Design ideas for a large contemporary galley open plan kitchen in London with flat-panel cabinets, white cabinets, wood worktops, brown splashback, wood splashback, light hardwood flooring, an island, beige floors, brown worktops and a submerged sink.

Inspiration for a small scandi l-shaped open plan kitchen in Paris with flat-panel cabinets, grey cabinets, medium hardwood flooring, an island, grey worktops, white appliances, brown floors and a submerged sink.

Inspiration for a small bohemian l-shaped open plan kitchen in Edinburgh with a single-bowl sink, shaker cabinets, blue cabinets, laminate countertops, pink splashback, ceramic splashback, stainless steel appliances, vinyl flooring, no island, multi-coloured floors and grey worktops.

Large classic l-shaped kitchen/diner in Sydney with a single-bowl sink, white splashback, flat-panel cabinets, white cabinets, laminate countertops, metro tiled splashback, stainless steel appliances, medium hardwood flooring, an island, brown floors and white worktops.

Design ideas for a small rural l-shaped kitchen/diner in Auckland with a belfast sink, beaded cabinets, white cabinets, white splashback, metro tiled splashback, no island, multi-coloured floors and white appliances.

Photography by Nick Smith.
Design ideas for a large traditional kitchen/diner in London with shaker cabinets, black cabinets, composite countertops, grey splashback, porcelain flooring, an island and grey floors.

Olivier Chabaud
Inspiration for a small contemporary grey and white l-shaped open plan kitchen in Paris with flat-panel cabinets, grey cabinets, wood worktops, a submerged sink, dark hardwood flooring, no island, brown floors, brown worktops and exposed beams.

Inspiration for a large contemporary galley kitchen/diner in Sydney with shaker cabinets, white cabinets, concrete worktops, white splashback, porcelain splashback, stainless steel appliances, light hardwood flooring and an island.

This is an example of a large contemporary kitchen in London.

Living room. Use of Mirrors to extend the space. This apartment is designed by Black and Milk Interior Design. They specialise in Modern Interiors for Modern London Homes. https://blackandmilk.co.uk

Large island with marble work tops set in an spacious open plan kitchen dining room.
Inspiration for a large contemporary kitchen in Sussex with marble worktops and limestone flooring.

Photo of a large rural l-shaped open plan kitchen in Berkshire with flat-panel cabinets, green cabinets, an island and white worktops.

A spacious kitchen designed for a beautiful, new build. The bold, matte orange cabinets and dark grey worktop contrast against the white, clean walls. Making this kitchen stand out from the rest of the room. All storage solutions have been carefully planned and most of the storage is hidden behind doors adding to the spacious feeling of this stunning kitchen.

As is always the case, we design kitchens in a way where they are as practical as possible. We worked in order to ascertain how our clients would use their space, and ensured we designed their kitchen in a way which was natural their ways of cooking and entertaining. A variety of storage solutions were used to make this possible.

Cristobal Palma
This is an example of a large modern open plan home cinema in London with white walls, concrete flooring, a projector screen and white floors.

Our clients wanted a fresh approach to make their compact kitchen work better for them. They also wanted it to integrate well with their dining space alongside, creating a better flow between the two rooms and the access from the hallway. On a small footprint, the original kitchen layout didn’t make the most of the available space. Our clients desperately wanted more storage as well as more worktop space. We designed a new kitchen space for our clients, which made use of the footprint they had, as well as improving the functionality. By changing the doorway into the room, we changed the flow through the kitchen and dining spaces and created a deep alcove on the righthand-side of the dining room chimney breast. Freeing up this alcove was a massive space gain, allowing us to increase kitchen storage. We designed a full height storage unit to match the existing cupboards on the other wide of the chimney breast. This new, super deep cupboard space is almost 80cm deep. We divided the internal space between cupboard space above and four considerable drawer pull-outs below. Each drawer holds up to 70kg of contents and pulls right out to give our clients an instant overview of their dry goods and supplies – a fantastic kitchen larder. We painted the new full height cupboard to match and gave them both new matching oak knob handles. The old kitchen had two shorter worktop runs and there was a freestanding cupboard in the space between the cooking and dining zones. We created a compact kitchen peninsula to replace the freestanding unit and united it with the sink run, creating a slim worktop run between the two. This adds to the flow of the kitchen, making the space more of a defined u-shaped kitchen. By adding this new stretch of kitchen worktop to the design, we could include even more kitchen storage. The new kitchen incorporates shallow storage between the peninsula and the sink run. We built in open shelving at a low level and a useful mug and tea cupboard at eye level. We made all the kitchen cabinets from our special eco board, which is produced from 100% recycled timber. The flat panel doors add to the sleek, unfussy style. The light colour cabinetry lends the kitchen a feeling of light and space. The kitchen worktops and upstands are made from recycled paper – created from many, many layers of recycled paper, set in resin to bond it. A really unique material, it is incredibly tactile and develops a lovely patina over time. The pale-coloured kitchen cabinetry is paired with “barely there” toughened glass elements which all help to give the kitchen area a feeling of light and space. The subtle glass splashback behind the hob reflects light into the room as well as protecting the wall surface. The window sills are all made to match and also bounce natural light into the room. The new kitchen is a lovely new functional space which flows well and is integrated with the dining space alongside.

One of Wendy's main wishes on the brief was a large pantry.
Photo of a large contemporary single-wall kitchen pantry in London with a built-in sink, flat-panel cabinets, blue cabinets, granite worktops, grey splashback, marble splashback, stainless steel appliances, ceramic flooring, an island, grey floors and grey worktops.

Inspiration for a large modern galley open plan kitchen in London with an integrated sink, flat-panel cabinets, stainless steel cabinets, glass worktops, stainless steel appliances, concrete flooring, an island and white floors.

Handpainted red in-frame shaker kitchen with granite worksurfaces and a large island with inset oak chopping board.
Large rural enclosed kitchen in Hertfordshire with a submerged sink, shaker cabinets, red cabinets, granite worktops, ceramic splashback, stainless steel appliances, ceramic flooring and an island.