A tall skinny house can become lost along the row, but that doesn’t seem to be an issue with these narrow facade house ideas. By implementing a selection of innovative planting ideas to create vertical gardens, some beautiful screening and modern shutters, these narrow plot houses stand way out from the rest of the street. This collection also has a multitude of architectural features such as asymmetrical roof lines, contemporary cladding and unique shaped windows. A tiny plot in the middle of a city can even harbour an internal garage, tucked away into the small footprint of the ground floor, to provide coveted off-road parking.
Architect:VTN
Our first narrow home looks less like a house than it does like a wall of outdoor planters. Plants peep out from each and every level as the eye climbs to the top.
Designer:DAN Studio
This transformation of a normal house uses a new facade of ‘shelved’ plants.
Designer:Cong Sinh
Spaced vertical planks present as modern screening on this tall house exterior. The lengths extend way up into the sky to make the building appear even taller. The screen also has a stepped effect between the neighbouring houses that have one lower and one higher roof height.
Designer:Nguyen Khac Phuoc Architects
Exterior parking space has been achieved here by raising the entry floor, which is accessed via an external staircase to the front door.
Visualizer:K5 House
Squares are punched out of a sloping concrete facade, to create peepholes to lush planting and warm glimmers of light.
Architect:Tekuto
This amazing geometric structure is the exterior of a small home that we have previously covered here . An impossible looking cutaway in the base provides a cheeky little parking place.
Visualizer:Nguyen Thuan
Faces protrude and shrink away to create an alluring home exterior. Decorative concrete blocks form an attractive, light pierced backdrop to a first floor tree.
Visualizer:Nguyen Thuan
Another stunning first floor tree installation, this time with a towering wooden slatted backdrop, which extends all the way up to the roof line where a skylight feature allows sunshine to spill through.
Visualizer:Nguyen Thuan
Cascading plants fall like emerald waterfalls from two balconies. A faux pitched roof makes a sweet silhouette against the sky.
Visualizer:Kien Truc Moi
Aqua blue shutters pop against an all white exterior that is perforated to allow moments of greenery to protrude through.
Visualizer:CS Smart Home Construction
A patterned glass panel shelter extends over a second floor balcony. The ground floor has been reserved for a two car garage.
Visualizer:Kien Truc Moi
This small plot has a lack of spare ground space for a garden, so a roof garden crowns the top.
Visualizer:Nguyen Thuan
Tall shutters give privacy to the large windows. Decorative concrete bricks screen off the outdoor living areas from prying eyes.
Visualizer:Nguyen Thuan
A towering wood clad volume is chamfered inward toward the tall house; a tree grows out of its top. Above the tree, a section has been omitted from the shelter to allow for branch growth.
Visualizer:Vinh Võ Duy
This home is cantilevered over a driveway. A row of exterior lights are fixed below the upper volume to brightly illuminate the cars approach.
Visualizer:Vinh Võ Duy
Outdoor plants feather the super flat roof line of this tall narrow facade.
Visualizer:Nguyễn Diên Hoàng
This roof garden is framed like a living shadow box, at the very top of an impossibly towering stack. The tallest trees protrude through a ceiling cutaway, reaching up to touch the sun and catch the very first raindrops from the clouds. Another mature tree is held within a lower frame, with is branches viewable to windows on two levels.
Visualizer:Phan Anh
These daytime and nighttime views of the same narrow home design show how shutters can be retracted to reveal the concealed living spaces, where they glow like a library of lightboxes.
Visualizer:Thanh Nguyễn
A triangular design makes up the top floor, with railings and wood cladding colouring the geometric shape.
Via:PLA Vietnam
Metal garage doors, window shutters and screens colour this home exterior. A modest amount of planting draws attention to an asymmetrical roof line.
Visualizer:Home Designing
A black border surrounds this small home, cutting through the blue sky at a sharp slope. The black exterior elements are complemented by pure white trims for high dramatic contrast. A spray of bright pink flowers fizz straight across the centre of the monochrome facade.
Visualizer:Ngotrung Ngo
Royal blue paint stripes around the midsection of this modern house . A huge screening feature has been created to lightly obscure the upper levels, made by installing white rods of varying length in a repeat pattern. Branches protrude through an opening in the asymmetrically angled roof.
Via:Nhadep 360
Square concrete blocks with open centres build almost one entire half of this home; plants grow though the missing middles. A lower balcony is clad in wood plank to contrast.
Architect:LIJO.RENY
With warm lighting twinkling through perforated walls, and luminous exterior lighting bathing the outside, this golden home appears positively precious. We have covered this gorgeous home with an internal garden atrium in detail before.
Architect:dIONISO LAB
This unique facia has symbols punched out of the walls and window shutters. By night, interior light sets the symbols ablaze.
Visualizer:X Home
A cantilevered section extends an arm of this home out into the world, with a tree cradled in its upturned palm.
Visualizer:X Home
Floating staircases rise through this narrow building, which are visible through glass fronted volumes.
Visualizer:X Home
When lit from within, moulded concrete blocks pattern the flat face of this home like a luminous wallpaper. Climbing plants grow on the inner plane of a wood clad wrap around wall, providing a healthy green view to most of the home’s picture windows.
Architect:NguyenHieu Architecture
Checkerboard windows and crisscrossing wall structures make this home appear like a stack of overlapping chessboards.
Visualizer:X Home
This home is a series of interlocking boxes, defined by white concrete and dark stained exterior wood cladding. LED stair lights warmly and safely mark out the approach to the front door at night.
Architect:Bassam El-Okeily
Peculiar flooring volumes lurk behind the frosted glass wall of this colour changing home exterior.
Visualizer:X Home
Locked behind white metal fretwork and hidden by green shrubs, this home is a very private place.
Visualizer:Hữu Phước
Green shrubs are held at treetop height in two constructed concrete planters that span the entire width of the building, so as not to break the line of greenery that travels the length of the street.
Via:Mundo Fachadas
Decorative concrete blockwork makes up the entire facade, laid over like a sheet of white lace.
Visualizer:X Home
A spruce extends from the top of this tall home, like a feather in its cap. Enormous windows bathe the interior in natural light.
Visualizer:X Home
A glass balcony balustrade ensures the sprawling central window of this narrow home living room doesn’t lose any of the view or the sunlight.
Visualizer:X Home
Decorative wooden doors make a big statement down at street level. Wooden slats take the eye all the way up past a mid-level balcony and finally to a rooftop garden.
Visualizer:More Design
Modern gates welcome guests into this towering build. A vertical stripe of wood cladding runs all the way up one side of the facia.
Architect:Landmak Architecture
A delicate look is achieved by this lacey patterned blockwork, despite its concrete makeup. Moments of interest step across the facia in diagonal line, first as a picture window, then in the form of two architecturally framed tree planters.
Architect:Studio 8
Punched out squares of varying sizes give this tall home exterior an almost digital graphic look.
Visualizer:23o5 Studio
Another digitised facia style. This time all of the square cutouts are of a uniform size except for one isolated picture window. The rooftop is sliced away at the front to accommodate a rooftop garden with trees.
Visualizer:More Design
Greenery spills through these square peekholes. The cantilevered upper volume of this home clings to a thin brick wall, looking as though its massive weight could pull the whole thing over.
Visualizer:X Home
A textured white section adds interest to the centre of a dark volume; wood cladding crosses beneath it, matching the look of the modern house number plate.
Visualizer:X Home
This unique front door design has a ‘v’ shaped wooden inlay. Matching the width of the double door front entrance, a wall garden grows to the height of the ground floor, flourishing right on the front street.
Designer:Block Architects
Colourful painted window shutters completely engulf the front of this skinny tall home. Some of the shutters can be opened up to reveal window openings, others are purely cosmetic.
Architect:FHHH Friends
This brick built tall home has dual aspect windows across one corner. The double banked cutout windows make the brickwork appear like a capital letter ‘E’ on the front face.
Architect:Green Dot Architects
A super thin window climbs the entire height of this skinny home, offering a view of the stairwell from top to bottom. The living room glows on full view to the driveway.
Designer:JagerJanssen
The picture windows of this modern home are a bespoke design that extrude from the flat brickwork face, as though they were picture frames hanging on a gallery wall.
Architect:FujiwaraMuro Architects
An entirely wooden house construction makes this a stand alone piece on the street.
Architect:Jakub Szczesny
If all of these houses still aren’t skinny enough for you then check out The World’s Narrowest House featured above.
Potential can be found in just about any space if you have the eye for it. Inspiration may not strike when you’ve grown up in an unorganised and aging interior, but this dazzling family home makeover reflects the fresh taste of a new generation. This family home was revamped by Simple Interior Design Alliance for the daughter of a writer, sprung from an avid reading family. This writer’s home was filled with books and clutter, and was crying out for a complete redesign. The layout of each area was replanned to maximise light, and the decor received a radical overhaul that included a long overdue installation of organised storage solutions.
Before the remodel, rickety storage made the hallway appear makeshift and overcrowded. The dimensions of the hallway are actually quite spacious, though you’d never have known it surrounded by dingy decor and sagging wiring.
The revamped hall is now a fresh vision of white decor and wooden accents. Four large cupboards are flush fitted where the old open shoe rack used to balance. The ample storage units are white to blend with the walls; they have an open shelf through the middle to show off the depth of space. A white LED strip makes the recessed shelf look light and clean.
All of the old exposed wiring has been hidden in the plasterwork.
Now first impressions of the home are bright and welcoming.
Before the revamp, the living room was a scene of chaos, with bad lighting and ventilation.
The remodel of the living room involved an adjustment of the wall marking the divide between the lounge and the hall, to square off the opening. At the other side, interior doors were removed to make the dining room part of the same continuous living space. The new TV wall decor involved adding plenty of storage space for media items, and to catch other stray belongings. The design was also geared to bring in a feeling of closeness to nature, with an abundance of natural colour, wood grain and leafy accents.
Wooden nesting coffee tables mimic the shape of a crescent moon and a full moon. A decorative vase brings a touch of elegance to the room.
Before the transformation, the dining room was non existent. Bad space planning meant that this area was originally utilised as extra kitchen and utility storage.
The reinstatement of a dining room makes the home appear abundantly more spacious. A cluster of three dining room pendant lights are fixed over the eating area, making it appear as though the table has always been right here. Wood framed sliding glass doors have been installed to allow the kitchen sounds and smells to be screened from the rest of the living area when desired.
A smoked glass pitcher and drinking glasses sit poised on the wooden dining table. A clear window is situated in the study wall opposite the modern dining set, letting borrowed light flow through.
Before the kitchen received its overhaul, the badly aging units were beyond shabby. The so-called decor was a hodgepodge of styles and finishes.
An overspill of kitchen paraphernalia filled two towers of temporary shelving.
Now, the shiny new white and wood kitchen is unrecognisable as the same space. A high spec oven with an integrated extractor hood brings the cooking space bang up to date in technological advancements.
The space that was originally occupied by the old hood is now able to be used in a more practical way, for concealed storage that helps maintain the new level of order and hygiene. A neat spice rack and an indoor herb planter are the only items left out on the countertop.
The kitchen still accommodates a selection of open shelving units but now they are sleek in appearance, with visually pleasing displays.
Before the study was tamed, the books seemed to commandeer the space as their very own!
The packed home library was the product of the girl’s writer father who relished reading. However, the overwhelming book collection also created a breeding ground for other household clutter.
Uniform stacks now crisply populate the study. The calmly organised space is now inviting and conducive to work and concentration.
There is also space for a cosy reading nook , in the shape of a cool bean bag chair and a floor reading lamp on a woven rug island.
A concrete planter introduces greenery to the room.
Before overlaying the new decor scheme, the original positioning of the bed was nostalgically maintained.
The old crown moulding was removed to create a more minimalist bedroom . The same soft grey, white and wood tone colour scheme was brought through from the living area.
The desk chair in the bedroom is a repeat of the dining room chairs, which means that this piece could be called upon if an extra guest comes by for dinner.
On the other side, a bedside unit cradles a indoor house plants here is the Swiss Cheese Plant .
Before this room became a guest room, it was used as a home office.
A sofa bed was selected instead of a fully-fledged bed since this will only be slept in very occasionally. Offering a comfortable place to sit means that this room will receive more use.
Artwork and cute house shaped flameless candles are displayed on a shelf behind the bed. Wall units span the space above the ‘headboard’ shelf.
Before the renovation, the bathroom was a complete disaster. A crazy concoction of storage baskets spilled from an ugly storage rack and childish transfers danced across dated wall tiles.
The visual noise made the crowded room feel uncomfortably narrow.
Matching wooden bathroom cabinets and smooth grey floor tiles make the newly designed room look astonishingly more spacious.
Dark isn’t the first theme that comes to mind when designing a kitchen. Stereotypical assumptions are of white and bright kitchens matched by light wood—something like the color of breakfast pancakes. Have you ever thought otherwise? Perhaps something like a modern dark kitchen?
We’ve got a collection of stunning spaces sure to switch up your vision. This black kitchen design inspiration is the sexiest interior design can muster. All divulging in shades of black, navy, or dark brown, they add what white kitchens cannot—a seductive allure that says sleekness and sophistication at the same time. Take a peek at some brilliant interiors on the darker side to see if a modern luxury black kitchen could be for you.
Modern Dark Kitchen Design Ideas to Inspire Your Next Renovation
1. Make it an All Black Kitchen
Visualizer:Design At Sketch
Almost completely covered in black, a few minor elements shine in chrome and wood in this kitchen interior. We love how the textures do the talking, especially through the matte table under black wood-panelled walls. But having an open approach like this means that every one of your accessories on display—including knives, wine glasses, mugs, cutting boards, teapots, cookie jars, etc.—need to be on point.
2. Add Wooden Elements
Visualizer:Bogdan Tovstyy
This black beauty edges towards wooden elements. We see a speckled floor, a white wall, and a central bench. Rounded black lamps hover over the island, providing functionality and style. If you’re wondering how visual intrigue is added to this modern black kitchen… a huge credit goes to the abstract art!
3. Complement the Black Kitchen with Orange
Source:Vancouver House
A bit of curve rounds out the hard edges—adding some much-needed warmth. This wave-design bench leads up to an orange-hued enclave in this black-and-silver interior. The burnt orange sure makes a design statement (apart from the unique central island).
4. Keep Your Dark Modern Kitchen Simple
Visualizer:Panda Fox Studios
A simplistic look makes this black kitchen a winner. We see the basics: a light floor, a black minimalist island, and sleek cabinetry. But the contrast between light and dark keeps the ambiance interesting, while the large window welcomes plenty of natural light.
5. Make it Dark… Or Not?
Visualizer:Who Cares Design
If you’re eyeing a dark kitchen aesthetic but are hesitant to make the change, this is it. Introducing more light, this black kitchen is hardly dark at all. Black benches, cabinetry, fixtures and stools are intersected by large-panel windows, a white shelving stand and light flooring.
6. Make Use of Asymmetry in the Black Modern Kitchen
Visualizer:Visual Method
This modern black kitchen takes another angle on this kaleidoscopic space, breaking all spatial boundaries. Black and glass alternate in this chic kitchen as the interesting ceiling design keeps the space unconventional. We’ve also got to appreciate the cherry blossoms, doubling as decor even within the interior.
7. Factor in Some Warmth
Source:Modulnova
This warmer-looking kitchen makes a move to brown. It strategically achieves the purpose with the use of wood. This not only introduces natural textures but also makes the ambiance inviting. Talk about a modern style that’s equal parts welcoming!
8. Place a White Island in a Black Modern Kitchen
Visualizer:Jean Regauer
An instant way to brighten up a dark kitchen (we mean, get the best of both worlds)? This kitchen space shows us how by using a white island on a black floor. The backsplash further enhances this dark-and-light effect, while the cowhide rug adds just the right amount of coziness.
9. Make Marble Your Best Friend
Architect:Chamberlain Javens Architects
If you’re looking to create a modern luxury black kitchen, you know what you’ve got to do: Go big on marble! This natural stone adds the luxe factor to any space, especially as a large, central island, as seen in the kitchen above. You can also add it through the backsplash.
10. Make it Mysterious
Visualizer:Tomek Michalski
You can double the visual intrigue in your all black kitchen by adding some mystery. In this kitchen, mood-lighting sets the scene in black and grey, while a marbled bench acts as the hero. The back inlet and flooring create contrast and depth. Taken together, these elements make the space an interesting one.
11. Layer Gray and Gold
Visualizer:Mitaka Dimov
Black kitchens are cool, but what if we layer in gray and add accents of gold? This stunning kitchen space uses gray flooring to add diversity to the otherwise black palette. The thick gold panel is one way that makes the space look incredibly high-end.
12. Add French Style to Black Kitchen Design
Visualizer:Aeroslon
Make your kitchen both modern and French with traditional black cabinetry. In this space, standing armoires act as sinks, and all other displayed items remain black. The stark white clock can surely act as the focal point of the space!
13. Consider Soft Elements
Visualizer:Julia Sultanova
Rough, light wood and low-hanging white lights set this kitchen interior a world apart. You can also notice a layer of light gray cabinetry, adding variation to the otherwise dark color palette. These elements factor in softness to the black kitchen design.
14. Let the Accessories Do the Talking
Photographer:Mikko Ryhänen
In this black-and-wood creation, the accessories take center stage in adorning the interior. We love the houseplant, but the crockery deserves a special mention for doubling as decor. The light oakwood backdrop further warms the space up.
15. Consider a Matte All Black Kitchen
Visualizer:HDR Designer
Neat square panels perfectly line up to emphasize the stark black minimalism that is at play here. We love how the cabinetry is matte black with no hardware, adding a sense of simplicity. The herb planters are a healthy green addition to bring the otherwise simple space.
16. Add Some Stencilling to Black Kitchens
Visualizer:Julia Sultanova
Fine lines and stencilling set this monochromatic space apart. Lined by black magnetic lights, black stencils and glossy white facades, it makes its mark on a light wooden floor.
17. Build a Shape Out of Black
Visualizer:Huso
18. Create a Modern Dark Kitchen with Gradients
Visualizer:Mario Nogueira
If you’re wondering how the intrigue in this space is working… It’s the gradients from black, to charcoal, to light grey. White surrounds in the walls and a monochromatic hanging light. This clever design technique makes sure the space is anything but boring, even if it’s using mere neutrals (minus the stunning orange dining chairs, of course).
19. Leverage Black Textures
Visualizer:Nefeli Kallianou
One instant way to add interest to a black kitchen is with textures, as seen in this metallic matte kitchen. This accounts for decorative presence in the light and bright space, providing character to an otherwise simple room.
20. Work on the Functionality of the Modern Dark Kitchen
Visualizer:İbrahim Ethem KISACIK
This dark modern kitchen makes sure it’s as functional as is stylish. The central island is paired with a black dining table, while all necessary appliances are fixed into the cabinetry. We also see pendant lights and lighting under the hood providing just the right illumination.
21. Create a Modern Classic All Black Kitchen
Visualizer:A&L Interior Design
Folks seeking an inviting all black kitchen can look towards this modern classic space. It merges contemporary elements (through sleek black cabinetry) with traditional ones (as seen in the wooden backsplash) to bring together the best of both worlds.
22. Put Essentials on Display in Your Modern Black Kitchen Interior
Visualizer:Polygon
Yet another kitchen that uses black and wooden elements to create a dark-themed interior. What sets this one apart is the hanging pans. They do offer easy access as the residents cook, but they also double as decor! (Note how the pans also use black and wooden elements to stay coherent with the theme).
23. Add the Industrial Style to the All Black Kitchen
Via:Emotion School
Industrial style lovers, rejoice! This is THE inspiration to set up your favorite interior design style, the dark way. This kitchen uses rustic wood and exposed elements for the ceiling to create an industrial black kitchen interior.
24. Make a Statement with Black Chunky Lamps
Via:HomePicture.in
All eyes on the two chunky lamps hanging in this monochromatic setting. They do add focus but also allow the contrasting white inset to shine. Not to forget the central island, providing plenty of storage space.
25. Make Room for Keepsakes
Visualizer:Maxim Goryachev
There’s nothing like personalizing your space to who YOU are. This kitchen serves the purpose by adding keepsakes and heirlooms. Also, black leaves room for details, so it’s one of the best colors to use if you’re hoping to display knick-knacks.
26. Use Black to Add Intimacy
Visualizer:Helen Bank
Who says dark colors make small spaces feel smaller? We only see black adding luxury to this compact space (with some credit to the white flooring adding brightness). This kitchen—with black marble backsplash—speaks opulence, and for all the right reasons!
27. Enhance Black Kitchen Design with Patterns
Visualizer:Ksenia Lenski
This black kitchen interior makes a design statement with the patterned marble island. Its sleek metallic legs lift it off the floor, creating an illusion of space. Simultaneously, the textured inset makes sure visual interest is added.
28. Don’t Forget a Black and White Rug
Visualizer:Nada Aboelrous
If you’re not in for a complete kitchen renovation, simply painting your cabinets black and adding a black-and-white patterned rug will achieve the purpose! We love how this kitchen keeps sets the base with white and tops it with black.
29. Let the Lighting Make a Statement in the All Black Kitchen
Architect:Artpartner Architects
When everything else is understated, letting the lighting create a statement is a good idea. This matte black kitchen interior uses rod lighting to do the talking. It sticks to the all black kitchen color scheme, though!
30. Tone it Down
Visualizer:Valeria Mosolova
This open floor plan uses dark gray throughout, showing us that black can work in more spaces than the kitchen 😉 It sure makes a design statement for those cooking and dining—or lounging!
31. Consider a Black and Wooden Bar
Visualizer:Amir Emami
This is the ultimate modern luxury black kitchen! After all, what’s better than displaying your favorite collection of beer right behind the black kitchen island? The low-hanging pendant lights also add to the black kitchen design.
32. Add the Gothic Vibe
Visualizer:Sebastian Lorio
This dark-gray kitchen is super simple with its sleek, hardware-less cabinetry. Well, except the far left end. Here, we see a statement piece of art and intriguing layered lighting created a focal point.
33. Stick to the Minimalist Style for Black Kitchens
Visualizer:Miguel A. Ramos
This compact kitchen space follows the simple rule: white walls paired with black cabinetry and an island. Even in this nook, the space is able to make a style statement while providing optimal functionality. The window here gives a contrasting element of light to the otherwise dark modern kitchen.
34. Layer Lighting in the All Black Kitchen
Visualizer:Tatiana Durnescu
We see shades of gray and black coming together to bring this modern dark kitchen to life. What we especially love is the multiple types of lighting, all layered together to bring visual interest to the space.
35. Set the Backdrop For Your Living Space
Visualizer:Sasha Zolotukhin
