Galley Kitchen

The galley kitchen ideas work well in all types of kitchens and is a popular choice among professional chefs.

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.

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.

Two weeks ago Sara revealed her perfectly styled kitchen. But today she is showing you how it really looks every day and how it functions (ideas ahead).

From small galley kitchens to galley kitchens with an island, these stylish galley kitchen ideas suit all sorts of cooking spaces.

Beautiful small galley kitchen with white cabinets, juparana delicatus granite and porcelain tile floors

20 Galley Kitchen Ideas – The Dear Lab

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…

Explore the warmth and simplicity of light wood in a minimalist galley kitchen. Learn how to maximize storage and style with floor-to-ceiling cabinets.

Sabrina O’Neill and Emily Bazett-Jones took this 10-foot wide kitchen in a semi-detached house and made it feel wider and taller. They added two-toned cabinets with white oak and a detailed toe-kick. The warm wood tones from floor to ceiling make the space feel cohesive and comfortable.