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Danielle Lancaster Interiors
This is an example of a medium sized retro l-shaped kitchen in Manchester with a belfast sink, flat-panel cabinets, black cabinets, quartz worktops, light hardwood flooring, no island and white worktops.
Fox Interiors
Inspiration for a medium sized retro l-shaped kitchen/diner in Minneapolis with a submerged sink, flat-panel cabinets, engineered stone countertops, white splashback, cement tile splashback, stainless steel appliances, cement flooring, no island, grey floors, black worktops and dark wood cabinets.
Finch London
Compact U-shaped kitchen in Hackney
Matt Lacquer doors in Ceramic Blue by Sanderson
Bespoke Handles and Box Shelves in American Black Walnut
40mm thick American Black Walnut worktops
Scallop tiles by Mosaic Del Sur
Copper Pendant by Nordlux
Photos by Polly Tootal
Kate Roos Design LLC
Transitioning to a range top created an opportunity to store pots and pans directly below.
Design ideas for a small midcentury u-shaped kitchen/diner in Minneapolis with a double-bowl sink, recessed-panel cabinets, green cabinets, engineered stone countertops, white splashback, ceramic splashback, stainless steel appliances, light hardwood flooring, no island, brown floors and white worktops.
Design ideas for a small midcentury u-shaped kitchen/diner in Minneapolis with a double-bowl sink, recessed-panel cabinets, green cabinets, engineered stone countertops, white splashback, ceramic splashback, stainless steel appliances, light hardwood flooring, no island, brown floors and white worktops.
Design Shop Interiors
black cabinets, wood range hood, open shelving, wood shelves, oranges, white backsplash, white tile, greenery, plants, shelf styling, vintage rug, white barn lights, barn lights, cutting boards
Mihaly Slocombe
Weather House is a bespoke home for a young, nature-loving family on a quintessentially compact Northcote block.
Our clients Claire and Brent cherished the character of their century-old worker's cottage but required more considered space and flexibility in their home. Claire and Brent are camping enthusiasts, and in response their house is a love letter to the outdoors: a rich, durable environment infused with the grounded ambience of being in nature.
From the street, the dark cladding of the sensitive rear extension echoes the existing cottage!s roofline, becoming a subtle shadow of the original house in both form and tone. As you move through the home, the double-height extension invites the climate and native landscaping inside at every turn. The light-bathed lounge, dining room and kitchen are anchored around, and seamlessly connected to, a versatile outdoor living area. A double-sided fireplace embedded into the house’s rear wall brings warmth and ambience to the lounge, and inspires a campfire atmosphere in the back yard.
Championing tactility and durability, the material palette features polished concrete floors, blackbutt timber joinery and concrete brick walls. Peach and sage tones are employed as accents throughout the lower level, and amplified upstairs where sage forms the tonal base for the moody main bedroom. An adjacent private deck creates an additional tether to the outdoors, and houses planters and trellises that will decorate the home’s exterior with greenery.
From the tactile and textured finishes of the interior to the surrounding Australian native garden that you just want to touch, the house encapsulates the feeling of being part of the outdoors; like Claire and Brent are camping at home. It is a tribute to Mother Nature, Weather House’s muse.
WC Design Center
Twist on a Mid-century Modern & a Classic galley style space. We decided to open up the kitchen by introducing a large 7 foot bay window to let in the light and make the space feel big and bright. We adjusted all the appliance locations for function and beauty and added a dramatic octagon style large format tile floor to again enhance the space. My FAVORITE detail is the brick full height backsplash running all the way up above cabinets, maximizing every square inch of space with detail. A custom hood, open shelving, and the sconce lights really set this kitchen apart with every detail.
Cathie Hong Interiors
This artistic and design-forward family approached us at the beginning of the pandemic with a design prompt to blend their love of midcentury modern design with their Caribbean roots. With her parents originating from Trinidad & Tobago and his parents from Jamaica, they wanted their home to be an authentic representation of their heritage, with a midcentury modern twist. We found inspiration from a colorful Trinidad & Tobago tourism poster that they already owned and carried the tropical colors throughout the house — rich blues in the main bathroom, deep greens and oranges in the powder bathroom, mustard yellow in the dining room and guest bathroom, and sage green in the kitchen. This project was featured on Dwell in January 2022.
Toulmin Kitchen & Bath
Mid-Century modern style galley kitchen in Tuscaloosa, AL featuring frameless oak stained cabinetry, floating display shelves, and a breakfast seating area.
Herron Horton Architects, Inc.
Kitchen with walnut cabinets and screen constructed by Woodunique.
Large midcentury galley kitchen/diner in Little Rock with a submerged sink, dark wood cabinets, engineered stone countertops, blue splashback, ceramic splashback, stainless steel appliances, dark hardwood flooring, no island, white worktops, exposed beams, a vaulted ceiling, flat-panel cabinets and brown floors.
Large midcentury galley kitchen/diner in Little Rock with a submerged sink, dark wood cabinets, engineered stone countertops, blue splashback, ceramic splashback, stainless steel appliances, dark hardwood flooring, no island, white worktops, exposed beams, a vaulted ceiling, flat-panel cabinets and brown floors.
CraftedWild Cabinetry
Staging: Jaqueline with Tweaked Style
Photography: Tony Diaz
General Contracting: Big Brothers Development
Inspiration for a medium sized midcentury l-shaped kitchen pantry in Chicago with flat-panel cabinets, medium wood cabinets, green splashback, integrated appliances, no island and white worktops.
Inspiration for a medium sized midcentury l-shaped kitchen pantry in Chicago with flat-panel cabinets, medium wood cabinets, green splashback, integrated appliances, no island and white worktops.
Susan Yeley Homes
Nearly two decades ago now, Susan and her husband put a letter in the mailbox of this eastside home: "If you have any interest in selling, please reach out." But really, who would give up a Flansburgh House?
Fast forward to 2020, when the house went on the market! By then it was clear that three children and a busy home design studio couldn't be crammed into this efficient footprint. But what's second best to moving into your dream home? Being asked to redesign the functional core for the family that was.
In this classic Flansburgh layout, all the rooms align tidily in a square around a central hall and open air atrium. As such, all the spaces are both connected to one another and also private; and all allow for visual access to the outdoors in two directions—toward the atrium and toward the exterior. All except, in this case, the utilitarian galley kitchen. That space, oft-relegated to second class in midcentury architecture, got the shaft, with narrow doorways on two ends and no good visual access to the atrium or the outside. Who spends time in the kitchen anyway?
As is often the case with even the very best midcentury architecture, the kitchen at the Flansburgh House needed to be modernized; appliances and cabinetry have come a long way since 1970, but our culture has evolved too, becoming more casual and open in ways we at SYH believe are here to stay. People (gasp!) do spend time—lots of time!—in their kitchens! Nonetheless, our goal was to make this kitchen look as if it had been designed this way by Earl Flansburgh himself.
The house came to us full of bold, bright color. We edited out some of it (along with the walls it was on) but kept and built upon the stunning red, orange and yellow closet doors in the family room adjacent to the kitchen. That pop was balanced by a few colorful midcentury pieces that our clients already owned, and the stunning light and verdant green coming in from both the atrium and the perimeter of the house, not to mention the many skylights. Thus, the rest of the space just needed to quiet down and be a beautiful, if neutral, foil. White terrazzo tile grounds custom plywood and black cabinetry, offset by a half wall that offers both camouflage for the cooking mess and also storage below, hidden behind seamless oak tambour.
Contractor: Rusty Peterson
Cabinetry: Stoll's Woodworking
Photographer: Sarah Shields
Ashby Collective
Photo of a medium sized midcentury u-shaped kitchen/diner in Austin with a built-in sink, flat-panel cabinets, green splashback, stainless steel appliances, terrazzo flooring, no island, white floors, black worktops and medium wood cabinets.
Studio 76 Kitchens and Baths
Bright light from new windows help this galley kitchen feel open and large.
This is an example of a medium sized midcentury galley kitchen in Cleveland with a submerged sink, flat-panel cabinets, medium wood cabinets, engineered stone countertops, white splashback, metro tiled splashback, stainless steel appliances, medium hardwood flooring, no island, brown floors and white worktops.
This is an example of a medium sized midcentury galley kitchen in Cleveland with a submerged sink, flat-panel cabinets, medium wood cabinets, engineered stone countertops, white splashback, metro tiled splashback, stainless steel appliances, medium hardwood flooring, no island, brown floors and white worktops.
Fox Interiors
Photo of a medium sized retro enclosed kitchen in Minneapolis with a submerged sink, flat-panel cabinets, medium wood cabinets, engineered stone countertops, white splashback, cement tile splashback, stainless steel appliances, cement flooring, no island, grey floors and black worktops.
Susan Pickering Real Estate Photography
Inspiration for a midcentury u-shaped kitchen/diner in Los Angeles with a submerged sink, flat-panel cabinets, white cabinets, tile countertops, blue splashback, mosaic tiled splashback, white appliances, no island, brown floors and blue worktops.
Klopf Architecture
Klopf Architecture’s client, a family of four with young children, wanted to update their recently purchased home to meet their growing needs across generations. It was essential to maintain the mid-century modern style throughout the project but most importantly, they wanted more natural light brought into the dark kitchen and cramped bathrooms while creating a smoother connection between the kitchen, dining and family room.
The kitchen was expanded into the dining area, using part of the original kitchen area as a butler's pantry. With the main kitchen brought out into an open space with new larger windows and two skylights the space became light, open, and airy. Custom cabinetry from Henrybuilt throughout the kitchen and butler's pantry brought functionality to the space. Removing the wall between the kitchen and dining room, and widening the opening from the dining room to the living room created a more open and natural flow between the spaces.
New redwood siding was installed in the entry foyer to match the original siding in the family room so it felt original to the house and consistent between the spaces. Oak flooring was installed throughout the house enhancing the movement between the new kitchen and adjacent areas.
The two original bathrooms felt dark and cramped so they were expanded and also feature larger windows, modern fixtures and new Heath tile throughout. Custom vanities also from Henrybuilt bring a unified look and feel from the kitchen into the new bathrooms. Designs included plans for a future in-law unit to accommodate the needs of an older generation.
The house is much brighter, feels more unified with wider open site lines that provide the family with a better transition and seamless connection between spaces.
This mid-century modern remodel is a 2,743 sf, 4 bedroom/3 bath home located in Lafayette, CA.
Klopf Architecture Project Team: John Klopf and Angela Todorova
Contractor: Don Larwood
Structural Engineer: Sezen & Moon Structural Engineering, Inc.
Landscape Designer: n/a
Photography ©2018 Scott Maddern
Location: Lafayette, CA
Year completed: 2018
Link to photos: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/aqxfwk7wdot9jja/AADWuIcsHHE-AGPfq13u5htda?dl=0
Fraley and Company
Clayhaus tile, marmoelum floors, panel ready dishwasher, *Big Chill Refrigerator*, and a fully embraced monochromatic color scheme.
Schweitzer Creative
HomeSource Builders
A 1961 home with an under-eight-foot living room ceiling needed some freshening. We slanted the ceiling to match the roof pitch, and added a wall of bookshelves in the dining room. We gutted the kitchen and started over—complete with heated porcelain tile floor. A tiny bathroom had previously included a shower, which we replaced with a full-size vanity that features a striking vessel sink. Relighting the living room required new wiring. Our project manager suggested carrying the existing theme of arched door openings into several of the remodeling details.
Dream Kitchens, Inc.
Inspiration for a medium sized retro galley enclosed kitchen in Chicago with a double-bowl sink, flat-panel cabinets, medium wood cabinets, engineered stone countertops, beige splashback, metro tiled splashback, stainless steel appliances, slate flooring, no island and blue floors.
Midcentury Kitchen with No Island Ideas and Designs
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