The skinny shaker is a more modern look on the traditional shaker, and it works so well with these bold colour choices. The natural wood worktops and bronze mirror create a really warm feel in this kitchen.

Inspiration for a medium sized classic grey and white l-shaped kitchen/diner in London with a built-in sink, recessed-panel cabinets, stainless steel cabinets, marble worktops, multi-coloured splashback, ceramic splashback, stainless steel appliances, limestone flooring, an island, grey floors, multicoloured worktops, a coffered ceiling and a feature wall.

To dwell and establish connections with a place is a basic human necessity often combined, amongst other things, with light and is performed in association with the elements that generate it, be they natural or artificial. And in the renovation of this purpose-built first floor flat in a quiet residential street in Kennington, the use of light in its varied forms is adopted to modulate the space and create a brand new dwelling, adapted to modern living standards. From the intentionally darkened entrance lobby at the lower ground floor – as seen in Mackintosh’s Hill House – one is led to a brighter upper level where the insertion of wide pivot doors creates a flexible open plan centred around an unfinished plaster box-like pod. Kitchen and living room are connected and use a stair balustrade that doubles as a bench seat; this allows the landing to become an extension of the kitchen/dining area - rather than being merely circulation space – with a new external view towards the landscaped terrace at the rear. The attic space is converted: a modernist black box, clad in natural slate tiles and with a wide sliding window, is inserted in the rear roof slope to accommodate a bedroom and a bathroom. A new relationship can eventually be established with all new and existing exterior openings, now visible from the former landing space: traditional timber sash windows are re-introduced to replace unsightly UPVC frames, and skylights are put in to direct one’s view outwards and upwards. photo: Gianluca Maver

As well as being beautiful to look at, this kitchen comes with lots of internal solutions, making it a very functional and practical space to work in too.

View from kitchen to the front door
Design ideas for a medium sized contemporary galley kitchen/diner in Dublin with an integrated sink, flat-panel cabinets, white cabinets, engineered stone countertops, red splashback, glass sheet splashback, stainless steel appliances, ceramic flooring and an island.

Maison contemporaine réalisée par l'architecte Emmanuel Thirad de Comme Quoi architecture. Projet extrêmement complexe en plein cœur de Paris.
Inspiration for a medium sized industrial concrete curved staircase in Paris with concrete risers.

Nobilia Line N handleless kitchen in Matt Painted Touch White, with NEFF appliances, Quartz worktops, red splashback and Quooker boiling tap.
Photo of a medium sized modern kitchen/diner in Sussex with a submerged sink, flat-panel cabinets, white cabinets, quartz worktops, red splashback, glass sheet splashback, black appliances, a breakfast bar and grey worktops.

Nobilia Line N handleless kitchen in Matt Painted Touch White, with NEFF appliances, Quartz worktops, red splashback and Quooker boiling tap.
Medium sized modern kitchen/diner in Sussex with a submerged sink, flat-panel cabinets, white cabinets, quartz worktops, red splashback, glass sheet splashback, black appliances, a breakfast bar and grey worktops.

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Inspiration for a medium sized contemporary home in Singapore.

Brian Patterson
Photo of a medium sized contemporary l-shaped kitchen/diner in Sydney with a submerged sink, flat-panel cabinets, white cabinets, red splashback, glass sheet splashback, stainless steel appliances, dark hardwood flooring and an island.

Brian Patterson
Design ideas for a medium sized contemporary l-shaped kitchen/diner in Sydney with a submerged sink, flat-panel cabinets, white cabinets, red splashback, glass sheet splashback, stainless steel appliances, dark hardwood flooring and an island.

Brian Patterson
Inspiration for a medium sized contemporary l-shaped kitchen/diner in Sydney with a submerged sink, flat-panel cabinets, white cabinets, red splashback, glass sheet splashback, stainless steel appliances, dark hardwood flooring and an island.

Photo of a medium sized contemporary enclosed kitchen in Cheshire with a double-bowl sink, composite countertops, black appliances, porcelain flooring and no island.

Brian Patterson
This is an example of a medium sized contemporary l-shaped kitchen/diner in Sydney with a submerged sink, flat-panel cabinets, white cabinets, red splashback, glass sheet splashback, stainless steel appliances, dark hardwood flooring and an island.

Brian Patterson
Photo of a medium sized contemporary l-shaped kitchen/diner in Sydney with a submerged sink, flat-panel cabinets, white cabinets, red splashback, glass sheet splashback, stainless steel appliances, dark hardwood flooring and an island.

Brian Patterson
Design ideas for a medium sized contemporary l-shaped kitchen/diner in Sydney with a submerged sink, flat-panel cabinets, white cabinets, red splashback, glass sheet splashback, stainless steel appliances, dark hardwood flooring and an island.

A bright and Funky contemporary kitchen remodel using custom painted cabinet fronts combined with aluminium framed frosted charcoal panels. Finger grips in brushed metal. LED lighting at kickers. Gunmetal custom glass splashback

Baccarat design by Gianni Pareschi Absolute Classic. A collection of kitchens for interiors of true class, launching a new, highly personalised style. Classical elegance has never been so contemporary. Classical and modern. Two different approaches to the kitchen, now brought together in a new, highly personal style. From the appeal of classic architecture, brass and bevelled glass to the need to feel modern and part of today’s world. A new way of arranging and living in the kitchen thus takes shape amongst sophisticated signs and symbols of tradition. See more at: http://www.scavolini.us/Kitchens/Baccarat

Design ideas for a medium sized traditional single-wall open plan kitchen in Other with shaker cabinets, medium wood cabinets, wood worktops, beige splashback, ceramic splashback, stainless steel appliances, ceramic flooring and an island.