Midcentury Brown Kitchen Design Ideas

Photo of a midcentury l-shaped kitchen in London with wood benchtops, blue benchtop, a drop-in sink, flat-panel cabinets, white cabinets, white splashback, stainless steel appliances and wood.

Photo of a midcentury kitchen in Bordeaux.

Bespoke hand built kitchen with built in kitchen cabinet and free standing island with modern graphic floor tiles and blue linoleum on birch plywood kitchen units

Weather House is a bespoke home for a young, nature-loving family on a quintessentially compact Northcote block. Our clients Claire and Brent cherished the character of their century-old worker's cottage but required more considered space and flexibility in their home. Claire and Brent are camping enthusiasts, and in response their house is a love letter to the outdoors: a rich, durable environment infused with the grounded ambience of being in nature. From the street, the dark cladding of the sensitive rear extension echoes the existing cottage!s roofline, becoming a subtle shadow of the original house in both form and tone. As you move through the home, the double-height extension invites the climate and native landscaping inside at every turn. The light-bathed lounge, dining room and kitchen are anchored around, and seamlessly connected to, a versatile outdoor living area. A double-sided fireplace embedded into the house’s rear wall brings warmth and ambience to the lounge, and inspires a campfire atmosphere in the back yard. Championing tactility and durability, the material palette features polished concrete floors, blackbutt timber joinery and concrete brick walls. Peach and sage tones are employed as accents throughout the lower level, and amplified upstairs where sage forms the tonal base for the moody main bedroom. An adjacent private deck creates an additional tether to the outdoors, and houses planters and trellises that will decorate the home’s exterior with greenery. From the tactile and textured finishes of the interior to the surrounding Australian native garden that you just want to touch, the house encapsulates the feeling of being part of the outdoors; like Claire and Brent are camping at home. It is a tribute to Mother Nature, Weather House’s muse.

Photo of a midcentury open plan kitchen in Auckland with flat-panel cabinets, dark wood cabinets, multi-coloured splashback, dark hardwood floors, with island, brown floor, vaulted and wood.

Oriol Gómez
This is an example of a midcentury kitchen in Other.

Midcentury kitchen in Manchester.

Mid-sized midcentury l-shaped eat-in kitchen in Adelaide with an undermount sink, flat-panel cabinets, black cabinets, solid surface benchtops, grey splashback, stone slab splashback, panelled appliances, light hardwood floors, with island, brown floor and grey benchtop.

Inspiration for a midcentury kitchen in Melbourne.

Inspiration for a midcentury kitchen in Alicante-Costa Blanca.

David Brown Photography
Photo of a mid-sized midcentury u-shaped open plan kitchen in Other with a double-bowl sink, light wood cabinets, wood benchtops, green splashback, glass sheet splashback and stainless steel appliances.

An amazing social space incorporating the kitchen, an island to seat 6, a liquid metal bar, wine storage and a 10 person dining table. All the furniture was over-sized to suit the scale of the room and the 3 metre high ceilings.

Midcentury kitchen in Calgary.

We were commissioned to design and build a new kitchen for this terraced side extension. The clients were quite specific about their style and ideas. After a few variations they fell in love with the floating island idea with fluted solid Utile. The Island top is 100% rubber and the main kitchen run work top is recycled resin and plastic. The cut out handles are replicas of an existing midcentury sideboard. MATERIALS – Sapele wood doors and slats / birch ply doors with Forbo / Krion work tops / Flute glass.

Midcentury kitchen in Perth.

Jonathan VDK
Inspiration for a midcentury kitchen in Adelaide.

Peter Bennets
Inspiration for a midcentury eat-in kitchen in Melbourne with flat-panel cabinets, medium wood cabinets, beige splashback, stainless steel appliances, concrete floors and with island.

Kitchen island made of granite top and walnut shelves underneath. Copper net in a sliding metal frames to split the kitchen and the dining rooms when needed.

From our Honest kitchen range, this timeless mid-century inspired kitchen blends minimalist design with natural materials and colours. Kitchens situated in the middle of a home can often be dark spaces due to the lack of natural light, but not The Mid-Century Kitchen. Our flat panel Cotham door in oak and Glacier White laminate create a sleek space with clean linear elements. The white wall cabinets cleverly reflect the natural light from the joining dining room, helping to brighten this kitchen, whilst the oak cabinetry and bold tiles add warmth and colour.