Keeping wild aspirations in check can be difficult when viewing compact modern homes on the market. All can be going swimmingly until you walk to the end of a hallway and ask “Where is the kitchen?”, and the real estate agent opens out their arms and says “This IS the kitchen.” Before you head for the exit, consider that small CAN be beautiful. Limited dimensions set challenges in creating a functional and stylish space it’s true, but the two goals are achievable in tandem. These 50 small kitchen designs bring tips on how to make a shining gem out of restricted cooking space by thinking outside the tiny box.
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Jazz up old kitchen tiles with
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Free up drawer space and decorate the walls with useful kitchen tools. This
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Create a recessed kitchen nook. This one-wall kitchen layout is set within a dividing wall of a studio apartment. The recessed design hides the kitchen cabinetry away from the rest of the open plan space, resulting in almost a separate room.
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Source small kitchen appliances to maximise bench space. A two ring induction hob leaves extra space for dishes and prep in this small modern kitchen. The tiny extractor canopy leaves wall space looking more spacious too.
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Add luxurious finishes. This
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Inject a little colour. Beautiful traditional tiles bring a stripe of joy into this L shape
Install an eye-catching centrepiece to distract from limited room dimensions. A large
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Double bank wall cabinets to make the most of vertical real estate. Adding in an extra row of wall cupboards can drastically increase your small kitchen storage space.
Give kitchen items a dual use. This hard working little space offers up a number of small kitchen storage ideas. Mini wine racks hold up ceiling skimming shelves, a glass mixing bowl doubles as a fresh egg holder, and a water jug sidelines as cooking utensil storage.
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The simplistic wooden bar within this
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In this colour injected
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Get creative with lighting.
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If you can’t stand the heat, get out of the kitchen! This fiery orange backsplash takes a grey small apartment kitchen up another level.
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Choose slimline seating styles. Sourcing
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Go handle-free. A handless kitchen has a far less fussy finish. There are also no pesky sticking out pieces to accidentally hook clothes on whilst passing by in close quarters. Particularly useful in corridor-like layouts like this
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Use the art of camouflage. This
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Make awkward shaped spaces work for you. Install shelving below sloping eaves to squeeze out every last inch in small kitchen remodels.
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Another one below the eaves. This glowing small kitchen sink area is surrounded by bespoke grey kitchen cabinets that follow a sloping ceiling without a single gap.
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A small kitchen table and chairs can act as a partially dividing wall, like in this small galley kitchen.
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Go large on just one wall. In this wood and white small u shaped kitchen, tall larder units have been restricted to just one wall. The taller cupboards are plain white so that they fall away from attention too.
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Use glass doors to create a sense of added space.
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The best thing about a tiny cooking space is that a small kitchen remodel cost is a lot less than its bigger cousins! This means that you can opt for some high-end finishes, like the recessed ceiling lights around the perimeter of this tall but small kitchen layout. A couple of black
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For more clean and crisp white kitchens like this one, check out these
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Another great example of how small kitchen islands can double as dining space.
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Plant a kitchen greenhouse window. If you love growing your own herbs but are pushed for sill space, then look up! Be inspired by this ikea small kitchen; install a few rods across the glass to hang extra
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Get busy! This stacked
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Use a-maze-ing pattern. Ok, your tiles don’t have to have a maze pattern like these stunning monochrome examples, but strong geometric line works fabulously over small kitchen floor plans. Light wood cabinets and
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Small kitchen tables often work best as a bespoke built-in design.
Think you don’t have room for a dishwasher? There are numerous slimline small kitchen appliances on the market to fit challenging spaces.
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Follow colour theory. Red is believed to enhance the appetite, hence why red is a popular choice in food packaging design. A red kitchen could get you in the mood to create more delicious dishes. You don’t have to go all in on red though, a single
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Embrace the power of patterns. A simple white and wood small kitchen design achieves individuality with drill hole patterned boards. A black framed divide brings in a cubist pattern too.
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Use every nook and cranny. This
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Divide and conquer. Coloured perspex panels act as a subtle visual room divide whilst allowing light to flow through.
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Section off an open plan small kitchen. This
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Do not underestimate the importance of beautiful flooring.
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Task lighting is key. Locate pendant lights exactly where needed by using ceiling hooks.
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Storage display nooks nicely break up a solid wall of cabinets.
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Mix and match. This small kitchen table matches the white and wood finish of the cabinets. However, multicolour is the order of the day in this green
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Look at a tiny open plan home as one whole. This kitchen decor blends with the dining area, lounge and bedroom.
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Strictly allocated kitchen storage places are a must.
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A small tv for kitchen diners is commonplace, but how about a generous projection screen?
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Capitalise on cupboard space. This
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A small
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Unique kitchen pendant lights can be the crowning glory to small minimalist kitchens.
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A small round kitchen table is easy to get around without bumping a hip on a sharp corner. This black kitchen table has been teamed with bottle green chairs to change things up a bit. A
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