3 Most Popular Kitchen Style

Before discussing the characteristics of these three popular styles, it is important to know that in choosing a kitchen style, the cabinets are just one of the key elements that play a part in kitchen design. The layout of the cabinets, the cabinet color and door options, the flooring, the wall paint, the lighting choices, and the types of fixtures all have a great impact on achieving your desired style. In a full kitchen remodeling project, these elements further emphasize and pull the design together.

So let’s discover your style!

Traditional Kitchen

The traditional kitchen is very common as it is a classic kitchen design style. The cabinet door options can include the shaker style, raised panel, or a beaded panel, which features detailed carvings in the center. Traditional cabinets are usually stained, not painted, allowing for the wood grain to show through; and the stain colors are wood tones or grays and creams to evoke a warm and inviting space. However, in a modern-day twist, you will find that the shaker-style panels have been revamped by painting it in whites and gray.

Lastly, traditional kitchen design is adorned with crown molding or other embellishments, such as fluted square columns, arched valances, and corbels. These details are what enhances this kitchen design and adds to its richness. This is the oldest one of the three, but the favorite of many.

European (Modern) Kitchen

In North America, European-style kitchens are trending! The core aspect of this kitchen style is minimalism and simplicity. The cabinets are frameless which gives you more space, the doors are handle-free or have sleek handles and unlike the traditional style, there are no carvings or embellishments are applied which gives you a flat continuous look between cabinets. What stands out the most in the European style is the unique cabinet finish; it varies from a high gloss to a matte. Thanks to this veneer, the options on the cabinet finish can be smooth or textured. Additionally, wood veneers can be applied to the cabinets, you can experience the look and feel of the wood grain. This laminate is not only for aesthetics, it also helps the cabinet’s durability by repelling moisture.

For a modern kitchen, large cabinets and fewer cabinets are used in order to make the design cleaner and simpler. One of the most noticeable elements in a modern style kitchen is the hardware and storage accessories. The accessibility to items within your cabinets not only looks amazingly sleek and high-tech but it adds to this style’s functionality.

Transitional Kitchen

The transitional kitchen style is also trendy; it is neither European (modern) nor traditional, hence transitional.

The beauty of a transitional kitchen design is the ability to combine both elements of a modern and traditional kitchen. Don’t be afraid to mix the two designs, in a transitional kitchen you don’t have to adhere to many rules. You can use the elements of a traditional kitchen, such as a shaker-style cabinet, with modern hardware and a waterfall countertop to give a sleek and contemporary feel.

In conclusion, no style is better than the other, this is simply a matter of taste. Whether you choose between a traditional, European, or transitional style.