Small Kitchen Design Ideas:
Free Ideas For Kitchen Design
& Small Kitchen Remodel Projects
The small kitchen design ideas on this page will support you with creating the look and the functionality you desire for your own kitchen.
Not all of these are my own ideas; some have been contributed by wonderfully
creative readers, who shared their
before-and-after kitchen remodel projects full of useful details
and utterly gorgeous small kitchen design ideas.
The links below will take you to sections on this page (the 'black'
topics are still in preparation!)
- Rustic kitchen design / farmhouse kitchen designs:
∗ French country kitchens
∗ Tuscan kitchen design - Kitchen color schemes
- How to organize a kitchen
- Small kitchen remodel project
- Kitchen countertop ideas
- Kitchen floor plan ideas
- Small kitchen tables
- Readers' kitchen design & remodel ideas
- (... and more to come!)
Small Kitchen Design Ideas:
Rustic Kitchen Design, Part 1
French Country Kitchens
French Style
Kitchen Design
In my travels to France, I have found that French country kitchens come in
many styles from vintage, to eclectic, to truly rustic.
There's a wonderful sense of freedom and improvisation in country French kitchen design, with very few strict rules!
For information about materials, style elements and furniture in country French kitchen design, check out the big page about French Country Kitchen Design.
Small kitchen remodel ideas for a 'lite' French country makeover (e.g. accessories, fabrics, color schemes & wall treatments) are on the French Country Kitchens page.
French fabrics come in handy as stylish accessories for French country kitchen ideas. Check out the pages about
- Provence Interiors (with colorful Provençal fabrics)
- Decorating With Toile (40+ ideas, not just for country French kitchen design but for bedrooms and bathrooms as well)
- French Country Curtains (fabrics with flair and attitude!)
The best small kitchen design ideas are often those you can do on a shoestring. Here are two examples:
- Creative French Country Decor Ideas (for use both in kitchens and elsewhere)
- French Country Colors - color is a big element in French country kitchen designs, much more so than in Tuscan kitchens!
Last not least, I suggest you "Frenchify" your kitchen walls with French Wall Art - which doesn't necessarily mean 'pictures'! Imaginative wall art is among the best, free ideas for kitchen design - think along the lines of odd wooden spoons, handwritten recipes, French ceramic plates, lids or labels of French food preserves, French cookbook cover jackets, and so on.
Small Kitchen Design Ideas:
Rustic Kitchen Design, Part 2
Tuscan Kitchen Design
Tuscany Style
Kitchen Design
Contrary to widespread belief,
Tuscan Kitchen
Design is quite understated and not wildly colorful. Tuscan kitchens very rarely
have walls in warm 'earth' colors - they're usually white.
To see how you could redesign a traditional Southern US kitchen and give it a Tuscany look by adding authentic Tuscan elements, check out the page about Tuscany Style Kitchen Design.
Of course, rather than striving for traditional Tuscan style kitchen design, you could decide to paint a Mediterranean-style kitchen in Tuscan Colors - just because this is rarely done in Tuscany doesn't mean you can't do it ;-)
You could also create authentic Tuscan flair by using a Tuscan armoire for kitchen or pantry storage, and display Tuscan Wall Art on the kitchen walls.
The most authentic Tuscan flavor will come from using and displaying original, handmade ceramics from Tuscany and Umbria:
- Tuscan Dinnerware,
- Tuscan Canisters,
- Tuscan Plates on the walls & on the table,
- and all manner of Tuscan Kitchen Accessories.
That's where Tuscany kitchens really come into their own!
Small Kitchen Design Ideas:
Small Kitchen Remodel
Small Kitchen
Remodel
If you're looking for ways to make a small kitchen more efficient and easier on the eye,
check out Tammy's kitchen photos and the
Cheap
Kitchen Remodeling ideas they inspired, which will give her better storage, easier
accessibility and increased counter space in her small kitchen.
The page takes you through a process you can follow to help you remodel/reorganize your kitchen and make sure you get the most bang for your buck.
A kitchen remodel is a great opportunity to update some of your appliances. If you
play your cards right, you'll be making money back through long-term energy servings!
Robin Green (nomen est omen) has done some excellent research into
energy
saving household items, from toasters to dishwashers and beyond. His site,
Green Energy
Efficient Homes, is very much worth a read.
Small Kitchen Design Ideas:
Dream Home Decorators'
Free Ideas For Kitchen Design!
Readers' Kitchens
My fellow Dream Home Decorators are a wonderfully creative bunch, who
have been generously sharing their tips, tricks, and small kitchen design ideas.
- Jai gutted his small Victorian kitchen and turned it into a chic, 'designer'-look space;
- Kim created heaps of Mediterranean flavor by using a gel stain, wrought iron and natural stone in her small kitchen design project;
- Mary gave her tiny galley kitchen a bright, clean makeover
- Nelle was looking for ideas to transform her Southern kitchen an authentic Tuscan look.
- Cyndy turned her Californian kitchen into a warm, sunny, Tuscan-inspired space. (Part 2 of her small kitchen remodel story has all the before-and-after photos!)
- Tonie had some fun trying to find the perfect dinner table lamp for her tiny apartment kitchen in Saint Petersburg, Russia.
- Neutral Color Schemes - The
Book:
Learn about using neutral color palettes (very useful for small kitchen design!) The book will help you understand what makes neutral color schemes look their best, and what happens when you inject 'real' color into neutral color palettes. It's FREE!
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