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Ten kitchens with islands that make food preparation easier and more enjoyable
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Ten bright kitchens that are flooded with natural light
In the first of a trio of spring lookbooks this Easter weekend, we’ve selected ten bright kitchens that are flooded with light from wide windows, skylights and full-height glass doors. More
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DAAM revamps kitchen of dome-shaped Shell House in New York's Catskills
Curved oak kitchen cabinetry is among the new additions to a 25-year-old, half-dome dwelling in the Catskills partially renovated by American studio DAAM. More
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Ten architect-designed kitchens with terrazzo details
The terrazzo trend shows no sign of slowing down, with the decorative speckled material cropping up in residential projects as well as in restaurants and workspaces. For this lookbook, we’ve rounded up ten playful and practical terrazzo kitchens. More
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Ten calming green kitchens that bring natural tones into the home
For our latest lookbook, we’ve rounded up ten fresh and airy kitchens that use shades of green to give a hint of the natural world.From soft sage to bright emerald, green is this year’s kitchen colour trend, often paired with natural local materials.
Perhaps inspired by our craving for nature during the pandemic, calming sea greens, grassy hues and mossy tones are popular choices for kitchen cabinetry, walls or tiles.
This is the latest roundup in our Dezeen Lookbook series providing visual inspiration for the home. Previous articles in the series showcased living rooms with statement shelving, peaceful bedrooms and designer bathrooms.Belgium Apartment, Belgium, by Carmine Van Der Linden and Thomas Geldof
Local architects Carmine Van Der Linden and Thomas Geldof designed this duplex for a coastal location surrounded by sand dunes on the Belgian coast.
To contrast the marble-topped counters, the architects choose to colour the splashback, shelving and panelled birch-wood cabinets in a shade of green that recalls seaweed and beach grasses.
“The colour choice of the wood subtly brings in the seaweed colour from the adjacent sea and the marram grasses in the surrounding dunes,” the architects explained.
Find out more about Belgium Apartment ›The Mantelpiece Loft, Stockholm, Sweden, by Note Design Studio
Note Design Studio painted furniture in green and pink throughout The Mantelpiece Loft to stand out against its white walls.
Sage green was used for one of the staircases and a bedroom, as well as the kitchen cabinets that were paired with contrasting countertops of terrazzo flecked with orange stone.
Find out more about The Mantelpiece Loft ›Apartment XVII, Lyon, France, by Studio Razavi
Studio Razavi combined pale-grey plaster, a light wooden floor and sea-green cabinets in this renovation of an apartment in a Renaissance-era building in the historic Vieux Lyon neighbourhood of Lyon in France.
The green kitchen cabinetry has a matching splashback with a stepped silhouette.
Find out more about Apartment XVII ›Casa Mille apartment, Turin, Italy, by Fabio Fantolino
Italian architect Fabio Fantolino used pops of green and petrol blue throughout the interior of this apartment in Turin that he designed for himself.
In the herringbone-floored kitchen, sea-green cabinetry is paired with copper handles.
Find out more about Casa Mille ›House extension, Sheffield, UK, by From Works
The bespoke kitchen of this house in Sheffield was designed to incorporate the materials and colours of moss-covered rocks found in the nearby Peak District.
It combines green-stained plywood with grey fossil limestone worktops and splashback sourced from a Derbyshire quarry.
Find out more about Sheffield house extension ›Waterfront Nikis Apartment, Thessaloniki, Greece, by Stamatios Giannikis
Architect Stamatios Giannikis used colour-blocked walls painted in flamingo pink, azure blue and pastel green to define the different rooms in this seaside apartment in Greece.
The green chosen for the kitchen cabinets and walls was designed to be in sharp contrast with the apartment’s original geometric red and black cement-tile flooring.
Find out more about Waterfront Nikis Apartment ›Apartment on a Mint Floor, Porto, Portugal, Fala Atelier
As the name suggests, Fala Atelier created a mint-green floor from epoxy resin throughout this two-bedroom apartment in Porto, Portugal.
To complement the floor, the apartment’s kitchen unit doors were coloured two subtly different shades of turquoise.
Find out more about Apartment on a Mint Floor ›Parisian apartment, Paris, France, by Atelier Sagitta
French practice Atelier Sagitta added an almost entirely green kitchen to this previously characterless apartment in Paris.
The emerald-green walls and cabinets, combined with grooved oak cupboards made by a local cabinet maker, make the kitchen the focal point of the apartment.
Find out more about Paris Apartment ›Esperinos guesthouse, Athens, Greece, by Stamos Michael
The kitchen of this guesthouse in Athens was painted a plum-purple hue to contrast with the rest of the largely moss-green interiors.
Green was also introduced in the kitchen where dark emerald cabinetry was matched with black, industrial-style shelves that display crockery.
Find out more about Esperinos guesthouse ›Apartment #149, Lviv, Ukraine, by Roman Shpelyk
Interior designer Roman Shpelyk designed this apartment in the Ukrainian city of Lviv to have largely simple white interiors.
Colour was added with a plant-filled shelving unit and the forest-green laminated-plywood cabinetry in the kitchen.
Find out more about Apartment #149 ›
This is the latest in our series of lookbooks providing curated visual inspiration from Dezeen’s image archive. For more inspiration see previous lookbooks showcasing peaceful bedrooms, calm living rooms and colourful kitchens.Read more: More
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Kitchen Canisters + Sources
Kitchen canisters are not only handy for storing everyday items, they bring a streamlined look and personality to your counters, shelves and pantry!
People often ask me where I get my black and white ceramic canisters. I love them! Sadly my exact pattern has been out of stock for awhile, but I found lots of similar sources for you today.
Things we keep in our kitchen canisters: our vitamin D and C powder, tea bags, coffee beans and pods, snacks, nuts, sugar, flour, etc.
Don’t limit yourself to using canisters only in the kitchen, they are equally handy in the bathroom for hair ties, bobby pins, cotton swabs, etc!
Enjoy the inspiration below and find lots of sources at the end!Sources:
Black and white 3 pieces canister set
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Black kitchen canister
White textured ceramic canister with wood lid – set of 2
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Small glass canister with cork top set of 2
Gray white and wood kitchen canister
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Thirty kitchens designed by architects
Looking for inspiration for your dream kitchen? Here are thirty architect-designed kitchens from our archives.This roundup is the latest in a series of stories that bring together visual inspiration for the home. See our recent posts showcasing ten colourful kitchen interiors, thirty bathrooms designed by architects and seven bedrooms with statement walls.
Home Farm by John Pawson
British architect John Pawson designed three kitchens for his own retreat, Home Farm, including this minimal example with pale lime plaster walls.
Find out more about Home Farm ›Paris Apartment by Atelier Sagitta
An emerald-green apartment is the focal point of this apartment in Paris overhauled by Atelier Sagitta, which features grooved oak cupboards made by a local cabinet maker.
Find out more about Paris Apartment ›Makers House by Liddicoat & Goldhill
Deep blue cabinets provide a contrast to the exposed brick walls, steel beams and polished concrete floor of this London home.
Find out more about Makers House ›Stine Goya’s House by Reform
Danish brand Reform gave a standard IKEA kitchen set a glitzy golden makeover for the house of a Copenhagen-based fashion designer.
Find out more about Stine Goya’s house ›Caroline Place by Amin Taha
Cherry wood cabinets and a kitchen island topped by dark brass surfaces feature in this 1950s house in London updated by Amin Taha Architects.
Find out more about Caroline Place ›Shelter by Vipp
An all-black kitchen sits underneath a light chimney in this steel-framed prefabricated cabin with floor-to-ceiling glazing.
Find out more about Shelter ›Slab House by Bureau de Change Architects
Every surface of this kitchen designed for a London house extension by Bureau de Change Architects is blue, including the ceiling and the resin floor.
Find out more about Slab House ›Oscar Freire Apartment by Claudia Bresciani and Júlia Risi
Bright white square tiles and baby pink cabinets define this kitchen in São Paulo, which has a walk-in pantry that’s painted turquoise.
Find out more about Oscar Freire Apartment ›The Olive Houses by Mar Plus Ask
The sink and stovetop of this off-grid house in Mallorca, Spain, overlook an ancient olive grove framed by pink stucco walls.
Find out more about The Olive Houses ›House in Los Velos by Ryue Nishizawa
A jaw-dropping view of the ocean provides the backdrop to this kitchen made of wood in a house built on a spit of land jutting into the Pacific Ocean in Chile. All the kitchen elements are housed in three central islands, leaving the windows unobstructed.
Find out more about House in Los Velos ›The Parchment Works by Will Gamble Architects
This kitchen built in the ruins of a cattle shed and a 17th-century parchment factory in England features exposed timber beams.
Find out more about The Parchment Works ›Glyn House by Yellow Cloud Studio
Yellow Cloud Studio created a kitchen island using black terrazzo with oversized chunks as a counterpoint to the pale oak cupboards and splashback of terracotta tiles in this London extension.
Find out more about Glyn House ›Kew Residence by John Wardle Architects
The founder of John Wardle Architects used specially sourced Japanese ceramic tiles for the kitchen while remodelling his house in Melbourne, Australia.
Find our more about Kew Residence ›Cabin at Rones by Sanden+Hodnekvam Arkitekter
Big windows make the most of the views from this kitchen in a cabin on a rocky outcrop in Norway, featuring simple birch plywood furniture and a concrete floor.
Find out more about Cabin at Rones ›House P by MDDM Studio
Chunky terrazzo used for the island and the splashback contrasts with the bright yellow walls and teal cupboards of this kitchen for an apartment in Beijing by MDDM Studio.
Find out more about House P ›Hood Cliff Retreat by Wittman Estes
The kitchen opens right out onto the deck of this cabin in the Pacific Northwest designed by Wittman Estes. A pass-through window allows the outdoor grill to become a seamless culinary extension.
Find out more about Hood Cliff Retreat ›Parisian Apartment by SABO Project
SABO Project designed this apartment in Paris to be as kid-friendly as possible with a birch plywood kitchen complete with a cosy nook for the family’s pet cat to retreat to.
Find out more about Parisian Apartment ›Z House by Geza
Z House is a gabled house set into the slopes of an Alpine village in Italy. The dark kitchen of steel and wood is designed as a backdrop to the sweeping views of the mountains.
Find out more about Z House ›Mixtape Apartment by Azab
Architecture studio Azab gave a 1960s apartment in Bilbao a fun makeover centred on a baby-pink kitchen with wood-trimmed cupboards and a mosaic-style herringbone tiled floor.
Find out more about Mixtape Apartment ›The Mantelpiece Loft by Note Design Studio
The sage-green kitchen of this reconfigured apartment in Stockholm, Sweden, has contrasting countertops of terrazzo flecked with orange stone.
Find out more about The Mantelpiece Loft ›Edinburgh Apartment by Luke and Joanne McClelland
This refurbished Georgian townhouse in Edinburgh, Scotland, has an open plan kitchen with herringbone floors made of oak and affordable kitchen units from IKEA.
Find out more about Edinburgh Apartment ›Flat House by Practice Architecture
The hemp walls of this house on a farm in Cambridgeshire are a feature in the kitchen, which has sunshine-yellow cupboards below floating wooden shelves.
Find out more about Flat House ›Marine Extension by David Barr Architects
David Barr Architects used pale birch plywood for this bright kitchen in Perth, Australia, which displays a crockery collection on open shelves hanging from the ceiling.
Find out more about Marine Extension ›Duplex in Sarrià-Sant Gervasi by Arquitectura-G
Bright yellow is a theme in this Barcelona apartment designed by Arquitectura-G. The kitchen is no exception, with lemon-coloured square tiles to contrast the brushed steel worktop.
Duplex in Sarrià-Sant Gervasi ›Casa Mille by Fabio Fantolino
Copper handles accent the blue-green cabinets of the kitchen with herringbone floors in this Turin flat renovation by Italian architect Fabio Fantolino.
Find out more about Casa Mille ›Hygge Studio by Melina Romano
Brazilian designer Melina Romano used terracotta flooring and vertical brick walls in the kitchen of an apartment in São Paulo themed around the Danish concept of cosiness.
Find out more about Hygge Studio ›Apartment XVII by Studio Razavi
Studio Razavi overhauled an abandoned apartment in Lyon, France, plastering the walls and creating a serene kitchen with sea-green coloured MDF cabinets and a patterened splashback to match.
Find out more about Apartment XVII ›Belgium Apartment by Carmine Van Der Linden and Thomas Geldof
This duplex in the dunes of the Belgian coast has a kitchen with seaweed-coloured birch cabinetry and a marble-topped steel island.
Find out more about Belgium Apartment ›Paris Apartment by Sophie Dries
French architect Sophie Dries renovated a 19th-century flat in Paris, France, using bold colour blocking of dark grey cabinets against rusty-orange floors, walls and countertops for the kitchen.
Find out more about Paris Apartment ›Apartment on a Mint Floor by Fala Atelier
As the name suggests, this two-bedroom apartment in Porto, Portugal, by Fala Atelier has a mint-green epoxy resin floor complimented in the kitchen by the two shades of turquoise used for the kitchen cabinets.
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Ten home kitchens that use colour to make a statement
We’ve rounded up 10 residential kitchens by designers who have experimented with bright tiles and coloured cabinets to challenge the ongoing trend of all-white cooking spaces.
Plaster Fun House, Australia, by Sans-Arc Studio
A pink-terrazzo breakfast bar is complemented by duck-egg blue cabinetry, spherical pendant lights and abundant brass detailing in this kitchen by Sans-Arc Studio.
It was built as part of an extension to a cottage in Torrensville and takes its cues from art deco and P&O architecture – a style that emerged following the popularity of cruise liners in the 1930s.
Find out more about Plaster Fun House ›Delawyk Module House, UK, by R2 Studio
R2 Studio introduced mustard-yellow cabinets to the cooking space of this 1960s home on a London council estate, as part of a playful redesign of the dwelling for a young family.
The kitchen units are teamed with retro, orange splashback tiles, minimal silver handles and an oak floor has been stained dark for contrast.
Find out more about Delawyk Module House ›Nagatachō Apartment, Japan, by Adam Nathaniel Furman
A bubblegum-pink kitchen suite sits at the heart of this Tokyo apartment that Adam Nathaniel Furman designed as “a place of happiness, joy and lightness” for a retired couple.
The units are paired with slender, blue wall tiles that are arranged in a herringbone pattern and a stripy watermelon-green floor. There is also an adjoining breakfast nook with a lilac carpet that is intended to resemble icing.
Find out more about Nagatachō Apartment ›House P, China, by MDDM Studio
MDDM Studio combined vibrant yellow walls with earthy terrazzo fixtures made from green, orange and beige stones to create this colourful kitchen in a Beijing apartment.
Contrasting turquoise accents, seen on the cabinets and sliding doors to the room, were also added to accentuate the colour of the green stone in the terrazzo.
Find out more about House P ›Klinker Apartment, Spain, by Colombo and Serboli Architecture
Terracotta-coloured cement lines the ceiling, wall and floor of the kitchen inside of Klinker Apartment, a holiday home by Colombo and Serboli Architecture in an art-nouveau building in Barcelona.
These warm surfaces are complemented by matching cabinetry and a central breakfast island but contrasted with the surrounding patterned floor tiles that were saved from the flat’s previous fit-out.
Find out more about Klinker Apartment ›Belgian Apartment, Belgium, by Carmine Van Der Linden and Thomas Geldof
The birch-wood cabinets and shelving that line this apartment’s kitchen have been stained a murky shade of green to evoke seaweed and marram grasses, paying homage to its setting on the Belgian coast.
They are paired with a dusky plaster wall finished in the same colour, alongside chunky industrial steel detailing, light marble worktops and a speckled grey floor.
Find out more about Belgian Apartment ›Kennington House, UK, by R2 Studio
Kennington House’s multi-coloured cooking space was designed by R2 Studio as “a kitchen that doesn’t scream ‘kitchen'” by avoiding the use of cold and shiny surfaces.
Instead, it is lined with birchwood cupboards that have cobalt blue, lemon yellow and sage green matt finishes, adorned with coral-hued stools and concrete countertops.
Find out more about Kennington House ›Esperinos, Greece, by Stamos Michael
This kitchen is one of several rooms in a guest house in Athens that Greek designer Stamos Michael overhauled to evoke a gallery-style space.
Warm plum-purple walls are animated by a large piece of modern art and set against emerald-hued cabinetry and black, industrial-style shelves.
Find out more about Esperinos ›Apartment in Born, Spain, by Colombo and Serboli Architecture
Blush-coloured quartz was used to craft the flecked breakfast island and splashback inside this kitchen in a 13th-century apartment in Barcelona.
They are offset with grey kitchen units with brass handles, exposed oxblood-hued extraction ducting and a coral-coloured arched volume on one side that conceals a small toilet.
Find out more about Apartment in Born ›White Rabbit House, UK, by Gundry & Ducker
A large green kitchen island with an overhanging monochrome worktop made from terrazzo is positioned at the centre of this kitchen in Gundry & Ducker’s White Rabbit House.
The island is teamed with a backdrop of matching built-in wall cabinets, arched windows and doorways, and a floor lined with large slabs of luminous white, blue and grey terrazzo.
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