Picture Perfect: 26 Small, Fun Kitchens From Around the World
Our coffee-break escape offers you five minutes' worth of images to inspire and delight. Jump right in...
Vanessa Walker
23 April 2019
Houzz Australia & New Zealand Editor-in-Chief
Show restraint or go all out? Carefully select enlarging colours or boldly embrace clashing patterns? Here are the myriad ways people all around the world have responded to the challenge of designing a small kitchen with personality.
And remember, you can get more details of a project and see more of a professional’s work by clicking on a photo.
And remember, you can get more details of a project and see more of a professional’s work by clicking on a photo.
1. Make me blush. Singapore
Designer: The Scientist
Designer: The Scientist
2. High style. London, UK
Designer: Jack Trench Bespoke Kitchens & Furniture
Designer: Jack Trench Bespoke Kitchens & Furniture
3. Compact and cool. Nagoya, Japan
Designer: Eight Design
Designer: Eight Design
4. Self-containment. Moscow, Russia
Designer: Prima Keramika
Designer: Prima Keramika
5. Monochrome magic. Madrid, Spain
Designer: Tecnica Construcciones
Designer: Tecnica Construcciones
6. Light and easy. Russia
Designer: Line Design Studio
Designer: Line Design Studio
7. Slice of sunshine. Sydney, NSW
Designer: Danny Broe Architect
Designer: Danny Broe Architect
8. Moody feels. Moscow, Russia
9. Simple and straightforward. Paris, France
Designer: Emmanuelle Cohendet
Designer: Emmanuelle Cohendet
10. Into the blue. Melbourne, Victoria
Designer: Camilla Molders Design
Designer: Camilla Molders Design
11. All built in. Saint Petersburg, Russia
Designer: Al Studio
Designer: Al Studio
12. White is right. Bordeaux, France
13. Far reaching. Stockholm, Sweden
14. Corner position. Stockholm, Sweden
15. Petit and pretty. Gothenburg, Sweden
Designer: Entrance Fastighetsmäkleri
Designer: Entrance Fastighetsmäkleri
16. Narrow nook. Stockholm, Sweden
17. Chair effect. Stockholm, Sweden
Designer: Jenny André Designing
Designer: Jenny André Designing
18. Pattern and plain. Moscow, Russia
Designer: ANDdesign
Designer: ANDdesign
20. Contrast king. Spotorno, Italy
Designer: es-arch enricoscaramelliniarchitetto
Designer: es-arch enricoscaramelliniarchitetto
21. Sit together. Wiltshire, UK
22. All in one. Maharashtra, India
Designer: Architecture BRIO
Designer: Architecture BRIO
23. Step inside. Gothenburg, Sweden
Designer: Bjurfors Göteborg
Designer: Bjurfors Göteborg
24. L for like. Berlin, Germany
Designer: Bohostudio
Designer: Bohostudio
25. All the moves. Moscow, Russia
Designer: iPozdnyakov Studio
Designer: iPozdnyakov Studio
26. High and mighty. Dresden, Germany
Designer: Gutsmann Küchen
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Designer: Gutsmann Küchen
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Craving more design inspiration? Don’t miss last week’s Picture Perfect: Tiny Kitchens Big on Style Power
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Love love love! Although almost got claustrophic looking at #18!
7, 11 and 14 are my favourites!
Louise- if you look closely, many of these do show the fridge. It is not always free standing or obvious. Fridges can be integrated. Fridges can be under bench. Fridges can be drawers (eg Cool Drawer). Lots of options