Solutions for small kitchens
51 Best Kitchen Organization Ideas
Aaron Colussi / Thomas Loof for Country Living
When you're the chef of the house, the kitchen can become cluttered and overwhelming, especially if you have a small space. If you're looking for smart and efficient ways to store your essentials, browse through our roundup of unique kitchen organization ideas. We're sharing clever ways to make use of your cooking area, including a few DIYs and useful installations.
From finding the best racks to store your spices and ingredients to the best drawers and countertop ideas to corral utensils, our list will help you tackle everyday cooking items and appliances you can never find a place for. And as an organization tip, Nicole Papantoniou, Director of Good Housekeeping's Kitchen Appliances & Culinary Innovation Lab, suggests grouping items together to make them easier to find and store. "The most accessible things should be the things you use most often," she says. "Use high cabinets and hard-to-reach places for things you rarely use. " For instance, if you're not a huge baker, keep those baking essentials above your fridge.
Ready to get organized? Say goodbye to the messy drawers and pantries (check out our best kitchen cabinet drawer organizers and clever pantry organizing tips for more ideas) and say hello to the clean, sleek and glamorous kitchen you designed when your family first moved in.
Watchtower Interiors
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Ditch Countertop Produce Bowls
Pack a deep drawer full of removable bins (like in this custom cabinet from Watchtower Interiors). If you use them to sort produce that doesn't need to be refrigerated, you'll never lose precious counter space to a fruit or veggie bowl again.
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Add Bins to Your Bottom Drawers
Reserve your bottom kitchen drawers for jars and cans. Use 16"-deep bins to keep them organized and label each bin so you know where to find what you need quickly.
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Store Pots and Pans in Sliding Shelves
If you can't fit your pots and pans into your square cabinet, consider installing a corner pullout cabinet system. It'll easily open and close, while making those pots accessible.
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Install a Pullout Pantry
Pullout cabinets are sneaky ways to keep your kitchen organized. They allow you to grab items from both sides, plus it gives you easy access to what's hidden in the back.
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Or Try a Tall Pull-Out Pantry Drawer
Keep unsightly — but frequently used — cans, bottles, and other staples within reach with this sleek pull-out pantry setup from Diamond Cabinets.
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Design a Bar Area
If you're a wine lover, add slide-in trays to your cabinets to store your drinks. You can also use drawer dividers.
SHOP DRAWER DIVIDERS
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Add Pot Racks to Your Walls or Inside Your Pantry
Pot racks are great for hanging pots and pans that can't fit in your drawers or oven. Use racks to hang them in an empty space on your wall or inside your pantry, where they'll be hidden yet secure for grabbing.
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Add Corner Shelves in a Small Kitchen
Fill that empty corner with functional accents. Designer Kate Lester upgraded this kitchen with reclaimed barn wood shelves — perfect for a farmhouse flair.
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Utilize Your Island's Storage
Your kitchen island can be a great place to store most essentials — at least the heavier ones. Purchase an island with hidden cabinets on both sides to place your pots, pans, linens and single-use items.
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Create a Slide-Out Prep Station
Here's a clever solution for a kitchen short on counter space: Build a butcher block board into a drawer like designer Jenn Feldman did here. With a hole right over the trash can, it's easy to dump peels and pits as you go, using a scrapper-chopper.
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Add a Paper Towel Cabinet Inside Your Trash Bin Drawer
What makes this trash and recycling bin drawer from Diamond Cabinets stand out from all the rest: the built-in paper towel rod above it. Cleaning up kitchen messes has never been easier.
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Design a Beverage Nook
Similar to this look by designer Kate Marker, you can upgrade your kitchen with a pantry cabinet that's functional and eye-catching. This one includes a beautiful counter workspace that's brilliant for prepping your morning coffee and storing your mugs and cups.
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Put a K-Cup Organizer in Your Drawer
Searching through the cabinet for your favorite coffee before you're caffeinated can feel, well ... exhausting. This custom K-Cup drawer from Decora Cabinetry lets you store all of your options (up to 40 at any given time, in fact) face-up for easy early-morning locating.
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Install a Charging Drawer
This sleek drawer idea is the secret to banishing unsightly cord clutter. Planning a reno? Talk to your contractor. You could also DIY it by installing a surge protector in an existing drawer or pick up this fully loaded version from Rev-A-Shelf.
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Try a Tray Organizing Drawer
Serving trays, baking sheets, and other large tins can be a pain to store in often-unaccommodating cabinets. Swap your usual stack of pans for this tray-friendly drawer from ShelfGenie to keep them upright and easy to locate.
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Design a Wine and Drinks Section
An ordinary closet in your kitchen can become the ultimate drinks station, where you store your favorites and separate them by type. Installing motion-sensor lights is another great addition.
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Add a Food Storage Container Drawer Organizer
Fact: The Tupperware cabinet is the hardest part of a kitchen to keep orderly. But that's where this genius drawer organizer comes in — it has a spot for every last one of your food storage containers and their matching lids.
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Designate a Drawer for Dishes
Keep your dishes protected and in place with adjustable plate holders, perfect for deeper drawers. Opt for holders with carrying handles, so you can lift them out of the drawer when it's time to set the table.
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Or Try a Peg Drawer Organizer
Or you can try a built-in quick-to-assemble peg system allows you to move your plates from high-up cabinets to deep, down-low drawers. (The best part: They'll be easier to pull out and put away.)
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Attach a Spice Rack to Your Walls
Keep your condiments away from your counter space with a spice rack. Attach the rack to one part of your kitchen wall or use a hanging rack on your pantry's door.
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Or Add a Spice Drawer Organizer
Tired of digging around the back of your spice cabinet until you finally find the cumin? This genius drawer from ShelfGenie puts your full collection on display.
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Install Bracketed Shelves
If there's an open space you haven't yet designed, install bracketed shelves for a practical look. They're not as bulky as cabinets and they'll make great storage for your colorful and cute glassware.
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Install a Pull-Out Pots and Pans Drawer Organizer
If you've ever tried to pull a pan out of a big, heavy pile just to be met with a cookware avalanche, you're not alone. Avoid the crashing and clattering with this pull-out organizer, where you can hang up to 100 pounds worth of pots and pans on adjustable hooks.
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Create a Command Station
Stick chalkboard contact paper and adhesive pockets to the inside of one of your cabinets, so that everyone in your household knows where to look to find the grocery list, coupons, recipes and WiFi password. Add a plastic pouch to store coupons and receipts!
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Add a Refrigerator Egg Drawer
Easily organize fresh eggs with this refrigerator-ready drawer. (Worth noting: This organizer comes fully assembled, so all you have to do is clip it on to one of your fridge's shelves.)
SHOP EGG DRAWER
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Mount a Double-Duty Shelf
Here, one shelf gives you two smart ways to store your kitchen essentials: Stick seasonal platters and pretty dishes on the top shelf for all to see, and hang cutting boards and oven mitts on the lower hooks.
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Arrange Baskets High and Low
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Make the Most of Your Drawers
Find ways to make your drawers work for you. Carve out spaces to hold your most-used utensils, baking supplies and spices. In this case, an ice cream-obsessed family dedicated an entire drawer to their sundae-making essentials.
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Fill up Clear Canisters
When done right, your pantry staples can make an eye-catching display. Transfer all of your nuts, cereals, pastas and baking ingredients into glass jars, marking each and every one with a custom chalkboard label.
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Add a Built-in Storage Block
Build a knife block into a narrow drawer to keep your knives sharp and secure — and your hands safe.
21 Small Kitchen Storage Ideas That Actually Work
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A small kitchen can be frustrating, especially if you love to cook or entertain. But even the tiniest spaces can be functional (and even fun to be in), and these clever storage solutions for small kitchens will inspire you to take your kitchen from cramped and cluttered to organized and airy.
From behind-the-door storage to lazy Susans and stackable bins, here are small, easy tweaks you can make so your space feels bigger and more organized. When you have a space for everything, you can spend more time cooking and eating and less time looking for a spice or gadget you know you have crammed deep in a drawer elsewhere in your home.
The Best Kitchen Cabinet Organizers for Every Storage Woe
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Under Sink Storage
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Maximize storage space under the sink by stacking bins or plastic drawers filled with sponges, dishwasher pods, rags and more. Clear storage assures you don't forget about what you already have.
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Kitchen Storage in Drawers
Almost Makes Perfect
If you're planning a remodel of a smaller kitchen without changing the footprint, consider going with wide drawers instead of lower cabinets. They create so much storage space in an accessible way.
Kitchen Drawer Video Tour from Almost Makes Perfect
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An Organized Refrigerator
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Even the smallest refrigerator can get a makeover. Not only does storing food in clear bins help you see everything, it can also make for more vertical space if you stack them.
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Drawer Dividers for Kids' Plates
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Adding dividers into deep drawers keeps plates, bowls, and even utensils tidy and organized. Plus, putting kids' plates in a low drawer makes it easy for them to grab what they need.
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Drawer Dividers
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Make your drawers do more by adding dividers. This way, everything has a spot and the drawer is less likely to get stuck on stuffed-in tools.
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Pantry Storage on the Back of a Cabinet
Laura Cattano
Using the inner side of cabinet doors is an easy way to add storage for smaller items. As professional organizer Laura Cattano proves, spices and tea bags don't have to take up precious real estate inside the cabinet; instead, they nest seamlessly inside the door.
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Spice Storage
Mika Perry
Even small kitchens can have a designated spice drawer. This design makes it easy to spot what you already have so you don't end up with two of the same spice.
Spice Drawer Organization from Mika Perry
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Woven Pantry Baskets
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When your pantry or cabinets are organized and clutter-free, the space in your kitchen goes further. Labeled woven bins are as practical as they are pretty, and everything has a clear place with this system,
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43 Smart Pantry Ideas to Help You Organize Your Kitchen
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Risers for Storing Canned Goods
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An easy way to gain vertical storage is to add risers to pantries and cabinets. They help you fit more in a small space, plus you can see what you have so you don't end up with a bunch of duplicates. You can buy risers, or get creative by making them from something you already have.
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Open Shelves for Pots & Pans
Laura Cattano
If you're short on shelf space or drawers, follow professional organizer Laura Cattano's lead and try a hanging bar for pots and pans. Simple S-hooks and a bar that can withstand the weight of pots is all you need, plus it lends any small kitchen a slightly industrial edge that can look chic and modern.
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Food Storage Containers Organization
Mika Perry / Instagram
Storing food storage containers is tricky, no matter the kitchen size. When you get matching pieces, everything nestles together whether it's in a cabinet or drawer.
Food Storage Containers Organization From Mika Perry
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Pantry Storage With Baskets
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Baskets and canisters are always helpful, but the small-space stand-out piece here is the lazy Susan that stores oil, vinegar, and other bottles.
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Hanging Storage for Pots and Pans
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Hanging pots and pans is a great way to free up storage and counter space in a smaller kitchen. Here, white canisters add storage and style while a lazy Susan in the cabinet keeps everything easily accessible.
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Wire Behind-the-Door Storage
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If your pantry is small (or non-existent), adding wire baskets to the backside of the door or even inside a cabinet maximizes storage space in a tidy way.
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Clear Pantry Storage
Old Salt Farm
Yes, it's trendy and it looks aesthetically pleasing, but using clear containers to store snacks also helps save space by cutting down on all the air-filled bags crowding the cabinets.
Pantry Makeover from Old Salt Farm
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Open Shelving
Sugar & Cloth
Open shelving adds some interest to bare kitchen walls while freeing up cabinet space. If you don't have a ton of space, even a narrow shelf for storing glasses can make a big difference.
Kitchenette Storage from Sugar & Cloth
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Cabinets as a Pantry
The Homes I Have Made
No pantry? No problem. This tutorial explains how to have your cabinets do the work of a full pantry, even in a small space.
How To Use Kitchen Cabinets as a Pantry from The Homes I Have Made
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Open Shelving
Studio DIY
Let this image serve as a reminder that pink cabinets are always a great choice. Aside from the warm color choice, which brightens a small space, shelves help get items off the limited counters so you have more space for chopping or serving,
Our Kitchen Reveal from Studio DIY
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Make the Most of Counter Space
Lia Griffith
Having an island instead of a table is one clever way to add space to a smaller kitchen. Here beautiful wood shelves display glassware and art, but the countertops also work as storage for everything from cutting boards to wine glasses and plants.
Home Tour: My Kitchen Remodel from Lia Griffith
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Organize Corner Cabinets
The Homes I Have Made
A major part of maximizing storage space in a small kitchen is figuring out how to organize your cabinets in the most effective way. This tutorial explains how to make the most of your corner cabinet so everything has a spot and it's all easy to pull down when you need it.
How To Organize Corner Kitchen Cabinets from The Homes I Have Made
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Maximized Cabinet Space
Sugar & Cloth
It's hard to believe this stunning kitchen is in a garage. White cabinets make the space airy and bright, and smaller appliances mean more counterspace. Ensuring upper and lower cabinets (like those beneath the bar here) are functional and accessible helps you make the most of every bit of space in a small kitchen.
Garage Apartment Kitchen Appliances Makeover from Sugar & Cloth
Design of a very small kitchen (80+ real photos)
It's no secret that the most frequently visited place by the hostess is the kitchen. However, not all women are owners of a large kitchen. And so you want this room to be functional, comfortable, and most importantly, cozy.
Designers' advice will come to help in solving this problem, which you can use and turn the proposed ideas into reality.
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Which floor plan to choose
Square kitchen
Corner sets are suitable for square kitchens. In them, you can conveniently distinguish between a working and dining area. With this solution, the refrigerator, sink and stove can be arranged in such a way that they form a working triangle. Everything you need will be within walking distance.
An oval dining table can be placed opposite the set. This table can accommodate a large number of people.
If the design of the kitchen is quite small, for example, 2 * 2 m, then a folding table will do.
Wide window can be used as a dining area.
Rectangular kitchen
Rectangular kitchens are best placed along the walls. Instead of a dining table, it is better to give preference to a bar counter.
To visually expand the room, you can hang a large mirror on the walls or install a mirror kitchen apron.
For this option, it is preferable to choose curtains with a large pattern.
Extra light needs to be considered as the work area needs to be well lit. If the window is small or located on one wall, lighting is indispensable.
Small kitchen doors can be sliding to save space.
Irregular kitchen
These rooms usually have niches, spaces or ledges. The built-in closet fits perfectly into the recesses of the walls. It can accommodate kitchen utensils, household appliances.
A refrigerator or an unusual built-in bar can also take a place in a niche. It is better to make a kitchen set for such a kitchen to order or choose an option in which the doors of the upper cabinets will rise vertically.
Rules for choosing furniture for a small kitchen
- You should be guided, first of all, by the issue of comfort and only then by your own taste preferences. For example, you should not buy a bulky sideboard made of solid wood that you like, which carries a minimum functional load, and at the same time clutters up an already small room.
- To begin with, it is necessary to consider all existing types of planning. A kitchen plan drawn on paper will help a lot with this. One of the options is sure to suit the arrangement of a small kitchen.
- Hanging cabinets, shelves and other pieces of furniture look much better in small spaces. And you should also choose the highest possible racks, literally resting on the ceiling - they will help save space in the room.
- It is recommended to rationally use all free corners by installing headset parts, household appliances and other important elements in them.
When choosing furniture for a small kitchen, one should take into account such parameters as volume and ergonomics. The headset should be as compact as possible externally, but at the same time roomy. You should not choose furniture that resembles a design of huge boxes. It should be quite light and pretty, and occupy all corners, niches and other useless spaces.
The visual perception of the kitchen set also plays a huge role. This means that the color of the furniture that will be installed in a small room is extremely important. Light glossy surfaces will help to visually increase the space.
However, it is not recommended to buy a set that matches the color of the walls exactly. It is also very important to correctly place bright accents that will enliven the room and give it a twist.
Some design tricks can help make your kitchen look bigger. Mirrored surfaces will add depth to the room, exactly the same function is performed by glass doors and shelves, chrome-plated metal handles, and so on. At the same time, it is important to maintain harmony so that the kitchen looks stylish and attractive.
Equally important is the arrangement of furniture in the kitchen. For small spaces, it is recommended to choose a linear or L-shaped layout, abandoning the island, U-shaped and two-line layout. And also for a very small kitchen, built-in furniture is ideal, helping to save space as much as possible.
Choice of household appliances
Every housewife wants to use household appliances that greatly facilitate the process of cooking, these include a food processor, blender, microwave oven, steamer, bread machine, multicooker. And there is also a coffee maker, electric kettle, ice cream maker, toaster. How to place all this in a room that has a very modest size?
Designers advise to use the highest cabinets with deep niches, in which you can easily hide some of these items, taking them out when needed. You can place an electric kettle and a coffee maker on the work surface, as the most commonly used devices.
Narrow cabinets with rolling doors, located between the lower and upper tiers of the headset, are also perfect for storing household appliances.
Narrow dishwashers and ovens save space in the bottom row. The cabinets themselves must be equipped with appropriate mechanisms that provide quick and free access to the necessary devices.
There is a wide choice of such mechanisms - zapachny, folding, with a rotating carousel, folding and so on. Properly organizing the space of a small kitchen is not as difficult as it seems at first glance.
Color and decor
Here are a few basic recommendations:
- Light, warm shades are suitable for a small room.
- It is important to ensure that sufficient natural and artificial light enters the work area.
- The color of the walls should also be light shades.
- It is better not to use more than two colors in a small kitchen, otherwise staying there may become psychologically uncomfortable.
- "Painted" walls in a small room are also not appropriate.
- The color of the furniture should be in harmony with the walls.
- An excellent solution would be glass or transparent furniture that seems weightless and enlarges the space.
- Light-colored transforming table will complement the interior of a small kitchen.
- Roman blinds or blinds are a good decor element for a small kitchen.
How to save space in a small kitchen
There are many ways to save space in a small kitchen: . The owners of small and cramped kitchens often make planning mistakes that prevent them from using the room as functionally as possible, while not littering it with unnecessary interior items. How to equip a small kitchen? You can understand this issue using the example of the most common mistakes. There is not enough space in the kitchen to store the necessary utensils. To avoid this, you should learn how to effectively use the free vertical space. Small shelves and cabinets can be installed above the stove, refrigerator, or even directly under the ceiling. The work surface is too small. This is done in order to save space, but in fact, such a solution only contributes to more clutter in the kitchen. You can continue the work surface using a folding table top or a bar counter. Elimination of the hood to save space. Unfortunately, a lingering unpleasant smell will completely spoil the impression of even the most elegant kitchen. There is no way to do without a hood in a small room. Designers are advised to choose compact models. If necessary, the hood can be hidden behind the facade of the headset. As you can see, a small kitchen is not a reason to be upset. With a competent and rational approach to the design of this room, you can get a comfortable and functional kitchen as a result. If you are the owner of a small kitchen, you will be interested to see our photo gallery with 320+ photos of small kitchen examples from professional designers. We will analyze all 7 rules and 4 mistakes on real photo examples of small kitchen design. Hereinafter we will assume that a small kitchen also means not an unlimited budget . All advice will be to maximize the result/price ratio. Upper cabinets in small kitchens should always be built up to the ceiling. Even if you don't get it, you will always find some rarely used items that you can stuff into the upper lockers and forget. Without a gap, the design of a small kitchen looks monolithic and the furniture is not perceived as boxes hung on the wall. There will be no question of masking the ventilation pipe from the hood. Rubbish, dust and grease will not accumulate. It is better to buy a stepladder for a penny and climb up a couple of times a season than to waste both appearance and storage space. You can always either lower the ceiling in the cabinet area, or increase the height of the upper cabinets, or both. Photo examples: By the way, handles on the upper cabinets are not needed: both with hinged opening and with lifting mechanisms, the facades are simply made 1 centimeter longer and open at the bottom. Upper cabinets should look solid. If you do, the handles must be the same and either all horizontal or all vertical. The photo below is an example of a good design for a small kitchen, where just following the tips from this first point would make this design already chic. If your area does not exceed 7 sq. m., see my material about the design of kitchens in Khrushchev. Also read a separate article specifically about the features of choosing a kitchen set for a small kitchen - furniture for a small kitchen is critical. Here we are considering options for 7-12 square meters. m. Naturally, there are exceptions to any rules, and I have an article with beautiful pictures of kitchens where the canons don't care. But here we are talking about small kitchens where there is no time for experiments. Everyone is used to the fact that built-in appliances are expensive. And this is true, but not for hoods. A built-in hood costs even less than a regular one: from $35 for a regular built-in hood and from $50 for a telescopic one. It makes sense to take it among the cheapest ones. they are no different from the expensive ones. The advantage of such a hood is the space around the pipe in the cabinet, which does not disappear as in the case of ordinary ones. We have all the tea/coffee/condiments stored there. Compare. Plain: Wasted a lot of space. And built-in: Maximum one primary and one accent. Moreover, the facades should be of a calm color. There is a mandatory set of items for cooking, and in a small area the concentration of these items is very high. And they also have their own colors. The best color combination in terms of price/performance ratio is still white with wood. In general, you need to be careful with bright colors in the design of a small kitchen - the risk of overdoing it is too high. A Scandinavian style kitchen is beautiful with dirty accent colors that are easy to match with natural finishes. Bright colors are acceptable, but you are at risk. If the only function that an object in the interior of a small kitchen has is a beautiful appearance, then this is an extra item. Stylish design is achieved by competent planning, selection of materials, furniture and equipment. A good indicator of an extra item is its constant movement to different places without being used. Remember the photos of real small kitchens that you liked. Was it the accessories? In any case, the small dimensions of the kitchen require a complete rejection of accessories. When looking at photos on the Internet, always imagine them in actual use: with all appliances, utensils, towels, etc. Then it will immediately become clear why it is impossible to overload with accessories and flowers. The same goes for fridge magnets, travel plate collections, etc. There is nothing wrong with this and for a family it can mean more than appearance, but from a design point of view, this is not the place in a small kitchen. The smaller the area, the more difficult it is to clean. Because there is not enough space on the countertop and when cleaning you have to rearrange objects from place to place. You've probably heard the wrong triangle rule about the fridge, sink, and stove. Actually the center of a small kitchen is a free horizontal plane. Because of all 3 points, we first put food and dishes on the table, and only then we perform manipulations. Therefore, the first task is to remove everything from the countertop. What is possible is stuffed into closed places, and for the rest we need roof rails . A must-have item in a small kitchen, but one that limits the design of the backsplash because it will always be perceptibly obscured. We hang special shelves on the rails and store things on them. Here is a perfect example of organization (but not design): We make an apron uniform without drawings and patterns (bright is possible). This is not a hard and fast rule, but classic styles are more expensive to implement and love large areas. In addition, there are many household appliances, and almost all of them have a modern design. To maintain the style of the interior and the technique, you will have to greatly narrow the range of choice and raise the budget. Plus, there is too much non-functional decor in the classics, which just eats up square meters. The only classic design styles that I would consider for a small kitchen are Provence and light neoclassic. Unfortunately, this item can only be solved with money, but it is very important. The area of your apartment also costs money, and in a small kitchen, every sq.m. on account. Therefore, it is logical to overpay for the manufacture of furniture exactly to your size and for the equipment built into it. A particular pain is the built-in microwave, which unreasonably costs 3+ times as much as a stand-alone one and starts at $200. There are no objective reasons for such a price, and it looks like a cartel of all manufacturers. But it really looks much better than freestanding and saves the most scarce horizontal areas in a small kitchen, so with tears in your eyes it is still worth forking out. Or take the risk of making the furniture exactly the size of the usual one. But keep in mind that for built-in ventilation through the front facade, and for ordinary ones through the back panel, it can overheat. Many people lay a niche for a built-in microwave and put a regular microwave in it, but with the ability to switch to a built-in at any time. Not following any rule from the 1st part is a mistake, but we will not repeat it. The following rules are relevant specifically for small kitchens, in others they may not be errors. Same planning error. Before repair, imagine beautiful drawers with glass inserts and lighting, from where beautiful neatly arranged dishes will be viewed. Only after the repair, a small kitchen will bring you a little reality. In medium and larger kitchens, glass inserts are still acceptable, but in small ones there will be too much overload with details. Without upper cabinets, practicality also suffers in addition to appearance. Kitchens without hanging cabinets look cool only on a very large area, otherwise it looks like there is not enough money for the upper ones yet. Well, it does not pull on the design idea. Open shelves are also not an option here, believe me, Designwiki.ru will not advise garbage. Functionally, upper cabinets are a must: an extractor hood and a drain from it, a dish dryer (it is inconvenient to take it from below). And in general, taking from above is more convenient than constantly bending. If the kitchen has a corner and a short side, hang the cabinets on the long side. The floor must be the same. Either laminate everywhere, or tiles everywhere, no joints and thresholds. I analyzed in detail in the material which floor to choose for the kitchen. Don't be smart. The most harmful thought that can come during a repair is that it turns out too simple and needs to be complicated. No need. There are extra sq.m. - there is a design, but in kitchens up to 10 meters it is necessary to do as simply as possible . Upper cabinets should preferably be uniform and monolithic. Compare and keep it simple: furniture is the main thing in the design of a small kitchen. If you have a kitchen with a balcony, you can add it. This can be done simply by removing the window block. In place of the former window sill, we install a countertop and get a table or bar counter. The balcony will need to be insulated. If you need more working area, but the size of the room does not allow and there is no balcony, then you can make a countertop window sill. At the bottom of the boxes will not be added, because. there will be a battery, but more space on the table. If you decide to move the sink to the window, take into account the nuance with the trash can. Usually it stands under the sink, but if the sink is near the window, then the battery will also be there, which means that the garbage will quickly deteriorate and smell. Find another place for the bucket. Be smart with your layout. There is no need to complicate the design in a small kitchen, but the most insane layout options should be considered. Sometimes very interesting options for arranging furniture can turn out. The idea: custom kitchen sellers offer free plan creation - use it, no need to order. A two-burner cooktop is enough for almost everyone. If the shape of the room is closer to a square, then our option is corner kitchens. Otherwise, there will be too much free unused floor, and in a small area we cannot allow this. In general, corner furniture is the standard. There are very good reasons to refuse it. The layout of the corner kitchen should always start with the refrigerator. it is the only one that occupies all 3 levels (lower cabinets, apron area, upper cabinets). The junction of the countertop and the non-built-in refrigerator cannot be fixed and moisture will get into the end of the countertop. It must be laminated as open. With the corner version, we will have 1 corner for the L-shaped or 2 for the U-shaped. Mistakes that are often made when arranging a small kitchen
Small kitchens (real photos)
7 ideas, 4 mistakes and 93 photos (real)
7 Design Ideas for a Small Kitchen
1. Small kitchen up to the ceiling
2. Built-in hood
3. No more than two colors
4. No accessories
5. Unload the table top as much as possible
6. Modern interior of a small kitchen
7. Custom-made furniture and built-in appliances
4 Mistakes in the interior of a small kitchen
1. Transparent boxes
2. No upper cabinets
3. Floor joint
4. Lots of design in a small area
How to furnish a small kitchen
Small corner kitchens