30 Kitchen Islands Designs Adding a Modern Touch to Your Home

Having a kitchen island in your home comes with many advantages, provided you have an open plan living plus dining room. When dealing with small spaces, a compact kitchen is a better option. For today, we gathered a series of kitchen island design ideas, each one more creative than the next. We figured that by choosing diverse designs, we would give you a clue about the available models out there, making it easier for you to pick the perfect one. Kitchen islands are a more recent development and represent a good approach when you want the stove to be accessible from all sides of the room. It is also an idea that allows two or even three people to cook together in the same time. Moreover, the kitchen island’s counter top can function as a surface for serving meals. Choose it wisely, and it will not only come with functional benefits, but with an aesthetic effect that can change the whole appearance of your kitchen for the better! See any idea below that fits this profile?

Contemporary Pink Kitchen With An Appealing Design

Contemporary Pink Kitchen With An Appealing Design

If you thought decorating your home in pink was too flashy and inappropriate, here is an example that will make you reassess your options. We recently discovered this lovely pink kitchen which made quite an impression on us due to its attractive and tasteful design. The large interior is opened towards an outdoor terrace through floor to ceiling glass doors, making the whole room be flooded with natural light. A pink wallpaper sets the tone for the entire kitchen, defining an atmosphere that is both fresh and appealing. The kitchen is large enough for a couple to cook at ease and enjoy every minute. A table for six, with colorful chairs is seated right next to the tall glass doors, for a lovely dining experience. Still think pink is too ostentatious?

Compact Kitchens from Kitchoo

The UK’s Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) recently launched a campaign calledHomeWise to highlight the fact that most new build homes in the UK are falling short of the recommended size guidelines. Britain’s ‘shameful shoebox homes’ are failing to provide the space that families need for modern day living. The average new three bedroom home currently being built by the UK’s top house builders is around 8% smaller than the basic recommended minimum size, depriving families of the space needed to live comfortably and cohesively.

Just as new build houses are getting smaller, many of the existing larger properties are being carved up into smaller apartments or studio flats in order to house burgeoning populations. These small dwellings often cram the living quarters into as few rooms as possible and open plan seems to be the key with living rooms, kitchens and dining rooms often being confined to a single room.

With space being such a premium these days, innovative space-saving designs for the home are more important than ever. These compact kitchens from French company Kitchoo are designed to provide all the functionality expected from a kitchen in the least space possible. Most models incorporate an integrated fridge-freezer, an induction hob with 2 rings, and a telescopic mixer tap, whilst optional extras include integrated dishwasher, microwave oven, washing machine, recycling bin and cutlery rack, depending on the model.

Kitchoo compact kitchens are sophisticated, well-equipped and extremely practical. The five designs, including the award-winning K1 kitchen, can be hidden away behind closed doors when not in use and look like any other cupboard or dresser that you might find at home.

 

Living in a property with such a small kitchen can’t be easy. But these lovely little compact kitchens would certainly make life easier when space is limited. Don’t you agree?

BEST BEDROOM DESIGNS for 2012

Walk In Wardrobe Design Interior

Walk in wardrobes have always been a symbol of luxury. If you are the sort of person who would like to stand back and rub your chin before deciding on what to wear for the day or occassion, these wardrobes would atleast give you some ‘room for thought’ (pun intended). More than the price factor, what goes against such walk-in wardrobes is that they take away significant space from your room. If you don’t mind that, they are for you!

We feature some of our favourite walk-in wardrobes we saw around the web here:

Above two are from Misura Emme

From FER.it

From Gautier

From Komandore

WARDROBE INTERIOR DESIGN

U-DHA FURNITURE

Wardrobe Interior Design and Furniture Production 

If you are looking to design a wardrobe for yourself, this post might provide some inspiration. 

Today we feature wardrobe designs from a Surabaya - Indonesia based company named 

U-dha Furniture. 

 With special emphasis on sliding door wardrobes, shows off its collection in good light with excellent photography and designer settings. 

The rooms are immaculately set with colors, furniture and accent pieces that match the product they highlight. Overall, some very good eye candy.

Curious about the chair they have here? Check out our post on Modern Classic Chairs to know more about designer chairs and where to use them.

by. YUDHA MARWAN

Owner of U-dha Furniture