Moody Cottagecore Kitchens Are the Dark, Dramatic Twist Your Home Needs This Year

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Just when we assumed cottagecore had exhausted its moment, Pinterest released its Spring Trend Report. Crunching the searches and saves of its 600 million monthly users, the platform identified 21 topics poised to surge in 2026. The home trend seeing the most explosive growth? Dark cottagecore kitchens, up an astonishing 915 percent—as "people lean into comfort, character and a little nostalgia at the center of the home," Pinterest noted.

That's right—a turn toward the shadowy and theatrical is set to give the late-2010s aesthetic fresh dimension this year. What does that translate to, visually? Here are five spaces to kick-start your mood board.

Cassandra Rhodin, founder of children's brand Mini Rodini, describes the atmosphere of her Swedish countryside home as "rustic glamour with a rock-and-roll edge." In the kitchen (top), that translates to a palette of vivid green, royal blue, and black, tempered by creamy white wall paneling.

No roundup of cottagecore kitchens—dark or otherwise—would be complete without a DeVOL design. Jane Cook of @rewildingthisoldhouse selected the British kitchen company's lace-imprinted tile in golden Sepia to complement its rich Refectory Red cabinetry. "The palette throughout this home was moody and atmospheric; it felt cocooning and effortless, uncluttered yet rich with interest," says Helen Parker, DeVOL's creative director.

Outfitted with a beadboard backsplash, traditional molding profiles, and soapstone countertops, then saturated in a murky green-brown hue, the kitchenette at Studio Laloc's Seattle headquarters feels like a warm embrace inside a historic bottling plant.

Emily Ward, one half of celebrity design studio Pierce & Ward, barely altered the kitchen in her West Marin, California, home. All that dreamy, enveloping redwood? Original. The designer simply amplified the mood, crowning the cupboards with enigmatic portraits and eccentric pottery.

Imagining her compact Norfolk, England, vacation rental as a gardener's dwelling, Ana Perez specified hardwearing zinc countertops and earthy brown cabinets in the kitchen, then layered in trailing greenery.

Lindsey Mather is a proud words person who oversees Domino's content strategy and creation. Whenever she can, she squeezes in time to write and edit stories about the ways people shape their spaces—and how their spaces shape them. She lives in New Jersey with her husband, Sam, and daughter, Stella.

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