Remodeling your kitchen is a great strategy to achieve a top-dollar result when you decide that it is time to sell.
A kitchen upgrade can hit the hot buttons of buyers. Many love a five-star kitchen that fulfills their desire to entertain friends and family.
If you’re thinking of improving your kitchen before selling, or you’ve just moved into a new home and want to upgrade to a more modern kitchen, here are some of the hottest features identified by Houzz.
Kitchens open on to decks
Research suggests the walls are starting to go up around kitchens again making kitchens contained. An alternative trend is for the kitchen to open onto a deck or patio which allows open-air dining without the need for an additional outdoor kitchen.
Bigger backsplashes
The four-inch strip of glass is out. Instead, backsplashes are going all the way up to the hanging wall cabinets. And forget big and bold colours. Whites and neutrals are still in so that other parts of the kitchen design can take centre stage.
Fantasy island
Cutting-edge kitchen designers are now suggesting you don’t match your island bench with the rest of the kitchen. It should make a statement rather than blend in.
Cabinet crazy
You can never have enough storage. Demand is believed to have peaked during the pandemic when we were all committed to stocking up. Houzz claims four times the amount of storage is being built into a kitchen than two or three years ago. Cabinets are now going all the way to the ceiling. And open shelving, while still popular, is taking a step back.
Walk-in pantry
Everyone wants to walk into their pantry this year as opposed to just leaning in. Full butlers pantries – which can be as serious as a virtual kitchen behind the kitchen – are big at the luxe end of town. That way you can cook (or have the caterers come in) and not see the mess.
Vinyl va-va-voom
Expensive wooden floorings are making way for patterned vinyl. Ceramic and porcelain tiles are also making a comeback.