Contemporary Kitchen with Metallic Splashback Design Ideas

Arch. A/K Architectures Photo. Benoît Alazard

A Striking hand painted blue kitchen, designed for a busy Surrey family. The stark contrast of industrial stainless steel and wooden surfaces against the deep blue units create a statement kitchen. All brought together with matching stainless steel appliances.

Tim Mooney

Fresh Photo House

Photography: Robert Walsh @robertwphoto Builder: Burmah Constructions: www.burmahconstructions.com.au

Rachael Smith

Bleu parisien Tous les attributs de l’ancien étaient présents dans cet appartement : cheminée, miroir d’époque, parquet en chêne massif et corniches. Néanmoins, comme dans la plupart des biens de type Haussmannien, il n’existait aucun rangements, et les espaces salle d’eau cuisine étaient rudimentaires. Pour ce projet clé en main, il fut donc question de ré-optimiser les volumes, redonner de la fonctionnalité et de la convivialité à l’appartement, tout en lui apportant un caractère affirmé. Une entrée compacte dessert les sanitaires, la pièce à vivre et la salle d’eau. Cette dernière se loge à présent dans l’ancienne cuisine et salle de bain réunies pour y créer un espace généreux, où se tient une buanderie dissimulée ainsi qu’une douche magistrale. La cuisine prend place dans la pièce de réception de l’appartement où le linéaire bicolore donne le ton ! Il s’associe à un plan de travail en granit ainsi qu’à une composition de zelliges géométriques mêlant bleu klein et inserts argentés créant une crédence d’exception. L’espace dînatoire est quant à lui séparé du salon par un agencement sur mesure où les miroirs intégrés transforment la perspective. Ce dernier permet également d’habiller le dos du canapé convertible faisant face a un ensemble bibliothèque télévision où le bleu profond dynamise l’espace. Enfin, l’espace nuit intègre un lit escamotable encadré d’un dressing pont, et un espace de travail pour une optimisation complète de cet espace à la surface atypique. Un projet coup de cœur pour l’équipe d’Ameo Concept, où cet appartement de 46,5m2 combine détails classiques et pop tout en optimisant le moindre mètre carré.

Fotografía: Germán Cabo.

Patrick Tourneboeuf

Photography: Nicholas Watt

Nathalie Priem Photography

photographe Julien Fernandez

This bespoke ‘Heritage’ hand-painted oak kitchen by Mowlem & Co pays homage to classical English design principles, reinterpreted for a contemporary lifestyle. Created for a period family home in a former rectory in Sussex, the design features a distinctive free-standing island unit in an unframed style, painted in Farrow & Ball’s ‘Railings’ shade and fitted with Belgian Fossil marble worktops. At one end of the island a reclaimed butchers block has been fitted (with exposed bolts as an accent feature) to serve as both a chopping block and preparation area and an impromptu breakfast bar when needed. Distressed wicker bar stools add to the charming ambience of this warm and welcoming scheme. The framed fitted cabinetry, full height along one wall, are painted in Farrow & Ball ‘Purbeck Stone’ and feature solid oak drawer boxes with dovetail joints to their beautifully finished interiors, which house ample, carefully customised storage. Full of character, from the elegant proportions to the finest details, the scheme includes distinctive latch style handles and a touch of glamour on the form of a sliver leaf glass splashback, and industrial style pendant lamps with copper interiors for a warm, golden glow. Appliances for family that loves to cook include a powerful Westye range cooker, a generous built-in Gaggenau fridge freezer and dishwasher, a bespoke Westin extractor, a Quooker boiling water tap and a KWC Inox spray tap over a Sterling stainless steel sink. Designer Jane Stewart says, “The beautiful old rectory building itself was a key inspiration for the design, which needed to have full contemporary functionality while honouring the architecture and personality of the property. We wanted to pay homage to influences such as the Arts & Crafts movement and Lutyens while making this a unique scheme tailored carefully to the needs and tastes of a busy modern family.”

Ban Guthrie

As part of a large open-plan extension to a detached house in Hampshire, Searle & Taylor was commissioned to design a timeless modern handleless kitchen for a couple who are keen cooks and who regularly entertain friends and their grown-up family. The kitchen is part of the couples’ large living space that features a wall of panel doors leading out to the garden. It is this area where aperitifs are taken before guests dine in a separate dining room, and also where parties take place. Part of the brief was to create a separate bespoke drinks cabinet cum bar area as a separate, yet complementary piece of furniture. Handling separate aspects of the design, Darren Taylor and Gavin Alexander both worked on this kitchen project together. They created a plan that featured matt glass door and drawer fronts in Lava colourway for the island, sink run and overhead units. These were combined with oiled walnut veneer tall cabinetry from premium Austrian kitchen furniture brand, Intuo. Further bespoke additions including the 80mm circular walnut breakfast bar with a turned tapered half-leg base were made at Searle & Taylor’s bespoke workshop in England. The worktop used throughout is Trillium by Dekton, which is featured in 80mm thickness on the kitchen island and 20mm thickness on the sink and hob runs. It is also used as an upstand. The sink run includes a Franke copper grey one and a half bowl undermount sink and a Quooker Flex Boiling Water Tap. The surface of the 3.1 metre kitchen island is kept clear for when the couple entertain, so the flush-mounted 80cm Gaggenau induction hob is situated in front of the bronze mirrored glass splashback. Directly above it is a Westin 80cm built-in extractor at the base of the overhead cabinetry. To the left and housed within the walnut units is a bank of Gaggenau ovens including a 60cm pyrolytic oven, a combination steam oven and warming drawers in anthracite colourway and a further integrated Gaggenau dishwasher is also included in the scheme. The full height Siemens A Cool 76cm larder fridge and tall 61cm freezer are all integrated behind furniture doors for a seamless look to the kitchen. Internal storage includes heavyweight pan drawers and Legra pull-out shelving for dry goods, herbs, spices and condiments. As a completely separate piece of furniture, but finished in the same oiled walnut veneer is the ‘Gin Cabinet’ a built-in unit designed to look as if it is freestanding. To the left is a tall Gaggenau Wine Climate Cabinet and to the right is a decorative cabinet for glasses and the client’s extensive gin collection, specially backlit with LED lighting and with a bespoke door front to match the front of the wine cabinet. At the centre are full pocket doors that fold back into recesses to reveal a bar area with bronze mirror back panel and shelves in front, a 20mm Trillium by Dekton worksurface with a single bowl Franke sink and another Quooker Flex Boiling Water Tap with the new Cube function, for filtered boiling, hot, cold and sparkling water. A further Gaggenau microwave oven is installed within the unit and cupboards beneath feature Intuo fronts in matt glass, as before.

This is one of our favorite shots of this absolutely stunning kitchen we designed! It is hard to decide what we love about it the most - the beautiful rustic custom made cabinet doors, the gorgeous mirror splash back or the newly added breakfast bar and shelving unit.