Three hot kitchen design trends for 2023

Want your new kitchen to be totally on-trend? Here are three more kitchen design concepts that are making waves in 2023.

Nowhere in your home is the combination of form and function more important than in your kitchen.

Your kitchen needs to be practical as it is often the busiest room in the home – and of course, you also want it to look its best.

Earlier this year we caught up with North East kitchen designer Michelle Pickstock for her insights into three kitchen trends that are hot this year – now she’s brought another three to the table!

Michelle is the Senior Design Consultant at Callerton Kitchens and Interiors, providing a high quality and personal service for a huge range of kitchen and interior projects. Here are her latest three top trends for kitchens this year:

1. (Not) Heavy Metal

Metallics are certainly making a statement again, ideally used as an accent element. This could be cupboard doors finished in a special lacquer to imitate stainless steel; but also worksurfaces and splashbacks that make use of real copper and brass in antique finishes for a classic and timeless look.

In fact, we’ve recently installed an antique brass splashback in our newest display at our Newcastle kitchen showroom, so call in and see it for yourselves.

2. Painted Kitchens

The timeless appeal of painted kitchens is once again coming to the fore, which is great to see.

Painted kitchen furniture has the advantages of an unlimited colour palette, meaning your imagination is the only limitation. Painted kitchens also have greater longevity as they can be repainted in years to come to give a fresh or completely different look.

Our latest new display at our Newcastle showroomcombines dark plum and pale pink hues – I think it’s beautiful!We also offer a bespoke paint colour service for our painted range.

3. Reeded Glass

Reeded glass is also making a strong comeback as an accent material in kitchen design – and if used correctly it can have a real impact on your kitchen.

One way we’ve been incorporating it into designs is as a stylish, contemporary upgrade to a glass wall cabinet or dresser.

This is definitely one you need to see with your own eyes.

Design Experts

Callerton Kitchens has been creating the perfect kitchens for clients for over 40 years and one of the reasons for our continued success is that we put design at the heart of the process.

From your first visit to our showrooms through to finishing touches to your design, our expert and talented teams are right there with you. They will transform your ideas into a kitchen that combines the best of beauty and practicality, fully deserving of its place as the heart of your home.

Please get in touch to request a brochure or book a friendly chat with Michelle or one of our other designers.

Sheila Wilson

16/05/2021

We are very pleased with our new Callerton kitchen. It was installed very professionally during Covid restrictions. From the design concept discussed with Sam and throughout installation done by Chris, the experience and workmanship was second to none.

Maureen Wilkins

11/04/2021

Sam listened to all of our ideas and designed the kitchen exactly the way we wanted it, with really helpful suggestions and ideas that we hadn’t thought about. He was friendly and professional throughout. The quality of the kitchen is excellent and we love it. Any small issues that arose were dealt with and Lucy was brilliant at keeping us up to date and informed. There is a real commitment from all of the team to provide a quality product and service. Thank you to everyone at Callerton.

Andrew Murray

13/03/2021

We're really loving our new kitchen. Grace at Callerton designed us a kitchen which really works for us and looks great. The folk at Callerton kept us up to date during the work. Callerton and the contractors managed the project from start to finish. This was more than just a new kitchen - there were walls moving, new radiators, electrics and flooring. I would certainly recommend them.

Kim Barry

08/03/2021

We are delighted with our new kitchen. The quality is excellent and it looks great. Sam was spot on with the design and the fitting process was superb. We would definitely recommend Callerton Kitchens.

Mark Thompson

31/01/2021

Great people, excellent designs and high quality workmanship. Thompsons

Vanessa Jordan

20/01/2021

Starting with the design, we met Peter as we were still in “Kitchen Showroom Browsing Stage” and knew from then we wanted to come back to him to design our kitchen. Peter couldn’t have spent more time on our new kitchen and we valued his opinions from start to finish, nothing was too much hard work for him. He had some excellent ideas that we would never have come up with, and he knows his products and appliances inside out. He even came after the fit to show us any workings of the equipment, he went over and beyond our expectations. Chris the Installation Manager had everything organised with all the workmen needed to do every task in our kitchen and was always approachable and friendly, with a great sense of humour. The Installation Team, Dave & Leighton were *AMAZING*, if you get these guys on your kitchen, you wont be disappointed, they are efficient, have exceptional attention to detail and are really tidy and clean. We even enjoyed their company as they are such lovely people. Brad the electrician came up with some high tech solutions to not just the kitchen, but the extended room in the same area, we really respected his ideas and workmanship. Steve laid our floor and we had some delays due to the building/new patio doors needed, (not in Callertons control) but he was in touch all the time and the finished flooring is amazing. We did have some issues along the way (the kitchen was fitted during the Covid Lockdown so that also had some effect) however, I trusted Callerton 100% that each problem would be addressed and completed, and it was. We now have an amazing kitchen in a new extended room that has made a massive difference to our home and the way we live in it. I would recommend Callerton to anyone needing a new kitchen.

Graeme Robson

09/12/2020

From day 1 Sam, listened and helped us design the kitchen we always wanted. Simple, clean, functional and great quality. Sam looked after us and our needs all the way through to the final check that everything had met our expectations. Great local service, quality and price, thank you The Robson's

Gordon Thompson

29/11/2020

Excellent service throughout, from initial design consultation through to delivery and installation. Great communication, quality product and excellent workmanship. Would certainly recommend to friends and family.

Alison Rankin

13/11/2020

I would thoroughly recommend Callerton Kitchens. They have been really helpful throughout the design and installation of my kitchen. I first used them about 6 years ago to create my kitchen and more recently when we removed a wall and therefor needed to update aspects of the kitchen. They provided a really personal service and kept me up to date with all aspects of the work. Also provided a really quick turnaround on producing last minute changes that I made. I would definitely use them again.