These Five Kitchen Trends Are Going To Be Huge This Year According To Pinterest

When it comes time for a little spring cleaning, it's not enough to do a simple expiration date check anymore. Home cooks want their pantry shelves to look like those of a trendy, high-end grocery store — even if they're hidden behind closed cabinet doors. (Even Gwyneth is a fan!) That means adding cute touches to your containers, like chalkboard labels, and storing fruits and veggies in matching baskets.

There is nothing the Internet has not tried to turn into a bar cart — which works well for those of us low on space. The newest trend is bucking the floor-bound carts altogether and creating a set-up with something that doesn't take up as much space, like floating shelves or peg boards.

It's no longer just the thing that your weird hippie cousin who lives on 12 acres in the middle-of-nowhere Colorado does anymore. People want to know how to DIY a compost bin, what they can and can't throw onto the pile, and exactly what it means to turn table scraps into plant food.

This might be the secret to being the most productive person in the world. People jonesing to start their day with a cup of joe are building entire stations around coffee, filled with everything else they need to get their day going: mugs, sugar, a toaster and a bread box. It's like a souped-up back counter of a Starbucks — without that mouth-breather impatiently waiting for you to put the skim milk down.

True chefs will tell you that nonstick is not where it's at: cast iron is. It can withstand really high temperatures, lasts a whole lot longer than the cheap stuff you've been buying from the superstore down the street, and looks beautiful enough to leave out on display.