Shaker Kitchen with a Navy Island

This is the layout to look at if you want an eat-in kitchen. The L keeps two walls clear, so the room opens into the space beyond it instead of closing itself off.

Painting the island a different colour from the perimeter is one of the cheapest ways to give a shaker kitchen some depth. The navy here does more for the room than any amount of extra detailing would have.

Black hardware, a black range and a black metal hood pull the scheme together, and the glass mosaic strip set into the subway tile is the one piece of pattern in the whole room.