Best of 2025: Kitchens
In the last week of the year, it is time to look back at the finest interiors and outdoor spaces published on The Nordroom in 2025. Today, I will share the best kitchens and utility rooms of 2025.
This year, The Nordroom has posted more than 650 home tours, as well as design news and home styling articles. In this Best of 2025 series, I will share the finest rooms, gardens, and architecture of the past year.
The kitchens of 2025 are magical! We’ve seen more colorful kitchen spaces, from burgundy red to sunny yellow and various shades of blue. And these beautiful kitchens come in various styles, from English cottage-style with wallpaper to contemporary designs.
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I adore the cozy vibe of this kitchen in a romantic Swedish apartment. The kitchen cabinetry is from Snêk, a Swedish kitchen company that manufactures and builds traditional solid wood kitchens, paired with brass fittings and William Morris wallpaper.
The kitchen in a historic English cottage is defined by Delabole flagstones. The bespoke ochre-brown cabinets are topped with marble counters. The open cabinets are paired with a charming cottage-style striped curtain, which returns in the dining bench upholstery.
A charming utility space is fitted around the corner, separated by a pretty dark wood and glass room divider.
Right at the end of the year, I posted this beautiful preserved Swedish country house with a cozy kitchen featuring William Morris wallpaper, exposed wooden beams, the original stove, and deep red woodwork.
The spacious and beautiful kitchen in a Stockholm apartment features dark oak cabinets paired with a terrazzo countertop and backsplash. On the floor lie stylish Italian tiles.
The extended kitchen in a Georgian townhouse features a high slanted ceiling, tall Crittall-style windows from Met Therm, and roof lights that draw in plenty of natural light. The subtly textured band-sawn beech cupboards from Sebastian Cox for deVOL Kitchens are paired with Carrara marble countertops.
A cozy, tiny apartment in Stockholm features a beautiful kitchen space with a built-in bench in front of the window, paired with a folding wooden table and a jute rug.
The kitchen in a renovated 1940s apartment was designed by the interior architects at Studio Demos and renovated in 2021, with Ikea frames and custom-made fronts in brushed oak veneer topped with terrazzo.
The kitchen in a small Art Nouveau apartment features IKEA cabinets with dark blue doors paired with brass fittings and an oak countertop. The green upper cabinets are decorated with a charming leaf pattern.
The kitchen in a small Stockholm apartment was designed by the owner, architect Hanna Söderman. The light-blue Shaker cabinets with brass handles pair beautifully with the apartment’s original elements.
The Victorian Lacemakers’ Grange is a home that radiates warmth and quiet charm, and the new deVOL kitchen is as inspiring as it is welcoming. The kitchen design uses deVOL’s Shaker cabinets, painted in deVOL’s own rich Refectory Red shade. The richly painted cabinets are topped with honed black granite.
The kitchen in a well-preserved 1930s apartment is charming and functional. The upper cabinets, probably installed in the 1960s, and the other cabinets, originally from the 1930s, are painted on the outside in two different shades of light blue.
Pearl Lowe has teamed up with deVOL Kitchens for a new kitchen and bathroom in her new Portobello home. Pearl opted for a classic color combination of pink and green paired with a pastel blue Lacanche cooker and mirror tiles.
See also: Why Everyone’s Adding Mirrors to Their Kitchens (And You Should Too)
The renovated kitchen by Lidhults in a 19th-century apartment is a magnificent room where period details, a classic kitchen design, and a soft color palette of pink and blue tones come together into one perfect room.
A London apartment with classic interiors and antiques features this stunning kitchen with classic cabinets painted in a soft gray-blue shade paired with a light stone countertop.
The historic country house apartment designed by Martin Brudnizki features this colorful kitchen with with “Dutch Orange” walls and “Invisible Green” cabinets. The bespoke cabinets are paired with finials from Orior Furniture and topped with an Arabescato marble countertop and backsplash.
A late 19th century apartment features this stylish kitchen with walnut cabinets, a light granite countertop, and light blue walls.
Tucked away in a charming 17th-century mews house in Bermondsey, this small deVOL kitchen proves that great design isn’t reserved for grand homes. Measuring just 4 by 4.5 metres, this space is a joyful reminder that small can be both beautiful and brilliantly functional.
The kitchen in a London apartment features white cabinets, a butler sink, a cabochon limestone floor, and a cozy dining nook with a built-in bench and a marble-topped table.
A Georgian villa apartment in London features a yellow kitchen painted in Farrow & Ball’s buoyant ‘Babouche,’ paired with Calacatta Mocha marble tops and a Bertazzoni Italia range.
A restored Victorian house in London makes a statement with this kitchen featuring hand-painted cabinetry in deep Brinjal paired solid oak worktops and brass detailing by deVOL.
This light blue kitchen can be found in a stylish beige Stockholm apartment. The small kitchen features a combination of shelves, glass upper cabinets, and a built-in pantry, maximizing storage without feeling cramped.
At the back of an 18th-century English cottage lies this charming glazed kitchen space. The kitchen cabinets by George Fisher Woodwork are painted in Farrow and Ball’s ‘India Yellow’ and topped with a reclaimed Iroko countertop.
It looks like this kitchen has always been part of this turn-of-the-century family home, but it is actually a new addition from 2023. The old-fashioned kitchen with mirrored doors is made by Kulladal and pairs solid wood with stone countertops.
This Swedish apartment is decorated in neutral tones, but the kitchen is the exception. The room features pink kitchen cabinets from Kvick and a cozy window seat with plenty of cushions.
The owners of this deVOL kitchen in a Georgian home spent the last three years reinstating the original grandeur of this old house, and the result is magnificent.
One of the things the owners did during the kitchen renovation was to reinstate the intricate coving and employ a local decorative artist to hand-paint and distress the walls to recreate a perfectly imperfect, plaster-like finish.
The kitchen in a Victorian maisonette is a cozy space laid with hexagon terracotta tiles. The room features a large island that was once a gentleman’s outfitters cupboard, topped with an oak countertop.
The space above the Lacanche range has been decorated with reclaimed antique tiles by Maitland & Poate.
The new kitchen in the English country house, Raynham Hall, pairs 17th-century architecture with deep-red classic English deVOL cabinets and brass fittings.
During the renovation of a Stockholm apartment, the floor plan was redesigned to create a more open and social space where cooking, conversation, and socializing flow together. The site-built kitchen with light green doors and Portuguese limestone seamlessly flows into a cozy dining area with a built-in bench.
Cabinets run on either side of this kitchen space in a 19th-century family home. They are topped with an oak countertop, and beige-pink zellige tiles from Mosaic Factory are used as the backsplash, adding a subtle warm color touch and texture.
This kitchen is a masterclass in contrast: soft yet grounded, feminine yet traditional. The home’s architecture, like high ceilings, stucco, a ceiling rosette, and natural light, forms the perfect backdrop for this new, classic deVOL kitchen.
The kitchen in a small apartment has undergone a careful renovation, adding classic green doors with brass knobs and a countertop in beige melange stone. A double row of upper cabinets and shelves on the curved wall provides plenty of storage space.
The second Pearl Lowe kitchen! In 2025, Pearl Lowe and her husband put their Somerset home on the market, and this kitchen has been a classic for years. It is a design by deVOL, using a combination of Classic and Shaker cupboards paired with a cream AGA stove.
The utility room made from deVOL Shaker cabinets paired with colorful and lace curtains, old-fashioned floor tiles, and vintage art.
The kitchen in a Victorian home is painted in a mauve-pink shade, beautifully paired with navy blue kitchen cabinets topped with a granite countertop and brass fittings.
The utility room in the same home is painted in a forest-green shade, with light-gray cabinets and a herringbone-tiled floor.
A central wooden island with a marble worktop draws the eye in this Victorian home in Chelsea. It is surrounded by classic shaker cabinetry and high-end touches, including a Lacanche range cooker and Officine Gullo sink. A small pantry is fitted under the stairs, decorated with pink zellige tiles.
Dark blue cabinets are paired with a Carrara marble countertop in this home, where Scandinavian designs meet The Hamptons. Beautiful, solid walnut doors provide access to a small pantry.
The kitchen in an early 20th-century apartment pairs gray-green cabinets with a light gray-beige shade on the walls (“Liquid” by Jotun). Even though the space isn’t that big, the kitchen is very functional and has plenty of storage.
The kitchen is the heart of this North Downs home. Classic English deVOL cupboards are paired with a showstopping Officine Gullo island. On one side, a small pantry has been fitted in an alcove, using deVOL’s Haberdasher furniture topped with marble.
On the other side of the kitchen, a larger pantry has been fitted. The design of the pantry is inspired by a traditional butcher’s shop in a nearby village.
The kitchen in Corbin Bernsen’s and Amanda Pays’ farmhouse is the heart of the home, with locally made terracotta-colored cabinets and a connection to the media room and the dining room.
You don’t often see a shade of red like this in a kitchen, but the entire Regency home features vibrant colors. The cabinets are painted in Farrow & Ball’s ‘Terre D’Egypte’ paired with a marble countertop, white zellige tiles, and the original pine floorboards. The utility space features light pink cabinets with a wooden top.
On the top floor of a 1920s building lies a spectacular penthouse apartment with a beautiful kitchen. The hardwooden cabinet doors are handpainted in a deep green shade and paired with unfinished brass knobs and handles. The cabinets are topped with a composite stone countertop, and one side features handmade Italian backsplash tiles.
The kitchen in a Stockholm apartment was renovated a couple of years ago, pairing plywood cabinets and countertops with white tiles and exposed brick walls.
Lily Allen and David Harbour made the headlines this year. Still, personally, I am more interested in their fabulous Brooklyn townhouse, which includes this kitchen that looks like it was transported from an English country home to New York.
An open-plan kitchen and living space needs a stylish kitchen, and this beautiful wooden kitchen in a turn-of-the-century apartment with a window seat ticks all the boxes.
This kitchen in a Scandinavian apartment pairs forest-green cabinets with solid oak countertops and shelves.
This kitchen in a light-filled attic apartment is new and features dark oak doors from Lucks By Robo and quartz composite worktops that continue into a kitchen island
These two kitchens can be found in historic English houses. The first kitchen, in a charming Arts and Crafts house, pairs sage-green cabinets with a checkerboard floor.
The second kitchen features exposed stone walls, terracotta tiles, and a cream double Aga set the tone, complemented by a second double oven with gas hob, handmade oak-topped units, and a butler sink.
The kitchen in a Stockholm apartment filled with color and books puts a smile on your face thanks to the half-painted yellow walls.
The farmhouse-style kitchen in an English cottage pairs sage-green cabinetry with a marble countertop, a double butler sink, and brass fittings.
This English home was reimagined by interior designer Joanne Burgess of The Curious House. It features a stunning kitchen space with terrazzo tiles from Mosaic Factory that anchor the space, while custom bamboo cabinetry and D-Tile basins add a mid-century, LA-inspired vibe. This same style continues into the utility room.
The kitchen in a Georgian cottage features British Standard cabinets with a fluted butler sink, an oiled oak countertop, and a cozy dining area. And you can also peek into the charming pink utility room.
The kitchen in a restored Welsh longhouse welcomes you in. A range cooker, deep butler’s sink, and views to the garden make it a practical and joyful space.
The narrow kitchen in a London apartment features a large sash window, off-white cabinets, and floor-to-ceiling open cabinets providing plenty of storage space.
The kitchen in an early Victorian house is a simple design made from Plain English cabinets. The large kitchen island features a reclaimed mahogany laboratory worktop. The impressive double-height roundhead Crittall-style windows offering views of the garden and the artist’s studio.
A nice lived-in kitchen in a midcentury apartment. The classic kitchen cabinets are painted in a deep burgundy shade, paired with buttery-yellow walls.
The kitchen in this London home is designed by Pluck and features elm wood veneer, yellow, and green cabinets with glossy caesar stone countertops, and dark green Milagros backsplash tiles.
The kitchen in this 1960s home was designed by Alexander Lervik for Ballingslöv, and the doors are completely unique. They asked a chef to help design the kitchen, making it as practical as possible.
This bespoke kitchen by deVOL, where modern comforts and historic charm blend beautifully, is the heart of a Cotswolds cottage.
The social kitchen in a Swedish lakeside home is designed in a country style with light green cabinets, an island, and a charming window bench, adding a social element.
An old gardener’s cottage in Sweden is now a colorful family home with a vibrant kitchen with green cabinets, a brass island, and William Morris wallpaper.
This classic kitchen was one of the most popular rooms on Pinterest. The cabinets are painted in a soft blue shade and paired with linseed-oil-waxed wooden countertops, brass knobs, and white-painted pearl tongue-and-groove as the backsplash. It fits perfectly in the historic Stockholm apartment.
How do you make a tiny kitchen fabulous? Well, you pair simple white cabinets with a shiny brass backsplash and a soft pink hue on the walls. This kitchen in a Swedish apartment is small, but it certainly makes a statement.
The Shaker-style cabinets, tongue-and-groove backboards, and open shelving in this utility room are inspired by traditional utility rooms. The simple square quarry tiles from deVOL’s sister company, Floors of Stone, finish the traditional look.
The utility room in a historic country house north of Stockholm pairs green tongue-and-groove paneling with a classic red-and-white checkerboard floor.
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