Latest news from the world of kitchens

Do you remember your grandmothers’ kitchen? The one where you used to have your afternoon tea while you were waiting for your parents to come back from work? If you do, you will certainly remember also that that kitchen was very different from modern kitchens. But thanks to the constant evolutions that have characterised and still characterise this sector, also your mother’s kitchen, without going too much back in time, might appear as antique if compared to the models that you can see now on furniture catalogues or stores.

From home appliances to the materials used to realise pieces of furniture and worktops, all the essential features of kitchens have undergone many changes, becoming more and more functional and following current fashion trends. Because a kitchen is not only supposed to be functional, but also nice to see, and the innovations proposed by kitchen manufacturers must also meet the aesthetic, and not only practical needs of the people who purchase them.

Let us start from materials: while wood is still achieving success, because it is a sort of timeless material, which can fit with both classical and modern style, many other materials have entered the world of kitchen and are becoming more and more popular, from metal, which has gone out of the niche of industrial kitchens and can be used to realise also modern, elegant and customizable kitchens, to siporex, a light material used for fitted kitchens.

The most interesting innovations concern also style. Apart from classical kitchens, which are always appreciated, also other types of kitchens are getting more and more popular: design, hypermodern and minimal kitchens, without handles or decorations, with a linear and essential style. As far as the composition and location of furniture and appliances are concerned, kitchens islands are vey appreciated, as they give a new dimension of space and are very functional as well.

Something must be said also about taps, hoods and all those components that might seem to be secondary but which actually play a very important role in defining the style of a kitchen. Forget about old hoods: nowadays many models of modern hoods are proposed and have a kind of futuristic design, which turn them into important pieces of furniture. Some kitchen manufacturers have thought about something very original and created retractable hoods or hoods with lamps. As for taps, the choice is very wide as far as both materials and water exit modes are concerned: single-hole mixer taps, extractable shower heads that can be extended...also the sector of taps is constantly evolving.

But the new models of kitchens do not only meet the aesthetical and functional needs of purchasers: they are also meant to give an answer to more important and general questions. Many kitchen manufactures, for example, are launching on the market eco-friendly kitchens, realised with ecological wood or other recyclable materials and equipped with appliances with a low environmental impact: another evidence of the fact that kitchens are constantly evolving and can follow the trends and meet the needs of the epoch in which they are realised.