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More than 100 designers who are members of the National Kitchen & Bath Association, and have designed kitchens or bathrooms during the last three months of 2010, participated in an NKBA survey to reveal design trends in the marketplace for 2011. The results of this survey suggest there will be some changes in the direction that kitchen and bath styles will take this year. Presented here are the 11 kitchen and bathroom trends that are poised to take hold in 2011. These are overall trends across the United States and Canada; they won’t necessarily appear in all geographic areas.
Shake It Up
The Shaker style began a rise in popularity in 2009 and gained momentum in 2010. By the end of the year, Shaker has supplanted Contemporary as the second most popular style used by NKBA member designers. While Traditional remains the most popular style, having been used by 76% of designers surveyed over that last three months of 2010, that's a slight drop from the previous year. Meanwhile, the percent of respondents who designed contemporary kitchens fell to 48%, while Shaker rose to 55%. Cottage was the only other style to garner at least 20% of the market, as it registered at 21%.
Shown above are shaker style cabinets from O'Neil Cabinets.
Photo credit: Courtesy of O'Neil Cabinets
Maple Cabinetry
As 2010 began, cherry was specified by more NKBA member designers for use in kitchen cabinetry that any other wood. NKBA research showed that 78% of designers used cherry in the past three months of the year, compared to just 64% for maple. This year, however, those numbers are nearly reversed, as cherry has fallen to 71%, while maple has risen to 76%. The only other type of wood to be used by at least 20% of designers surveyed over the last three months of 2010 was Alder, which came in at 28%, but that represents a sharp decline from the previous year, when Alder was used by 39% of surveyed NKBA designers.
Shown above, the maple kitchen in KraftMaid's Modern Farmhouse style features the new Garrison raised panel door style in two new painted finishes - mushroom and sage.
Photo credit: Courtesy of KraftMaid Cabinetry
Dark Finishes
Dark natural finishes overtook medium natural, glazed, and white painted finishes to become the most specified type of finish toward the end of 2010. While medium natural fell from being used by 53% to 48% of designers, glazed from 53% to 42%, and white painted from 49% to 47%, dark natural finishes rose from 42 to 51%. Light natural and colored painted finishes remained fairly common, as each rose slightly from the previous year: 24% to 25% for light natural and 24% to 29% for colored paints. Distressed finishes dropped significantly from a year ago, when they were used by 16% of designers, to just 5%.
Shown above, this kitchen features cabinets in Sonoma Maple, Midnight with Bristol Maple, Pebble. Wellborn's extensive line of door styles includes stains and paints in dark finishes.
Photo credit: Wellborn Cabinet, Inc.
