the rest. 

2025 saw the birth of many kitchen trends, quite a few of them swinging towards bold shapes and colors. Kitchens are often slow or gradual to change. In general, designs take a while to turn outdated, and big changes only happen every 10 or so years. Some of the smaller details, like cabinet colors, backsplashes, and hardware, might be a little faster, but it's rare to see entire transformations in the kitchen. So seeing such strong and obvious trends was a bit surprising for those who watch the growth. 

With so many strong changes, it's hard to pick some of the favorites. The top four kitchen trends of 2025 below were picked after intensive research to see what options designers, home builders, and DIYers brought up and chose the most throughout the year. Together, they show a future for kitchens centered around sustainability, nature, and personal flair that weren't present in the years before. 

Throughout 2025, the desire for white kitchens died away as people pushed to add color back into their homes. The founder of Victoria Holly Interiors, Victoria Holly, said when talking to Martha Stewart, that: "An all-white kitchen can lack warmth. It can look sterile and not quite custom or higher-end." To bring back inviting and warm kitchens, a moody countertop trend started taking over, in the form of earthy tones and dark countertops. Colors like beige, terracotta, olive greens, and brown are all beautiful options you're sure to see in kitchens across the United States. Natural woods and materials are also taking over, bringing back wooden cabinets and islands, but in dark and rich finishes. 

But also, outside of that, there was a push for more color in general. As designers and the average kitchen owner pushed back against the all-white trend, they started to experiment with other hues. Glossy greens, blues, and even pinks found a home in the kitchen. Paired with fun textures and patterns, it didn't take long before kitchens started to feel alive and welcoming again. In fact, while pops of color are the easiest to work with and the most forgiving, designers have gone all the way to the other side, in some cases, color-drenching kitchens with amazing results. So don't be afraid to play around with your space a little until you find what feels right. 

Open shelves sound and look great, but only up to a point. If you have a hectic schedule, lots of children, or a mashup of different kitchen tools, then it's easy for them to go from classy to cluttered. While things like open shelving aren't completely going away, 2025 did see a push back towards more closed designs. "I would never have open shelves in my kitchen," said Kelsey Matyas, the founder of Kelsey Deirdre Designs, during an interview with House Beautiful. "They're dust collectors. I'm all about minimizing clutter — and cleaning."

However, the push away from exposed spaces goes beyond just shelves. It includes the kitchen as a whole. An open concept design sounds great in theory, allowing you to entertain guests easily and see your children, but they offer plenty of downsides. This is why, slowly throughout 2025, other layout trends started taking over kitchens and replacing open concept, and designers, celebrities, and websites began to suggest that they may not be as popular anymore as they once were. 

Thankfully, it doesn't mean kitchens are going back to closed concepts. Instead, people are starting to find a happy medium between the two. Break up open concept kitchens with glass walls, extra cabinets, or different levels. Meanwhile, you can also keep a few open shelves, but use closed storage as well to hide some of your clutter and leave the others for your most decorative pieces and dishware. 

Though sustainable features aren't new for 2025, designers have shown that this design trend is still a high priority. You can also pair your materials with the best eco-friendly kitchen products to further support the environment. At the beginning of this trend, you were left with rather limited options. However, now there are a lot more choices so you don't have to sacrifice design for sustainability. Reclaimed wood, bamboo, stone, and recycled glass are some of the materials that help your kitchen feel classy. They are also durable and can last many years before you need to consider replacing them, especially with the right care.

However, while it's great to be able to do your part for the planet when you can, there are other benefits as well to choosing these materials. For example, they add a beautiful natural feel to your kitchen. This makes them perfect to pair with earthy and cozy color choices, which was another popular 2025 kitchen trend as people moved away from all-white kitchens. Another way to be sustainable is to reuse items. "Adding in antique pieces of furniture, surfaces and textiles is not only a sustainable way to decorate but it also helps to ensure the heritage of the homes we work on is always respected and reflected in our designs," said Emily Girling, a project manager for Mark Lewis Interior Design, while talking to Homes and Gardens. 

One of the most important trends for kitchens — and homes in general — that 2025 brought was the push to make beautiful spaces for those actively living there. If you are planning on selling a home in the next few years, it is a good idea to stick with more popular designs and neutral color palettes. However, if you have a home you hope to stay in forever, or at least several years, then you should be able to do what you want. 

Many people have the goal to own a new home, and dream of decorating it however they like. Unfortunately, once you actually purchase one, there is a lot of focus on keeping your resale value high. However, as TikTok user @olivebranchcottage says, "If I were to decorate only wondering what the next owner would like, then I'm pretty much just renting from the next owner." That sound clip has been repurposed on TikTok over 100 times now. So, while it's not exactly trending, it does show that this trend is growing.

Of course, popular trends and color schemes should not be fully ignored to pursue your own whims. They can be useful to help you upgrade your design, or to give you a starting point. But don't be afraid to add your own personal twist in your kitchen. It can always be changed or removed later, but the burst of joy you get every time you see it can be worth it. 

To get the top trends of 2025, reviews of some of the most popular kitchen designs were inspected in detail to see what they had in common, and compared to the growing trends of the year to see which stood out to people the most. Designers and social media posts were also thoroughly researched to see what trends seemed to take off not only for professionals, but for the average homeowner as well. The designs above are the ones talked about a lot on various blogs and websites, but were also actually implemented, enjoyed, and practiced by the community and the average homeowner and designer as well.