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Homes & Gardens
Molly Malsom

The Rise of the 'Soft Kitchen' – Why We All Want Our Hardworking Spaces to Feel More Like a Living Room (and How Designers Are Embracing the Switch)

A soft kitchen with warm white cabinets, red and white striped curtains, and a cozy seating area with a patterned sofa and armchair.

Kitchens have never been as inviting and lived-in as they are now. No longer do our cooking spaces feel cold, sterile, and filled with hard lines – instead, they are softening, becoming cozier rooms that we actually want to spend time in, almost like an extension of a living room.

Which is why we are currently seeing the rise of the soft kitchen, an ode to comfortable interiors and celebrating the kitchen as the heart of the home. And it's a shift that interior designers are enjoying and encouraging.

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