Galley kitchen decor

Attention foodies and amateur chefs: There’s nothing like a beautiful, work-of-art kitchen to inspire homemade meals of the same caliber. Unfortunately for blogger Erin Hermsen (@delaneylaneliving), her kitchen wasn’t the creative cook space she wanted. “It just was not an inspiring space,” she says.

New York City apartments can be notoriously small — like 55 square feet small. One place where it’s easy to feel the lack of square footage in a tiny apartment is the kitchen, but fear not: There are plenty of small-space tips and tools specifically for kitchens. If you’re like Aleena Cherian (@artbyalchemy) and her husband, Jebin, and you own your apartment (or have a permissive landlord), a little DIY can do wonders.

20 Galley Kitchen Ideas – The Dear Lab

25 simple hacks you need to make your small kitchen feel bigger. We've collated the best tips for creating a more spacious kitchen.

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Galley kitchens, named after a ship's kitchen, are long, and narrow and are ideal "one cook" kitchens. For maximum efficiency when short on space, this layout with its two parallel counters excels because it make all points of the work triangle equally accessible and creates a smooth work flow for the serious cook. In fact the galley kitchen is so popular in its efficiency it is the primary kitchen layout design for most restaurants. I don't have a galley kitchen but can understand why a…

With barely any demo, this designer gave her new-construction kitchen that old-cottage-feeling.

Your kitchen can be tiny yet still mighty with these small kitchen ideas from some of our favorite designers on Instagram.

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Discover inspiring galley kitchen ideas to maximize space and style. Get creative tips and design inspiration for efficient kitchen makeovers.