Modern kitchen area concepts: this kitchen area in a seaside home by Isabella Worsley feels tidy and modern, yet warm and welcoming. The kitchen area island was attracted Isabella’s studio and made bespoke by Arcadia Antiques. The wall lights are from Jamb, and the kitchen area cabinets are by 202 Style. The pendant lights over the island are from Norfolk Decorative Antique.
Helen Cathcart
The concept of a modern-day kitchen area tends to invoke different images: handleless, slab-fronted cabinets, stainless-steel, plywood and unforeseen colour mixes. The modern-day kitchen area concepts we enjoy include all these things however a lot more, with clever open shelving, freestanding furnishings, and advanced paint options. Lots of are open-plan, as shows the longstanding pattern for big cooking areas that are likewise dining locations and in some cases living spaces too; however there are lots of little flats with effective galley and one wall cooking areas. Scroll down for our preferred style concepts for modern cooking areas that will stand the test of time.
Modern kitchen area concepts from the pages of H&G
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Dean Hearne1/32 In this newbuild Connecticut barn, owners Mike and Becky Goss have actually taken a refined technique to rustic style, and the kitchen area is an outstanding example. Cabinets in planked white oak and Carrara marble worktops, contrast with the handcrafted black tiles, and open shelving has actually been utilized to show unique pieces.
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Paul Massey2/32 The systems in the kitchen area of this home by Ann Boyd were made by Stroud Furnishings to Ann’s style and painted in Paint & & Paper Library’s ‘Squid Ink’, as was the dining location credenza. A Lacanche ‘Volnay’ variety mixes with Mosa’s ‘Maastricht’ flooring tiles in anthracite. ‘I like to produce a sense of calm,’ states Ann. ‘With all the turmoil that is going on around us, it’s so good to come in, close the door, breathe out and believe, I’m home. Despite the fact that this is a home for visitors, I believe it still has that feeling to it.’
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Michael Sinclair3/32 Created around a stainless-steel sink discovered on Ebay by the home’s owner, Orlando, the birch-ply systems by CM Pretlove Cabinet Maker are ended up with stainless-steel worktops in the kitchen area of this striking home in Somerset.
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Alexander James4/32 With its low ceilings and dark beams, this Arts and Crafts home in Surrey was looking unfortunate and disregarded, up until interior designer Sarah Peake brought a brand-new, energetic spirit to its spaces utilizing a vibrant combination and quite prints. Developed by 202 Style, the kitchen area systems remain in a striking mix of Argile’s ‘Blanc de Meudon’ and Farrow & & Ball’s ‘Suffield Green’ (likewise utilized on the window frames), with worktops in Bardiglio marble. The reeded oak lining the alcove includes heat and texture, as does Lostine’s ‘Bella Skirt’ oak light with an ivory shade. This is a fantastic method to do a modern-day kitchen area that generates standard components.
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Paul Massey5/32 Embellishing a single-storey newbuild on the website of a previous cricket structure in the Cotswolds offered designer Kate Guinness the opportunity to produce a winningly welcoming home-from-home for a young household.
The light-filled mezzanine level, which functions as a backyard for the couple’s 3 kids, keeps an eye out over this open-plan area, where unpainted plaster walls offer a warm background for custom-made systems with streamlined ceramic worktops and Van Cronenburg deals with. The metal pendant lights originated from the better half’s moms and dads’ home in Santa Barbara, while the oak table was initially produced the hubby’s moms and dads’ home in London. It is teamed with classic Swedish chairs sourced from Maison Artefact. The better half is from South Africa and there is a noticeable African impact peppered throughout the plans, with products such as an inlaid Zanzibar project chest, Ethiopian Coptic crosses and the big African baskets on the kitchen area systems. The walls in the open-plan kitchen area, dining and sitting space were left unpainted due to the fact that the owners succumbed to the warm pink of the plaster, which mixes well with the wood cladding utilized on the ceiling and the wood floor covering, both sourced from a regional sawmill.
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Owen Gale6/32 It made good sense to extend Laura Logan'&#x 27; s London home at the back to produce the area for the” daylight-soaked kitchen area and dining-room that is totally gotten in touch with the outdoors,” she states. “With this in mind, the oak framed exterior (a function which equates into the interiors through beams and joinery by Tim Gaudin) turned into one of the very first secret choices we made. We desired it to seem like we were entering a warm sanctuary, regardless of remaining in the middle of London, and I believe the product options are a big part of attaining that feel.”
Products are undoubtedly an essential element in the plan, and it is an extremely tactile home. The walls are painted in Bauwerk paint, the kitchen area island is a classic refectory table discovered on eBay that includes welcome patina which you can’t assist however run your hand versus, while the microcement flooring gently diffuses the light from the acres of window. “I’m constantly drawn to tactile environments that utilize natural products and regional artisanship, motivating reflection and engagement” Laura remarks.
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Paul Massey7/32 ‘ For me, the kitchen area is the most crucial space in your home,’ states interior designer Nicola Harding. ‘It’s where the majority of people invest the majority of their time and needs to be the very best space.’ So when Nicola was asked by a young couple with a brand-new infant to develop their weekend retreat next to the River Thames, it was not a surprise that she moved the kitchen area from a little space at the back to a prime position, in a previous reception space with doors onto the garden and views of the river.
The kitchen area’s colour combination was kept intentionally calm with several greens– from the strong olive of the Plain English systems, to the pale willow of the door and window surrounds, which frame the vista of the garden and the river. ‘This lets the view take the program,’ discusses Nicola. Which is simply how her customers like it. ‘They desired a simple, unshowy, comfy home– with soul.’
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Mark Anthony Fox8/32 In Orlagh McCloskey'&#x 27; s kitchen area, she has actually integrated integrated in cabinets with freestanding furnishings. The cream cabinet on the right is from Ferm Living, and sets well with the kitchen area systems made by her hubby, Brook, of Touchwood Joinery. On the walls of the big open strategy kitchen/sitting space, Bauwerk limewash paint in ‘Bone’ supplies texture without being frustrating. The bar stools are from Molebaris, and they sit under Murano glass pendants are from Cupla Studio, produced by Orlagh'&#x 27; s twin sibling, Gemma.
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Kensington Leverne9/32 Oak systems and a green-painted island by Lanserring have worktops in Verde Luana marble in this Sophie Ashby-designed kitchen area. Its veining echoes Philip Maltman’s Devon Diptych framed by a Ladies & & Gentlemen Studio ‘Myrna’ light. ‘The green marble was a vibrant option however it echoes the garden beyond,’ Sophie states.
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Owen Gale10/32 Angus and Charlotte Buchanan, the couple behind Buchanan Studio, have actually taken a blank canvas of an Edwardian home in north-west London and changed it into an airy, intense and deeply comfy home on their own and their young household.
At the back of your home, Angus created a generous extension to house the kitchen area and dining location. The business kitchen area is by D&D Engineering, and this was the very first time they had actually done a property job. To the left is a Studio Couch by Buchanan Studio, upholstered in their ‘Checkmate’ material in sage velour. The couple were identified to integrate a larder into the style of the kitchen area, and constructed one in at the back of the area with customized joinery and french doors so that it can be shut away.
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Michael Sinclair11/32 The walls in the kitchen area of designer Pandora Taylor'&#x 27; s London home are painted in & Farrow & Ball &#x 27; s Parma Gray, a cool background for bleached oak cabinets and open shelving and more proof of the truth that sky blue and brown is the colour mix to understand this year. An art work by Thierry Genay holds on the chimneybreast above the cooker, framed in Perspex to prevent damage.
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Dean Hearne12/32 A strong colour integrated with piece front, handleless cabinets feels really of the minute. At this home created by Nicola Mardas in Offer, the kitchen area was created by the architectural studio Camu & & Morrison, and Nicola picked the colours. The cabinets are painted in Little Greene'&#x 27; s’ Forest’, while the walls remain in Farrow & & Ball &#x 27; s’ Middleton Pink’.
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Michael Sinclair13/32 Benni Frowein, the CEO of Schumacher in Europe, has actually performed a creative design rejig on his Victorian flat in London, releasing a mix of vintage and modern style and lashings of beautiful materials. The kitchen area is a noticeably modern-day area with its monochrome palette and geometric patterns. Black oak systems topped with granite enhance Porter Teleo'&#x 27; s graphic Binary wallcovering panels utilized on the walls and flooring.
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Chris Horwood14/32 Sophie Warburton, creator of Host Home, kept the existing kitchen area in her London home, repainting the systems from a pillar box red to the calm green of Benjamin Moore'&#x 27; s’ Guacamole’. The tiles are zellige tiles in a colourway called ‘Pastel Sand’. A pop of colour originates from part of Sophie'&#x 27; s glasses and ceramics collection, with all the glasses from Host and mugs from Mud Australia.
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Christopher Horwood15/32 This ‘Brasserie’ style kitchen area in the 18th-century Wolterton Hall was initially developed by Peter Sheppard for Smallbone, and was called the joint winner of the 2020 Historic Houses Cooking Area Award. Smooth and discreetly vibrant, it understands the grand percentages of the area, and is modern-day without feeling out of keeping with its environments.
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Christopher Horwood16/32 Digital imaginative and brand name specialist Lucy Williams has actually tackled her very first remodelling with self-confidence and style, filling the Victorian balcony with strong colour and thought about pieces. The bespoke kitchen area was made by Browson Style and is painted in Paper and Paints Sky Blue with Beata Heuman hardware. The big brass deals with were discovered by Lucy at Ardingly Market, whilst the brown marble counter tops were sourced from Lapicida. Over head, Fritz Fryer pendants hang and plaster lights by Alexandra Robinson line the back wall.
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Mariell Lind Hansen17/32 When Louis Hagen Hall was asked to transform the home of 2 artists in Primrose Hill, the trio’s interest for 1970s LA architecture dovetailed completely. The kitchen area is a modern-day work of art: the joinery, as throughout your home, was made by Studio Hagen Hall and Louis’s brand-new kitchen area business, Bysse (called for the Norwegian word for a ship’s galley), in elm, microcement, fluted glass and brass. The faucet and tap are Tapwell’s ‘Evo 180’ and the cabinet deals with are Schoolhouse’s ‘Edgecliff Pull’ deals with, both in brass.
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STEPHAN JULLIARD18/32 Take motivation from Marianne Evennou’s imaginative usage of colour and option of versatile furnishings to boost the percentages and increase area in this modern-day Paris apartment or condo. A little kitchen area can be a difficulty; this one, nevertheless, has actually been taken on with stylish aplomb. Here, a set of collapsible ‘Pliante’ chairs from Maison Gatti flank a French bistro-style table from the exact same business. The space'&#x 27; s soft colour combination imparts a calming environment.
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Paul Massey19/32 Her eponymous clothes label is preferred for the quality of its styles and the attention to information – qualities that couturier Anna Valentine has actually likewise utilized in the remodelling of her London flat. Anna'&#x 27; s kitchen area is a marvel of modern-day style, total with classic powder-coated wall lights from Skinflint Style, a table made by Vincent Van Duysen and chairs purchased in France. The addition of home plants and verdent arrangements softens the all-white kitchen area and her bespoke kitchen area systems offer adequate storage.
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Rachel Whiting20/32 Pandora Sykes' &#x 27; home in London was embellished on a tight schedule before the birth of her child. However her optimism, strong vision and love of a classic deal assisted her attain the distinct appearance she desired in record time. The kitchen area is integrated with the dining-room– a perfect, modern-day style for regular supper celebration hosts (and households). The existing systems, repainted in Fired Earth’s ‘Carbon Blue’, offer a foil for ‘Percy’ glass pendant lights from Pooky.
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Paul Massey21/32 A well proportioned London flat was the perfect setting for interior designer Emma Grant’s chest of diverse finds, with each piece forming her vision for the area. The kitchen area is an outstanding research study of modern-day, maximalist style: exposed, chunky wood shelving supplies contrast to the tidy, stainless-steel devices listed below, as do the green plants and their cascading green tendrils. The big marble trough is an elegant, creative multi-functional piece, working as both a kitchen area herb garden and storage for cooking needs, olive oil and salt. Emma repainted the cabinets in Farrow & & Ball’s ‘School Home White’.
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Lucas Allen22/32 On a plot of farmland on the Atlantic coast of Long Island, a company of Manhattan designers and a London-based interior designer have actually produced a barn-style vacation home for their customers that is proper to its rural setting, yet has all the accoutrements of elegant modern-day living. In the open-plan home, the ultra-modern kitchen area spills out into a seating location, enabling a continuous circulation of classy style.
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James McDonald23/32 Gallerist Tobias Vernon’s home in Somerset is a research study in juxtaposition, with white walls throughout offering a background for his imaginative plans of art and diverse pieces. The kitchen area is an outstanding mix of colour, pattern and product. Cooking area systems painted in Farrow & & Ball’s ‘Dutch Orange’ contrast with ‘Circa’ commercial rubber floor covering in forest green by Polymax.
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Magnus Mårding24/ 32 For interior designer and furnishings dealership Marie-Louise Sjögren, this marvelous apartment or condo in the Swedish capital is both a display of her cherished early 20th-century Scandinavian style and a comfy household home. Part of the kitchen area is constructed into the window alcove, with a kitchen area island in Estremoz marble. The ceiling light is a 1930s Swedish Grace style.
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Paul Massey25/32 The English owners of this image best beach home on Cap Ferret got the combined efforts of regional home builder Guy Allamand and London designer Jonathan Tuckey. As a nod to the owners' &#x 27; love of seafood( and popular seafood-tower celebrations), Jonathan created the long kitchen area island to be more a seafood bar than kitchen area work surface area, making it possible for everybody to collect round. The initial intent was that the island would be zinc, however it showed tough to have actually made, so stainless-steel was utilized rather. Handmade by Devon based furnishings maker James Verner, it was created to be robust and flexible of vacation life and sandy feet, with open shelving on the walls on which to show pieces discovered on their journeys.
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Michael Sinclair26/32 With its white Bulthaup systems, this kitchen area in the Hampshire vicarage of the couple behind Porta Romana is an intense and airy area.
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Richard Powers27/32 The visual in the kitchen area of this home in Saint-Paul-de-Vence, created by Andrzej Zarzycki, is pared back, with oak veneered systems and travertine counter tops. The owners are eager cooks, so there is lots of storage area and generous work surface areas.
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Ngoc Minh Ngo28/32 Open shelving and commercial tiling provide a completely American feel to the kitchen area of Jos and Annabel White'&#x 27; s Manhattan townhouse. The fittings were influenced by the decor in their good friends' &#x 27; New york city dining establishment, The Fat Radish.
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Lucas Allen29/32 The counter top and flooring in this Martin Hulbert-designed home are both in Scala Blue marble from Stone Interiors. The drapes remain in an Irish linen by de Le Cuona, while Martin created the hanging rack, which holds rustic Tuscan pots. The citrus-painted cabinets are from Pinch. They are the ‘Joyce’ style, which has adjustable racks and drawers and is available in a range of surfaces. It determines 187 x 132 x 42cm and expenses from ₤ 6,970. Martin Hulbert created the hanging rack above the table. For comparable, attempt the mango wood ‘Rack With Black Iron Wall Mount’, from Tea and Kate at Trouva (₤ 65).
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Lucas Allen30/32 Interior designer Hugh Leslie has actually changed his nineteenth-century Chelsea studio into an airy, unified masterpiece for premium joinery and downplayed taste. '&#x 27; Invest as much as possible on the joinery – the important things that you touch and utilize all the time,' &#x 27; states Hugh. No place is this mantra more in proof than the kitchen area. Utilizing a mix of colour that is so well balanced and friendly that there is no sense of uneasyness, a glamorous feel is included by Carrara marble work-tops and splash-back. If you desire something with the appearance of marble, however more resilient and economical, the compressed quartz composite from Compact, is far more hard-wearing however gently veined to appear like Carrara.
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Paul Massey31/32 The kitchen area in Sarah Stewart-Smith'&#x 27; s Herefordshire home might have been the last space to be ended up however is it by no ways left in regards to design or surface. The walnut and steel kitchen area table is by Mark Thurgood. The flooring is not concrete however painted screed, which is softer underfoot. With 7 layers of rubbed-in paint and varnish in between each paint layer, it has actually shown so resilient that she now utilizes it in restrooms.
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32/32 Art dealership and creator of the PAD art reasonable fourth-generation Parisian art dealership, Patrick Perrin has actually selected a commercial, chrome cooker and checkerboard flooring, in the very little kitchen area of his Saint-Germain apartment or condo, producing a tranquil and soigné home. Attempt SCP, Folk Tradition and Conran Buy likewise beautiful wood slicing boards.
