Colour trends for kitchens, 2024/25

Pastels in kitchens are creating soothing spaces in 2025

Colour has special powers. In your home, the choice of colour not only says something about you but has the power to transform how you, and your visitors, feel. As the heart of the home, your choice of colour in your kitchen is so important.

When choosing a new kitchen take time to play around with a mood board to test different door colours against various handles or worktops and bring in swatches of fabric, paint samples and wallpaper to work out the overall look of your room.

Pastel colours in kitchens are all over the homes magazines right now. These rooms have a hint of the 1950's but reworked. They make for kitchens that are light, bright and soft on the eye. Pastels and calm neutrals are soothing and restful in a kitchen which, as the hub of the home, can be otherwise chaotic and busy.

It may be that you adore colour, like interior designer Sophie Robinson, but decide that a neutral kitchen would be the best platform for you to build a riot of colour around. Then you can change it more easily when you are bored of coral pink and feel the need for zingy greens!

Paula Rosa Manhattan recently introduced new colours to our slab door ranges which customers are sure to love. A soft 'denim' blue and gentle sage which we call 'reed green' blend perfectly with light woods for a Scandi vibe.

Our blues are inspired by the sea and sky at the coast in Lancing, West Sussex where our factory is based.

Greens harness our memories of nature too and that creates a tranquil feel. A deep heritage green combines beautifully with other dark tones in a period home. The overall dark, moody feel is cocooning making you feel safe and comforted. Soft sage and gentle reed green (shown below) is relaxing and easy to harmonise with other natural elements such as wood floors and worktops.

Some colours are almost always considered to inspire happiness. Yellow in particular is uplifting and can be used for colour pops in a kitchen. Orange is also considered playful and positive so use orange in a kitchen colour scheme. Try it on a splashback and for accessories.

Pink has the positive energy of red but toned down so it doesn't over-stimulate the senses. Pink soothes instead. Blush pink or the colour of plaster is a lovely wall colour to mix with neutral doors in chalk or dove grey, white or pebble and cashmeres. It can often be found in wallpapers and fabrics making it an easy wall colour to harmonise with soft furnishings and overall room decor.

Warm browns, coppers and russets remind us of autumn and the desire to hibernate, cocoon ourselves away and feel comforted. Wooden kitchen doors in light woods with the appealing texture of natural woodgrain provide a Scandi feel to a kitchen and as we've said in a previous article, wood alongside pastel is also set to be big in 2024 and beyond.

If you want to plan the colour for your new kitchen or client kitchens, please do come and see our extensive kitchen showroom in Lancing, West Sussex.

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