Kitchen with dining area

While large kitchen islands are a staple in houses, scaled-down, thoughtfully designed ones can boost the efficiency and ease the space crunch New Yorkers are feeling these days. And adding (or replacing) an island could even be a stand-alone upgrade to your existing kitchen should you have sufficient space but lack the budget—or the need—for a complete do-over.

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Brixton SW2 Terraced Side & rear Pitched & flat roof Parquet Single door Glass valley Astro Shaker Yellow stock Boxed in steel beams

Functional, detail-oriented and minimal Mumbai home. These are the words that highlight the personality of this impeccably designed abode by Studio-Arch. Led by architect Bhakti Desai under the wing of founder architect Sachin Indvatkar, the design team at Studio-Arch were keen on crafting a space that underscored the clients’ ethos – a minimally driven life that eschewed gaudy maximalism. And hence, a contemporary vision anchored by convenience began to manifest in this apartment.

Connecting and defining this modern kitchen and dining area is a wood slat accent that travels from one wall at the end of the kitchen onto the ceiling and through to the dining area, where it becomes a partition wall, separating it from the living room. #KitchenDesign #DiningArea #WoodSlatWall #Partition #ModernKitchen