kitchen design ideas

Creamy white painted walls and whitewashed plywood floors make the small kitchen of this Florida cottage feel more expansive. Bonus: The floors were thousands of dollars cheaper than stained hardwood flooring. Plus, a salvaged window frame filters light without fussy curtains, while track lighting illuminates the whole room but takes up very little space.

Instead of overhead lighting, the owner of this Atlanta house hung picture lights that illuminate both her art collection and her stove and countertop work space.

For a warm, rustic feel, the owner of this Connecticut farmhouse chose muted colors and rough hewn textures, like the kitchen s gray blue Shaker style cabinets and honed granite countertops. Ceiling beams reclaimed from an old Canadian barn give the new structure charisma beyond its youthful age. The range hood, made on site from wood leftover from the house s construction, reinforces the simple, homespun feel.

As an homage to this California bungalow s architectural roots, the owner clad the backsplash in black and white Spanish tiles. The graphic colorway puts a fresh, modern twist on the old fashioned arabesque motif. Large scale concrete floor tiles echo the curvy shape of the backsplash tile for a cohesive feel.

From its exposed joists to uneven, wide plank floors, the bright, updated kitchen in this Connecticut farmhouse still retains much of its historic charm.

Designer Kevin Scanlon crafted the pendant lamps in this South Carolina kitchen out of crab baskets, rope, and burlap.

The owner of this Minneapolis farmhouse style loft made a kitchen island from an old cabinet, which she topped with wooden packing crate slats. The stools are from Uline and the pendants are from The Foundry Home Goods.

An open plan ground floor a mere 22 by 23 feet in this New Hampshire farm home contains a kitchen and dining area. A local carpenter built the pine island, and the owner fashioned the pot rack by mounting a two by two painted the same color as the beam overhead. The walls are painted Golden Straw and the cabinets are painted Sherwood Green, both by Benjamin Moore.

A salvaged worktable provides this kitchen s prep surface. The owner collects pig shaped cutting boards and snagged this little guy along with the two round ones at a local antiques shop. The breadbox houses the silverware.

The owners of this New York home snapped up their 1932 Magic Chef with six burners and two ovens at Moon River Chattel in Brooklyn on a quixotic whim.