Kitchen design trends 2026: colours, materials and layout

Kitchen trends change more slowly than the magazines claim — a kitchen is built for ten years and more, not for a season. But 2026 has a few directions that are not fashion but maturing: less gloss, more texture, and a layout that hides the work and shows the life. Here is what is worth considering, and how to check whether it suits you — before you buy, not after.

Colours and materials: matt is the new standard

Gloss fronts are being replaced by matt — fingerprints show less, light does not bounce into your eyes, the room feels calmer. Three combinations dominate alongside matt:

• —warm wood + graphite or dark green: the wood warms, the dark tone grounds it
• —cream and sand tones in a single-colour kitchen — small rooms love them
• —contrast between the upper and the lower run: light wall cabinets, dark base cabinets — visually lifts the ceiling

In the planner the decor changes with one click across hundreds of available sheet decors, so each of these combinations can be tried on your own layout — and it shows immediately in the price, because decors are not all in the same class.

Handles disappear, the lines stay

Routed grip profiles and push-to-open keep the line of the front clean. A practical note from the workshop: a front without a handle is a front you touch with your fingers — matt surfaces help there, and around the sink a handle still pays off.

Layout: the kitchen you do not see

Tall cabinets that swallow the fridge and the oven, appliances behind the same fronts, the "working" zone hidden around the corner — a kitchen increasingly looks like the furniture of a room. That is above all a question of layout, and there the rules do not give way: the work triangle and the zones apply even when the kitchen is built not to be noticed.

How to try a trend without risk

A photo from a catalogue lies — your room has its own light, its own measurements and its own corner. So: enter the measurements, put the layout together, then change the decors until it settles. For the final decision, 3D drawing gives around ten 4K images of your own kitchen — with two revisions, so that changing your mind pays off. Examples of how that looks are in our work.

Frequently asked questions

Which kitchen colours are in trend for 2026?

Matt surfaces in warm wood tones alongside graphite and dark green, single-colour cream kitchens, and the contrast of a light upper run with a dark lower one.

Are handleless kitchens practical?

They are, with matt fronts and a good opening mechanism; around the sink a handle is still more practical — that is where hands are most often wet or greasy.

How can I see whether a trend suits my room?

Not on someone else's photo but on your own layout: change the decor on the same kitchen in the planner, or order a 3D project with images of your own room.