Top Trends in Kitchen Sinks: Enhancing Your Culinary Space
Kitchen sink trends are ever evolving. Many of the hottest kitchen sink trends in Australia come from Europe where large design houses, like Schock, Chambord and Barazza, collaborate with industrial designers and architects to set the trends for the coming season. Most of these trends are showcased at the world-renowned Salone Del Mobile fair in Milan where world leading brands in furniture and furnishings exhibit the latest in design from countries throughout the world. Let us take you through a few of the trends that we are seeing now and in the coming years.
Sink Finishes
No longer is stainless steel the go-to finish for your kitchen sink. Having finishes that match into the rest of the personal design décor of a home is now the norm for many designers.
Schock is the world leader in granite sink manufacturing and their collection boasts over 40 finishes! In Australia, Abey distributes some of their most popular finishes including shades of Black, White, Stone, Concrete and Croma. Each of these finishes comes in a variety of shapes, sizes and mounting applications to ensure your sink design can enhance your kitchen vision. White sinks with brushed brass finished tapware is currently a trend we are seeing in Australia. Our N200UW Schock Horizont Undermount Polaris Sink paired with a Gareth Ashton 6K1-BB Brushed Brass Kitchen Mixer is a popular combination.
For those wanting a Farmhouse or Hampton style kitchen, fireclay sinks are available in a stunning white gloss finish. Made in Europe by Chambord, these sinks create a feeling of grandeur with their hand made contours and timeless shapes. Straight from Europe, the new Charles Collection displays a stunning porcelain finish with an etched detail front.
Mixing colours and finishes will also be one of the major trends in the coming years. Designers are creating kitchens using mixture of metallic finishes for their fixtures and appliances. Sinks are now coming in finishes such as Abey’s Black Pearl, Artisan Copper and Eureka Gold. Our Piazza Finishes Collection features all of these on-trend finishes and Abey also stocks a variety of Gareth Ashton taps to match them.
Integrated Sinks – Barazza Made-To-Measure
Our Italian-made sink manufacturer, Barazza, has seen an influx of demand from households wanting a commercially inspired kitchen look for their homes. Their Made-To-Measure products allow consumers to integrate their sink into a benchtop and cooktop making the whole benchtop seamless. With ease of cleaning and a minimalistic design in mind, each benchtop can be custom made to your specifications and requirements.
Prep Stations
The kitchen sink is no longer a place just to wash your dishes. Food preparation stations, like Abey’s Boutique Collection and Schock’s Prep Stations are more than just kitchen sinks. They are a food preparation areas, cleaning and an entertaining space. They have the ability to integrate a large number of accessories onto them, allowing your culinary experience to be expanded. The range includes Abey’s first three bowl sink – the PZQ400T Boutique Piazza Plus Triple Bowl.
Sustainability
Ensuring our precious resources are well preserved through the kitchen sinks we purchase is also another design consideration for 2023 and beyond. Here in Australia, ensuring sinks are manufactured from eco-friendly materials and processes is more important than ever. Taking the lead in this area is Schock in Germany. Their Sustainability Policies are second-to-none and ensure every resource in both the manufacturing, packaging and distribution of their sinks has been analysed resulting in a minimal carbon business footprint. Abey have just released the Schock Green Line Sink Collection which is a range of Granite Sinks made from 99% renewable or recyclable materials. This range is available in their Greenwich and Mono Collections.
To see our full range of kitchen sinks, make an appointment or call into one of our Abey Selection Galleries.
