Best ideas for small kitchens in 2017

ELECTRIC COOKTOP

This miniature Nyc kitchen has a place for everything, says designer Stephanie Stokes. "After design a lot of kitchens for others, I understood just what I desired and what I wanted," she says. An electric cooktop that doubles as countertop and uncomplicated cabinetry help give the illusion of grandeur, a mirrored backsplash.

BLACK CABINETRY

In a Manhattan apartment, the existing kitchen cabinets were painted Benjamin Moore Air in Black. "I needed it to look less boring and more like an intelligent butler's pantry," designer Lilly Bunn says. The Roman shade is in Holland & Sherry's Belfour linen.

ROLLING LADDER

Adding additional storage up top is a good idea, if you can reach, that's. Katie Ridder installed a rolling ladder (just like the library!) in this superb kitchen to reach ceiling-height cupboards.

Room for Two

This small kitchen boasts floor-to-ceiling windows that flood the area with natural light, opening up the space, and so the plan of the once-cluttered kitchen—in which the fridge door hit the dishwasher or range when it opened—was planned around them.

Toronto Kitchen

METALLIC SHEEN

Her New York City kitchen might be around the smallish side, but designer Sheila Bridges did not let that cramp her style. An elegant silvery-blue wallpaper adds a tiny space and some sudden thrills.

SATURATED COLOR

As was the roller shade by Manhattan Shade & Glass, Fine Paints of Europe lacquer in Bamboo Leaf the cabinets in this New York apartment by Miles Redd. Redd says, "We pumped up the color simply a scootch and lacquered it to give it life." Even the Sub-Zero refrigerator is painted green.

STRIKING LEDGE

Although his customers requested a bank of open shelving, designer Grant K. Gibson added a single ledge to their galley kitchen. "One ledge is simple and dynamic," he says. "You have to have the ability to conceal jumble, which manner, it is possible to rotate your sets!"

COPPER SHELVING

Working with only 72 square feet, Austin designer Kim Lewis chosen for in-plain-sight storage. The copper-pipe shelving has hooks for hanging mugs, keeping the litter that is counter -free. Without a dishwasher, a farmhouse sink can adapt grimy pots and pans.