The 5 Most Popular Kitchen Tours of 2023
Get ideas for finishes, layouts, design styles and storage solutions from the most-viewed kitchen profiles of the year
Houzz’s Kitchen of the Week series puts a spotlight on standout kitchen designs and the homeowners and pros behind them. Of all the projects we featured this year, these five kitchen tours — which range from 75 to 323 square feet and are diverse in style — were particular crowd-pleasers. Browse the countdown, then click the links to see more photos of each project and read more about the features that made these spaces so special.
4. Eat-In Elegance
In Eureka, California, designer Nicolette Jarquin of Arcata Cabinet & Design and her husband, David, took the tired, 1960s-era kitchen and dining area in their 1925 bungalow down to the studs and reconfigured the layout to create this new 206-square-foot eat-in kitchen.
Jarquin installed wood-look luxury vinyl plank flooring, creamy off-white semicustom maple upper and pantry cabinets and lower cabinets made of rustic hickory with a Buckskin stain. The backsplash is zellige-style tile in varying cream tones, and the countertop is polished white quartz, which ties in with the white midcentury-style tulip table in the breakfast area.
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In Eureka, California, designer Nicolette Jarquin of Arcata Cabinet & Design and her husband, David, took the tired, 1960s-era kitchen and dining area in their 1925 bungalow down to the studs and reconfigured the layout to create this new 206-square-foot eat-in kitchen.
Jarquin installed wood-look luxury vinyl plank flooring, creamy off-white semicustom maple upper and pantry cabinets and lower cabinets made of rustic hickory with a Buckskin stain. The backsplash is zellige-style tile in varying cream tones, and the countertop is polished white quartz, which ties in with the white midcentury-style tulip table in the breakfast area.
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3. Let It Flow
Luke and Christy Kujawa’s Minneapolis kitchen used to have dark, aging finishes along with an awkward layout. Designer Kate Roos and Mitch Tuthill of City of Lakes Builders added 64 square feet to the former 151-square-foot room, which allowed them to create this U-shaped kitchen with a central island. They raised the ceiling too. Now the kitchen has an airy feel, an efficient work triangle and improved traffic paths.
Roos used walnut for the butcher block island and added matching shelves in front of the new casement window, which keeps dishes on hand without blocking the view. The rich wood, industrial-style black pendant lights, creamy light greige cabinets and backsplash tile that resembles painted brick look consistent with the turn-of-the-century home’s architecture.
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Luke and Christy Kujawa’s Minneapolis kitchen used to have dark, aging finishes along with an awkward layout. Designer Kate Roos and Mitch Tuthill of City of Lakes Builders added 64 square feet to the former 151-square-foot room, which allowed them to create this U-shaped kitchen with a central island. They raised the ceiling too. Now the kitchen has an airy feel, an efficient work triangle and improved traffic paths.
Roos used walnut for the butcher block island and added matching shelves in front of the new casement window, which keeps dishes on hand without blocking the view. The rich wood, industrial-style black pendant lights, creamy light greige cabinets and backsplash tile that resembles painted brick look consistent with the turn-of-the-century home’s architecture.
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2. Gee Whiz
Beth Barter of Helios Design Group and builder Kevin Cradock pulled up green tile floors and took down clunky decorative columns to create this 170-square-foot kitchen for a family in Boston. Now the room has a more functional G-shaped layout and a modern mix of white and walnut cabinetry.
Along with new LED lighting and a bank of counter-to-ceiling windows, the white upper cabinets and walls (White Dove by Benjamin Moore) and marble-look quartz countertops brighten the once-dark room. The new windows also frame a verdant view of the garden.
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Beth Barter of Helios Design Group and builder Kevin Cradock pulled up green tile floors and took down clunky decorative columns to create this 170-square-foot kitchen for a family in Boston. Now the room has a more functional G-shaped layout and a modern mix of white and walnut cabinetry.
Along with new LED lighting and a bank of counter-to-ceiling windows, the white upper cabinets and walls (White Dove by Benjamin Moore) and marble-look quartz countertops brighten the once-dark room. The new windows also frame a verdant view of the garden.
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1. Compact Charmer
This 75-square-foot, U-shaped kitchen, which is in a small log cabin in Nevada City, California, formerly used as a short-term rental, used to have just the bare necessities. Its new owners hired Jada Gilbert of Design Shop Interiors to personalize it and make it more functional for their family’s full-time use.
Gilbert took inspiration from English cottage kitchens for the new design, which includes details like corbels, unlacquered brass hardware and fixtures, Shaker pegs, cabinet vent holes and a thin-edged Carrara marble countertop and backsplash. The cabinets and paneling are painted in Farrow & Ball’s Stony Ground. Along with the white-painted floors — a budget solution to mismatched flooring — the light taupe color helps the small space feel more expansive.
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This 75-square-foot, U-shaped kitchen, which is in a small log cabin in Nevada City, California, formerly used as a short-term rental, used to have just the bare necessities. Its new owners hired Jada Gilbert of Design Shop Interiors to personalize it and make it more functional for their family’s full-time use.
Gilbert took inspiration from English cottage kitchens for the new design, which includes details like corbels, unlacquered brass hardware and fixtures, Shaker pegs, cabinet vent holes and a thin-edged Carrara marble countertop and backsplash. The cabinets and paneling are painted in Farrow & Ball’s Stony Ground. Along with the white-painted floors — a budget solution to mismatched flooring — the light taupe color helps the small space feel more expansive.
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Builder and general contractor Stefan Rumancik and his wife, Heather, worked with designer Bethany Adams to add this new 323-square-foot kitchen and mudroom to their 1934 Dutch Colonial Revival home in Kentucky.
The Rumanciks chose navy for the Shaker-style overlay cabinets, and Adams paired it with walnut accents, a platinum quartzite countertop and a gray ribbed Ann Sacks tile backsplash with a lot of color variation. Special details pictured here include inset upper cabinets of steel and ribbed glass and, above the range, a built-in vent with a custom walnut surround.
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