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Holly Reaney

This nostalgic kitchen and bathroom trend is taking over 2025 and is on track to be huge news next year

Red and white sink skirt using jane Clayton fabric with wooden workop and two brass taps.

Sink skirts exploded onto the scene in recent years. It's a trend that's only increased in popularity throughout 2025, and as we head into 2026, the love for sink skirts is still going strong.

A sink skirt is a curtain beneath a freestanding basin or kitchen unit and offers a soft, decorative way to conceal storage or plumbing. While traditionally associated with rustic kitchens and rustic bathrooms, sink skirts have been spotted in more modern celebrity homes – including Stranger Things star David Harbour and singer Lily Allen's kitchen, and Pearl Lowe's Portobello Road kitchen – and on TV (think Carrie Bradshaw's kitchen in ...And Just Like That!)

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