With under 75 square meters of space to work with, interior designers and architects are challenged to be creative with their usage of color, space, and storage. In these four apartment designs, you’ll find that big design choices can truly come in small packages and that there is also power in choosing a palette to carry throughout the space. Each of these minimalist and modern apartment designs is striking in both its simplicity and its creativity.
Visualizer:Innoi Design
Visualized by Innoi Design , this 72 square meter apartment showcases cool tones in a way that feels fresh and modern. In the modern living room , a large circular seating area allows for versatile entertaining or relaxation.
Visualizer:Innoi Design
Distressed wood beams on the ceiling draw the eye upward. Recessed lighting and large windows add light and brightness.
Visualizer:Innoi Design
A marble accent wall adds a luxurious touch this space. Above and below, a long media center and built-in flush mount of entertainment enables nesting of media discretely.
Visualizer:Innoi Design
like this one add a curved contrast to the otherwise sharp angles in the furniture and wall accents. This one is particularly striking in a warm leather.
Visualizer:Innoi Design
In the dining nook, modern dining chairs circle a slim table that’s centered beneath a sleek dining room pendant light . A large graphic print keeps the space from feeling stark.
Visualizer:Innoi Design
An open metal room divider allows a full view of the dining area while making the kitchen feel more open.
Visualizer:Innoi Design
The shining metal range hood in this minimalist kitchen plays center stage when juxtaposed with the matte black and green of the cabinets and island.
Visualizer:Innoi Design
Flat kitchen storage cabinets on either side of the island and along the kitchen wall offer utility and style, along with a wash of color. This modern green kitchen is certainly one to envy.
Visualizer:Artem Tafy
Visualized by Artem Tafy, this compact apartment in Moscow, Russia measures in at 72 square meters. Sage green and a warm salmon hue play off of each other beautifully when combined with light hardwoods in a herringbone pattern. In this entryway, you’re offered a full view of the living area, including the modern swing arm wall lamp . Flos Mod 265 style lamp Original is available here .
Visualizer:Artem Tafy
The sage and salmon palette continues into the rest of the living and dining area, which showcases a cushioned sofa at its center. Behind, a sleek dining table with a globe light above and salmon dining chairs.
Visualizer:Artem Tafy
While the walls are in a matte charcoal, the space doesn’t feel too dark. The window streams in light while the pendant globe from the dining area casts a soft glow.
Visualizer:Artem Tafy
In the kitchen, which offers sage green walls and cabinets along with a stainless steel range hood and appliances, minimalism and a monochromatic palette shines. Circular wall sconces in this green kitchen make the space feel modern.
Visualizer:Artem Tafy
Besides the green of the indoor plants , this modern home office breaks from the other greens in the living spaces by giving way to white and a stormy blue. It feels open and airy.
Visualizer:Artem Tafy
On the opposite wall, a built-in media center offers storage for electronics. A plush brown ottoman and charcoal sofa soften the otherwise sharp lines of the space.
Visualizer:Artem Tafy
In the grey bedroom , the green pops return in the form of jade nightstands and bedroom pendant lights . A large window casts plenty of light throughout the compact, minimalist space.
Visualizer:Artem Tafy
The monochromatic greys in this area of the apartment help to make the space feel bigger, in spite of the small footprint.
Visualizer:Artem Tafy
In the bathroom, it’s all about the salmon pink found in the living area. Color-rich walls make the white tile and black fixtures pop.
Visualizer:Artem Tafy
The black fixtures are simple yet striking as they flow from one side of the room to the other.
Visualizer:Artem Tafy
In another bathroom, a large black clawfoot tub sits against a softer pink accent wall.
Visualizer:Artem Tafy
Black fixtures keep the space from feeling too feminine and instead, it feels fresh and bright.
Visualizer:Artem Tafy
This apartment’s floor plan shows easy access for guests to keep living areas for entertaining while providing retreats for work and sleep.
Visualizer:Ruslan Kovalchuk
In this apartment, visualized by Ruslan Kovalchuk, slim lines appear throughout the the interior. We start in the living area, which features a unique accent wall of slim dark lines framing a large gray square. Round rugs offset the sharp angles.
Visualizer:Ruslan Kovalchuk
On the other side of this open floor plan space, a large window throws light over the cushioned seating. A TV mounts to the wall while round coffee tables provide a small bit of entertaining space.
Visualizer:Ruslan Kovalchuk
Present in the living area and the kitchen is a palette of soft greens and grays. The kitchen showcases a gray marble floor, black fixtures, and open kitchen shelving in the same matte black. Stripes with accent lighting draw the eye upward past the range hood.
Visualizer:Ruslan Kovalchuk
A slim dining bar is suspended from the ceiling in a matte black metal while curved kitchen bar stools sit just on the other side without crowding one wall kitchen.
Visualizer:Ruslan Kovalchuk
Appliances are built-in to the kitchen storage walls to give the compact layout even more space.
Visualizer:Ruslan Kovalchuk
In the bedroom, a floating platform bed acts as the room’s focal point while the bedside table lamp adds a bit of warmth to the room’s overall coolness in gray, green, and white.
Visualizer:Ruslan Kovalchuk
The slim lines found in the kitchen and living areas follow into the bathroom with a unique vanity mirror that casts a backlight on this interesting accent. Soft pale green and black contrast beautifully with the whiteness of the tile.
Visualizer:Ruslan Kovalchuk
The light grey marble continues through the hallway between walls of sage green and more black fixtures.
Visualizer:Ruslan Kovalchuk
A view from the top of the apartment shows a smooth transition between living, dining, bedroom, and bathroom.
Visualizer:Lera Brumina
Finally, this modern apartment located in Kyiv, Ukraine and visualized by Lera Brumina, showcases 75 square meters of space used beautifully. Located on the fourth floor of an early 20th century apartment building in the heart of Kyiv, the apartment has high ceilings and windows on one side. Let’s start in the minimalist living room , which offers a view of the dining area and a quiet courtyard below.
Visualizer:Lera Brumina
Overall, the apartment uses a neutral grey color palette with deeper color accents. As seen here in the living area, a deep green sofa is accented by richly hued accent chairs and a translucent blue table.
Visualizer:Lera Brumina
The dining table also uses deep hues in the form of a dark red, accented by wood dining chairs. The light floors in a herringbone pattern are simple yet striking.
Visualizer:Lera Brumina
A unique piece of wall art in complimentary grays and pinks stretches in the center between living and dining areas.
Visualizer:Lera Brumina
In a view from the dining table, a wall of minimalist open shelving shows plenty of vertical storage for books, media, or keepsakes.
Visualizer:Lera Brumina
While only having windows along one wall, the high ceilings allow for light to stream into the space.
Visualizer:Lera Brumina
The one wall kitchen continues the palette of grey but works in stainless steel in the form of fixtures, sink, counter tops, and backsplash.
Visualizer:Lera Brumina
Deep red shelving along the wall behind the bed adds a bit of color in the otherwise neutral gray palette of the minimalist bedroom . However, a slim curved pendant light adds visual interest to the space.
Visualizer:Lera Brumina
The bathroom’s deep red tile compliments the grey found in the walls and vanity. Open storage alongside the sink allows for toiletries to be stowed without adding clutter.
Visualizer:Lera Brumina
The tiled shower and walls in the bathroom are faced with original tiles, which had previously been used for the balcony walls - a unique design element that blends past and present.
These fabulously surreal interiors make up one complete home concept, which was envisioned by Moscow based Only Design , in Russia. The surrealist imagining is achieved by combining different eras of soviet design, where decadent Empire style has a meeting with minimalist modern pieces. Classical sculpture receives a crashing update of colour, and is combined with furniture pieces for a bizarre twist. Mirrored panels with gracefully aged patina gaze down over shiny new surfaces. Gloriously ethereal rooms are illuminated by huge windows, where sheer swags fold and filter the daylight. Powdered tones of dusky pink and soft mauve surround jarring red accent pieces and some shockingly off-key explosions of multi-colour.
Photographer:Sergey Krasyuk
Traditional soviet design fills the living room of this home with ornate panache. White painted wainscot covers the walls, meeting with deeply decorative coving at the ceiling line. An out of use traditional fireplace echoes the frills and swags of the coving - and of the lightly gathered window dressing.
Antique mirrors, heavy with patina, are set into the wall panels located around the windows. Their distressed shimmer is matched by a crystal chandelier that swings from an ornate ceiling rose. Boiserie covers a soffit that spans the divide line between the lounge and the kitchen. An elegant full length mirror is propped against the same diving line, with a dusky mauve frame that is akin to the crowning architrave of an interior door. It is the side table and dining table where things begin to slope into a surrealist realm; mirror shine gold and metallic red sprayed sculptures stand as table legs beneath white marble tops. A Borzoi and Bulldog lounge in their high-end home.
A white modern minimalist kitchen stands in open formation with the Empire Style living room.
A selection of ornaments toy with the neoclassical theme.
The unique dining table is encircled by perfectly translucent Casper dining chairs , which keeps the view to the sculptural base unobstructed.
Herringbone wood flooring decks out the lounge, and is replaced by simple grey tile in the modern kitchen.
Vintage ladies swim amongst bubbles in the dining table centrepiece.
In the kitchen, a mauve storage unit reflects the colour of the antique style mirror on the opposite side of the room. The deep hue brings a certain warmth and depth to the plain ice white kitchen scheme.
A white oven blends in with the plain L-shaped white kitchen . Salvaged embossed plasterwork sits as a beautiful backsplash behind a white stove.
More vintage curiosities adorn the kitchen countertop and windowsill, along with some indoor plants . The Jade plant brings medallions of greenery to the pale palette.
The master bedroom holds a much warmer colour story, with dusky pink covering the entire perimeter from skirting board to coving, and engulfing boiserie and corbels.
An archway over a daybed is set with boiserie flourishes, and is set upon double corbels at either side. An angelic wall mural within the archway casts mauve magic over natural coloured bedding and heavily contrasting black scatter cushions. The black stand of an antique tailors dummy duplicates the base note.
A small side table by the bed has been fashioned in multicoloured parts, which jar against the classical bust subject that it supports.
Another bust ghosts out of a mirrored panel above the bedstead, which is framed in the boiserie. Pink crystal bedroom pendants are suspended at each side of the glass, each with slightly different form. Pink bedclothes and white fluffy mongolian accent pillows dress the mauve tall poster bed. The nightstands in this bedroom are resolutely ornamental and nonfunctional, with no space for an alarm clock, book or even a glass of water.
Another eye-popping bright accent descends from the bedroom ceiling, where day-glo beads cover the flex to a small globe pendant light . Rumpled mauve curtains conceal shelved storage units at either end of the picture perfect day bed.
White tail feathers protrude from the hip of a male torso sculpture, which been ‘tattooed’ in neon pink. An abstract black and purple paint effect marks up a round mirror on the same console unit.
A single bedroom is bedecked with ballet theme wall murals.
Seasoned ballet slippers hang from their ribbons over the shoulder of a classic torso sculpture on the floor. A modern iridescent sculpture stands in the light of the window. The same lightweight curtain swags seen out in the living room and kitchen find their way into the bedroom scheme too.
A modern semi circular desk on a chrome frame has been given a dose of Empire Style, by adding in some highly ornate columns around its base. There is a modern art sculpture that is alive with colour on the worktop, beside a unique glass table lamp on a chrome stand. A plain white modern desk chair is warmed with a cosy faux fur rug.
Another faux fur rug nestles on the floor by the bed, where a few books have been left out. Two storage units stand at either end of the mint finish single bed, looking like architectural columns; a pair of feathered wall sconces fill the space inbetween. The ethereal scheme is splashed by a fluorescent paint effect on the white vintage mirror frame and a white wooden rocking horse. A floor lamp stands on a clashing blue, orange, pink, green, purple and yellow base.
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
