Kitchen looking towards Dining Room Mike Schwartz Photo
This is an example of a small midcentury galley kitchen in Chicago with flat-panel cabinets, dark wood cabinets, mirror splashback, stainless steel appliances, porcelain floors, no island and brown floor.

ZEN

KabCo Kitchens

Dark wood cabinets in Waypoint Living Spaces are accented with reflecting glass and mirror mosaics tile. Sleek quartz in Snow cover the counters. Photo Credit: Julie Lehite

Culver city midcentury kitchen

Noah Construction & Design

Mid-sized midcentury galley eat-in kitchen in Los Angeles with an undermount sink, flat-panel cabinets, dark wood cabinets, quartzite benchtops, multi-coloured splashback, stainless steel appliances, porcelain floors, no island, glass tile splashback, beige floor and white benchtop.

Pearl

Josh Wynne Construction

The Pearl is a Contemporary styled Florida Tropical home. The Pearl was designed and built by Josh Wynne Construction. The design was a reflection of the unusually shaped lot which is quite pie shaped. This green home is expected to achieve the LEED Platinum rating and is certified Energy Star, FGBC Platinum and FPL BuildSmart. Photos by Ryan Gamma

Contemporary Kitchen

Design Focus

Custom designed wenge wood cabinetry, a mosaic glass backsplash with a second glass style above the cabinetry, both underlit and uplit to enhance the appearance, made the most of this small kitchen. Green Typhoon granite provided a beautiful and unique counter work surface . Photography: Jim Doyle

A Kitchen with a View

Irons Brothers Construction Inc

A retired teacher and grandmother, our client raised her family in this Valley view home. With amazing potential for an enhanced territorial view, this project had been on our client’s mind for quite some time. She was very particular in selecting us as her design and build team. With deep roots in her community, it was important to her that she works with a local community-based team to design a new space, while respecting its roots and craftsmanship, that her late husband had helped build.

Clean and Open In Los Altos Hills

Young & Borlik Architects, inc.

Large open kitchen with eating counter and a bay window
Transitional u-shaped kitchen in San Francisco with recessed-panel cabinets, dark wood cabinets, white splashback, stainless steel appliances, porcelain floors, white benchtop, with island and grey floor.

La Costa Modern Design and Home Remodel

Spaces Renewed

This masterfully appointed kitchen is both beautiful and functional. The large center island has room for seating, storage, open book shelving and wine display. The kitchen is complete with abundant natural light streaming in from the large window, the LRD can lighting, modern mini pendant lights, and under cabinet LED strip lighting. The white and grey quartz gives the beauty and elegance of marble, without any of the maintenance. The polished grey porcelain floor is the perfect anchor point to the dark cherry cabinets. The glass and stone blend for the back splash brings just enough movement and color into this upscale space.

The Dominion

A-Design By Gustavo Arredondo, Inc.

Design ideas for an expansive country u-shaped open plan kitchen in Austin with an undermount sink, shaker cabinets, dark wood cabinets, granite benchtops, grey splashback, stone tile splashback, panelled appliances, porcelain floors, with island and beige floor.

Gas Stainless Steel Stove Top and Large Pot and Pan Storage Drawer

Westside Remodeling, Inc.

The stove top in this modern kitchen remodel was moved from the other side of the room to this wall. Moving the stove top allowed for a more spacious counter space layout. This storage drawer is large, allowing for pots and pans to be stored cleanly and out of site. The multi-leveled storage allows for lids to be stored separately.

Valhalla Road Project

Estate Cabinetry

This kitchen was beautifully designed in Waypoint Living Spaces Cabinetry. The 720F Cherry Chocolate glaze and the island is the 720F in the maple hazelnut glaze. The counter top is Giallo Rio with an ogee edge. The back splash tile is Crema Cappuccino. The Moasic behind the sink in a basketweave pattern in Crema Cappuccino. The floor tile is 12x24" onyx sand tile.

Kitchen Renovation - St. Laurent, Qc

SCD - Design & Construction

Kitchen renovation and design by SCD Design & Construction. L shaped kitchens are a great way to maximize the space of your kitchen. This means more space to put gorgeous dark wood cabinets, and more counter space! Remember, islands also count as counter space, so always try to fit one in! Take your lifestyle to new heights with SCD Design & Construction.

Pasadena CA Condo Remodel

Marlene Oliphant Designs LLC

This kitchen was designed for a married couple who are gourmet cooks and wine enthusiasts. All of the appliances are Viking. There is a tall pantry cabinet and corner desk area at the far end. To the left of the cooktop, the wall was opened up to a serving counter with stools on the other side and a view to the living room. Gold granite tops mahogany cabinetry. The floor tile is porcelain, a weave of 12 x 24 tiles with a 6x6-inch tile accent. Both the floor and backsplash tiles are by Crossville. Photo by Harry Chamberlain

Yin - Yang Kitchen

Correy Design

AFTER: Pullouts and Cook top with Stainless Steel Legs
Inspiration for a mid-sized asian u-shaped eat-in kitchen in Orange County with a single-bowl sink, flat-panel cabinets, dark wood cabinets, quartzite benchtops, green splashback, glass tile splashback, stainless steel appliances, porcelain floors and multiple islands.

The Rockwell - Harrisdale WA

User

D-Max Photography
Photo of a mid-sized contemporary galley eat-in kitchen in Perth with an undermount sink, dark wood cabinets, quartz benchtops, brown splashback, glass sheet splashback, stainless steel appliances, porcelain floors and with island.

Bespoke Interiors

Tonic Interiors

Stunning Open Plan Kitchen with Extra Large Island. Features Book matched Marble. Four Ovens, Wine Fridge and Teppanyaki Grill.
Large contemporary kitchen in Other with a double-bowl sink, flat-panel cabinets, dark wood cabinets, marble benchtops, white splashback, marble splashback, stainless steel appliances, porcelain floors, with island, grey floor and white benchtop.

Oadby Project

SmartHaus Kitchens & Bathrooms

Having met Smarthaus at the Birmingham Grand Designs Exhibition this couple were looking for a cost effective kitchen and ideas and suggestions on how to design their open plan kitchen area. Atlanta Terra was chosen for the project with White Storm Quartz worksurfaces to create a main kitchen area to compliment the adjacent Spice Kitchen.

Elegant Dark Shaker Kitchen by John Cisneros

Main Line Kitchen Design

Main Line Kitchen Design is a unique business model! We are a group of skilled Kitchen Designers each with many years of experience planning kitchens around the Delaware Valley. And we are cabinet dealers for 8 nationally distributed cabinet lines much like traditional showrooms. Appointment Information Unlike full showrooms open to the general public, Main Line Kitchen Design works only by appointment. Appointments can be scheduled days, nights, and weekends either in your home or in our office and selection center. During office appointments we display clients kitchens on a flat screen TV and help them look through 100’s of sample doorstyles, almost a thousand sample finish blocks and sample kitchen cabinets. During home visits we can bring samples, take measurements, and make design changes on laptops showing you what your kitchen can look like in the very room being renovated. This is more convenient for our customers and it eliminates the expense of staffing and maintaining a larger space that is open to walk in traffic. We pass the significant savings on to our customers and so we sell cabinetry for less than other dealers, even home centers like Lowes and The Home Depot. We believe that since a web site like Houzz.com has over half a million kitchen photos, any advantage to going to a full kitchen showroom with full kitchen displays has been lost. Almost no customer today will ever get to see a display kitchen in their door style and finish because there are just too many possibilities. And the design of each kitchen is unique anyway. Our design process allows us to spend more time working on our customer’s designs. This is what we enjoy most about our business and it is what makes the difference between an average and a great kitchen design. Among the kitchen cabinet lines we design with and sell are Jim Bishop, 6 Square, Fabuwood, Brighton, and Wellsford Fine Custom Cabinetry.

Cabarita Kitchen

Minosa | Design Life Better

A modern design with classic style. Shaker timber with Marble benchtops Nicole England
Mid-sized contemporary galley open plan kitchen in Sydney with an undermount sink, shaker cabinets, dark wood cabinets, marble benchtops, white splashback, stone slab splashback, black appliances, porcelain floors, with island and grey floor.

The Canoe

jcSelects

Anne Matheis
Design ideas for a large traditional single-wall separate kitchen in Miami with an undermount sink, raised-panel cabinets, dark wood cabinets, granite benchtops, beige splashback, porcelain floors, with island and white floor.

Kitchen with Dark Wood Cabinets and Porcelain Floors 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!