Ideas for Small Kitchens

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Kitchen Furniture Design

Modern Furniture Designs

Modern InteriorInstead of a freestanding cooker, a built-in oven and cooktop (hob) combination will help a small kitchen look bigger by creating one continuous line along benchtops and kickboards. Also by integrating appliances such as dishwashers and fridges behind cabinet doors, the run of cabinet doors is not interrupted and can flow across the room.

A sink without a drainer makes the benchtop look more spacious and provides more work space. A portable draining tray can be used instead. The tray can easily be put away when not needed and can sometimes fit over the sink bowl to give extra work surface

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Kitchen Model from Mobalpa

Purple Kitchen Ideas by Spazzi
Built-in oven and cooktop (hob), a sink without draining board and an integrated fridge behind cupboard doors makes a small kitchen look more spacious.

A kitchen on legs also creates a visually larger space. To further increase the visualillusion of a bigger space, low-heat lighting may be used underneath the base cabinets to create a floating effect of the kitchen.

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Modern Revolving Circular Kitchen from Compact Con

Culinablu modern European kitchens
A kitchen on legs maximises the exposure of the floor and helps the kitchen look bigger Putting your microwave oven in a wall cabinet will not only maximise your bench space but will also reduce clutters on your benchtop, just make sure the microwave is mounted at a safe level for you to operate.

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Design Ideas,Modern Kitchen

Light reflective surfaces brighten up a small kitchen and make it feel more open.

Try not to use very large tiles on the floor and the wall in a small kitchen. Smaller tiles visually increase the size of the room.

You can choose from a huge range of compact kitchen appliances to suit your small kitchen: Narrow dishwashers (45cm), narrow cooktops/hobs, compact ovens or ovens combined with microwave functions, etc.

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Black and White Kitchen Designs by Mobalpa
Two appliances in one: An oven combined with microwave functions.

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Combined washer/dryer is a great space saver in a small kitchen.

Install cupboards up to the ceiling to maximise storage in a small kitchen. Also glass cupboard doors make a small kitchen feel more open and less "boxed in".

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Modern Kitchen Design

Cupboards built up to the ceiling provide maximum storage and glass cupboard doors break up the boxiness of solid doors.

Use the empty wall space for storage. This will free up your bench space by making use of the empty space above your benchtop. The easiest way is to use one of those wall rail systems. You simply put things wherever you like along the rail. For example, matching accessories such as hooks for hanging utensils, paper towel holders, cutlery holders, spick racks, dish drainers and wine glass holders can be positioned to suit your needs.

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Kitchen Design Ideas

Use empty wall space for storage.

Open shelves make a small kitchen look more open.

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Modern Furniture

A glass open shelf lets light through and brightens up a small kitchen.

In a small kitchen, small knobs and handles may look less obtrusive than large chunky handles. Sliding doors and roller doors require less space to open than swinging doors and are perfect for small and narrow kitchens.

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Modern Kitchen Lighting
Roller doors are great space savers in small kitchens.

Shallow pantries with sliding doors are ideal for small and narrow kitchens while pull-out drawers give easy access to the inside of pantries.

A pull-out table can give you extra work space when you need it and can be pushed back in to save room in the kitchen.

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Kitchen Ideas