Orange Kitchen Design Ideas

Elegant and minimalist kitchen in classic marble and soft dark tones. The Balmoral House is located within the lower north-shore suburb of Balmoral. The site presents many difficulties being wedged shaped, on the low side of the street, hemmed in by two substantial existing houses and with just half the land area of its neighbours. Where previously the site would have enjoyed the benefits of a sunny rear yard beyond the rear building alignment, this is no longer the case with the yard having been sold-off to the neighbours. Our design process has been about finding amenity where on first appearance there appears to be little. The design stems from the first key observation, that the view to Middle Harbour is better from the lower ground level due to the height of the canopy of a nearby angophora that impedes views from the first floor level. Placing the living areas on the lower ground level allowed us to exploit setback controls to build closer to the rear boundary where oblique views to the key local features of Balmoral Beach and Rocky Point Island are best. This strategy also provided the opportunity to extend these spaces into gardens and terraces to the limits of the site, maximising the sense of space of the 'living domain'. Every part of the site is utilised to create an array of connected interior and exterior spaces The planning then became about ordering these living volumes and garden spaces to maximise access to view and sunlight and to structure these to accommodate an array of social situations for our Client’s young family. At first floor level, the garage and bedrooms are composed in a linear block perpendicular to the street along the south-western to enable glimpses of district views from the street as a gesture to the public realm. Critical to the success of the house is the journey from the street down to the living areas and vice versa. A series of stairways break up the journey while the main glazed central stair is the centrepiece to the house as a light-filled piece of sculpture that hangs above a reflecting pond with pool beyond. The architecture works as a series of stacked interconnected volumes that carefully manoeuvre down the site, wrapping around to establish a secluded light-filled courtyard and terrace area on the north-eastern side. The expression is 'minimalist modern' to avoid visually complicating an already dense set of circumstances. Warm natural materials including off-form concrete, neutral bricks and blackbutt timber imbue the house with a calm quality whilst floor to ceiling glazing and large pivot and stacking doors create light-filled interiors, bringing the garden inside. In the end the design reverses the obvious strategy of an elevated living space with balcony facing the view. Rather, the outcome is a grounded compact family home sculpted around daylight, views to Balmoral and intertwined living and garden spaces that satisfy the social needs of a growing young family. Photo Credit: Katherine Lu
IDEA: WIP tucked in at back with courtyards both sides - chris_white555

Dining area integrated into kitchen
Design ideas for a contemporary eat-in kitchen in Ottawa.
Banquet dining with cupboards - andytreat

Design ideas for a mid-sized traditional l-shaped separate kitchen in Kansas City with an undermount sink, flat-panel cabinets, brown cabinets, granite benchtops, beige splashback, stone tile splashback, stainless steel appliances, light hardwood floors and with island.

Denash Photography, Designed by Jenny Rausch Kitchen view of angled corner granite undermount sink. Wood paneled refrigerator, wood flooring, island wood countertop, perimeter granite countertop, inset cabinetry, and decorative accents.
Black handle makes nice contrast - phonsavanh_souvanthong

Design by Heather Tissue; construction by Green Goods Kitchen remodel featuring carmelized strand woven bamboo plywood, maple plywood and paint grade cabinets, custom bamboo doors, handmade ceramic tile, custom concrete countertops
i like that my stove is not lean on the wall - jonalyn_vasquez

Photo of a country kitchen in Austin.

NWC Construction Designer: Maggie Burns from IAS Kitchen and Bath
Photo of a transitional kitchen in Tampa with shaker cabinets, medium wood cabinets, matchstick tile splashback, stainless steel appliances and multi-coloured splashback.
Spice cupboard and bottle storage pullout - sumi4759

Reclaimed wood from the pre-existing barn were refinished for use in the floor of the expansive shaker cabinet lined kitchen. Dania Bagyi Photography

Bluehaus Interiors
Design ideas for a small modern single-wall eat-in kitchen in Los Angeles with a drop-in sink, flat-panel cabinets, orange cabinets, quartz benchtops, black splashback, porcelain splashback, stainless steel appliances, light hardwood floors and no island.

Photo of a mid-sized contemporary l-shaped kitchen pantry in Perth with an integrated sink, flat-panel cabinets, orange cabinets, solid surface benchtops, metallic splashback, glass sheet splashback, stainless steel appliances, dark hardwood floors and no island.

Geneva Cabinet Company, LLC., Authorized Dealer for Medallion Cabinetry., Lowell Management Services, Inc, Builder Victoria McHugh Photography Pull out under cabinet shelving for convenient access This rustic lake house retreat features an open concept kitchen plan with impressive uninterupted views. Medallion Cabinetry was used in Knotty Alder with a Natural glaze with distressing. This is the Brookhill raised panel door style. The hardware is Schlub Ancient Bronze. Every convenience has been built into this kitchen including pull out trash bins, tray dividers, pull-out spice reacts, roll out trays, and specialty crown molding and under cabinet and base molding details.

Wilsonart Laminate in Antique Tobacco Pine
This is an example of a mid-sized country l-shaped separate kitchen in Other with a drop-in sink, light wood cabinets, white splashback, stainless steel appliances, light hardwood floors, with island, raised-panel cabinets, laminate benchtops and subway tile splashback.

Jon Jensen
Inspiration for a mid-sized arts and crafts u-shaped eat-in kitchen in Portland with a single-bowl sink, open cabinets, light wood cabinets, wood benchtops, metallic splashback, mosaic tile splashback, stainless steel appliances and light hardwood floors.

This Faure Halvorsen design features a guest house and a lookout tower above the main home. Built entirely of rustic logs and featuring lots of reclaimed materials, this is the epitome of Big Sky log cabins. Project Manager: John A. Venner, Superintendent, Project Manager, Owner Architect: Faure Halvorsen Architects Photographer: Karl Neumann Photography

Design ideas for a traditional kitchen in New York with an undermount sink, recessed-panel cabinets, beige cabinets, wood benchtops, multi-coloured splashback, panelled appliances, multi-coloured floor and red benchtop.

Photos by Bob Greenspan
Design ideas for a contemporary kitchen in Portland with stainless steel appliances.
Similar to what we have. Light quartz? - jkjdesign

February and March 2011 Mpls/St. Paul Magazine featured Byron and Janet Richard's kitchen in their Cross Lake retreat designed by JoLynn Johnson. Honorable Mention in Crystal Cabinet Works Design Contest 2011 A vacation home built in 1992 on Cross Lake that was made for entertaining. The problems • Chipped floor tiles • Dated appliances • Inadequate counter space and storage • Poor lighting • Lacking of a wet bar, buffet and desk • Stark design and layout that didn't fit the size of the room Our goal was to create the log cabin feeling the homeowner wanted, not expanding the size of the kitchen, but utilizing the space better. In the redesign, we removed the half wall separating the kitchen and living room and added a third column to make it visually more appealing. We lowered the 16' vaulted ceiling by adding 3 beams allowing us to add recessed lighting. Repositioning some of the appliances and enlarge counter space made room for many cooks in the kitchen, and a place for guests to sit and have conversation with the homeowners while they prepare meals. Key design features and focal points of the kitchen • Keeping the tongue-and-groove pine paneling on the walls, having it sandblasted and stained to match the cabinetry, brings out the woods character. • Balancing the room size we staggered the height of cabinetry reaching to 9' high with an additional 6” crown molding. • A larger island gained storage and also allows for 5 bar stools. • A former closet became the desk. A buffet in the diningroom was added and a 13' wet bar became a room divider between the kitchen and living room. • We added several arched shapes: large arched-top window above the sink, arch valance over the wet bar and the shape of the island. • Wide pine wood floor with square nails • Texture in the 1x1” mosaic tile backsplash Balance of color is seen in the warm rustic cherry cabinets combined with accents of green stained cabinets, granite counter tops combined with cherry wood counter tops, pine wood floors, stone backs on the island and wet bar, 3-bronze metal doors and rust hardware.

Jason Hulet Photography
Large country u-shaped separate kitchen in Other with raised-panel cabinets, white cabinets, wood benchtops, red splashback, with island, a farmhouse sink, panelled appliances, dark hardwood floors and travertine splashback.
Island bench - angus_o