Designing a kitchen is a layered process, and countertops are one of the most important elements. For most people, the focus is all about the stone type and color, but there's more to consider than you might think.
While these aspects are, of course, important to the overall look and feel of your space, 2025 is all about those finer details that elevate your design. And when it comes to kitchen countertops, it's edge details we should all be paying more attention to.
Designer Marie Flanigan just shared the four edge details to consider adding to your kitchen countertops – and there's a design to suit every space and material.
Kitchens are filled with various finishes, colors, and materials – but paying attention to the smaller details that have a big impact will set your scheme apart from the rest.
Even though you might not have considered introducing a decorative edge to your countertops, it's something that interior designers always recommend to bring in an unexpected design feature.
Here are the four designs Marie Flanigan says you should be considering in 2025.
Fluted edge
Fluted finishes have dominated kitchen trends in many forms. Glass-fronted kitchen cabinets with a fluted finish an elegant, vintage-inspired feel to your designs, while the latest trends are embracing fully fluted cabinets.
But it's a design that looks beautiful on your countertop edges, too. It's playful yet stylish, timeless, and can weave well in plenty of kitchen styles. It's also favored as it can be added to a flat countertop edge and doesn't overwhelm a scheme.
Ogee edge
One of the most traditional and popular edge details, the ogee is a tried and tested approach that works particularly well on natural stone countertops.
Often described as an 'S' shape, it gives the look of a double-layered edge where the top of the countertop drops slightly before smoothly transitioning to a second ledge.
This is a truly sophisticated edge detail to choose if you want to give natural stone countertops a more finished look.
Chiseled edge
For a more natural, organic look, chiseled countertop edges are a less expected option that offers a lot of impact.
This edge detail is exactly as it sounds – it's chiseled and left as a raw edge to allow the natural details of the stone to really shine. It adds a more natural, almost vintage feel to the countertops, too.
Honed edge
For a simpler, more minimalist look, honed countertop edges are a pared-back yet elegant approach. While this design doesn't feature a decorative edge like a fluted or ogee, it still adds a beautiful finish to your counters.
Honed edges are created when natural stone goes through the grinding process – which is how they are finished and perfected for use in kitchens and bathrooms.
But to get this edge detail, the process is stopped before the countertops are polished, giving you this raw, matte finish that makes them more hard-wearing and resistant to damage.
Adding a decorative edge to your countertops adds the elevated, finishing touch you didn't know your space needed. And while we've focused on kitchens here, they work just as well on bathroom countertops, too.
