8,422 Contemporary Kitchen Design Ideas

Photography by Patrick Ray With a footprint of just 450 square feet, this micro residence embodies minimalism and elegance through efficiency. Particular attention was paid to creating spaces that support multiple functions as well as innovative storage solutions. A mezzanine-level sleeping space looks down over the multi-use kitchen/living/dining space as well out to multiple view corridors on the site. To create a expansive feel, the lower living space utilizes a bifold door to maximize indoor-outdoor connectivity, opening to the patio, endless lap pool, and Boulder open space beyond. The home sits on a ¾ acre lot within the city limits and has over 100 trees, shrubs and grasses, providing privacy and meditation space. This compact home contains a fully-equipped kitchen, ¾ bath, office, sleeping loft and a subgrade storage area as well as detached carport.

The kitchen opens onto the courtyard, with an external bar permitting easy summer entertaining. Photo by Peter Bennetts

Purchased in 2014 as a maintenance deferred property with only one rentable apartment, Piperbear Designs completed a full scale renovation of the upstairs unit, painted the exterior, and upgraded the heating and cooling to a dual zone high efficiency system to help save the tenants in utility costs. We were able to immediately raise rents by 60% in the upstairs unit.

Interior view of kitchen dining area with clerestorey windows over. Photo by Hilary Bradford

http://www.lipsettphotographygroup.com/ This beautiful 2-level home is located in Birdie Lake Place - Predator Ridge’s newest neighborhood. This Executive style home offers luxurious finishes throughout including hardwood floors, quartz counters, Jenn-Air kitchen appliances, outdoor kitchen, gym, wine room, theater room and generous outdoor living space. This south-facing luxury home sits overlooking the tranquil Birdie Lake and the critically acclaimed Ridge Course. The kitchen truly is the heart of this home; with open concept living; the dining room, living room and kitchen are all connected. And everyone knows the kitchen is where the party is. The furniture and accessories really complete this home; Adding pops of colour to a natural space makes it feel more alive. What’s our favorite item in the house? Hands down, it’s the Red farm house bar stools.

While we kept the kitchen location and the layout fairly intact, we did replace all the cabinets and added an island. We included tall pantry cabinets in the kitchen since there was no room for a separate pantry. The three tall pantry cabinets are in the direct sight line when you come in the front door, which we thought would be better to look at than base and wall cabinets with counter. The three tall pantry cabinets also provide a nice transition between the kitchen work area and the dining room.

Open Gourmet Kitchen with french doors leading to screened porch beyond

Simon Wood

A compact but well-appointed kitchen is included in the open plan living space.

Jim Bartsch

Kitchen Architecture’s bulthaup b3 furniture in white structured oak, clay laminate and sand-beige aluminium with a 10 mm stainless steel work surface.

Island Gwen Adair Designer Cabinet Supreme by Adair Franklin, Wi Featuring the Dura Supreme Cabinet Line Erol Reyal Photographer

Dark gray flat panel cabinets and peninsula. Silestone countertop and (fireclay) tile backsplash in a herringbone pattern create an open contemporary kitchen with a view of the mountains beyond. Don't forget the solid white oak shelving!

Custom made island bench from CAST Designs featuring 2 distinct shadow lines and an integrated round concrete sink. Complementing the standout island is concrete scullery and laundry bench tops with seamless cutouts for black under mount sinks aperture22 Photography