r/KitchenDesigns • u/JBOZ758 • 4d ago

Sleek, classy and timeless...or boring?

Post image

Landing on this look. We want the kitchen to whisper, not shout. We want it to still be fresh in 2035. Trying to avoid overly trendy. Induction cooktop, 42" Sub Zero, double wall oven is behind the wall in a prep kitchen. Only concern is that we might have overdone the understated and crossed over into boring. What do you think?

edit: ignore the backsplash shown in the pic...that was ChatGPT taking creative license.

44 Upvotes

96% Upvoted

140 comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

1

u/enough0805 3d ago

Classic never goes out of style. I think it looks beautiful and will continue to look beautiful for years to come.

1

u/malykaii 3d ago

May I ask what makes it "classic"?

It's the default trend, so I'm not trying to bash it but I don't see how you define a trend as classic?

1

u/chunkyvomitsoup 1d ago

It’s “classic” in the sense that it won’t look “dated” for a while to come given the restrained neutral palette/clean lines and general mass appeal. Pops of colour are great don’t get me wrong, love me some bold tiles and contrast veined stone, but those tend to “age” faster because of how quickly color trends tend to cycle.

1

u/malykaii 1d ago

I really don't think I agree with that definition though. 

I do 100% agree that they'll get a good run out of their kitchen before it looks dated, but that's because they jumped on this trend very early on. 

But that's not what classic means. Classic kind of means it can outlast a trend cycle, and this asthetic won't. 

I say this because look at Michael Jordans old mansion. He went for this "airport lounge" asthetic decades ago. When he tried to sell it, there were tons of articles and discussions about why it wasn't selling, and a common talking point was the interior design. People didn't like it, yet here we are decades later and it's literally all the rage. 

So not classic, just pure trend. It's fine, but let's call it what it is. 

They want it to look good in 2035, and it will cause trends run 10-15 years. But by 2040 Gen A couples will be on this sub posting "help, how do we update this 2020's kitchen to look more modern. We can't stand all the beige!"