Shabby-Chic Style Kitchen with White Cabinets Design Ideas

Photo of a small shabby-chic style single-wall open plan kitchen in Berlin with dark hardwood floors, a drop-in sink, flat-panel cabinets, white cabinets, wood benchtops, mirror splashback and no island.

We completed a luxury apartment in Primrose Hill. This is the second apartment within the same building to be designed by the practice, commissioned by a new client who viewed the initial scheme and immediately briefed the practice to conduct a similar high-end refurbishment. The brief was to fully maximise the potential of the 60-square metre, two-bedroom flat, improving usable space, and optimising natural light. 

We significantly reconfigured the apartment’s spatial lay-out – the relocated kitchen, now open-plan, is seamlessly integrated within the living area, while a window between the kitchen and the entrance hallway creates new visual connections and a more coherent sense of progression from one space to the next. The previously rather constrained single bedroom has been enlarged, with additional windows introducing much needed natural light. The reconfigured space also includes a new bathroom.

The apartment is finely detailed, with bespoke joinery and ingenious storage solutions such as a walk-in wardrobe in the master bedroom and a floating sideboard in the living room. Elsewhere, potential space has been imaginatively deployed – a former wall cabinet now accommodates the guest WC.

The choice of colour palette and materials is deliberately light in tone, further enhancing the apartment’s spatial volumes, while colourful furniture and accessories provide focus and variation. Photographer: Rory Gardiner

Island
Design ideas for a small shabby-chic style galley open plan kitchen in Napier-Hastings with a farmhouse sink, recessed-panel cabinets, white cabinets, quartz benchtops, white splashback, ceramic splashback, stainless steel appliances, medium hardwood floors, with island, brown floor and grey benchtop.

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Inspiration for a large shabby-chic style u-shaped kitchen pantry in Perth with a farmhouse sink, shaker cabinets, white cabinets, wood benchtops, black splashback, mosaic tile splashback, stainless steel appliances, bamboo floors, no island, brown floor and brown benchtop.

Felipe Scheffel
Photo of a small shabby-chic style open plan kitchen in Madrid with medium hardwood floors, glass-front cabinets, white cabinets, wood benchtops, white splashback and no island.

A stunning white kitchen with shaker doors and cupboards, white caesar stone tops (cosmopolitan white) and dainty knobs. Functionality meets style... as prep space and storage were key to the design. Photo by @karalway

Design ideas for a shabby-chic style l-shaped open plan kitchen in Milan with a drop-in sink, recessed-panel cabinets, white cabinets, white splashback, ceramic splashback and black appliances.

Inspiration for a small shabby-chic style u-shaped open plan kitchen in Other with beaded inset cabinets, white cabinets and wood benchtops.

Proyecto realizado por The Room Studio Fotografías: Mauricio Fuertes
This is an example of a large shabby-chic style single-wall open plan kitchen in Barcelona with a double-bowl sink, white cabinets, marble benchtops, stainless steel appliances, medium hardwood floors, a peninsula, multi-coloured floor and white benchtop.

Une cuisine semi ouverte et fonctionnelle délimitée par du carrelage style dalle de terrasse effet brique.
Inspiration for a mid-sized shabby-chic style galley open plan kitchen in Paris with an undermount sink, flat-panel cabinets, white cabinets, wood benchtops, pink splashback, ceramic splashback, stainless steel appliances, terra-cotta floors and with island.

Elementi architettonici scoperti durante la ristrutturazione sono diventati il motivo caratterizzante del progetto
Inspiration for a small shabby-chic style l-shaped open plan kitchen in Milan with a drop-in sink, flat-panel cabinets, white cabinets, wood benchtops, porcelain floors, brown floor and brown benchtop.

Une cuisine semi ouverte et fonctionnelle délimitée par du carrelage style dalle de terrasse effet brique.
Design ideas for a mid-sized shabby-chic style galley open plan kitchen in Paris with an undermount sink, flat-panel cabinets, white cabinets, wood benchtops, pink splashback, ceramic splashback, stainless steel appliances and with island.

Design ideas for a mid-sized shabby-chic style u-shaped open plan kitchen in Paris with an undermount sink, beaded inset cabinets, white cabinets, wood benchtops, white splashback, ceramic splashback, stainless steel appliances, cement tiles, a peninsula, grey floor and beige benchtop.

Large shabby-chic style l-shaped open plan kitchen in Sydney with an integrated sink, shaker cabinets, white cabinets, white splashback, stainless steel appliances, with island, subway tile splashback, painted wood floors, black floor, white benchtop and solid surface benchtops.

Incorporating a servery window to the new kitchen location. Servery window is undercover adjacent to the internal open plan living and exterior landscaping.

Eine Küche mit einem Sammelsurium an wunderbaren Dingen. Eine Hommage an die Nostalgie, ohne dabei altbacken zu wirken.
This is an example of a mid-sized shabby-chic style u-shaped open plan kitchen in Munich with a double-bowl sink, beaded inset cabinets, white cabinets, marble benchtops, white splashback, timber splashback, white appliances, marble floors and no island.

Inspiration for a mid-sized shabby-chic style single-wall open plan kitchen in Other with a single-bowl sink, recessed-panel cabinets, white cabinets, stainless steel benchtops, a peninsula and grey benchtop.

Island
Photo of a small shabby-chic style galley open plan kitchen in Napier-Hastings with a farmhouse sink, recessed-panel cabinets, white cabinets, quartz benchtops, white splashback, ceramic splashback, stainless steel appliances, medium hardwood floors, with island, brown floor and grey benchtop.

A stunning white kitchen with shaker doors and cupboards, white caesar stone tops (cosmopolitan white) and dainty knobs. Functionality meets style... as prep space and storage were key to the design. Photo by @karalway