The inspiration collection

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of kitchen.

19 kitchen styles, each explained: where the look comes from, what it’s made of,
the layout it depends on, and what it takes to build. Start with the one that feels like home.

AI-created design inspiration, not completed Valmere projects. Materials and layouts are starting points to discuss for your home.

19 kitchens to explore

Large open kitchen with a long white oak island topped in pale quartzite, four oak counter stools along one side, warm white shaker perimeter cabinets, a plaster range hood over a wide range, unlacquered brass pulls and faucet, wide oak floors, and two linen-shaded pendants over the island

Complete remodels · Warm transitional

The gathering kitchen

A big, warm kitchen built around one long island where everyone ends up. Warm white shaker cabinets on the walls, a white oak island under pale quartzite, a plaster hood, and brass that will age with the family.

White oak island · Pale quartzite · Plaster hood · Unlacquered brass · Wide oak floors

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Modern L-shaped kitchen with flat-panel white perimeter cabinets, a walnut island with a white quartz top and three low black-framed stools, a white quartz slab backsplash running to the underside of the upper cabinets, slim matte black edge pulls, a flush stainless range with a concealed hood, wide oak floors, and a large window over the sink

Complete remodels · Warm modern

Walnut & white

Two materials, kept apart. White flat-panel cabinets around the walls, a walnut island in the middle, white quartz over both, and matte black hardware drawing the lines. Warm and modern without being cold or busy.

Walnut island · White flat-panel cabinets · Quartz slab backsplash · Matte black edge pulls · Concealed hood

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U-shaped kitchen with a stainless steel range wall holding a wide professional-style range under a stainless canopy hood, a stainless counter and shelf either side of the range, inset painted cabinets in warm grey with brass knobs on the other two walls, honed black granite counters, a large stainless workstation sink with a cutting board on its ledge under a window, a compact prep island topped in the same black granite, white subway tile to the ceiling, and a warm greige porcelain tile floor

Custom kitchens · Chef’s kitchen

The cook’s kitchen

A kitchen planned the way a restaurant line is planned: zones for prep, cooking, cleaning, and storage, with the surfaces to match each one. Stainless where the heat is, honed black granite where the knives are, and a sink that works like a second counter.

Stainless range wall · Honed black granite · Workstation sink · Inset grey cabinets · Zoned prep island

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Narrow galley kitchen with two parallel runs of warm white shaker cabinets, a forty-four-inch aisle of pale oak floor between them, white quartz counters, white subway tile to the underside of the upper cabinets, a stainless sink with a matte black faucet on one side and a slide-in range with a slim hood on the other, matte black bar pulls, a tall pantry cabinet at the far end, warm under-cabinet lighting, and a window at the end of the aisle

Simple updates · Efficient galley

The galley, done right

A galley kept exactly as it was and made to work. Two clean runs of white shaker, quartz counters, subway tile, black pulls, a tall pantry at the end, and the light under the cabinets that makes it all glow. The plan was never the problem.

Two parallel runs · Sink and range opposite · Tall pantry at the end · Matte black pulls · Under-cabinet light

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Kitchen in a pre-war house with tall double-hung windows and original wide door casings, cream-painted inset cabinets with small unlacquered brass knobs and butt hinges, honed charcoal soapstone counters, a white fireclay farmhouse sink under the window with a brass bridge faucet, white subway tile with pale grey grout to the bottom of the uppers, a freestanding range with a simple painted hood above, and a cream and soft charcoal checkerboard floor laid on the diagonal

Complete remodels · Period-sensitive

Old house, new kitchen

The room, the windows, and the doorways stay exactly where the house put them; everything inside is new. Inset cabinets in cream, soapstone, a farmhouse sink under the window, and a checkerboard floor that looks like it was always there.

Inset cream cabinets · Soapstone counters · Farmhouse sink · Checkerboard floor · Unlacquered brass

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L-shaped kitchen with existing shaker cabinets repainted, the lower cabinets and a small peninsula in deep green and the upper cabinets in warm white, new white quartz counters, white subway tile to the underside of the uppers, new unlacquered brass cup pulls and knobs, a brass bridge faucet at a stainless undermount sink under a window, a stainless slide-in range, and the original medium-toned oak floor refinished

Simple updates · Two-tone transitional

Two-tone & brass

The same cabinets, in two colors. Lowers in deep green, uppers in warm white, brass hardware that will age, and new quartz counters over the boxes you already own. The most change for the least construction.

Deep green lowers · Warm white uppers · Brass cup pulls · New quartz counters · Same boxes

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Modern kitchen with charcoal matte flat-panel cabinets running floor to ceiling on one wall with integrated finger pulls and no visible hardware, an island wrapped in honed white marble with grey veining and a waterfall edge on both ends, a full-height marble slab backsplash behind a flush black induction cooktop with a concealed hood, matte black faucet at an undermount sink in the island, warm under-cabinet light glowing across the counters, a large warm greige porcelain tile floor, and a tall window at the end of the room

Complete remodels · Dark modern

Moody & modern

Charcoal cabinets from floor to ceiling with nothing on their faces, a white marble island with waterfall ends, and the appliances hidden behind panels. Dark and quiet, lit from under the cabinets so the stone glows.

Charcoal flat-panel walls · Waterfall marble island · Slab backsplash · Hidden appliances · Under-cabinet glow

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English country kitchen with cream inset cabinets, a deep green island with a honed white marble top, a wide range set into a chimney-breast alcove under a plaster hood, a white fireclay farmhouse sink under a sash window, unlacquered brass bridge faucet and cup pulls, a cream and charcoal checkerboard floor, a glass-fronted dresser cabinet, and a brass rise-and-fall pendant

Custom kitchens · English country

English country

A kitchen built like a set of furniture rather than a run of cabinets: cream inset doors, a deep green worktable island under honed marble, and a range tucked into a chimney-breast alcove. It looks as if it has always been there, which is the whole idea.

Cream inset cabinets · Green worktable island · Range alcove · Farmhouse sink · Checkerboard floor

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Bright L-shaped kitchen with new warm white shaker doors and drawer fronts on the existing cabinet boxes, a white quartz counter with soft grey veining, glossy white subway tile backsplash, matte black bar pulls and a matte black pull-down faucet, warm LED under-cabinet lighting, stainless appliances in their original positions, a double window over the sink, and a medium oak floor

Simple updates · Refaced makeover

The refaced kitchen

A kitchen that kept its boxes and its layout and replaced everything you see and touch: new doors and drawer fronts, quartz counters, a subway backsplash, black hardware, and light under the cabinets. From the doorway it is a new room.

New shaker doors · Quartz counters · Subway backsplash · Matte black pulls · Under-cabinet light

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Open-plan kitchen seen from the living area, with the former dividing wall replaced by a flush ceiling beam, a white oak island facing a sofa, white shaker perimeter cabinets, a white quartz counter run up the wall as a full-height slab backsplash, stainless range and hood, oak floors running unbroken from kitchen to living room, three black pendants over the island, and tall windows on the far wall

Complete remodels · Open-plan family

The open plan

A closed kitchen and the living room beside it joined into one room. The wall comes out, a beam goes in, and a white oak island faces the sofa so the cook is part of whatever is happening.

Wall removed · Island facing the living room · White shaker cabinets · Slab backsplash · Floor run through

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Serene L-shaped kitchen with pale rift-sawn white oak flat-panel lower cabinets, no upper cabinets on the window wall, one full-height oak storage wall with integrated pulls, a matte warm-grey porcelain slab counter run up as the backsplash, a soft white plaster hood over an induction cooktop, a matte black faucet at an undermount sink, large-format warm grey porcelain floor tile, a low oak shelf with a single ceramic bowl, and a wide window with a linen roller shade

Complete remodels · Japandi

Japandi calm

Pale oak, matte porcelain, plaster, and nothing on the counters. An L-shaped kitchen with no upper cabinets on the window wall, one tall storage wall that hides everything, and a black faucet as the only hard line in the room.

Pale oak lowers · No upper cabinets · Porcelain slab counter · Plaster hood · Tall storage wall

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Warm Mediterranean kitchen with an arched plaster range hood over a range in a tiled alcove of glazed terracotta tile, open white oak shelves on unlacquered brass brackets against a sea-green zellige wall, honed white marble counters, a tiled peninsula faced in terracotta, limewashed warm white walls, a brass bridge faucet at the sink under a deep-set window, and a terracotta-toned floor

Custom kitchens · Mediterranean

Mediterranean warmth

A kitchen that feels like a sunlit farmhouse near the coast: an arched plaster hood over a range alcove lined with glazed terracotta, sea-green zellige behind open oak shelves, honed marble counters, and brass that darkens in the light.

Arched plaster hood · Terracotta range alcove · Sea-green zellige · Open oak shelves · Tiled peninsula

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Small bright kitchen on a single wall with a short peninsula, pale warm-white flat-panel cabinets with no visible hardware, an oiled maple butcher block counter, white subway tile backsplash with white grout, a stainless range and slim stainless hood, a stainless undermount sink with a stainless faucet under a window, pale oak floor, two white pendants over the peninsula, and one wooden board leaning against the tile

Simple updates · Scandinavian minimal

Pale & plain

A single-wall kitchen with a short peninsula, pale flat doors with no hardware, a butcher block counter, and white subway tile. Nothing on the counters and nothing to explain; the plainest kitchen here, and one of the warmest.

Pale flat-panel doors · Butcher block counter · White subway tile · Stainless appliances · Pale oak floor

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Bright white kitchen with white shaker cabinets, white quartz counters, white subway tile backsplash with soft grey grout laid in a running bond, a stainless range and slim stainless hood, a stainless pull-down faucet under a double-hung window, oak floors, and warm under-cabinet light on the counters

Simple updates · Classic white

Fresh & timeless

White shaker doors, white quartz, white subway tile, and stainless appliances, in the layout the kitchen already has. It is the kitchen that sells a house and the one nobody tires of.

White shaker doors · White quartz · Subway tile · Stainless appliances · Warm under-cabinet light

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Compact condo kitchen on a single wall with warm grey flat-panel cabinets and integrated finger pulls, a white quartz counter and matching slab backsplash, a tall panel-front integrated refrigerator, an induction cooktop under a slim recirculating hood, a short peninsula with two low stools facing a window wall, warm greige porcelain floor tile, and under-cabinet light

Complete remodels · Urban compact

The condo kitchen

One wall of warm grey flat-panel cabinets, a white quartz counter that turns up the wall as its own backsplash, and a short peninsula with two stools. A kitchen that respects the building and still feels like a real one.

Single wall · Short peninsula · Flat-panel grey doors · Quartz slab backsplash · Induction and recirculating hood

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Loft kitchen with a large stainless-steel-topped island on a black steel base, black flat-panel lower cabinets under a butcher block prep counter, open black steel shelving on a white subway tile wall stacked with plain white dishes, a stainless range with an exposed stainless duct, concrete-look porcelain floor, and two black factory pendants over the island, in a room with tall steel-framed windows

Complete remodels · Industrial

Industrial loft

A stainless-topped island, black flat-panel lowers, butcher block on the prep run, and open steel shelves on a white subway wall. The look of a restaurant kitchen, tidied up for a home.

Stainless island · Black flat-panel lowers · Butcher block prep run · Open steel shelving · Factory pendants

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Bright L-shaped kitchen with soft white shaker cabinets, a white quartz counter, a pale blue-green zellige tile backsplash, two white oak open shelves beside a large window over the sink, a short peninsula with two white oak stools, a stainless faucet and stainless appliances, pale wide-plank oak floor, and a white linen roman shade

Simple updates · Coastal

Coastal light

Soft white shaker cabinets, white quartz, and a pale sea-green zellige backsplash that shifts with the light, with white oak shelves and stools. Coastal in its light, not in its decorations.

Soft white shaker · Sea-green zellige · White oak shelves · Short peninsula · Big sink window

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Kitchen with cream inset cabinets and no wall cabinets, dark oiled soapstone counters, an unlacquered brass bridge faucet at a large stainless workstation sink under a wide window, a plaster-white wall, wide oak floors, and through an open doorway a walk-in pantry lined floor to ceiling with walnut shelving and cabinets, a soapstone counter with a coffee machine and toaster, and a small second sink

Custom kitchens · Pantry-led

The butler’s pantry

The wall cabinets are gone and the storage has moved into a walk-in pantry next door, with its own counter, sink, and the small appliances. The kitchen itself is calm, cream, soapstone, and brass.

Walk-in pantry · No wall cabinets · Cream inset cabinets · Soapstone counters · Walnut pantry shelving

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Serene kitchen with a long island topped in honed white marble with soft grey veining, rift-sawn white oak island base and a full-height white oak cabinet wall with panel-front integrated appliances and a concealed door to a back kitchen, a warm white plaster range hood over a wide range, unlacquered brass faucet and slim pulls, wide-plank oak floors, bare counters, and a tall window with soft daylight

Custom kitchens · Quiet luxury

Quiet luxury

A marble-topped island, a full-height wall of white oak that hides the appliances and the door to a back kitchen, a plaster hood, and brass that will age. Nothing on the counters. Nothing shouting.

Honed marble island · White oak wall · Hidden back kitchen · Plaster hood · Bare counters

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Close-up of oiled charcoal soapstone with soft pale veining and a matte, slightly worn surface

Soapstone

A dense, talc-rich stone with a soapy feel that oils from grey to a deep charcoal.

Close-up of pale white quartzite with soft grey layered veining and a honed finish

Quartzite

A natural metamorphic stone, harder than granite, that often looks like marble with crisp white and grey layers.

Close-up of a rift-sawn white oak cabinet door with a straight pale grain, a matte natural finish, and a finger-pull edge

White oak cabinets

Rift or quarter-sawn white oak doors and panels with a straight, pale grain under a matte natural finish.

Close-up of glossy handmade zellige tiles in a soft sea-green glaze with uneven edges and slightly varied tones

Zellige tile

Hand-cut, hand-glazed Moroccan clay tile with an uneven surface and a glaze that varies from piece to piece.

Close-up of an unlacquered brass bridge faucet lever with a warm, mottled patina and a brighter high-touch edge

Unlacquered brass

Raw brass with no coating, left to darken and mottle with use.

Close-up of a warm white plaster range hood with soft rounded edges and a subtle skim texture meeting a plaster wall

Plaster range hood

A hood built on site and finished in plaster or a plaster-look skim, hiding a ventilation insert.

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