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Small doesn’t have to mean boring when it comes to kitchen design. See how these designers packed a ton of style into small kitchens.
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Photo: Jeff Herr. From: Terracotta Design Build.
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Stylish Small Kitchens
Your small kitchen doesn’t have to sacrifice on style. We have rounded up 75+ small kitchens that show how the small spaces can really pack a punch.
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Photo: Leah Garcia. From: Tomecek Studio Architecture.
Tiny House with Functional Living Room and Kitchen
The homeowners wanted a tiny home that didn’t feel so tiny, so designers used high pitched ceilings and plenty of windows to make the space feel bigger. A functional kitchen with full sized appliances and a breakfast bar gives the homeowners a space to eat, while the adjoining living room adds entertaining space. For an even larger feeling, the rear wall is constructed of glass panels that can be rolled back to incorporate the outdoor patio into the home’s entertaining space.
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Photo: Brad Tomecek. From: Tomecek Studio Architecture.
Tiny Home’s Stylish, Open Concept First Floor
The tiny home’s functional downstairs floor plan includes an open concept kitchen and living room. The kitchen, although small, makes the most of its space with large, lower cabinets, full sized appliances and a kitchen island with a breakfast bar that seats four. Adjacent to the kitchen is a living area with a stylish sofa and chairs. A rug adds definition to the design.
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Photo: Jared Kuzia Photography. From: Kristina Crestin.
Modern Coastal Kitchen with Concrete Countertops and Turquoise Blue Stools
The clean, sleek look of this kitchen is achieved with navy blue and white cabinetry and a white subway tile backsplash. To add a modern element, thick concrete counters were poured on site to avoid any seams. Bright, turquoise blue stools and accessories are a fun pop of color. Brass dome pendant lights installed over the counter shine brightly against the white shiplap ceiling.
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Photo: Jared Kuzia Photography. From: Kristina Crestin.
Navy and White Kitchen with Brass Lighting Fixtures
This U-shaped kitchen offers a huge amount of storage below and some white upper cabinets that blend into the wall space. To keep the space clean and sleek, the ventilation hood was tucked behind a false cabinet panel. A thick, site poured concrete counter with waterfall edge was poured on site. Brass pendants and sconces complement the navy blue lower cabinets for that modern feel.
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Photo: Jeff Herr. From: Terracotta Design Build.
Coastal Open Plan Kitchen With Green Backsplash
The open plan kitchen epitomizes friendly, laid-back beach style with a bright backsplash, carbon-fronted cabinets, reclaimed wood ceilings and open shelving.
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Photo: Gordon Gregory. From: Sara Hillery Interior Design.
Pink and White Eclectic Kitchen With Stairs
This kitchen isn’t huge, but it has tons of personality and functionality. Designers turned the stairwell wall into a bright gallery and tucked a cafe table into one corner for casual meals. The base of the handsome petite island is Eucalyptus wood.
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Photo: Gordon Gregory. From: Sara Hillery Interior Design.
Pink and White Eclectic Kitchen With Geometric Floor
This kitchen feels cheerful and vibrant with details like the zippy pink rug and the gray geometric pattern on the floor. Even the ceiling gets in on the action with an octagon painted bright pink!
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Photo: John Magor Photography. From: Jennifer Stoner Interiors.
Modern Loft Condo Kitchen with Brick Walls
This modern loft condo kitchen features exposed brick walls, custom white cabinets with stainless hardware, glass globe pendant lights, white marble countertop, and antique mirrored tile backsplash with white floating shelves.
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Photo: John Magor Photography. From: Jennifer Stoner Interiors.
Modern Loft Kitchen with Mirrored Tile Backsplash
This modern loft condo kitchen features dark hardwood floors, white cabinets with stainless hardware, exposed brick walls, glass globe pendant lights, and antique mirrored tile backsplash with white floating shelves.
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Photo: Collete Wright, the lipstick lens. From: Susannah Watts.
Open Plan Kitchen With Wine Storage
In a fun and practical touch of whimsy, a slim stack of cubes holds wine bottles next to the refrigerator. Cabinets: IKEA; Light fixtures: Etsy; Barstools: Wayfair.
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Photo: Collete Wright, the lipstick lens. From: Susannah Watts.
Small Kitchen With Chandelier
To pack in as much storage space as possible, designers filled one wall of the kitchen with floor-to-ceiling affordable IKEA cabinetry. Chandelier: Etsy
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Photo: Amy Williams Photo. From: Stephanie Hatten.
White Farmhouse Small Kitchen
Extending the peninsula countertop in the small kitchen’s makeover allowed for seating. And floating shelves gave more storage options without cluttering up the overall look.
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Photo: Amy Williams Photo. From: Stephanie Hatten.
White Small Kitchen With Quartz Countertops
In a small kitchen like this one, every inch of countertop and storage space is essential. To make more of both, the peninsula was extended and the soffits removed. White cabinets, backsplash and counters brighten up the look.
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Photo: Amy Bartlam. From: Jette Creative.
Remodeled Ole Hanson Kitchen With White Cabinets and Tile
This kitchen from a historic San Clemente home by designer Ole Hanson features white cabinets, white subway tile, and a blue-and-white encaustic tile floor.
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Photo: Amy Bartlam. From: Jette Creative.
White Cottage Kitchen With Gas Range and Arched Door
This cottage kitchen features white cabinets with butcher block countertops and subway tile backsplash, blue-and-white encaustic tile floor, and a high-end gas range.
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Photo: studiObuell. From: Noble Johnson Architects, LLC.
Apartment With Sleeping Nook and White Kitchen
Combining midcentury modern and rustic design elements, this studio apartment features gray walls, navy-blue accents and white kitchen cabinets and appliances.
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Photo: studiObuell. From: Noble Johnson Architects, LLC.
Blue and White Kitchen With Open Shelving
A white palette, combined with touches like open shelves and a stacking washer/dryer concealed in a cabinet, helps this small kitchen seem much larger.
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Photo: Robert Rios. From: Moniomi Design.
White Modern Kitchen With Mirror Column
A column clad in mirrors does the neat visual trick of making this small condo kitchen look much bigger.
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Photo: Robert Rios. From: Moniomi Design.
White Open Plan Small Kitchen With Chandelier
The main design goal for this kitchen? Make it feel wide and open. Designers succeeded by removing boundary walls and lightening the palette. The adjacent area was set up as a sitting room.
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Photo: Caitlin McCarthy Design. From: Caitlin McCarthy Designs.
Wallpaper With Bold Pattern Pops in Small Kitchen
A muted color palette provides a simple backdrop that allows a boldly patterned wallpaper — an affordable alternative to similar looking cement tile — to pop in this compact kitchen. Oversized light pendants add additional visual interest to the chic space.
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Photo: Caitlin McCarthy Design. From: Caitlin McCarthy Designs.
Beachy Accents Meet Contemporary Style in Airy Kitchen
Found driftwood, natural-grass pendant lights, sleek cabinetry and gold serving tools create a balance a beachy look with contemporary style in this airy kitchen.
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Photo: Ashley Gilbreath. From: Ashley Gilbreath.
Tidy Kitchen
An island bisects this petite kitchen, dedicating one side to prep work and cooking and the other side to casual meals and pretty storage.
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Photo: Ashley Gilbreath. From: Ashley Gilbreath.
Small Contemporary Kitchen With Butcher Block Table
Unified cabinetry integrates appliances into this petite kitchen, making the small room feel bigger than it is. The countertop extends well beyond the island’s base to make an eating bar and the colorful painting infuses the space with warmth.
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Photo: Taggart Sorensen. From: Specht Architects.
Manhattan Micro-Loft with Open Kitchen
This open loft kitchen features fully concealed appliances, flip up high storage units for easy access and a countertop that wraps into the main living space and becomes a virtual “hearth” with a built in entertainment system. The sleek, hard edges lend a modern look to the space that needs little decor to bring its own character.
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Photo: Taggart Sorensen. From: Specht Architects.
Open Loft Kitchen with Wrap-Around Counter
This open loft kitchen features fully concealed appliances, flip up high storage units for easy access and a countertop that wraps into the main living space and becomes a virtual “hearth” with a built in entertainment system. The sleek, hard edges lend a modern look to the space that needs little decor to bring its own character.
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Photo: Christopher Stark. From: Lindsay Chambers.
Transitional Kitchen With Industrial-Country Flair
Designer Lindsay Chambers sought to update a classic kitchen with an industrial-country approach. The chevron patterned backsplash adds drama and depth to the small space, while white and gray cabinets give the room a rural vibe. And who wouldn’t love the wrought iron and repurposed wood barstools?
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Photo: Christopher Stark. From: Lindsay Chambers.
Stainless Range Complements Industrial-Country Kitchen
For this kitchen, designer Lindsay Chambers updated the look with an industrial-country vibe. She coordinated a stainless steel Viking range and hood with a chevron patterned backsplash and gray and white country cabinets for an unexpectedly wonderful style combination. Countrified with a twist.
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Photo: Bender & Associates Architects. From: Bender & Associates.
White Small Kitchen With Wine Refrigerator
The kitchens opens up to the outside via a shuttered folding door, convenient for al fresco meals and entertaining. Above the door, a tv is embedded in the wall.
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Photo: Bender & Associates Architects. From: Bender & Associates.
White Contemporary Kitchen With White Oven
In this cheery petite kitchen, a long butcher block countertop ups the efficiency and adds visual warmth to the space. Sculptural pendants and a stainless steel range hood layer in additional texture.
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Photo: Rachel Whyte. From: Fixer Upper.
Simple Floating Shelves Add Style and Function Tiny Vintage Home
On HGTV’s Fixer Upper, the small kitchen features a vintage refrigerator, vent hood, floating shelves and wooden flooring. The black floating shelves, vent hood and counter top are a stark contrast to the neutral walls and tile back splash, making them a functional design element in the space.
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Photo: Rachel Whyte. From: Fixer Upper.
Loft Area Access Ladder Tiny Vintage House
A custom made ladder was installed to access the loft area from the kitchen. The ladder is compact and matches the railing of the loft, making it a functional piece of the space’s design, as seen on HGTV’s Fixer Upper.
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Photo: Moris Moreno. From: Carol Sundstrom.
White Kitchen With Copper Pots
Cooking is centered on one side of this simple, pretty kitchen with the stove and storage for cooking supplies. The other side is dedicated to cleaning with the sink, dishwasher and storage for larger pieces like platters and other serving ware.
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Photo: Moris Moreno. From: Carol Sundstrom.
White Kitchen With Stairs
To make maneuvering around this kitchen easy as pie, designers set up different zones: There’s a food storage zone with the refrigerator, a pull-out pantry, beverage refrigerator and spices. Around the corners is a cleaning zone with the sink and dishwasher.
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Photo: Meghan Bob. From: Breeze Giannasio.
Small Chef Kitchen With Striped Rug
This kitchen is full of fun with its cheeky faux deer head, copper accents and pops of lemon yellow. The smart layout packs in a lot in a little amount of space, with plenty of storage and countertops.
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Photo: Alyssa Kirsten. From: Lauren Rubin Architecture.
Open Plan Contemporary Kitchen With Barstools
To open up the kitchen to the rest of the living area meant losing a wall of cabinets. But the designers added lots of hidden storage to make up for it: A microwave is tucked inside the peninsula; a glass storage cabinet is built in on one wall; and there is a huge pull-out pantry next to the refrigerator.
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Photo: Jessica Pages. From: Butter Lutz Interiors.
Guest House Kitchen With Gray Tile Backsplash and Natural Hardwood Floors
This modern guest house kitchen features white cabinets and countertops paired with natural hardwood floors. Counter height stools are positioned at the waterfall kitchen island, providing a convenient space for casual dining. A gray tile backsplash adds a finishing touch.
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Photo: Ace Misiunas, Jessica Bodas . From: Natalie Myers.
Neutral Scandinavian Open Plan Kitchen
Desert tones were a natural fit for this open plan kitchen and dining area, part of a vacation home near Joshua Tree National Park. Black accents provide a just-right crisp touch.
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Photo: Bri Moysa. From: Bri Moysa.
White Small Kitchen With Wood Countertops
White cabinetry and a backsplash freshens up this small kitchen. Countertops are budget-friendly butcher block, a choice that’s also a warm note in the room.
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From: Axis Mundi
Small & Gleaming Kitchen
This compact kitchen benefits from an open plan design that incorporates an eat-in bar. Rich wood barstools balance the glossy cabinets and white countertops for a fresh look. A sleek pendant light and recessed lighting keep the space feeling open and bright.
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Photo: Jeff Herr Photography. From: Terracotta Design Build.
White-and-Gray Kitchen With Gold Metallic Pendant Lights
This kitchen’s subtle gray-and-white color palette gets a pop of gold from metal pendant lights hanging over the island/breakfast bar.
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Photo: Courtney Beeler. From: Morgan Motsinger.
Green Vintage Kitchen
This vintage-style, white kitchen features unique design touches, like the custom range hood made from recycled shiplap, green cabinetry with black iron pulls, and custom windows with storage above the sink letting in all the natural light.
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Photo: Steve Williams; Design By: Roy and Jen Leone, Leone Design Studio