Enclosed Kitchen with Exposed Beams Ideas and Designs

Inspiration for a small contemporary l-shaped enclosed kitchen in Venice with a single-bowl sink, flat-panel cabinets, white cabinets, composite countertops, grey splashback, black appliances, concrete flooring, no island, grey floors, white worktops and exposed beams.

New Hope Kitchen

Glenna Stone Interior Design

This is an example of a large enclosed kitchen in Philadelphia with a belfast sink, recessed-panel cabinets, white cabinets, quartz worktops, blue splashback, glass tiled splashback, integrated appliances, slate flooring, multiple islands, grey floors, blue worktops and exposed beams.

Las Sendas Kitchen

Michelle Lecinski

This kitchen was completely transformed into a light and bright inviting entertaining space! The original ceiling beams were kept intact, but every finish was updated. Soaring 12' ceilings were the perfect backdrop for the white stacked glass upper display cabinets. The island was turned and elongated and topped with a stunning Cambria Brittannica quartz! The backsplash is made of rippled glass and gleams with under cabinet lighting. Highlight of polished nickel on the pendants and hardware lend elegance to the space. The appliance package is hard working as well as beautiful.

East Bay Baker's Kitchen

RIKB Design Build

A chef's dream! This Tiverton kitchen boasts pro appliances, custom green cabinetry, and two butcher block top island with ample amounts of storage. We added a small addition to create a brick oven and more room for entertaining!

East Bay Baker's Kitchen

RIKB Design Build

08 - Arlington Historic Kitchen Island

Aspire Fine Homes

Benjamin Hill Photography
Inspiration for an expansive contemporary u-shaped enclosed kitchen in Houston with a submerged sink, shaker cabinets, white cabinets, marble worktops, white splashback, metro tiled splashback, stainless steel appliances, medium hardwood flooring, an island, brown floors, grey worktops and exposed beams.

Cuisine campagne chic "Verde militare"

Raison Home Nicolas Soyer

Cuisine verte et bois parfaitement intégrée dans son environnement champêtre
Photo of a large farmhouse u-shaped enclosed kitchen in Le Havre with a single-bowl sink, green cabinets, wood worktops, white splashback, ceramic splashback, stainless steel appliances, light hardwood flooring, an island and exposed beams.

Vestavia Lake Whole Home

Highland Design+Build

Design ideas for a medium sized midcentury u-shaped enclosed kitchen in Birmingham with a submerged sink, flat-panel cabinets, medium wood cabinets, engineered stone countertops, blue splashback, ceramic splashback, stainless steel appliances, light hardwood flooring, an island, brown floors, white worktops and exposed beams.

New Hope Kitchen

Glenna Stone Interior Design

Range Hood

Sterling Construction

Ilir Rizaj Photography
This is an example of a large country l-shaped enclosed kitchen in New York with a belfast sink, grey cabinets, concrete worktops, brick splashback, stainless steel appliances, porcelain flooring, a breakfast bar, flat-panel cabinets, multi-coloured splashback, grey floors, grey worktops and exposed beams.

W10, London

Kirkham Kitchens

This petite loft apartment had limited space and a compromising roof structure, but we managed to include every single one of the clients’ requirements with this clever little design.

Officine Gullo | Chianti Red

Officine Gullo

In the heart of Tuscany, in the countryside surrounding Florence, an old and finely restored farmhouse holds the latest project by Officine Gullo. The project results from the collaboration with the architects Carlo Ludovico Poccianti, Francesca Garagnani and Carlo De Pinto, owners of the well-known Florentine architects’ office Archflorence. This creation, which by no coincidence is named Chianti Red & Burnished Brass, fits into a kitchen with warm tones, characterized by high durmast wooden beamed ceilings, old brick arches and traditional tile floor. A unique and unmistakable style able to combine, in an impeccable way, the classical charm of forms, with an ancient style, and the more modern and elegant technologies available in your kitchen. It results in the pleasant feeling of living luxury and beauty in a place where any detail derives from research and handicraft manufacturing and where cooking tools are perfectly linked to those of a professional kitchen for top-quality catering. This project consists of a cooktop with remarkable dimensions (cm 308 x 70) characterized by a highly thick top made of brushed steel and equipped with a pasta cooker, 4 highly performant gas burners, smooth frytop with gloss finishing, and a sink with a mixer made of burnished brass. The cooking appliance completes, in the lower part, with two big dimension ovens, a food warmer together with a container with a door and drawers. In the middle of the room an island is located, embellished by an elegant and practical 9.6 cm thick wooden top equipped with drawers, pull-out elements and doors. Above the island, there is a practical shelf holding pots made of burnished brass. This place is embellished also by an enclosing woodwork wall with a grey finishing: inside, the refrigerator with the freezer stands out equipped with a “home dialog” and a flap made of brass on the door protecting the control panel, and a built-in microwave oven. The structure of the kitchen is made of stainless steel, highly thick, stove enamelled, with profiles and details made of brushed brass and wooden handles. Like any creation by Officine Gullo, it is possible to fully customize the composition of the cooking appliances, from their dimensions to the composition of the hob, up to the engraving of handles or to colours.

Bold Colors

R Jones Designs, Inc.

Inspiration for a medium sized retro single-wall enclosed kitchen in Atlanta with a belfast sink, shaker cabinets, green cabinets, quartz worktops, metallic splashback, glass tiled splashback, stainless steel appliances, dark hardwood flooring, an island, brown floors, multicoloured worktops and exposed beams.

Sylvan Park Custom Home

Noble Johnson Architects

Photography: Garett + Carrie Buell of Studiobuell/ studiobuell.com
Inspiration for a medium sized traditional l-shaped enclosed kitchen in Nashville with a belfast sink, shaker cabinets, white cabinets, engineered stone countertops, white splashback, metro tiled splashback, stainless steel appliances, dark hardwood flooring, an island, white worktops, exposed beams and brown floors.

Кухня в Среднеземноморском стиле с мотивами Прованса

алекс линн

Кухня с акриловой столешницей. Фартук керамогранит под дерево.
Inspiration for a medium sized classic l-shaped enclosed kitchen in Other with a submerged sink, recessed-panel cabinets, green cabinets, composite countertops, brown splashback, porcelain splashback, white appliances, porcelain flooring, beige floors, white worktops and exposed beams.

New England Style Kitchen Remodel

Neil Kelly Company

In the remodeled kitchen, the homeowners asked for an "unfitted" or somewhat eclectic and casual New England style. To improve the layout of the space, Neil Kelly Designer Robert Barham completely re-imagined the orientation, moving the refrigerator to a new wall and moving the range from the island to a wall. He also moved the doorway from the living room to a new location to improve the overall flow. Everything in this kitchen was replaced except for the newer appliances and the beautiful exposed wood beams in the ceiling. Highlights of the design include stunning hardwood flooring, a craftsman style island, the custom black range hood, and vintage brass cabinet pulls sourced by the homeowners.

Country Bespoke Green Shaker Kitchen

John Lewis of Hungerford

Large island in Mange Tout Green with white reflective worktop. Stainless cup-handles, a sink and hob all within the original features of this beautiful home

Double Marble Islands

Fratantoni Luxury Estates Design/Build/Remodeling

Luxury kitchen with a coffered ceiling, marble backsplash and countertops, double kitchen islands, and a marble floor.
Expansive mediterranean u-shaped enclosed kitchen in Phoenix with a belfast sink, recessed-panel cabinets, white cabinets, marble worktops, multi-coloured splashback, marble splashback, stainless steel appliances, marble flooring, multiple islands, multi-coloured floors, multicoloured worktops and exposed beams.

Hamilton Kitchen, 2021

ADR Builders, Ltd.

Inspiration for a small farmhouse l-shaped enclosed kitchen in Baltimore with a submerged sink, shaker cabinets, white cabinets, granite worktops, white splashback, metro tiled splashback, stainless steel appliances, ceramic flooring, no island, grey floors, black worktops and exposed beams.

Kitchen

Sterling Construction

Ilir Rizaj Photography
Inspiration for a large rural l-shaped enclosed kitchen in New York with a belfast sink, grey cabinets, concrete worktops, brick splashback, stainless steel appliances, porcelain flooring, a breakfast bar, flat-panel cabinets, multi-coloured splashback, grey floors, grey worktops and exposed beams.

Enclosed Kitchen with Exposed Beams Ideas and Designs

Want to discover beautiful kitchen ideas to inspire your new kitchen design? You’ve come to the right place. You can discover millions of kitchen designs and ideas; from kitchen islands and storage units, to all sorts of kitchen lighting ideas, such as pendant lighting or under cabinet lighting. Whether you want inspiration for all-in-one fitted kitchen designs, some small kitchen ideas or maybe just some tips for improving your kitchen decor, there are tons of photos to inspire you for your next kitchen project on Houzz.

What kind of kitchen design should I go for?

With so many kitchen ideas and photos to look at you might be a bit overwhelmed when it comes to picking your own kitchen design. If you are updating your kitchen you know what a big and important decision it is to get the design right – the kitchen can be the hub and heart of the home, and it’s unlikely that you would invest in renovating your kitchen again in a few years. But fear not, focusing first on the important elements like layout, cabinet style, worktops and appliances will help you to bring together your dream kitchen design. Additional elements like kitchen lighting, cupboard storage and decor can come after in the kitchen planning process. A kitchen designer or fitter can help you to decide the layout of your kitchen in terms of where to place your kitchen units, appliances and island (if you’re having one), but if you prefer to handle this yourself you can focus on where you want your key elements of your kitchen to be – the oven, hob, sink and fridge. Of course you might be constricted by space, but try to envisage the easiest and most efficient layout based on how you usually like to cook and prepare your food. If you’re fed up of always having to carry dirty pans and pots across the room to the sink, place the sink closer to your oven and hob. Once you have the core elements sorted, consider extra layout considerations, such as where your bins will be stored, where the cutlery draw should be and where small kitchen appliances can be installed.

Should I include a kitchen island?

Kitchen island ideas are abundant these days; it seems most kitchen designs include a kitchen island, if not multiple islands. However, if the layout doesn’t work, especially if you have a small kitchen, then there’s no necessity to add in a kitchen island. You can add a breakfast bar or counter to your existing kitchen units, or stick with a good old-fashioned dining table if you don’t need the extra work surfaces. That said, if you do have the room, take a look at some kitchen island ideas to see if the designs inspire you for your kitchen. There are a huge variety of island designs to cater to different needs – you can have sinks, ovens, hobs, wine storage and all sorts of drawers and organisers built-in, you can have separate bars and counters that extend from your island, or you could go for a kitchen island on wheels to make your kitchen layout more versatile.

How do I choose my kitchen units and cabinets?

When picking out kitchen units and cupboard styles for a fitted kitchen, you’ll first want to consider the more practical questions – how many units do you need? How many cupboards and drawers do you need? Do you need extra kitchen storage built into your units? It’s always best to overestimate how much kitchen storage you’ll need as we all tend to have a habit of filling up whatever current space we have to the maximum. Next you can consider kitchen cabinet style and colour. Shaker style cabinets and raised and recessed panel cabinets offer a more traditional kitchen cabinet look, while flat panel cabinet doors tend to lend more to the modern and contemporary style. However, going for raised or recessed panel work in a striking colour such as dark blue, green or black can still work with contemporary kitchen ideas. White kitchens can give a sleek and clean feel, but remember you may have to do a bit more cleaning of those cupboard doors if you want everything to stay shiny and fresh. Of course, grey kitchens are the neutral colour choice du jour and can be paired with pale and rich shades alike if you want your fitted kitchen cupboards to contrast with your worktop, splashback, floor, or all of the above. Exposed shelving and storage is also popular for eclectic, Scandi and industrial-inspired looks, so you could opt for glass-fronted cabinets or no wall-mounted cabinets at all. Remember that this will require more restraint in what you can store and more effort in keeping it looking presentable compared to what is stored away hastily behind cupboard doors. The kitchen cupboard handles are also another element to decide upon – do you want traditional round knobs, modern metal bars, country kitchen cup handles or maybe to go ultra sleek with a completely handleless kitchen?

What kitchen storage ideas should I consider?

If you want to keep your kitchen well-stocked and well-equipped but don’t want it spilling over with clutter, then you’ll need to rely on good kitchen storage. Apart from the usual fitted kitchen cupboards and drawer space, there are many other ways of keeping your kitchen tidy. Whilst a large kitchen pantry is the dream of most homeowners, it can’t always be a reality. However, there are now lots of pull out compartments and drawers with trays and shelving that can act as mini kitchen pantries, and you can install handy cupboard organisers that fit onto the inside of the door to make the most of your cupboard space. You can also look at corner drawers and cupboards that open up to reveal lots of extra storage. Rails or small shelves along your kitchen walls or splashback can help with hanging utensils or pans, or storing small items like herbs and spices in an usually empty space. Buy extra kitchen storage products for your home on Houzz

Are there small kitchen ideas for small spaces?

If you’re working with a galley kitchen, a one-wall kitchen in an open plan space or just a pretty small kitchen, there are some small kitchen ideas that can help you get the most out of your cooking and dining area. If you find that you don’t utilise the back of your cupboards (maybe they become the graveyard for out-of-date tin cans), you could decide to go with shallower kitchen units to free up some extra floor space in front of your cabinets. As mentioned, open shelving or glass-fronted cabinets are a popular trend and they should make the space feel more open and less boxed-in. However, if you have the capacity for it, cupboards and kitchen units that maximise the floor-to-ceiling space you have will mean you can use all of that for valuable kitchen storage. Wall or ceiling racks could be a useful solution for hanging pans and pots if you’ve run out of cupboards in which to store them. Kitchen ideas and accessories such as baskets, trolleys and storage jars are both aesthetically pleasing and practical as they give you extra storage space. Kitchen appliances like a fridge or dishwasher can be tucked away in built-in units in fitted kitchens so they blend into your layout and don’t make the space look crowded. Discover all the small kitchen ideas you could need by taking a look at photos of compact kitchens.

What sort of kitchen lighting should I go for?

In the kitchen you need to have practical lighting – no one wants to chop, cut and cook in a dingy room. Kitchen ceiling lights are probably the best way to go, but should you opt for recessed spotlights or traditional hanging ceiling lights? While spotlight LED kitchen lighting will give you excellent light, they may not fit with a design that’s not contemporary. Traditional chandelier lights could work for other kitchen styles, and of course, kitchen pendant lighting comes in all sorts of styles, colours and designs. While the popular choice is to go with one or two pendant lights over your kitchen island, you could also opt for a single pendant light over your dining space, or a few spaced out across your kitchen. Of course, if you want good lighting for your worktops, under-cabinet lighting is the way forward. Speak to your kitchen supplier about having this pre-installed, or there are a number of easy-install options you can fit yourself or with the help of a lighting expert or electrician. In the market for your kitchen lighting today? Once you’ve found some inspiring kitchen lighting ideas here, take a look at our kitchen lighting products to find the new lights for your kitchen project.

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