Perfect kitchen designs from thekitchn:

This tour comes from reader Daniel, who “inadvertently” started his own kitchen cure a few months ago. He wanted to just take care of one small problem: a cracked floor. Well, this repair ballooned into a much larger project, but the end result is a marked improvement!

Great roll-out storage (Read more at thekitchn Images: Daniel, via Flickr)

Dale and Adam have lived in an early 80′s conversion for over six years and during that time they tolerated their hyper 80′s kitchen. Finally, they couldn’t take it anymore.

Instead of ripping out perfectly great infrastructure, Dale tried to keep as much of the original interior shelving as possible, replacing only the doors of the cabinets and their respective hardware. Major changes included the new viking stove, gorgeous carrera marble countertops, and a tiled carrera backsplash. [small kitchen]
The high-end kitchen, replete with enough stemware for an extensive cocktail party, is tempered by the drying rack. Dale incorporated a rack to accommodate multiple baby bottles as well as wine glasses as he knew both forms of drinking vessels were inevitable. (Read more about Dale and Adam’s kitchen at thekitchn , Images: Jill Slater)

Brooklyn Kitchen is one of our all time favorite stores. From affordable vintage cast iron, to copper made in Brooklyn, not only do they have everything you’d need to stock your kitchen, but it’s that quirky mix of new and vintage items that keeps us coming back. We knew that co-owners Harry Rosenblum and Taylor Erkkinen had to have a pretty cool kitchen of their own, and we were right. This is a kitchen with some personality!

When we bought the house, the kitchen had an ugly but perfectly functional kitchen, with your standard issue Home Depot maple faced cabinets and your dark green laminate counter. we planned on replacing the counter, and relocating the upper cabinets, as they were positioned a bizarre 12″ up from the counter. When we removed the uppers, the screws just spunem-dashthere was no adequate support. ( (Read more at thekitchn )

Derek lives in a spacious brownstone with his wife and two children. The kitchen screams out ‘activity center’ and beckons one forth! A gathering place, a showcase, a place to experiment, a place to cook, and a place to eat, it is the hub of the home.

Derek, a green building developer, is not one to shy away from challenging tasks. With the help of an architect, he created a modern and industrial supply laden kitchen in a century old brownstone. The result is a bright, rugged, inviting place to create. His girls like to invent things and do homework sitting at the counter. The space behind the bar is great for displaying important notices and storing alcohol, and the space in front of the breakfast bar is an instructional chef’s dream arrangement.
By sourcing from lab supply companies instead of kitchen cabinet companies, longevity and resilience are the themes of this kitchen. Which is great from a sustainability perspective, and because it encourages plenty of use! (Read more at thekitchn, Images: Jill Slater)