25 Red Kitchens Featuring Bold Color

Rev up your appetite and energize your kitchen with this fiery hue.

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Red Lacquered Cabinetry

This modern loft kitchen features high gloss red lacquered cabinetry to compliment the exposed brick, reclaimed barn wood and deep gray ceramic backsplash.

From: Gretchen Murdock

Red + Brown

With hip modern flair, red and black accents wake up the style of this small kitchen set off by the brown cabinets.

From: Loczi Design

Contemporary Look

High gloss red cabinets and a geometric kitchen island contribute to the one-of-a-kind look of this contemporary kitchen.

Cozy + Chic

This eat-in kitchen is a sleek and vibrant place to prep and serve food in style. To refresh this small kitchen, existing cabinets were sanded, primed and updated with high-gloss, cranberry-red paint.

Balancing Warm and Cool Colors

This kitchen has a 10-foot ceiling, so to accentuate it, it was painted a flat shade color matched to the blue-gray tone of the wall tile. This continuation of color blurs the line between where the walls end and the ceiling begins and offers a nice contrast to the bright red cabinets and island.

Cottage Kitchen With a Jolt of Red

This charming cottage kitchen uses red as an accent in a large island featuring a built-in microwave to keep the bulky appliance off the countertops.

From: Alison Kandler

Mixing Old and New

This open-plan kitchen with contemporary and midcentury-modern elements features dramatic exposed rafters, a turquoise tile backsplash and the focal point of bright red cabinets.

From: Suzanne Childress

Baby Steps

Afraid to go full-on red? Try just a touch of this vibrant color as shown here, where brass barstools with fire engine red seats contrast with the kitchen's clean white peninsula.

From: Andrew Suvalsky Designs

A Bold Red Oven

If you love red, why not find a signature piece like this statement oven to distinguish your kitchen?

From: Pure Design Interiors

Modern Tile

This bright and festive red and white tile adds even more energy to this kitchen featuring both glossy red and white cabinets.

Balancing Act

Sometimes the success of a red kitchen comes down to making sure you create some breathing room, as this homeowner has with white walls between upper and lower cabinets.

Eclectic Breakfast Nook

A custom red leather bench seat adds a burst of energy to this kitchen breakfast area designed by Kate Ridder. In this design, less red is more.

Red Spells Fun

Fire engine red cabinets in this kitchen stand out next to blue countertops and white tile walls. Large metal letters are used as decorative elements above the cabinetry.

Small but Mighty

This small galley kitchen gets a modern industrial look from stainless steel appliances, a blackened steel bar counter and sleek red cabinets.

From: Eisner Design

Red Hot Kitchen

Drenched in delicious red from floor to ceiling, this open kitchen is small but high impact. High-gloss countertops and stainless steel appliances keep the look polished and modern.

From: Wiebenson and Dorman Architects

Candy Apple Red

This modern kitchen features stainless steel appliances and high gloss European-style red, black and glass cabinets.

A Red Middle Ground

While many red kitchens choose to break up lower and upper red cabinets with a white wall, here a vibrant red backsplash brings this gray kitchen space to life.

White Stripes

Lacquered white cabinets and quartz countertops pop against a bold crimson backdrop, giving this room by Andreas Charalambous a contemporary Asian vibe. The glass backsplash shields the bright wall from wear.

Fire Engine Red Island

This ultra sleek red kitchen forms the center of this urban home. Stainless steel is used throughout the space from the range hood to the waterfall countertop, while a contemporary fireplace adds warmth.

From: Bill Bocken

Ruby Red Countertop

A ruby-colored natural quartz countertop, which consists of recycled raw material and is stain-, scratch-, mold- and heat-resistant, stands out against white Shaker-style cabinetry in this beautiful kitchen.

A Touch of Red

Sleek and spare but with warm brown accents, this modern kitchen is a design masterpiece. The wood paneled cabinets work beautifully with the red pendant lights and tile backsplash.

From: Beaches Design and Development

Industrial Age

Red is associated with fire and heat. When preparing food, red countertops give the perception of warmth, therefore tricking your senses and heightening your appetite. For balance, mix cool gray with this bold hue suggests designer Roger Zierman.

All-Red Kitchen

Not for the faint of heart, this eclectic kitchen designed by John Ryba is saturated in a rich, red lacquer. The white ceiling and stainless-steel appliances help reflect light, an important design element when working with a bold color.

Cottage Charm

Red walls and white beadboard detail keep this kitchen intimate and inviting without feeling overwhelming. For the color-shy, designer Judith Balis recommends the kitchen as a great place to begin incorporating color in your home.

A Country Kitchen

This eat-in kitchen features an oversized red island that houses the cooktop and extra cabinets. The rustic beamed ceiling, muted color palette and bold red accents are a nod to contemporary country design.