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Just when we thought cottagecore had run its course, Pinterest came out with its Spring Trend Report. Analyzing the searches and saves of its 600 million monthly active users, the brand put together a preview of 21 topics primed to take off in 2026. The home trend that’s far and away seeing the biggest increase in interest? Dark cottagecore kitchens, up 915 (!) percent “as people lean into comfort, character and a little nostalgia at the center of the home,” Pinterest wrote.
That’s right, a turn toward the moody and dramatic is set to give the late-2010s trend fresh legs this year. What does that look like, exactly? Here are five spaces to get your moodboard started.
The Rock-and-Roll Kitchen
Cassandra Rhodin, founder of children’s brand Mini Rodini, describes the aesthetic of her home in the Swedish countryside as “rustic glamour, a little rock-and-roll.” In the kitchen (top), that looks like a palette of vivid green, royal blue, and black, softened by creamy white wall paneling.
The Dark Romance Kitchen
It’s not a roundup of cottagecore kitchens, dark or otherwise, without a DeVOL design in the mix. Jane Cook of @rewildingthisoldhouse chose the British kitchen company’s lace-imprinted tile in golden Sepia to complement its rich Refectory Red cabinetry. “The colors were all moody and atmospheric in this home; it felt cosseting and easy, uncluttered but interesting,” says Helen Parker, DeVOL’s creative director.
The Pretty-in-Putty Kitchen
Dressed up with a beadboard backsplash, traditional molding, and soapstone countertops, then drenched in an muddy green-brown hue, the kitchenette at Studio Laloc’s Seattle HQ is a warm hug in the middle of a historic bottling plant.
The Retro Wood-Clad Kitchen
Emily Ward, one half of celebrity design studio Pierce & Ward, barely touched the kitchen in her West Marin, California, home. All that dreamy, enveloping redwood? Original. The designer simply leaned in, lining the tops of the cupboards with mysterious portraits and funky pottery.
The Potting Shed–Chic Kitchen
Envisioning her tiny Norfolk, England, vacation rental as a gardener’s residence, Ana Perez installed hardwearing zinc countertops and soil brown cabinets in the kitchen, then layered in trailing plants.