2018 colour trends: fashions for the kitchen

2018-03-15 Every year brings new trends in every field, and, just like fashion, interior design sees styles that are completely new or updated versions of styles of the past.
Kitchen furnishings have changed a lot over time, and not only in style and colour. Technological innovation in home appliances and materials, responding to the needs of increasingly evolved, demanding consumers, has led to rethinking of design schemes in spaces of this kind, offering greater and greater practicality and design.
The kitchen is the most lived-in room in the home : the kitchen is where we prepare and eat our meals, work, and spend time together talking. Furnishing the kitchen is an important economic investment, because it is designed to last: this requires more careful thought on the part of the buyer, and more careful study of the available information.
The market offers a great variety of proposals for models, materials and solutions, making it easy for customers to find the products that best suit their tastes and budget.
When we go to buy a new kitchen, we cannot help being aware of the trends of the moment and searching for an original new solution.
The trends of 2018 in kitchen furnishings are quite clear: not more monochromatic kitchens, but combinations of different colours and materials, for a less static, more modern effect.
So let us take a look at the colour trends in vogue for 2018.
 
 
Pantone colour of 2018
 
Pantone has announced that the colour of 2018 is l’Ultra Violet 18-3838, which the experts who chose it describe as “a dramatically provocative and thoughtful purple shade that communicates originality, ingenuity, and visionary thinking that points us toward the future ”.
 
You’d have to be very bold and particularly trendy to choose a completely purple kitchen, but Pantone also offers a series of colour palettes for decorating schemes full of personality and in line with the latest trends.
 
The trendy colour palettes for 2018 include hues of pink, ranging from Pink Lavender to Rapture Rose and also including more delicate hues such as Blooming Dahlia and l’Ash Rose, going as far as the bolder, more distinctive hues of Cherry Tomato or Spiced Apple: pastel colours and very bold colours expressing personalities of all kinds.
Alternating with steel, a new generation surface, or natural materials, these colours are perfect for creating a relaxing atmosphere in the kitchen with an added touch of personal creativity.
 
Pantone also selected colours representing the many hues of green, from Lime Punch to Nile Green, ideal for creating visual continuity between spaces, if the kitchen overlooks a garden. Sage green and all hues inspired by nature are particularly recommended for the kitchen, where they help create a cosy, harmonious atmosphere.
Then there are Sailor and Palace blue for refined, elegant furnishings.
A neutral colour palette of delicate hues, particularly grey, cream and sand, never goes out of style for either furnishings or surface coverings.
 
Even the trendiest people try to avoid following the fads excessively in the kitchen, especially when it comes to colour, and particularly in their permanent home: overly bright, bold hues can become annoying with time, and we can’t always afford to redo everything.
 
And so it is preferable to opt for simple, clean lines and neutral, sober colours which act as a blank canvas, which we can then brighten up with colourful accessories reflecting more dynamic, creative tastes, which can, however, easily be replaced. Styles and trends are changing rapidly today due to the digitalisation of communication, permitting instant transmission of information. Tastes keep changing: today’s consumers are subjected to continual visual stimuli, unexpected suggestions and proposals of new combinations.
For a room to be truly representative of our lifestyle, we always prefer to define the forms and volumes of furnishings in terms of macro-functions in order to customise them.
And so, in the kitchen, preference is given to simple, functional designs, to be enriched with appliances, objects and fabrics.
 
The worktop: 2018 trends
 
SapienStone proposes a vast range of porcelain kitchen countertops in line with the decorating trends of 2018; the SapienStone product also suits another 2018 trend in decorating, which is high-performing worktops: consumers today want high-tech, hygienic, durable, unalterable work surfaces that guarantee the utmost practicality without neglecting design.
SapienStone is an innovative work surface combining the requirements of increasingly advanced technology applied to materials with the latest colour trends, proposing a vast assortment of porcelain finishes.
SapienStone cookers come in all neutral hues and can easily be paired with any colour and/or material in the kitchen.
SapienStone countertops are available with 5 effects:
 

• marble effect: the slab reproduces the prestige of natural stone, with a white or dark base and more or less apparent veins adding shadows and reflections to its surface;
• cement effect: stones, sands and clays are fused with cement to create four different colours, two cold and grey (Light Earth and Grey Earth) and two warmer colours in hues of beige and brown (Sand Earth and Brown Earth);
• metal effect: skilful blends of metals and porcelain give the worktop a contemporary look in line with today’s urban and industrial design, offered in light grey (Malm Grey and Urban Argento) and dark grey (Malm Black and Urban Antracite) for a sophisticated cutting-edge look.
• rock effect: the Basalt finish, in the Black and Cream versions, recreates the look of volcanic rock, giving the countertop a touch of pure elegance which can easily be applied to any kind of kitchen;
• pure white effect: an even, flawless ultra-white surface to brighten up the room.

 
 
SapienStone goes beyond fashions and trends with a high-performing product in terms of functions and aesthetics that can go with any style of furniture.
The available finishes (natural, polished and pre-polished) further add to the versatility of SapienStone kitchen countertops, truly combining design with technology.

The editors