Less is More: Design Insights for Smaller Kitchens

Kitchens certainly continue to reign as the heart of the home, but are they getting smaller? With our interest in sustainability and the current economic conditions, it certainly seems a possibility. While the overall space impacted by the kitchen is not smaller, in many cases the operational kitchen may be.

Picture a lovely open plan with a kitchen at one end. Often times, that kitchen may be a simple galley style, with a sense of “big” but a very concentrated actual working kitchen area.

The average home size has dropped 300 square feet, and in home plans I have been involved with, the eating nook is often shrunk down or eliminated, with that need being satisfied by the snack bar and adjacent dining space of the Great Room. These thoughts and the incredible small kitchens I have seen recently have prompted me to touch on some of the things that contribute to designing kitchens creatively for a smaller space.

Less is More

Following are 10 tips for designing smaller spaces effectively.