This contemporary open planned kitchen/ dining room, is very open and spacious, making it a very social-able space. The neutral tones helps to create warmth within such as large space. The choice of also having a solid wood dining table and chairs, brings a more traditional element to the design,

The shaker style has proven to very popular this year, with nearly every handmade kitchen we have featured on our site, created in the shaker style! It’s not surprising though, when they look this good. For this particular project we have used a combination of natural oak with a light lacquer on the two furniture runs. These feature our high quality 30mm frame and door construction with a birch veneer interior, materials that will enable this kitchen to last many, many years. The handles are one that we actually have on a display in our showroom. A verdigris handle with an interesting pattern. On this project we have a couple of bespoke furniture features, the first of which is the custom oak shutter system for the counter top unit. The special unit uses a roller shutter that has lots of narrow oak slats that move seamlessly up and out of the way to reveal the toaster and two shelves. The second is the pull out shelves in two of the 900 base units. These use modern soft close runners that enable you to pull out the shelves and easily access everything stored on them. This removes the need of having to get very low to try and find that bowl right at the back that you don’t always use, a great feature we believe. The final great feature of this kitchen is the walk in larder, this uses a bespoke birch veneered plywood construction, and the lovely thing about this material is the beautiful layering you get on the edges of the ply. The outer doors of the larder were also made by us, they are solid oak and feature a tear drop opening on the front. Inside one of the doors we have created a bespoke spice rack. Inside of the larder you can see the plywood layered edges as well as the extra deep drawers. These have a sweeping profile with a hand-scoop at the front. All of these run on modern soft-close runners. Above the drawers you have three staggered shelves, all of which are deep and provide a huge amount of storage space.

Oban combines classic New England coastal flair with modern simplicity. This versatile design complements contemporary looks or you can enhance its traditional style with the option of tongue and groove panelling.

This is an example of a classic kitchen in Other.

Contemporary kitchen in Other.

Beau-Port Limited
This is an example of a large classic kitchen/diner in Hampshire with a belfast sink, shaker cabinets, grey cabinets, granite worktops, ceramic splashback, coloured appliances, porcelain flooring and an island.

deVOL Kitchens
Inspiration for a large traditional open plan kitchen in London with a belfast sink, beaded cabinets, white cabinets, wood worktops, white splashback, metro tiled splashback, black appliances and an island.

Photo of a medium sized contemporary kitchen in Devon.

This kitchen used an in-frame design with mainly one painted colour, that being the Farrow & Ball Old White. This was accented with natural oak on the island unit pillars and on the bespoke cooker hood canopy. The Island unit features slide away tray storage on one side with tongue and grove panelling most of the way round. All of the Cupboard internals in this kitchen where clad in a Birch veneer. The main Focus of the kitchen was a Mercury Range Cooker in Blueberry. Above the Mercury cooker was a bespoke hood canopy designed to be at the correct height in a very low ceiling room. The sink and tap where from Franke, the sink being a VBK 720 twin bowl ceramic sink and a Franke Venician tap in chrome. The whole kitchen was topped of in a beautiful granite called Ivory Fantasy in a 30mm thickness with pencil round edge profile.

Inspiration for a large contemporary open plan kitchen in London with a submerged sink, flat-panel cabinets, blue cabinets, composite countertops, glass sheet splashback, stainless steel appliances, medium hardwood flooring and an island.

This traditionally styled kitchen was designed around the Aga, but the softly lit wine racks in walnut veneer add a contemporary touch. The floating walnut shelves balance the plasma tv screen, and this multi-functional space ensures this busy family spend time together. The bespoke larder allows all pantry items to be gathered in one place, with special storage for bread and snacks. The appliance garage ensures all surfaces are cleared of clutter, and the useful pop-up socket is used for charging mobile phones and laptops.

Design ideas for a small contemporary single-wall kitchen in London with a single-bowl sink, flat-panel cabinets, grey cabinets, marble worktops, stone slab splashback, stainless steel appliances and light hardwood flooring.

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This is an example of a traditional kitchen/diner in Dublin with shaker cabinets, white cabinets, stainless steel appliances and dark hardwood flooring.

Photo of a traditional kitchen in Hampshire with shaker cabinets.

Turn back the clock, when you would wake up in the morning to the smell of baked bread, sizzling bacon, grilled sausages and the aroma of coffee filling the house. These were the days when the kitchen was the main feature of the home. Everyone would sit around the table together and talk, no televisions, no handheld PS3′s, no laptops or any other cummunication gadget you can think of. The kitchen was the once place where families and friends would get together to enjoy the delicious food being served and talk about their day. With our country kitchen design ideas we can provide you with all of the above (except the family of course) a wonderful, traditional country kitchen feel on the exterior but the interior will still have all the modern appliances you need. Country kitchen designs are very popular because they create a very warm, rustic, inviting atmoshpere within your home. By combining materials like wood, stone and granite worktops you can create the perfect country kitchen for your home.

Daniella Cesarei Photography
This is an example of a small contemporary l-shaped kitchen in London with a submerged sink, flat-panel cabinets, stone slab splashback, light hardwood flooring and a breakfast bar.

Traditional American black walnut traditional kitchen with modern built in appliances. 6cm Ivory fantasy granite work-surfaces with matching splash-back

Inspiration for a contemporary kitchen in Hampshire with flat-panel cabinets, beige cabinets, stainless steel appliances and light hardwood flooring.

Roundhouse Urbo handle less matt lacquer kitchen in Ivory 2 from Paint & Paper Library with a Caesarstone worktop with a shark edge.
Design ideas for a large contemporary l-shaped kitchen/diner in London with flat-panel cabinets, white cabinets, engineered stone countertops and a submerged sink.