If you’re after a modern kitchen that embodies the sleek, innovative aesthetic, we at Mehraaz group have you covered with plenty of designer-approved ideas. Whether you want something bright and whimsical or monochromatic and sophisticated, these modern kitchens will inspire you to think outside the farmhouse box.
1. Use Sculptural Light Fixtures
While modern design is all about natural lighting, you’ll still need some light fixtures. Go for simple yet sculptural ones, like the brass pendant with two globe lights in this kitchen designed by Regan Baker.
2. Add Cushy Bar Stools:
Offset cold white marble counters and cabinetry with sleek yet cushy bar stools. In this kitchen designed by Pure Salt Interiors, the curved stools with dark wood bases bring comfort and warmth into the space.
3. Hide Your Coffee Station:
By hiding your coffee station, keep your counters free and your kitchen looking uncluttered. In this kitchen by Alison Victoria’s Atlanta loft. She hid a Miele espresso machine behind custom cabinetry that easily lifts.
4. Mix Metals:
To infuse her Toronto kitchen with glamour and warmth, designer Natalie Chong incorporated gold cone-shaped pendants, a gold faucet, and a silver range hood with gold details. Brown leather bar stools and a navy island make it feel extra inviting.
5.Create a Counter splash:
When the same slab style is used for the countertop and backsplash, a counter splash offers a smooth look and provides easy cleanup for cooking splatters. The white marble counter splash in this kitchen by Michelle Nussbaumer Design makes the pink upper cabinets and deep blue drawers pop.
6. Consider Dark Counters:
Many modern kitchens boast bright white counters, but dark ones can add a moody touch without compromising the airy atmosphere. Take it from this kitchen designed by Linda Hayslett, which still feels bright thanks to the natural light from floor-to-ceiling windows and crisp white walls.
7. Make Stools Blend In:
Maintain a clean look using bar stools that blend in with your island. Here, designer Pam Schneider added backless bar stools that easily blend into the black island when pushed against it. Wood beams and a large plant add a rustic, welcoming feel.
8. Use Glass Fronts:
Cabinetry with glass fronts may seem counterintuitive to the clean look of a modern kitchen, but that makes them the perfect unexpected touch to make your kitchen stand out. Enhance the space with natural light, white marble counters, and a good range hood for good measure, as designer Summer Thornton did in this kitchen of a Chicago townhouse.
9. Go for Gold:
Stainless steel is a modern kitchen staple, but we also love mirrored islands’ edgy, high-shine look. In this kitchen designed by Dries Otten, the gold mirrored surface brings some glamour to the playful elements, like the single pendant light, swirls of pink marble, and cobalt blue loft railing above. Oh, and that built-in planter is genius.
10. Give It an Edge:
Concrete floors bring an understated edge to this kitchen designed by Studio DB. While classic hardwood panels or fun, colourful tiles would also work well in this family home, the sleek grittiness of polished concrete is a welcome surprise. That sculptural light fixture also earns this modern kitchen some style points.
11. Pick a Strategic Layout:
When you have a small kitchen, you need to be strategic. In this kitchen designed by Hecker Guthrie, the layout is perfect for cooking, there’s plenty of story space since the cabinets reach up the ceiling, and the understated bar stools do a nice job transitioning the kitchen space to the dining-living area. The modern circular hood and the countertop surface extending up the wall adds the perfect intrigue.
12. Hide the Hood:
If a classic stainless steel hood feels too commercial or stark in your space, you don’t necessarily have to replace it. In this kitchen, Hecker Guthrie found a clever solution: Hiding it behind a pretty glass encasement. This adds graphic fun and also polishes things off.
13. Use a Tile Backsplash:
To soften up an industrial kitchen, opt for a subway tile backsplash. This kitchen, designed by ETC.etera, features edgy concrete floors, a retro red stool, classic black stained-wood cabinetry, an ultra-sleek island, and simple subway tiles. Altogether, they create an eclectic yet cohesive whole.
14. Install Interior Glass:
When you can’t decide between an open and closed floor plan, strike a compromise with interior glass. Here, Hecker Guthrie frames the kitchen with partial interior walls to spread light between both rooms and help transition the kitchen to the rest of the space.
15. Renovate Strategically:
Instead of redoing your kitchen, choose a few things you want to update for a more modern look. In this Tamsin Johnson-designed kitchen, the concrete accents, architectural lighting, and avant-garde artwork help contemporize the more traditional roots of the space without clashing.
