Light filled kitchen area features a mirrored splash back that gives an impression of depth and space whilst the push in doors and a concealed range-hood allow for modern, clean lines that flow throughout.

A Colourful Modern Hampstead Family Home

Claudia Dorsch Interior Design Ltd

WRIGLEY RESIDENCE

Kitchens by Emanuel

CLASSIC ELEGANCE - Custom designed kitchen and walk in pantry with an 'in-house' profile, finished in a white satin polyurethane - Detailed moulding and joinery build ups - Integrated dishwasher and bin units - Large custom mantle, with detailed profiling - Custom designed and manufactured glass profiled display doors, with clear glass shelving and feature round LED lights - 60mm mitred Caesarstone island benchtop - 40mm mitred Caesarstone benchtop (for pantry / cooktop side) - Smokey mirror splashback - Tall appliance cabinet, with stone benchtop - Satin nickel hardware - Recessed round LED lights - Blum hardware Sheree Bounassif, Kitchens by Emanuel

Modern Grey Shaker Kitchen

Tom Howley

This modern interpretation of a shaker kitchen catches the eye with a sweeping breakfast bar, stunning quartz worktop and timeless colour palette. The ceramic undermount sink and polished nickel taps work harmoniously to create a classic look that’s ever-popular with our clients. Reeded glass cabinets and impressive refrigeration appliances face a contemporary range cooker with mirrored splashback and quintessential chimney breast design.

Beach house

Revive Interior Design

A concrete kitchen benchtop with industrial style stools

Large Kitchen Diner in Grey and Slate Grey Concrete Riva

Kutchenhaus Altrincham

Mirrored splashback and recessed lighting adding depth to this space.

Lima Kitchens

Large open plan kitchen with single piece of smoked mirror splash back, reflecting the custom forest view with timber door.

ANNANGROVE RESIDENCE

Kitchens by Emanuel

MODERN RETREAT. - Caesarstone 'Fresh Concrete' - 80mm feature stone on island - Two tone doors - Polytec 'Prime Oak Woodmatt' - Smokey Mirror Splashback - Fitted with Blum hardware Sheree Bounassif, Kitchens by Emanuel

Modern Grey Shaker Kitchen

Tom Howley

State Street Condo Remodel

Arete Renovators Inc.

This stunning multiroom remodel spans from the kitchen to the bathroom to the main areas and into the closets. Collaborating with Jill Lowe on the design, many beautiful features were added to this home. The bathroom includes a separate tub from the shower and toilet room. In the kitchen, there is an island and many beautiful fixtures to compliment the white cabinets and dark wall color. Throughout the rest of the home new paint and new floors have been added.

The Voyager - Bushmead WA

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D-Max Photography

Edler Kontrast von Küche und Wänden

Ellerbrock "Bad und Küche" GmbH

Zum klaren Ensemble der Küchenmöbel zeigt sich das Mattgrau wunderbar kontrastreich zu den weißen Wänden, an denen ein minimalistisches, offenes Regal Platz für tägliches Geschirr aufweist.

Holland Park Contemporary

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Ginned Cotton Kitchen

Classic Remodeling & Construction, Inc.

Photography: Jason Stemple

Anthracite & Platinum grey handle-less kitchen

Arlington Interiors

This open plan kitchen is a mix of Anthracite Grey & Platinum Light Grey in a matt finish. This handle-less kitchen is a very contemporary design. The Ovens are Siemens StudioLine Black steel, the hob is a 2in1 Miele downdraft extractor which works well on the island.

Kitchen

Michelle Leslie Studio

Bespoke kitchens & luxury handmade cabinets

Archibell

Our bespoke kitchens are designed to be used. A lot. Our approach to modern kitchen design aims to combine clean lines with thoughtful detail. Every kitchen we produce is designed just for you with a bespoke feel and a personal touch that reflects your home design. Every kitchen cabinet we design is a fully bespoke piece of furniture. We can fit any handles or knobs to your kitchen cabinets, too, making sure we choose the option that is exactly right for your design. We understand the difficulties around ensuring that there is sufficient kitchen storage and appliances, and our talented joiners are experts in creating smart yet functional storage to complement your kitchen. Our highly skilled craftsmen use traditional joinery techniques, and all of our bespoke kitchens are available to be built with beautiful wood, oak, walnut and veneer finishes. These luxury kitchen designs are detailed, beautiful and most of all, personalised to suit your tastes, which means that no two kitchens are the same. The same craftsmen that make the kitchen will typically also be responsible for the actual fitting of the kitchen in your home, ensuring complete quality control from start to finish of the installation process. Our design team is highly experienced in using bespoke fittings, and our kitchen designs smoothly incorporate the colours and materials used for the kitchen worktop and splashback. Our designs are influenced by the type of materials used, for example an oak splash back, walnut splashback or other timber splashback and worktops will be contrasted with more neutral materials, including plain spray painted colours. What’s more, you can select from a wide range of kitchen surfaces for your project – from natural stone and timber to precisely-engineered composite. In terms of kitchen appliances, we work with all high-end brands including Gaggenau, Miele, Sub Zero Wolf and Siemens. We also work with specialist appliance brands, including Quooker taps and water softening specialists to soften hard water. Our designers approach every project with profound respect for space and lighting; they will study the unique characteristics of your existing kitchen and use their expertise to add dynamic contemporary lighting features such as discreet cupboard lighting and stylish kitchen worktop lighting that add subtle new layers of lighting to your dreams’ kitchen. Our range of bespoke kitchens are both designed and made in London and and can be easily fitted into any home. Our London based design team combine Ivar’s iconic clean lines and thoughtful detail in a way that works with the practicalities of ensuring that your kitchen is also properly functional and user-friendly.

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Liberty Building Contractors Pty Ltd

Madison County Cabinets

Madison County Cabinets, Inc.

Contemporary Intuo Matt Glass Kitchen with Bespoke Additions

Searle & Taylor

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.

Kitchen with Mirror Splashback and Grey Benchtop Design Ideas

There’s a lot to consider when it comes to planning your kitchen design. Where do you even start? Gathering some inspiration in a photo gallery is always a good starting point, as looking at different kitchen designs often brings up ideas you haven’t even thought of yet.

Browse Photos of Kitchen Designs for Inspiration and Collect Your Ideas

You can browse through photos of all kinds of kitchen styles, layouts and sizes on Houzz to get started before jumping into any design software or contacting a local professional for help. Here’s a few considerations to keep in mind when planning your kitchen.

1. What Makes a Good Kitchen Design, and Why is it Important?

For starters, you want to find a balance between aesthetics and function. You may have heard of the ‘kitchen work triangle’, which refers to the space between your fridge, sink and stove. You want everything within easy reach when you’re working in the kitchen and look beautiful at the same time. It’s a good idea to take note of both when browsing our photo gallery.

2. Consider Your Space to Determine Your Kitchen Layout

Firstly, consider the space you have, and the limitations that come with it. Do you have a small kitchen and need to maximise your workspace and storage? Can you allow yourself some more space and a big island with seating? Are you designing your kitchen from scratch or renovating an existing design? Which appliances do you already own and what are their measurements? Are there windows you need to take into consideration when planning cabinets? How do kitchen, living and dining areas connect? Depending on your space and needs, you want to use a shape that suits you. U, G, or L-shaped kitchen, with or without island or peninsula? Know your dimensions, plan cabinetry carefully and consider the placement of your appliances. You don’t want to end up with a finished design, only for your significant other to question where the fridge is supposed to go. Consider from the start where your fridge, oven, microwave and sink goes to save yourself from starting again from scratch - remember the kitchen work triangle! You also want to plan the layout of your cabinets. Maybe you’re planning for a pantry and can do with less storage space in your kitchen, so that your design can be one without upper or lower cabinets for a different look. A corner cabinet can be a smart storage solution if you want to keep the look clean and simple.

3. Decide on a Kitchen Style, But Don’t Forget Practicality

You want the style of your kitchen to reflect your personality and taste. We have curated a large array of kitchen styles here at Houzz, from traditional to contemporary to transitional and everything in between. Consider what your cooking style is for a start - Italy is known for its cuisine, so italian kitchen designs are generally popular. Also consider ergonomics - depending on how much time you spend in your kitchen, the height of your counters can make a big difference to your overall health. You also want to consider colour and finishes of cabinets, countertops and splashbacks. Which colour do you want your cupboards to be? Simple, timeless white or rather making a statement in black? Maybe rather a rustic wood? Also consider the colour of your floor - if you have dark floors, you may want to keep cabinets lighter. You could also go for an all-white look and choose black appliances for contrast. Once you know which style you fancy, don’t forget how you will be using the space. You want to keep cooking in mind, as well as how easy to clean and maintain the space will be. How many cooks do you need to accommodate? Do you have kids around? How much storage do you need? Maybe you want to go for open shelves rather than cabinets and allow for easy reach of key items you use when cooking. Again - remember the triangle! Lastly, choose lighting that both enhances the look of your kitchen as well as your cooking performance, providing light in all the right places.

4. Be Conscious of Your Budget

No matter what you plan for your kitchen design, cost is always a big factor. Be sure to plan with your budget in mind. It may make more sense to go for a modular kitchen design rather than custom build. You can save a lot of money if you get at least 3 estimates from professionals before locking in the job. And don’t forget to allow a 20% buffer for emergencies. Once you are ready to hire a pro, our directory will help you find one, no matter where you are. So whether you're looking for an Interior Designer in Melbourne or an Architect in Sydney, you can be sure to find a qualified expert for the job!