Every year, trend forecasting season quietly creeps up on us, ready to provide inspiration for a fresh new year of decorating. Kitchen trends are some of the most anticipated, with fashion and other interior trends slowly trickling down until they reach our cooking spaces, where careful consideration and budgeting go into each and every design decision.
As a Kitchen Editor who looks at beautiful cooking spaces day in, day out, it's safe to say that I can accurately predict what is going to be big in our homes in 2026, especially with the expertise of kitchen design pros who work with those purchasing kitchens. Trends often slowly trickle down to kitchen ideas, but there are always a few surprise entries, like there were with the 2025 kitchen trends, that are guaranteed to make you think twice about your potential design plans.
