Palo Alto, California – Homeowners are ready to sacrifice space in important living areas to make room for a larger kitchen, according to the US Houzz Kitchen Trends Study 2025.
Dine rooms are the most likely destination for the theft of square meters with about a third of the homeowners who increased or planned to increase their kitchen size during a renovation that takes up space from this space.
The living room (12%) were also shown for additional kitchen space, while 18% have a larger kitchen over a house additive. After the renovation, more than half (53%) of the kitchens grew to 200 square foot or more and medium -sized, which were between 100 and 199 square foot, about a third of the conversions.
In addition to some rooms, homeowners have expanded the activities that take place in their newly converted kitchens and made this room really multifunctional. Almost a quarter work in their kitchens, about half as linked and 14% television.
Food and entertainment functions that once handed over to restaurants and living rooms for new kitchens with 77% and 70% entertaining in the kitchen. The craft (18%) and reading (10%) have also become after the renovation activities.
The part of the lighting on the renovation project means improved devices. After the lights (73%) and Undercabinet (71%), the supporters are the next most popular option that has been selected by 57%of those who have improved the lighting as part of their project. Less sought -after chandeliers were added to 19%; Wall lights 8%; And a lamp with a fan, 7%. A combination of metal glass was selected by more than half of the homeowners.
In 65%, the trailers were number 1 for over-island lighting, the exaggerated lights (30%), chandelier (9%) and flush-fold (6%). It was a tight race between the number of trailers that were used for the light in the Kitchen Islands, with two lights (36%) barely three lights (35%).
For his study, Houzz collected information from 1,620 home owners with a 120 question survey. The participants were homeowners older than 18 years, who had completed a kitchen renovation within the past 12 months or had worked on one or on one within the next six months.