Are you in the phase of renovating or equipping a new kitchen?

Then, your browser is full of ideas for equipping the kitchen, combining colours and similar hits.

But you can quickly get lost in the flood of this offer and beautiful ideas. Therefore, every year, Alveus specialists traditionally prepare for you an overview of novelties and trends that we expect in the kitchen interior in the comming year.

Whether you are building a new house, renovating an existing kitchen, or want to refresh it a bit, the tips on improving your plans and getting a trendy idea for your new kitchen will undoubtedly come in handy.

Next to this, we will not forget to advise on the type and colour of the kitchen sink that would best suit the chosen colour scheme of your new kitchen.

 

Kitchen colours in the year 2023

• A white kitchen is still most common choice in the market - but the specialists advise avoiding the shiny look and instead opting for matte white or cream colour, which look warmer and more natural.

You will perfectly supplement the whiteness of the kitchen with a dark kitchen countertop and a classical kitchen sink made of satin-smooth stainless steel.

For lovers of classics, nothing beats eternally shiny stainless steel, so the Line Max 80 kitchen sink is perfect for them. The sink has a practical storage surface and a large and rounded bowl that allows easy maintenance of cleanliness but still has the Alveus touch of elegance with premium stainless steel that we love so much.

• The specialists otherwise predict that in 2023, we will see more kitchens in natural earth tones - sandy, beige, gently yellow, light green and mint green, which thoroughly enchanted (Slovenian) buyers last year.

You can perfectly supplement the earth tones with a durable kitchen sink and kitchen tap made of Granital. 

In 2022, the most popular colour was anthracite, which works out perfectly in busy kitchens - it withstands scratches and is insensitive to kitchen stains and temperature changes. Of course, you may choose an appropriate colour shade in other marvellous earth tones (arctic white, beige, terra, brown or concrete).

The Cadit family is a safe choice, as it offers different dimensions and layouts to suit any kitchen, and you can also supplement it with the kitchen tap in the same colour shade.

The modern, robust and less rounded shape of the sink fits perfectly with the kitchen tap of straight lines.

• If you wish for an elegant kitchen, you will hit the mark with the black matte colour of the kitchen, and you will achieve a glamorous effect with golden handles and kitchen sink and tap in golden colour.

You will find the royal golden kitchen sink and kitchen tap in the Monarch Line (the Pure, Quadrix, Kombino, Line, Variant or Form families), which is the Alveus prestigious line for the most demanding and daring ones.

Colour accents in the kitchen – Mix it up

If you find it challenging to decide on a kitchen in one colour, let us reassure you - in the year 2023, it will be highly fashionable to emphasise the details in a different colour. 

• Thus, you can paint the kitchen island in your white kitchen in an elegant (dark) blue shade, combine it with a kitchen countertop with the look of eternal marble and supplement it with the kitchen sink in a soft copper colour.
• To a mint green kitchen, you can immediately add a touch of elegance with gold handles, kitchen tap and kitchen sink.
• The kitchens in sandy tones, which will be the most modern in 2023, will go the best with shiny stainless steel. 
• Already some years, in interior design, we have been following the phenomenon of Mix it up - where combining different textures or colours of the same material is wanted.

In kitchens, you will achieve a vibrant visual effect by combining different colours of metal - stainless steel in silver, gold, bronze, copper or anthracite grey shades.

The Alveus Monarch line allows you to mix kitchen sinks of different appearances with the kitchen taps in four steps: choosing the design, size and colour of the kitchen sink, choosing the colour of the drain hole cover, kitchen tap and accessories.

Finally, you can add bold lights, kitchen handles, cooker hoods and other accessories in different metals, which will upgrade your kitchen to an elegant and attractive one.

Large kitchen sink 

Although a dishwasher is an obligatory part of the kitchen in most households, buyers still opt for kitchen sinks of larger dimensions. 

With new post-Covid habits that have encouraged us to use homemade baked goods, and due to energy savings, we like to wash large dishes and baking trays "by hand".

Here too, we want to be practical, but we still focus on comfort, which is why large and deep bowls are popular with buyers.

 

Kitchen island for cooking and socializing

During the time we have spent limited to our households, we have realized how important it is to consider the social aspect of the kitchen when planning it.

We do not call the kitchen "the heart of the home" for nothing. Thus, in 2023, the large open kitchen plan is interrupted by an extended kitchen countertop (or an island in the case of large kitchens), which has a part of its work surface dedicated to socializing - with a raised part and bar stools, where our family members or guests can sit down so that we can hang out even while preparing snacks, lunch or making coffee.

Do not forget the usability of the kitchen!

When renovating a kitchen, we not only have to think about its elegant appearance but also about its usability and functionality.

This starts already with the adaptation to the given space and the decision on the kitchen layout, the formation of the kitchen triangle and the choice of the kitchen cabinets.

In the case of the latter, the specialists emphasize the importance of large pull-out drawers of the lower elements since they are accessible, spacious and durable, while for high cabinets under the ceiling, we always need a footstool or even a ladder, and we often have to move a bit before we reach the desired item.

An excellent supplement for the kitchen with many kitchen elements are some open shelves on which we can place undemanding green plants, a cookbook, a nice wooden board or a scale. However, do not fill them with too many food containers, small kitchen appliances and other stuff because the kitchen will look untidy. 

»Less is more« shall also apply to the kitchen countertop - it should be as tidy as possible. So, already when planning the kitchen, foresee where you will store the small kitchen appliances, envisage a socket in the cabinet where the coffee machine will be, install hidden sockets in the countertop, choose a hob with a built-in steam outlet, install a pull-out rubbish bin in the kitchen cabinet under the sink.

Do not forget the place where you will have food for your pet. In this way, your kitchen will always remain tidy without any special effort, and you will happily undertake cooking, as there will be little clearing up. The most important is that you will always feel comfortable in your kitchen.

 

Buying a kitchen is indeed a significant financial investment. Nevertheless, many people still make a fundamental mistake when purchasing; they buy a good kitchen, and the kitchen sink comes with it without much consideration.

We must be aware that the kitchen sink is at least as significant as the remaining part of the kitchen, as it is the actual washing station and the central and most used part of the kitchen.

How functional our new kitchen will be, depends significantly on the kitchen sink.

In addition to its practical function, the kitchen sink also has an aesthetic meaning. Namely, it is also a visually central part of the kitchen, as the elegant kitchen tap and the kitchen sink in chosen colour attract our attention. 

Therefore, trust the advice of skilled Alveus specialists and consider which kitchen sink and tap will add the final touch to your carefully planned new or renovated kitchen.