Top Kitchen Trends for 2025

In 2025, top interior designers are predicting kitchen trends that include pops of color, smart appliances, and bolder visual impact. According to top real estate agents surveyed by HomeLight, investing in kitchen upgrades can yield good returns for homeowners. Our data shows that kitchen remodels result in an additional $28,826 in resale value. If you’re considering selling your home in 2025, you can’t go wrong with upgrades that echo current kitchen trends.

To get you started, we spoke with Liz McCarthy, a real estate agent with 20 years of experience, and Janet Lorusso, a professional interior designer with over 30 years of experience. With their expert insights, you can get some ideas to implement into your own kitchen to prepare it to sell for top dollar.

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Color and warmth are in

All-white kitchens have been around for years, largely because they’re timeless and easy. Although designers don’t always love them, there is something to be said about white cabinets; they go with everything, make a space look bigger, and are generally pleasing to buyers.

Aside from all-white kitchens staying popular, color is also making a comeback in 2025, according to Fixr’s survey of 67 top experts in the industry, including experienced interior designers and home stagers. The survey revealed that 49% of experts say warm neutrals are the most popular interior color trend for 2025, while 48% chose dark earthy tones. Around 34% suggest deep, jewel tones.

“While the vast majority are still embracing white or off white as the safest color of choice, there has been momentum toward adding a second cabinet color for some cabinets like an island or some lower cabinets,” says Lorusso, whose work with JRL Interiors includes staging contemporary and traditional country homes.

Fixr’s survey also suggests that color drenching, which is using the same color throughout the walls and ceiling, can create a seamless look that could make your home more attractive to buyers.

Shaker-style and flat slab doors are all the rage

When it comes to cabinetry, detail makes a difference in 2025. “Shaker style doors are the hands-down favorite as they are uncluttered but still have some detail,” Lorusso shares. She also warns against the use of “extraneous carved detailing from the Tuscan era kitchens of the 90s,” which look “a bit fussy for most people these days.” Lorusso adds, “In contemporary kitchens, streamlined flat slab style doors are the most prevalent.”

McCarthy mentions that white oak rift cabinets are a very popular option right now. Rift cabinets have wood grain that’s very straight and warm. “The wood really warms up the kitchen.”