Choose a green kitchen for 2021

Have you noticed everyone is going green? Not just in relation to our energy suppliers, making sure we use less plastic and are generally more thoughtful with how much we consume (all brilliant things by the way), but also with our kitchens! I have seen many a green kitchen popping up on Instagram (including my own) recently. I’m absolutely convinced green kitchens will be huge in 2021!

No more navy?

Are navy blue kitchens a thing of the past? I don’t think so. Blue is such an easy, timeless colour to get onboard with that I don’t see it going out of style anytime soon. I am sure luxurious deep blues will continue to be popular this year, but they have definitely been ‘done’ so people are shifting a wrung up the spectrum to green.

Maybe it’s lockdown and how that made us feel more appreciative of the outdoors that’s helping drive the shift toward green. I know I personally wanted green in the kitchen to link it through to the garden, to which it connects.

Also, for me at least, spending more time at home has made me so much more driven to create a space that nurtures and feels, well, like home. I spend most of my day sitting at the dining room table at the moment, looking into the kitchen. I want that view to be an attractive one. Green can be soothing, calming, close to nature. Or it can be dramatic and luxurious if you go for a rich, dark, velvety hue. Or it can be playful, bright and full of the joys of spring.

Such a versatile colour, what’s not to love? You just need to find your perfect green.

The perfect green for your kitchen

There is a green for everyone.

Rich forest greens will rival navy, while softer sage will also be a popular choice. Pastel mint, pea and seafoam green are also popping up all over the place.

I’ve gone for a two-tone kitchen myself, with cream cabinetry on top and delicious Boringdon Green from Little Greene on the bottom. My kitchen is still a work in progress, but watch this space! I love a muted tone (I’m a summer girl, me) so the slightly greyed down, blue toned sage is perfect for my palette.

Traditional kitchens look gorgeous in heritage greens, such as The Real Shaker Kitchen from deVOL, shown below. Finish with marble worktops, brass hardware and industrial lighting for a contemporary lift.

If you are doing it yourself, try Peale Green or Essex Green from Benjamin Moore.

Green Smoke from Farrow & Ball is clearly going to be huge for kitchens in 2021 and championing that trend has to be Stacey of the Instagram interiors account, End of the Row. This kitchen is just beautiful and who wouldn’t want to work from home in here?

If soft pastels are more your cup of tea, try Pea Green from Little Greene, which is a bright, fresh spring green or if you are going for a brand new kitchen (lucky you!), deVOL also have a beautiful pea green offering, below.

Try two-tone

I mentioned that I’ve gone for a two-tone kitchen, partly because our kitchen is a very narrow galley kitchen, and too much green would have been overkill in such a small space. We needed to keep it neutral on top to maintain as much openness as possible, especially given how little natural light the kitchen gets.

How to make two-tone work

If you go for two-tone, you have a few options. Stick with the same tonal colour family and you can’t go too wrong. Grab a colour card from Farrow & Ball or Little Greene and you’ll find they have helpfully grouped together the tonal families, which makes choosing your colours much easier.

Little Greene also break some of their top colours into ‘Colour Scales‘, including Aquamarine, pictured below.

You can pick your preferred colour family which has four shades within it, to create a monochromatic scheme that naturally blends together.

Alternatively, go for a really dark green (such as Farrow & Ball Studio Green) for your lower cabinets and a paler green up top.

Or be bold and pick a complementary shade: green and pink is huge right now! This beauty belongs to Julija who can be found on Instagram here.

How to incorporate green in your kitchen

Green kitchen tiles

If you fancy the idea of bringing some green into the kitchen, but aren’t keen on green cabinets, then what about some gorgeous tiles? Go for a luxurious, glossy emerald for a bold statement or mix and match pastels for a playful nod to the green trend.

Green kitchen blinds

One of the easiest ways to bring a pop of colour into the kitchen is to add a blind. If ultra modern is your jam and you’re all about glossy white cabinets, why not go for a bold lime blind!

Green kitchen taps and handles

Move over chrome! You can now get pastel taps and handles! Changing the handles on your cabinets is one of the best ways to give them a new lease of life within minimal effort and expense.

Walls

And let’s not forget the walls! You might not be up for blowdrying the laminate off your cabinets and repainting them just yet, so makeover your kitchen with a fresh lick of paint. I love The Victorian Rectory from deVOL.

So will you be sneaking some green into your kitchen this year? Let me know in the comments.