Introduction

An Overview of Kitchen Styles

Like clothing or furniture, kitchens come in many styles. Since a new kitchen costs the most and last the longest, choosing a kitchen style requires serious thought.

Speaking broadly, it helps to know if you prefer a more classic or more modern look. Making that decision will help you start to narrow down choices on everything from wall color to cabinet doors. Picking a very specific design theme, such as French Colonial or Art Deco, gives you even more of a design road map.

Mixing and matching styles typically is called eclectic, while a look that blends traditional and contemporary elements is considered transitional.

Try our interactive style quiz, view our regional & period style kitchen tours, or click a link below for an example of each style.

Styles

Arts & Crafts (article & photo)

Asian 

Biedermeier 

Contemporary (article & photo)

Country (article & photo)

English Cottage 

Federal 

French Country 

Lodge 

Mission 

Modern 

neoclassical 

Old World (article & photo)

Rustic (article & photo)

Shaker 

Traditional (article & photo)

Transitional (article & photo)

Tudor 

Tuscan