A kitchen renovation is challenging enough, let alone when the house in question is a historic stately home, where preserving character must be balanced with updating the space for modern life.

Interior designers said you should avoid bland color schemes and harsh lighting if you want a luxury kitchen.

An urban explorer has uncovered an abandoned house with a kitchen stocked with drinks and a child's forgotten doll in the bedroom. Eerie pictures inside ... of the 80s interior décor style ...

After all, although timelines vary by city and project, kitchen renovations can take around four to eight weeks. Business Insider spoke with interior designers to get their takes on the latest trends.

This six-bed, five-and-a-half bath, 4,000-square-foot, log cabin home in Anchorage features Quartzite countertops, a copper farmhouse sink and more.

“I didn’t want any of that,” Mary Kitchen avows ... t looking for a cool midcentury house in the Hollywood Hills, with exquisitely tasteful interiors,” she says, adding emphatically ...

Villa Miami Vicky Charles, a high priestess of interior design ... square feet of outdoor space over four terraces. Inside the chef’s kitchen, the countertops have recessed wells of water ...