Inspiration for a small contemporary grey and pink l-shaped kitchen/diner in London with a submerged sink, flat-panel cabinets, white cabinets, pink splashback, quartz worktops, glass sheet splashback, stainless steel appliances and grey floors.

The kitchen in this remodeled 1960s house is colour-blocked against a blue panelled wall which hides a pantry. White quartz worktop bounces dayight around the kitchen. Geometric splash back adds interest. The tiles are encaustic tiles handmade in Spain. The U-shape of this kitchen creates a "peninsula" which is used daily for preparing food but also doubles as a breakfast bar. Photo: Frederik Rissom

Tim Doyle
Inspiration for a small contemporary l-shaped open plan kitchen in Other with a single-bowl sink, flat-panel cabinets, engineered stone countertops, medium hardwood flooring, an island, black worktops, blue cabinets, metallic splashback and brown floors.

Sarah Hafner
This is an example of a small contemporary l-shaped kitchen/diner in Other with flat-panel cabinets, white cabinets, wood worktops, black splashback, stainless steel appliances, no island and ceramic flooring.

Photography: Robert Frith - ACORN Builder: SWELL Homes
Design ideas for a small contemporary l-shaped kitchen/diner in Perth with a single-bowl sink, flat-panel cabinets, white cabinets, black splashback, mosaic tiled splashback, stainless steel appliances, dark hardwood flooring and an island.

Stunning new build property in Blackheath built to Code 6 Specifications
Small contemporary kitchen in London.

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.

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.

This is an example of a small contemporary galley open plan kitchen in Sydney with a submerged sink, flat-panel cabinets, stainless steel cabinets, stainless steel worktops, yellow splashback, glass sheet splashback, stainless steel appliances, light hardwood flooring and no island.

Inspiration for a small contemporary single-wall open plan kitchen in Berlin with yellow cabinets, light hardwood flooring, a built-in sink, flat-panel cabinets, white splashback and yellow worktops.

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This is an example of a small contemporary single-wall enclosed kitchen in Turin with a built-in sink, flat-panel cabinets, white cabinets, laminate countertops, porcelain flooring, white splashback, no island and grey floors.

The kitchen in this remodeled 1960s house is colour-blocked against a blue panelled wall which hides a pantry. White quartz worktop bounces dayight around the kitchen. Geometric splash back adds interest. The encaustic tiles are handmade in Spain. The U-shape of this kitchen creates a "peninsula" which is used daily for preparing food but also doubles as a breakfast bar. Photo: Frederik Rissom

Tabacco colour Kitchen with small breakfast bar and two contemporary Schmidt bar stools; All our units including Pull-out larder units has grade 1 Blum runners - 25 year warranty. Custom made kitchen bespoke made kitchen dining table with contemporary matching dining chairs.

This compact kitchen was carefully designed to make the space work hard for the clients. Our client wanted a highly functional kitchen. We came up with lots of ideas for the small kitchen storage to make every inch count.

This compact kitchen was carefully designed to make the space work hard for the clients. Our client wanted a highly functional kitchen. We came up with lots of ideas for the small kitchen storage to make every inch count.

This compact kitchen was carefully designed to make the space work hard for the clients. Our client wanted a highly functional kitchen. We came up with lots of ideas for the small kitchen storage to make every inch count.

This compact kitchen was carefully designed to make the space work hard for the clients. Our client wanted a highly functional kitchen. We came up with lots of ideas for the small kitchen storage to make every inch count.

This compact kitchen was carefully designed to make the space work hard for the clients. Our client wanted a highly functional kitchen. We came up with lots of ideas for the small kitchen storage to make every inch count.

This compact kitchen was carefully designed to make the space work hard for the clients. Our client wanted a highly functional kitchen. We came up with lots of ideas for the small kitchen storage to make every inch count.