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Gallery: Hot renovating trends

 

Lisa Kadane shares what's hot in bathrooms and kitchens? The National Kitchen & Bath Association surveyed more than 100 designers, and the results identified seven kitchen and four bathroom trends.

 
May 2, 2011
 
 
 
 
1. Shake up your cabinets. Traditional Shaker-style cupboards are making a comeback. They are timeless yet can work in a contemporary kitchen.
 

1. Shake up your cabinets. Traditional Shaker-style cupboards are making a comeback. They are timeless yet can work in a contemporary kitchen.

Photograph by: Bruce Stotesbury, Victoria Times Colonist

 
1. Shake up your cabinets. Traditional Shaker-style cupboards are making a comeback. They are timeless yet can work in a contemporary kitchen.
2. White kitchens are so last year. Dark finishes are gaining in popularity on cabinets and countertops.
3. Unchilled wine storage is growing in popularity. No need for a wine fridge; a rack built in to the end of your island will do.
4. If you're still using a freezer-on-top (or bottom) refrigerator, it's time to get with the food storage program. Side-by-sides are where it's at.
5. Induction cooktops are closing the gap on electric and gas ranges. It seems people like this energy-efficient, no-mess option.
6. LED lights are taking over from incandescents in the kitchen.
7. People are putting more thought into their trash. Designers are installing garbage and recycling pullouts that look like another set of drawers.
8. In bathrooms, quartz counters are gaining on granite in new bathroom designs.
9. Perhaps in a bid to be spa-like, more homeowners are going green in the bathroom. As in the colour -on walls and finishes.
10. Under-mounted sinks are still the most popular in bathrooms, though more people are choosing vessel sinks (formerly found only in the powder room).
11. Satin nickel looks to overtake brushed nickel in the faucet finish department.
 
 
 
 
 

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