How Designers Decorate Kitchens in Standard Panel Houses

Every designer uses their own tricks in work. We have selected 8 kitchens in standard panel houses and explain what makes these interiors work.

Glass Partition + Minimalist Furniture

Area: 10 sq. m

This kitchen-dining area is quite spacious — 10 square meters. It becomes even more open with a glass partition instead of a door separating the kitchen from the living room zone, and minimalist furniture forms. Another trick: choosing solid smooth facades in wall color for the cabinet — this makes the furniture visually dissolve into space.

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Design: Andrey Rybakov

Design: Andrey Rybakov

Refrigerator Space + Solid Facades

Area: 6.8 sq. m

House Series: 1605

This kitchen also seems spacious — despite its small area. Look at how each square centimeter is used wisely: the refrigerator is integrated into the cabinet, solid facades hide everything unnecessary, and upper cabinets are placed only on one wall to prevent the space from becoming overloaded.

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Design: Natalia Shirokorad

Design: Natalia Shirokorad

Glossy Surfaces + Roman Curtains

Area: 8.5 sq. m

House Series: P-44

Thanks to vertical stripes on the wallpaper, the ceiling appears higher. Roman curtains instead of traditional ones are a great choice if you want a light interior with no excess. This kitchen also clearly shows how glossy surfaces work — here they are cabinet facades and glass countertop: the play of reflections makes the room appear more spacious.

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Design: Zhanna Studenцova

Design: Zhanna Studenцova

Light Tones + Mirrors

Area: 10.2 sq. m

A kitchen in classic style always looks impressive. But it's important not to overload the space: go for light tones and mirrors. For example, in this project, mirrors were used not only on the wall but also on the ceiling — the kitchen immediately looks very airy, despite classical furniture forms.

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Design: Home Emotions

Design: Home Emotions

Bay Window + Non-standard Cabinet

Area: 8.5 sq. m

House Series: P-44T

If you have a kitchen with an unconventional layout, use it to the fullest. In this apartment, they creatively played with the bay window, creating a relaxation zone there. Another good idea is upper cabinets with 'lattice' doors — a compromise between closed facades that create visual order and open ones that make the interior lighter.

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Design: Zi-Design

Design: Zi-Design

Bar Counter + Tile on the Entire Wall

Area: 9.8 sq. m

House Series: KOPЭ

First, designers opted out of a door: the kitchen smoothly transitions into other rooms, making it seem larger. Second, they installed a bar counter instead of a regular table — this also saves space. Third, the tiles were used to cover not only the backsplash but the entire wall: this technique helps blur the boundaries of the space and makes it visually more spacious.

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Design: Tor-Ard

Colored Parquet + Neutral Furniture

Area: 10 sq. m

House Series: P-3

If you like the loft style but don't want a too 'cold' interior, make it bright! For example, with such colorful parquet on the floor and other elements in a similar color palette. However, the cabinet should be chosen as minimalist and neutral as possible in this case. By the way, large-format tiles used in this project are currently trendy.

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Design: Alena Gorskaya

Design: Alena Gorskaya

Combination + Zoning

Area: 21 sq. m

House Series: GMS-2001

Planning a major reconfiguration? Consider combining the kitchen and living room — this is a very functional solution. Space zoning can be achieved with a bar counter.

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Design: Irina Krashe nnikova

Design: Irina Krashe nnikova