It’s an exciting time to start planning your dream kitchen renovation.

Local and international kitchen design trends for 2024 offer a bounty of ideas and inspiration, from elegant minimalism to highly textured surfaces and retro-colour pops.

The beauty of creating your custom kitchen renovation with the Balnei & Colina design team is that you can incorporate your favourite aspects of the latest magazine-worthy looks into a balanced and beautiful kitchen design scheme that reflects your personal style and taste.

Are you planning a kitchen renovation and looking for design insight and inspiration? Dive into our 2024 kitchen renovation trend article curated by the Balnei & Colina kitchen design team. Enjoy!

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TOP KITCHEN RENOVATION & DESIGN TRENDS FOR 2024

1. Built-in custom seating

Dining booths, banquettes, and breakfast nooks are a top kitchen trend for 2024. Flip through a current interior design magazine, and this custom joinery addition is often used in a wide range of kitchen design styles, from midcentury modern and Hamptons coastal to modern country and Scandinavian.

A custom built-in seating solution adds to the functionality of a kitchen renovation and gives the heart of the home an inviting, bespoke look. It turns a cooking-focused kitchen work zone into a multipurpose hub and invites friends and family to gather and relax. It can provide additional storage capacity and is also a space-saving solution, perfect for a more compact kitchen renovation or apartment space where a separate dining room isn’t an option.

 

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2. Minimal Luxe

A minimal luxe kitchen design incorporates high-end materials shaped into sleek lines and uncomplicated forms and profiles. Key to this trend, which is sure to be a modern classic, is the marble slab splashback, a kitchen trend we reported in 2022 and 2023. Its popularity is crossing over into 2024, where it works seamlessly with refined light fittings, metallic accents, rustic tapware, bespoke details, and, of course, custom cabinetry.

Unobtrusive aesthetic hinges on the kind of expertly designed bespoke joinery that the kitchen renovation team at Balnei & Colina does best will ensure storage and workflow efficiencies are maximised, and your finely crafted kitchen aesthetic also supports enhanced daily living.

 

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3. Stainless Steel

Stainless steel was a leading interior design trend in the 1990s and early 2000s, and we are seeing it return in 2024. As a mainstay material in commercial kitchens, stainless steel is often associated with a cold, industrial look that presents as purely functional. The current version of this trend pairs stainless steel with natural-looking timber and stone to introduce warmth and texture for contrast.

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4. Earthy Tones

The classic white kitchen will forever be in style, and more colourful kitchen renovations are still firm Balnei & Colina favourites. However, 2024 will see the rise of kitchen design palettes incorporating warm hues that create welcoming, enveloping spaces. Consider custom cabinetry finished in earthy, grounding shades of biscuit, sand, mustard, terracotta, cocoa and russet, complemented by tonally similar stone and timber.

Design Note: The popularity of natural timber and timber veneers leans into the Japandi design trend, which fuses Scandinavian and Japanese design. Japandi design elements give kitchens an organic, timeless look that the kitchen design team at Balnei & Colina renovations predict will outlast trend cycles for years to come.

 

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​5. Highly textured surfaces

In 2024, the sensory appeal of a kitchen goes beyond enticing cooking aromas and design elements that are pleasing to the eye. 2024 kitchen design trends are all about the tactility of the surfaces and how they feel to touch. Examples include handmade tiles, fluted panelling, tiles with a 3D profile, and handcrafted plaster and limewash wall finishes.

Texture adds depth and visual interest to a white kitchen - bold colours aren’t the only way to make an impact. Various contrasting finishes within a concise, neutral palette add character and warmth to a kitchen renovation.

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6. Retro Colour Drenching

Kitchen renovators are embracing their love of colour by applying bold hues liberally across kitchen surfaces. It touches on a retro aesthetic, where the custom cabinetry is colour-matched to the benchtop, and the hardware and tapware offer an opportunity to add an eye-catching colour pop. Far from dated, this design approach is called ‘colour drenching’, and it feels and looks entirely modern when played out in shades like burgundy, violet, emerald, and caramel.

Still unsure how to incorporate the latest kitchen design trends into your upcoming kitchen renovation? The team at Balnei & Colina kitchen renovations can help.

Book a kitchen design consultation today on 1300 450 320 with one of our kitchen renovation experts. Send us your project details via this contact form, or book a call to discuss your project in more detail. You can also email us directly at info@balneiandcolina.com.au.

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