Top 10 Countertop Trends to Watch in 2025 for Your Home
If you’re reconsidering outdated elements of your kitchen home design, modern countertops are a smart investment that delivers major impact. In this blog, we will explore the top 10 countertop trends to watch in 2025 to help you capture that wow factor.
Countertop Trends #1: Matte All the Way
These days, designers are finding high-gloss countertops oh-so-boring and très passé. Modern countertops offer a way to break away from the highly polished look with a chic, subtle matte finish. Matte brings out a more muted, toned-down version of the stone’s natural features.
For a rustic look, going matte all the way works well, but be sure to include more texture, so your kitchen design doesn’t read too flat. You can also add sophistication using sheen on other surfaces, such as your backsplash tile or light fixtures, for hints of modest sparkle.
Countertop Trends #2: Leathered Stone
Modern countertops are adding texture, building on matte kitchen trends with a more distressed feel. “Leathered” stone features dimpling and pitting, created using a diamond-tipped brush.
While this look is appealing, it can create problems with food debris getting trapped in the divots. Therefore, consider it a focal point for a feature such as a coffee bar, butler’s pantry, or desk area where food is not prepared.
Countertop Trends #3: Upping the Drama
Drama is an emerging trend in modern countertops, featuring major veining and contrast in both natural stone and quartz products. Designers embracing this eye-catching home design look for distinct detailing in less mainstream stone, such as Brazilian quartzite with its striking white-to-black veining contrasting with a soft gray base, or the more subtle but no less dramatic Fantasy Brown stone with browns, creams, and hints of pinky taupe, creating movement and warmth.
However, where you can really tap into the flamboyance of this kitchen trend is with engineered quartz designs that aren’t stifled by the limitations of nature. Vivalioro is heavy on contrast, with deep, wide veins of elegant brown tones running through creamy white, adding extra oomph to the look of natural Calacatta Vagli Oro.
Countertop Trends #4: Going for Colour With Quartz
As an engineered product, quartz modern countertops allow you to both up the drama and colour match with more precision. For example, Verde Peak’s bright white base and contrasting green-grey veins allow you to leverage the sage green trend without committing to a cabinet replacement or refinishing.
If you prefer less contrast, green tones are subtly achieved with selections such as the paler Verdelia or the deeper Jardin Emerald with the elegant look of green marble. You can also build on new neutrals such as taupe cabinets with hints of blushy veins in Rivière Rose or blue-toned soapstones like Parisien Bleu.
Countertop Trends #5: Tantalizing Textured Terrazzo
Terrazzo is likely the original engineered stone material, made popular about 500 years ago in Italy. A mix of materials such as stone, glass, and concrete creates a unique speckled texture that is quite elegant. Terrazzo was a designer favourite for over half a century in commercial designs, such as luxurious lobbies and bathrooms.
Although it fell out of favour, the desire for more texture is seeing its rebirth, including modern countertop applications. Both natural stone and quartz countertops can achieve the speckled look of terrazzo.
From the grey stone dots against the pure white of Bianco Cristallo Quartz to the finer grained mix of grey/blue tones of Majestic White natural granite, and taupe-friendly Iberian Sunset granite to dark grey and black crystals dotting the creamy background of Brazilian Blat Granite in Juparana Cathedral, the terrazzo look is in.
Countertop Trends #6: Statement Islands
If an island is included in your kitchen home design, creating a statement island using a standout countertop is a prominent kitchen trend. You can adopt many of the modern countertop trends on this list for eye-popping impact, whether it’s using colour, drama, or an unexpected texture such as terrazzo.
The key is to use contrast to ensure the island stands out, such as pairing deep, rich Nilo Brazilian quartzite with soft Super White stone. While you want contrast, avoid creating a chaotic look by using similar veining or pairing intricate veining with a more solid look. This approach leverages contrast while creating a sense of unity.
Countertop Trends #7: Eco-Friendly Materials
More homeowners are looking for sustainable, eco-friendly materials for their home design projects. If you’re trying to reduce your carbon footprint, be careful about the materials you choose. For example, natural stone has gotten a bad reputation due to the excavation process, so be sure to ask if it is responsibly sourced.
Also, as an engineered material, quartz is often mistaken as a less eco-friendly material, when it is in fact an excellent choice. It uses responsibly sourced material waste, making it more sustainable.
One last mistake is choosing sustainability over performance. For instance, bamboo might be highly sustainable, but it is not the greatest kitchen counter material, as it requires ongoing sealing to protect against water and stains while also being vulnerable to heat damage.
Countertop Trends #8: Beautiful Butcher Block
Butcher block is another comeback kid. Wood is a highly versatile material with a wide range of species that is easily adapted to any home design scheme.
Whether it’s rustic, antiqued oak with its high-contrast graining, ideal for a statement island, rich, elegant walnut for a touch of sophistication, or trending white oak with its minimalist Scandi appeal, butcher block counters are warm, elegant, and gentle on your dishes and glassware.
Countertop Trends #9: Getting Edgy
Attention to detail is also taking shape with expanding countertop edge designs. The square edge is crisp and clean, which is ideal for modern kitchens, while the quarter-round edge softens those sharp angles for a more contemporary look.
More intricate designs continue to be popular choices in classic and traditional kitchens, such as ogee and bevelled designs, but more homeowners are requesting custom edges for a unique touch. Of course, the ultimate edge is no edge at all. Installing waterfall counters right down to the floor remains the hallmark of high-end kitchen trends.
Countertop Trends #10: Quartz, Quartz, and More Quartz
Considering quartz has appeared in just about every one of our trends so far, it’s no surprise this material is a trending modern countertop. Why? Versatility. When you consider trends #1 to #6, each one has a very different aesthetic style and design appeal, which are easily achieved with highly versatile quartz.
This engineered counter works with any kitchen trend, or you can toss kitchen trends to the wind and come up with your own unique home design. Quartz is more eco-friendly, harder-wearing, lower-maintenance, designer-friendly, and durable than any other countertop. Although it isn’t heat-resistant, it’s nothing a heating pad can’t handle.
Reach Out to the Experts
Whether you go with one of these countertop trends or use them as inspiration for your own kitchen design, Quartz Co Surfaces’ extensive countertop selection makes it easy to find the best counter material to suit your kitchen style. For more information or to book an appointment at a showroom in Ontario near you, click here.
