Kitchen storage is a priority item in home renovations, according to the 2021 U.S. Houzz Kitchen Trends Study. The survey of more than 2,000 U.S. homeowners using Houzz who are in the midst of, are planning, or recently completed a kitchen renovation, found that nearly all renovations included some work on cabinets (94 percent), with most replacing all cabinets (63 percent). Of the one-third of homeowners who opt for partial cabinet upgrades, more than a quarter add at least some cabinets to their newly renovated kitchen (28 percent), nearly four times as many as the previous year.

The percentage of homeowners adding or upgrading a pantry space also grew, with nearly half of homeowners upgrading pantry cabinets and one in eight adding a walk-in pantry (46 and 13 percent, respectively), both up three percentage points from the previous year. Not all major features saw an increase in demand compared to the previous year, in fact, upgrades to light fixtures and appliances declined (74 and 51 percent in 2020, versus 79 and 56 percent in 2019, respectively).