If you’re planning a kitchen in 2026, the biggest trend isn’t one specific colour or door style, it’s designing a kitchen that feels warmer, more practical and more personal. Homeowners are always moving towards spaces that are built for everyday living whilst adding their own personal touches at the same time.
Below, you’ll find some of our most popular kitchen styles, along with plenty of inspiration for on-trend colours, textures and finishes, to help bring your design to life.
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Timeless beauty
Create a warm and inviting kitchen with the timeless appeal of the Shaker style. Choose classic Shaker doors in rich, warm tones, greens, earthy neutrals and soft, muted shades to bring character and depth to your space.
Our Reed Green kitchen from our Bramley range is an excellent choice to help achieve a timeless look. You can view our Bramley shaker kitchens here.
Keep the look cohesive with a consistent colour palette or introduce subtle contrast through complementary accent colours and natural worktop materials.
Here are some shaker kitchens to get some inspiration from, that our customers have fitted using some of our trending colours, such as Cashmere, Dakar, Mussel & Reed Green.
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Finishing touches
To help finish the look, why not pair your frontals with some of these beautiful on trend handles, for the perfect finishing touch to your kitchen?
Streamlined
Embrace the simplicity of a slab door design with a minimalist palette, natural wood tones and clean, streamlined cabinetry.
Combine sleek slab or modern doors with open shelving and display units, to create a light, airy feel while keeping everyday essentials within easy reach. Add subtle textures, soft neutral colours and handleless profiles to achieve a warm, uncluttered space that feels both spacious and inviting.
Our White Halifax Oak kitchen from our Cento range can help achieve that streamlined appearance. You can view our Cento kitchens here.
Here are some streamlined kitchens to get some inspiration from, that our customers have fitted using some of our trending colours, such as Cashmere, Natural Halifax Oak & Reed Green.
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Finishing touches
To help complete the look, why not complement your kitchen with one of these beautiful taps for the perfect finishing touch to your space?
Elegance
Create a truly individual kitchen with sheer beauty and the refined craftsmanship of an elegant inframe design.
Choose a bold bespoke colour to create a sophisticated and distinctive look, complemented by warm timber accents, elegant metal hardware and natural stone worktops. The classic inframe construction adds depth, character and a sense of enduring quality, while carefully selected details such as textured handles and traditional mouldings enhance its luxurious appeal.
The result is a kitchen that feels beautifully crafted, effortlessly stylish and designed to stand the test of time, just like our truly dreamy Helmsley style.
Here are some inframe kitchens to get some inspiration from, that our customers have fitted using some of our trending colours, such as Mussel, Dakar and some bespoke painted options.
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Finishing touches
To help complete the look, why not choose one of our stylish solid surface worktops for a sleek and seamless finish to your kitchen?
Contemporary
Embrace the clean lines and effortless sophistication of a handleless kitchen, where sleek design meets practical and contemporary living.
Choose streamlined slab doors in neutral tones, natural timber finishes or bold statement colours, complemented by stunning textured marble effects and contemporary surface finishes for added depth and character.
For the ultimate stylised look, our True Handleless kitchens create a beautifully uninterrupted flow, combining elegant proportions with innovative functionality. Concealed storage and integrated appliances keep the space feeling calm and uncluttered, while carefully selected textures and finishes add a luxurious, tactile quality to this modern kitchen style.
With its striking geometric lines and sleek aesthetic, our Palazzo kitchen is the epitome of contemporary design with its textured marble stone effect. You can view our Palazzo range of contemporary kitchens here.
Here are some modern & contemporary kitchens to get some inspiration from, that our customers have fitted using some of our textured & handleless designs.
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Finishing touches
To help complete the look, explore our fantastic range of Innova sinks, designed to complement your kitchen and blend seamlessly with your overall design.
Be BOLD – Put your stamp on it
Although there are popular styles and trends that people tend to gravitate towards, don’t be afraid to put your own stamp on things!
If you want that summer vibe all year round, with something that shows off the real you, then go for it! Have a look at some of the vibrant real customer kitchens below that our customers have created, with the kitchen units that they bought from us. Remember, it’s your kitchen, it needs to make you smile every time you walk into it.
If you’re not quite ready to let loose in the kitchen then why not give your utility room a makeover? It may be the place where all the hard work happens, but that doesn’t mean it can’t be a beautiful, welcoming space that you’ll enjoy spending time in.
Start planning your new kitchen today!
If you are ready to unleash your creativity then you can start designing your new kitchen today, from the comfort of your home with our free, online kitchen planner!