Small Kitchen Room Ideas

Thick Ledge

While our 2017 Kitchen of the Year didn't skimp on space, San Francisco designer Jon de la Cruz used plenty of efficient secrets to max out the room. The chunky 11/4-inch-thick Caesarstone counter extends up the wall to the bottom of the window, creating a place to get a soap dispenser (or wine glass).

Wicker Furniture

A custom Holland & Company farm dining table in a Georgetown rowhouse does double-duty as a dinner place and work surface, whereas paneled appliances seamlessly blend in with the cabinetry at Benjamin Moore's White Dove. The illusion comes in the form of seats that are woven from Baskets. Designer Sarah Bartholomew went to tie the room to the backyard.

White Cabinetry

Ashley Whittaker gutted a New York apartment's kitchen, replacing the dark cabinetry and terra-cotta tiles with white cabinets and Carrara marble. "The room now feels twice as big," she says. The slender table provides additional counter space and doubles as a skillet. Rather a birdcage lantern was chosen by her . "It's whimsical," she explains. "When you're working with a little apartment, why don't you make the kitchen feel just like a different decorated room?"

Stovetop Shelf

To expand a tiny kitchen in his San Francisco apartment, designer Scot Meacham Wood added additional shelves. The cabinetry is located in the Interior Semigloss in Scuba Black of Ralph Lauren Paint. The curtains are a Christopher Hyland plaid.