What are the top trends for kitchen in 2012? At the Toronto design show these are their top five trends for this year. Add texture to your kitchen. Using rough sufaces, textiles and contours in your kitchen to make it more touchy feely. Smooth and sleek is last year. Interactive 3D design is here. No more flat plans and 3D pictures, modern technology enables the designer to interact with the customer, changing kitchen components as they go. Multi-purpose. As the home revolves around the kitchen now, more multi-purpose items from foldaway tables to transformable workstations etc are being incorporated into the design. One designer has even included a bed for modern flat dwellers. Stainless Steel and dark woods are being replaced by light colours and woods. These colours are not so serious, and enable kitchen to have fun elements built in. For the ultimate kitchen Orange is in. Get rid of those pale walls and unit doorss - get in Tangerine Orange. Combine with brown leathery colours for todays kitchen look!