Choosing an open floor plan is a personal choice. Some just love the home and it happens to come with this kind of combination kitchen, living, and dining rooms. Others love the idea of having the rooms open to one another as they are great for entertaining. These 22 open floor plans have managed to tie everything together in terms of style, but keep each area well-defined.
Visualizer:Patricia Bagienski
The kitchen in this open design is just a step up from the living area. The two levels are a great way to separate the two spaces. Making them flow is the light wood cabinetry and platform steps that include drawers. Instead of using separate upholstered pieces, this designer has used upholsetery cushions and pillows to make seating. The kitchen island pendant lights share the same hue with the panel cabinet doors and dining table lighting fixture.
Visualizer:Moh Studio
This Berlin open floor plan apartment in white was dressed up with low profile charcoal seating that features geometric pattern pillows. Those patterns were continued in the rug that anchors and defines the living area. The circular element in the coffee tables was imitated in on the walls with cute cat art, as well as in the lighting fixtures. The barstools picked up the grey again and added a light maple finish in their legs that we see again in the top drawer of the chest. Tying the rooms together is the fabulous light grey finished wood floors.
Visualizer:Ngurah Arya
Although everything is combined into one room, the use of a straight line tight back sofa and a small dining set help to make it appear spacious. Flat panel cabinets and a marble backsplash keep the kitchen fresh, upscale, and neat.
Via:Ba Dung Nguyen
The exposed ceiling beams and unique industrial style lighting draws the eyes up in this open plan. White brick walls and light wood floors help to lighten the warmness of the beams.
Designer:Polygon
This spaces uses a variety of finishes and materials for the walls that help to separate the different spaces in the room while the grey and white scheme is used throughout the room to keep them coordinated.
Designer:Anna Neiman Interior Design
This botanical design gives new meaning to the term pot rack. Instead of hanging down the pots sit on a hanging shelf, along with lush greenery. Interesting lighting and the spotlight under the platform up to the kitchen are interesting touches that create great ambiance.
Designer:Anna Neiman Interior Design
This contemporary design has an industrial feel with the black sliding glass doors that separate the rooms. The low back free form sectional helps to prevent the room from being to cold and stifling. A burning flame lamp shade off in the corner creates warm lighting in the room.
Visualizer:Phan Nguyen
This open plan has a Zen feel with low seating sofas and coffee table, perfect for a little yoga. The kitchen provides seating for meals in unassuming counter stools around the wood and marble island. The lighting fixtures are branch-like and add a little whimsy.
Visualizer:Oliver Wende
The more traditional arched windows contrast the straight lines and contemporary styling of this living and kitchen combination. Everything is kept simple here, from the white topped dining table and cabinetry to the black leather guest chairs.
Visualizer:Patricia Bagienski
This loft living and kitchen area gives us soaring bookshelves and feminine touches in the flower pendant lighting to the powder blue geometric shapes in the rug and throw pillows. The beautiful dining pendant lights you see here are the E27 Socket Pendants by Muuto.
Visualizer:Yaroslav Serdyuk
A wall of white panels and display nooks is a great background for this room donned with matching sectional pieces. The copper breaking wall helps to define the space of the living room and provides a space for the television without cutting off that beautiful view all together.
Visualizer:Oliver Wende
This simple design makes the most of the small space. Even with black floors the white walls and ample windows manage to keep this look from looking heavy and small. The island gives a space for dinners, work, and storage.
Visualizer:Tu Nguyen Hoang
Textured walls and cabinets provide interest in this open plan and help to declare the kitchen and dining areas. The living area in light grey uses abstract art and sophisticated upholstery to warm up the look.
Architect:Scenario Architecture
The unusual shape of this home required some creativity in making separate spaces that provide room and flow from one to another. Here the living area has this great focal point - a brick wall that doubles as a bookshelf and display space above the fireplace. This wall turns into the kitchen with a built in bench seating on one side of the table.
Visualizer:ESpace Team
Here we have a simple, warm and inviting space. Warm taupe window panels also take on a green hue when paired with the green throw pillows from the sofa. Unique Scandinavian style chairs surround the table giving this otherwise straightforward design a touch of fun.
Visualizer:ESpace Team
The kitchen cabinets in this combo room don’t meet the floor, providing a great space for ambient lighting. Mixed shapes are displayed in the pendant lighting above the dining table, providing a little quirkiness. Open shelves are used in the kitchen keeping with the simplicity of the rest of the design.
Visualizer:ESpace Team
A beautiful double halo lighting fixture sets this room off along with candlestick pendant lighting in the kitchen. The dark green rug defines the living area furnished with a taupe sectional and comfortable Papapasan chairs.
Visualizer:Olesya Ligay
The island and tables tie these rooms together with their grey textured finishes. Accessories were grouped in the different areas and books were used to add height.
Visualizer:Twin Hongtruc
This plan uses a brown wall behind the living area while the cabinets and flooring are a light taupe. Great way to put a spotlight on this cozy seating area and island bar.
Visualizer:MG Design UK
This open plan with soaring ceilings keeps everything at a low profile to improve flow. The wood burning stove adds a cozy touch to the spacious room. Décor was all about the details, note the candlesticks that match the unique Bauhaus chess set .
Architect:Perkins+Will| Visualizer:Pictury Architectural Visualizations
An overstuffed sectional and low marble coffee table sits atop a faux fur rug in this living room. Windows wrap around the kitchen and dining area providing lots of natural lighting.
Visualizer:Andrii Rozhko
Storage in this ebony-walled kitchen was supplied by the island that has its own cubby to slide those counter stools away when they aren’t in use. A fun rug and platform marble tables accompany the black upholstery in the seating area. In the dining room, the black fabric was added to dining chairs to tie it together.
Are you wondering about how you could launch your living room to the top rung of the trend ladder? What about removing the ceiling and creating a double height living room? This style is fabulous, fashionable and functional. What’s more is that the entire world is quickly falling in love with this ingenious trend. This technique will do more than make your living room utterly remarkable, it will also add depth and dimension to the rest of the house. Clearing up the space above will open up the entire room as well as open up your mind to all the endless possibilities. Take the plunge; have a look.
Visualizer:Dattran
The designer of this first living room utilizes glass panels in golden frames to create a unique and sophisticated accent wall that stretches up to the ceiling. The living room looks more spacious and the top floor’s windows add to the room’s natural light. The warm glow from the unique floor lamp complements the yellow lounge chair .
Visualizer:Andrew Chiniakov
This house is smaller than the first, but the high ceiling and large windows allow for the illusion of space. Due to the extra space thanks to the high ceiling, the designer was able to add a stylish mounted bookshelf. The round nesting coffee tables are a nice touch.
Visualizer:Lai Yanan
The floorboards match the ceiling, the only difference is that the ceiling is white, creating a pleasant blend. The monochromatic color palette makes for a pleasing aesthetic, while the ladder leading to the top floors is modern and trendy.
Visualizer:ILYA Derkach
A print of a tree graces the large space by the staircase, this adds depth to the room and ties all the organic elements together.
Visualizer:Jarek Banas
Small apartment? No problem, double height living rooms allow you to decorate for an apartment twice it’s size.
Visualizer:Yaroslav Serdyuk
The double height in this aesthetic living room was used to add a literal accent wall into the room. This gives privacy from the outside, but allows the homeowners to enjoy the 3-D view given by the glass walls.
Visualizer:Real Home
A problem that often occurs with double height living rooms is that sometimes the upper and lower spaces look disjointed. This designer expertly used wooden elements to join the two spaces, creating a unified room that works well with all the different elements. The warm wooden panels mesh well with room’s furniture, especially the scandinavian chairs and exposed windows.
Visualizer:Constantin Radulov
Wooden slats were used to create an exclusive accent walls that are sure to make all the homeowner’s guests green with envy. The yellow modern accent chairs truly standout in the otherwise neutral background.
Via:2 Luxury Apartments In New York
This formal living room looks spectacular, and this largely due to the windows, that make up an accent wall all on their own.
Visualizer:Omneia Zahran
This living room is edgy and sophisticated. The grey walls make it look like one giant room, while the colorful furniture create a cozy and stylish area.
Visualizer:Vasiliy Nagaev
In this room, the designer made masterful use of the house’s unique structure to create a visually stunning area. The double height living room allows this vision to be fully realized, removing the hindrance of a traditional ceiling.
Visualizer:Bruno Bastos
In this intellectual haven, the scholarly bibliophile can retreat to an organic reading paradise. The raised ceiling allowing the lush houseplants to grow as far as the homeowner allows.
Visualizer:Victoria Chimakadze
This double height living room turns the entire home into an open plan space, and the effect is brilliant.
Architect:Bernard Khoury| Designer:Cleer Studio
What better way to warm up an industrial style loft than to replace an entire wall with glass and remove a ceiling to let the sun in?
Source:Elliman
This double height penthouse living room looks fit for royalty. Rich colors lend to the luxurious atmosphere, carried over from the textiles over to the collection of glass vases and bowls that adorn the display shelves .
Visualizer:Arturo Hermenegildo
An eclectic blend of color and styles were joined in this living room to create a delightful space that’s doubly pleasing.
Via:Notey
Sometimes, there’s such a beautiful feature outside the house, that you need to remove a ceiling and open an entire wall so that you can fully enjoy it’s beauty. In this home, a large panel door was installed so that the homeowner could have a constant view of the world’s best artist: natural scenery.
Visualizer:Arkadiy Skorokhodov
This house is allowed to realize it’s full potential thanks to the opening of the two floors. The front wall has been removed and replaced with glass panels to introduce the green surroundings. While the triangular ceiling has been brought to the fore, gracing the entire house instead of being hidden, only viewed by those on the second floor.
Architect:Pitsou Kedem Architects
This thoroughly organic living room is crafted to perfection, without a height limit restricting the designer’s creative genius. This living room has everything that the sophisticated homeowner needs- Organic components? Check. Comfortable reading spot? Check. Sleek design? Check!
Architect:Anton Kostetskiy
A larger than normal artwork embellishes this wall, while a charming chandelier hangs down with no danger of someone accidently bumping their heads. The sky is the limit with double height living rooms!
Architect:Eric Miller
Instead of the traditional wall, panels of glass have been used to shelter the home from the elements. This allows the homeowner to have a constant view of the ocean. If this were a regular sized living room then the view would’ve been significantly impacted, by thanks to an ingenious architect, you don’t just have the sea, you have the entire vista.
Architect:Golovach Tatiana and Andrey Kot
The higher ceiling gives this otherwise cramped living room a new lease on life. The extra space is subtly taken up by a geometric light fixture that prevents the space from looking empty and unfinished. The unique coffee table adds a nice touch.
Visualizer:Romas Noreika
This amazing loft uses the double height technique to showcase the gorgeous view. Exposed beams on the ceiling make for an industrial type accent, while a bouquet-type industrial light fixture adds raw sophistication.
Visualizer:Deniz Atli
From the exposed pipes to concrete floors- this living room is completely industrialized . The double height walls reminiscent of large factories. Although, this is the most stylish factory we’ve ever seen.
Visualizer:Deniz Atli
Another advantage of a double height living room is the fact that the extra space allows you to showcase artworks that normally wouldn’t fit in your living room. It also gives you more space to decorate without cluttering the room.
Visualizer:Lai Pháp
Intricate spherical living room chandeliers look delicately beautiful against the world class view that graces this living room. The double height room allowing the view to be fully enjoyed.
Visualizer:747 Studios PHOTOGRAPHY & CGI
Large french windows allow the surrounding scenery to become part of the decor, while the high ceiling makes the room look fresh and airy. Almost as though you can enjoy the fresh country air without having to go outside.
Visualizer:Patricia Bagienski
This is a bookworm’s dream. The extra space allows for a tall bookshelf with ample space for a large collection of books. The white ceilings and light color scheme makes the house seem bigger than it really is.
Visualizer:Dian Maulidi
The ceiling is a crisp white, while the walls all have unique aspects that work together to create a magnificent space.
Visualizer:Big Nose
This looks like an ordinary living room, thanks to the large photograph that ties the spaces together and draws the eye upwards. Love this room? Want to see more?
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
