Kitchens in modern design: characteristics of decor, finishing options and furniture.

Design Features

A kitchen in this style is considered unique and has its own characteristic features:

• The design combines decorativeness with functionality, the furnishings feature smooth lines in combination with clear geometric shapes.
• A contrasting color palette, various facing materials, and modern household appliances on display are welcome.
• The furniture has smooth glossy surfaces, and glass, wood, or plastic are used in its manufacture.

Finishing and Materials

Modern prefers innovative and practical materials:

• Apron. Glass, metal, or traditional ceramic tiles are used to decorate the apron area. To diversify the surrounding space, the apron is decorated with a glass panel combined with photo printing, giving the interior an additional perspective.
• Walls. Glossy paint, vinyl washable wallpaper or PVC panels are used to create a perfectly smooth background. They prefer a single-color cladding or a coating with dim patterns in the form of wavy lines or stripes.
• Floor. To achieve a smooth surface without seams, the kitchen is decorated with a self-leveling floor. Also, the plane can be finished with tiles, linoleum, porcelain stoneware, parquet or moisture-resistant laminate. The most expensive option is cladding with natural wood.
• Ceiling. A mirror stretch ceiling is ideal for a modern design. A simple painted plane, a plasterboard structure, a plastic or metal slatted model will look organic.
• Doors. In the production of interior doors, natural wood and plastic are mainly used. Art Nouveau design welcomes the presence of smooth canvases in natural coffee, dark brown, chocolate, burgundy tones or wenge-colored products.

The photo shows a kitchen in Art Nouveau style with a floor covered with brown parquet boards.

The main quality of decoration in this style is its practicality and low price category. The materials selected are wear-resistant, moisture-resistant and resistant to mechanical impact.

Kitchen color

The modern style is characterized by a rich color palette. It is found in perfectly smooth, clean and most often glossy textures.

A kitchen in white tones looks truly impressive. It represents a kind of golden mean between classic and modern trends. Light interior is sometimes diluted with other more contrasting colors.

A common solution is futuristic sky or turquoise shades. For a room with a southern orientation, you can choose a calming and cool blue range.

The photo shows the interior of the kitchen in the modern style with a set and wall decoration, made in white tones.

Black shades in the interior are found as accents, favorably emphasizing white and steel colors. An avant-garde option would be a kitchen in a charcoal shade.

Monochrome gray tones are distinguished by their delightful, non-trivial appearance and sense of a special, sustained style.

Furniture and appliances

Modern style implies functional, practical, roomy and really necessary furniture.

Dining group

In a small kitchen, install folding tables, a narrow bar counter with metal legs, or combine the tabletop with a window sill. It will also be appropriate to use low two-seater sofas with rounded shapes, laconic plastic chairs, or futuristic chairs with curved outlines.

The photo shows the design of a dining group with a sofa in the interior of a kitchen in the style of modern.

The central element of the dining area is the table. Basically, its design is distinguished by a rectangular or oval shape. Wood, plastic, glass or metal are preferred for the manufacture of products. The furniture can have both calm and bright colors.

The photo shows a kitchen in a modern style with a rectangular dining table, complemented by white plastic chairs.

Kitchen set

Wooden sets with a stone countertop made of marble or granite, with facades painted with enamel or covered with film are suitable for modern. A distinctive feature of the style is considered to be designs with horizontal cabinets, complemented by fittings in the form of narrow steel handles.

The photo shows the design of a brown linear furniture set with an island in the interior of the kitchen in the Art Nouveau style.

This style is perfect for decorating both a small kitchen in a Khrushchev-type apartment and a spacious dining room in a country house. For a small room, linear or corner sets are chosen, and a large space is equipped with U-shaped structures with an island or a spacious dining table in the center.

The photo shows a small kitchen in the Art Nouveau style, decorated with a corner set in gray and beige tones.

Storage systems

For convenience, the interior provides various storage systems with open shelves, pull-out drawers, etc.

Translucent glass sideboards for placing glasses or cups are also acceptable here.

Household appliances

Modern interior implies modern functional appliances with a beautiful external design. Basically, built-in models are preferred, and separate cabinets are allocated for small household appliances. If there is a niche, a refrigerator can be placed in it. It is better to choose a hood of an inclined type. It looks very compact and is more efficient and, thanks to the beveled body, has an elegant appearance.

Particular attention is paid to mixers, which should have an elegant shape, as well as color and material, match the furniture fittings.

It is desirable that all communications in the kitchen are hidden in the form of electrical wires, pipes, gas pipelines, ventilation, air ducts, etc. Furniture elements or removable boxes can be used to mask them.

Textiles

For practical and stylish decoration, the optimal solution for the window is to use blinds, roller blinds, Roman blinds or pleated models.

Plain shiny synthetic curtains or fabrics with asymmetrical plant and floral motifs will perfectly complement the decor.

The kitchen space can be decorated with potholders and towels, and for the dining table, choose a cotton tablecloth in combination with beautiful napkins.

The photo shows a window decorated with Roman blinds in the interior of a small kitchen in the Art Nouveau style.

Lighting

When selecting lighting, high demands are placed on it. The best solution for Art Nouveau is considered to be bulbs with white neutral or yellow natural light. The ceiling or work area with a countertop can be decorated with spotlights or LED lighting.

For the dining area, a central chandelier made of steel, ceramics or glass is suitable. Oval, hemispherical or diamond-shaped lamps fit especially harmoniously into this style. An accent touch in the interior will be lamps with lampshades stylized as flowers.

The photo shows a kitchen in the Art Nouveau style with a work area decorated with built-in lighting.

Decor

As a decor, the walls are complemented with clocks with large numbers and small hands, items with a mirrored dial or retro models. Also, photographs, paintings with abstract images or landscapes are hung in the kitchen.

The photo shows the decorative design of a spacious island kitchen in the style of modernism.

To decorate the surrounding environment, simple-shaped vases made of frosted glass are used, matching the facade of the kitchen set. White or multi-colored dishes are added to the design and plates with fruit are placed. Chairs with bright backs will be an interesting accent.

Photo of the interior of the kitchen-living room

A sign of the Art Nouveau style is a combined kitchen-living room of a simplified form. In terms of color scheme, absolutely different ranges are appropriate for the interior, from classic white, beige and black to neutral lavender or exciting red. Unusual patterns and ornaments are possible in the design of furniture and walls. This design looks dynamic and at the same time does not create a feeling of overload.

The photo shows the interior of the kitchen-living room in the Art Nouveau style, designed in black, white and red tones.

A multi-level ceiling is often used to zone a modern kitchen-living room. To make the design look as modern as possible, a large number of gadgets are added to it in the form of a large plasma TV, home theater, laptop, coffee machine, multicooker and other equipment.