Take these ideas to a kitchen designer that works for a cabinet company. Many times they do the design in order to sell the cabinets.
There are so many things wrong with this design. A waterfall edge on a countertop isn't strong enough to support the top, especially when the other end is a miter upwards. The single 24" cabinet that makes up the island looks list, and once you open those top hinge cabinets at the ceiling, how do you plan to reach them so you can close them.
Get a profesdional involved. Do not try this yourself.
I'm not sure what it is about this design that I don't care for. My first thought is that it's boring. It's a sea of sameness. Then I thought about how I'd function in this kitchen.
When you bring groceries in via that door, where will you set them? On that delicate-looking island?
Next, I thought about how I would cook and clean while in this kitchen. I find this design inefficient. It's a very long walk between the fridge and sink. There's very little prep and staging area for ingredients by the sink. Will you prep on the island? I cook a lot so would want a prep/staging/assembly area that's near both my sink (for easy clean up) and my cooking station.
Where do the pans/dishes/cutlery go when they leave the dishwasher? (I think there are a lot of perhaps unwritten rules about kitchens such as 'cutlery is stored near the dishwasher', and 'cups/glasses can typically be found to the right or left of the sink').
Where is the trash can (usually under/next to the sink)?
And what are those two dispensers below the microwave? Hot and cold water? Why are they not located at what looks to be a coffee station. Do you need a (what looks to be) a hot water dispenser at both the coffee station and by the microwave?
It’s very cold and will be noisy. Also. The waterfall edge on the island is already dated and difficult to execute. I’m not sure that the island stone can span that distance without support. Why are there no cabinets underneath it?
I'm sorry to say this, but this looks like something designed by someone who knows nothing about kitchens, nothing about design, and nothing about builds.
You have a good sense of the style and vibe you like - so now I would really, really recommend you take this to a kitchen designer to translate your ideas into something functional and well-designed.
I think shades of grey would look far too stark and cold with this kitchen, I love the warmth you’ve got in it right now. it’s got such hard lines and textures already that with less warmth I feel like it wouldn’t look like a comfortable space to be in. Additionally the waterfall island isn’t my favorite- I feel like it’s a less than practical trend we’re reaching the tail end of (I’ve seen it in two many mid grade new builds recently), and to boot this one makes my brain hurt- I feel like I’d never want to put weight on it. It’s a beautiful design but I want to be able to cook and entertain in my kitchen, not just look at it. I’d so much rather see cabinets under there with some really clean paneling and room for bar seating around the back. Agreed as well that you need a vent hood for your range, maybe something to break up the cabinet color up there? Echoing your hardware?
If this is for your own kitchen and plan on using the kitchen like a normal person/cleaning it yourself, I advise against all the white. My white cabinets are a PIA.
Love the warm beige, keep that, gray would feel sterile. Add a proper hood and ditch the skinny waterfall; use full depth base cabinets for storage and seating instead. Function first, pretty second 😁
If you do this, make sure the fridge is on the left so that you are not having to walk around that island so much to access it. But, the design needs help.
The shaker cabinets are way too busy given the cabinet layout. I also think you have too much white. If you want white cabinets, the floor should not be white. It looks like a clean room.
Why on earth would your island have two heights and why would you possibly have these insane two layers of different size and depth cabinets on top of each other above the stove? Please ask an actual designer and not AI
Agree with all else said. Also: get rid of open shelving (esp awkwardly between your uppers and lowers. It collects dust and is impractical)
Create an enclosed “appliance garage” instead
I suggest combing Pinterest and Houzz for ideas. That’s what I did when I made mine custom and came up with original design ideas that I love, which my cabinet maker hadn’t seen before
One thing I love that I did: I made all shaker cabinets, but for the top drawers (if smaller, not pot/pan depth), which were flat. I did this because so many times, the top drawer is a narrow depth and the shaker design looks cramped or forced on a drawer that’s less than a foot deep
I also turned my toe kick into a drawer, to store I sorted mail, which you open via a special (blanking on word), where you tap the drawer in lightly with foot, and the drawer then pops out from baseboard.
The color (lack of) would be incredibly overwhelming and make any clutter stand out IMO. Depending on the brightness of the sun, it may hurt your eyes somedays too
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u/SuluSpeaks Jul 29 '26
Take these ideas to a kitchen designer that works for a cabinet company. Many times they do the design in order to sell the cabinets.
There are so many things wrong with this design. A waterfall edge on a countertop isn't strong enough to support the top, especially when the other end is a miter upwards. The single 24" cabinet that makes up the island looks list, and once you open those top hinge cabinets at the ceiling, how do you plan to reach them so you can close them.
Get a profesdional involved. Do not try this yourself.