2017 Kitchen Appliance Finish Trends

Trends in kitchen styles and finishes are always changing and now with hot new natural looks and finishes showing up everywhere kitchen appliances making leaps and bounds every year.  Among these is a shift in style from the stainless steel that has dominated the market for the last several decades.

New Metal Finishes and Panel Ready

Metal finishes across the board in the kitchen are slowly moving away from the long lasting finger print ridden stainless steel.  Finishes are becoming more user friendly and require less maintenance like black diamond stainless.  Keep in mind, however, that the biggest movement isn’t being seen among the manufacturers; it’s the bespoke pieces instead. Homeowners are having appliance doors made specifically for their kitchens, which are leading the way in this trend.

Invisible Appliances

Appliance panels are not new, but they’ve never been this popular before. While modern and transitional kitchens are using black stainless and bold colors in their appliances, formal and traditional kitchens are taking a different route. They’re using appliance panels to conceal and hide their appliances from sight.

Appliance panels are extensions of the cabinet doors you use in the rest of your kitchen. They fit over the appliance front, concealing it. So instead of a dishwasher, you simply see a larger cabinet door. Look for more cabinet makers to offer these panels, as well as for appliance manufacturers to offer models that can use the panels easily without blocking things like ice makers in the door.

Trends are Trends are Trends

After years on top, stainless steel continues to be the most popular with realtors which is the best reflection of a continuing popular trend.  Despite predictions of trends moving away from stainless as long as people expect stainless appliances when buying a home this will continue.  So be cautious if this isn’t your final home that your taste in finishes may not be reflective of the masses.

What appliance trends appeal to you in your kitchen upgrade? We look forward to seeing you in one of our Colorado stores to make your kitchen dream come to life!