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The U.K. isn’t just a popular destination for travelers this year—it’s also the place designers and renovators are sourcing ideas for kitchens. In its prediction report for 2025, Houzz listed English-style kitchens as the number-one trend to watch, followed by rounded furniture forms, arches, shower rooms, and range alcoves. So what does that actually look like for our spaces? We’ve had the chance to peek inside tons of English homes over the past year alone, from tiny Cotswolds cottages to sophisticated London townhouses, and along the way we’ve been vigorously taking notes on what makes their kitchens so special. Here are a few of our favorites.
The Old-Meets-New One
In this family’s formerly all-white house, designer Laura Stephens painted the ceiling a darker shade of pink than the walls, spotlighting the Victorian-era moldings and balancing out the sleekness of the hardware-less cabinets.
The Blue Beaded One
Stephens’s Scandi-inspired cabinet isn’t the typical door style you’ll see in English kitchens: This is. Before landing on a happy blue hue for this space, designer Lizzie Green opted for beaded fronts on everything from the dishwasher panel to the drawers underneath the window bench.
The Edgy One
Not everything in an English-style kitchen has to be frilly and colorful. Buchanan Studio founders Charlotte and Angus Buchanan chose restaurant-grade stainless steel everything for their kitchen. The key is to still make it warm, which they nailed with the large skylights, island table lamps, and pooling pantry skirt.
The Expertly English One
Care to know what happens when you put two major forces in the English kitchen design space into one room? You get an island that looks like a piece of furniture and loads of texture in the form of zellige tile and tambour-style cabinet doors. At least, that’s the result when the founder of tile brand Bert & May tasked DeVol with renovating his Yorkshire home.
The U.S.-Infused One
One North Carolina–based couple loved London so much, they decided to buy a place in the city and asked the firm Salvesen Graham to give it that quintessential English touch with brass grill cabinets, a carved marble backsplash, and a cozy breakfast table that brings everyone closer to the action at the island. Next up, they plan to replicate the same look and feel back home in Greensboro.