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Small Kitchen Design Ideas

25 March 2009 Tags: ideas for kitchen·kitchen cabinet colors·kitchen islands·kitchen shelves·small kitchen

Small Kitchen Design Ideas, Ideas for making a small kitchen larger.
Design your small kitchen, the first job for you is to make a good planning. You must first determine the amount of money you plan to invest by figuring the budget for your small kitchen remodeling project. It still takes a great deal of planning to design an effective layout for single wall or two-way galley shape kitchens found in many small apartments in large cities.

Stainless Steel Kitchen Cabinets

Design: Jeffrey King Interiors Photograph by: Michael Weinstein

To make a small kitchen look larger, one important aspect of making your kitchen seem larger is the color palette. If you had always believed that you were supposed to paint your spacially challenged rooms white, then here is some great news for you. If you would rather have bright or deep colors in your kitchen you can have them without making the room seem cramped if you decorate with a monochromatic color scheme, or one where the colors are the same intensity. You might even use a blue decorating theme, or if you want more color try using green, purple and blue that all give off the same tone and intensity.

(Photo: Harts Lane)

To add depth to the room, plan for painting an opposing wall an intense, deep tone – this gives it the impression of being further away and also adds an interesting charm. A gray-blue paint color is very nice for decorative appeal and for also making the walls appear to recede, hence making the room seem bigger. If gray isn’t your favorite paint color, you may also decorate with cool colors such as blues and purples which will yield the same appearance.
A checkerboard design on the floor can help a small kitchen seem larger.
Planning cabinet storage for small appliances will keep counters clutter-free.
The soffit area above cabinets is a perfect place to incorporate storage.
Kitchen islands don’t have to be large. A small compact island can be designed to provide storage, seating and counter space.
When locked into a footprint, go vertical. Adding height gives you opportunity to create more storage and introduce light in a room.
Designing cabinets up to the ceiling ensures optimum use of kitchen space.
Make small rooms feel bigger by adding windows to bring in more sunlight.

And remember, when doing a small kitchen remodel, glass doors, folding doors, pocket doors or no doors at all can work well. This can save floor space while allowing more natural light to come into and reflect around the room. Alternatively, when you finish cooking, you might want to conceal the area by using folding doors.

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  • Joseph said:

    I think this kitchen concept is fine as far as it goes, but I do want to point out that there are a number of wonderful concepts in Europe, especially Italy, that are designed for small spaces. If I had this problem, I would most definitely be exploring those ideas. Part of the difficulty–the fact that these cabinetmakers are overseas–is only a perceived problem. When you think about it, unless you employ a local cabinetmaker, the cabinets you install will be manufactured elsewhere and shipped to your home for installation by a cabinet installer. What is the difference between halfway across the nation and halfway across the world? Both will involve packaging cabinetry to withstand the journey. And once you get your arms around that, then it’s just a matter of finding kitchen ideas that make sense. And, man, there’s a lot of them out there!

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