Designing a kitchen vignette for Perlick
Black and white or gray and white with gold accents was by far the number one color combination
How do you keep black, white and gray from being boring? Make it graphic and bold!
This graphic and bold shower from Coastal Shower Door also in black, gold and white.
harcoal cabinets were popular for many of the kitchen and bath displays and blue was often used as the accent color as shown by the glass tile in the image below.
Dark gray was not only popular for cabinets but for appliances as well. Several vendors showed off their new darker stainless steel appliances which they call graphite or charcoal. Unlike the shiny stainless of today, the matte finish doesn’t show finger prints so makes for much less maintenance.
Black Matte is still going strong as are very sleek and clean lined faucets.
Satin brass is also still trending along with industrial “pipe” like fittings.
Neutral colored counter tops were also heavily weighted toward warm grays, white and black.
The two sinks below would go a long way to brightening up a neutral bathroom don’t you think?
So there you have it! The colors of KBIS 2018. The one thing I want to stress is to be careful of picking your colors based on trends. Color trends for me are fascinating but it’s not unlike reading your future with a magic eight ball. Shake it up and everything can change. Color trends come and go and my best advice especially with kitchen and baths is to choose colors and materials you love and don’t worry about what is on trend or not on trend. Neutrals are timeless and often have a longer “shelf life” than bright colors but even neutrals change over time. Three years ago at KBIS it was primarily cool grays and now it’s warm grays. Remember, it’s your home and unlike the booths at KBIS, you won’t be redesigning it next year for the next show.