Hip Kitchen Embraces Pattern and Texture
This city kitchen uses every inch of space to its advantage! Floor-to-ceiling cabinets and an island with drawers provide storage for small appliances and utensils, while a custom wine rack displays the owners' favorite bottles. Graphic wallpaper, a mint green island and two brass chandeliers further update the space for the owners.
Open Plan Kitchen With Wine Storage
In a fun and practical touch of whimsy, a slim stack of cubes holds wine bottles next to the refrigerator. Cabinets: IKEA; Light fixtures: Etsy; Barstools: Wayfair.
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Gray Cottage Kitchen With Exposed Brick
In this kitchen, wood and exposed brick are paired with gray graphic wallpaper for that rustic-meets-modern look that the homeowners liked.
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Country Kitchen With Blue Island
Chandeliers are finds from Etsy and beautifully walk the line between a contemporary and charmingly vintage look.
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Open Plan Kitchen With Gray Wallpaper
This fun kitchen combines the husband's love of the modern look and the wife's more vintage leanings. A slimmer island makes room for all the appliances.
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Small Kitchen With Chandelier
To pack in as much storage space as possible, designers filled one wall of the kitchen with floor-to-ceiling affordable IKEA cabinetry. Chandelier: Etsy
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Kitchen With Gold Chandelier
The palette is subtle in this kitchen, but the patterns and finishes are sophisticated. Wallpaper is an easy way to freshen up the room and a pretty chandelier is a lovely note overhead.
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Gray Wallpaper and Kitchen Cabinets
Basic white kitchen cabinets from IKEA are dressed up by the chic gray wallpaper.
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Kitchen With Gray Graphic Wallpaper
The kitchen makeover in this early 1900s house required designers to get creative. A downdraft range under the window meant no range hood was necessary. To the left of the range, affordable Ikea cabinets were reconfigured to include an appliance garage.
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Gray Kitchen With Wallpaper
For this small kitchen, graphic wallpaper on the upper half of the walls is balanced by clean, crisp subway tiles underneath.
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Range and Gray Wallpaper
The gray wallpaper mimics a caned chair, a fun way to modernize the classic country look. Black and gold sconces are an additional contemporary touch.
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Open Plan Kitchen With Brick Column
Slimming down the kitchen island means there's still plenty of room for countertops and all the appliances! Smart design for the win!
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Rustic Dining Room With Bar Cart
The simple rustic dining table and black chairs pays homage to the vintage look favored by the wife. On the back wall, a bar cart is ready for cocktail hour.
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Open Plan Kitchen and Dining Area With Wine Rack
To make the most of the space available, designers positioned the dining table perpendicular to the new kitchen island. A wall was also removed, joining these two spaces with the adjacent living room.
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Country Dining Room With Black Chairs
Removing a wall connected this dining area with the adjacent kitchen and living room.
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Open Plan Kitchen With Gray Wallpaper
Chic patterned wallpaper makes the kitchen feel unique while still allowing it to be connected to the larger living areas.
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Susannah Watts

Photo By: Collete Wright, the lipstick lens