50+ Black Kitchen Ideas That Are Luxurious and Dramatic

Check out these luxurious black kitchens that will serve as your next home project's inspiration.

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Black Kitchens We Love (and How to Design Your Own)

While choosing a black kitchen is a daring design choice, it's also a way to create a chic and sophisticated culinary space that becomes the centerpiece of your home. The charm of black rooms is how they add drama to your home's design, while also providing an understated elegance, too. Black kitchens are the perfect blend of modern and classic, mysterious yet inviting.

There's no one way to create a black kitchen, and homeowners mulling over this color choice have a lot of options to choose from. An easy design direction to go in is with black wall paint, followed closely by choosing black kitchen cabinetry. But then there's also black hardware, accents, tiles, and even faucets. Matte black finishes create a minimal and modern atmosphere in a kitchen, whereas glossy black finishes provide glamorous vibes. The versatility of black allows for endless creative possibilities.

Perhaps most of all, black kitchens work with all sorts of home styles, and could work whether you're going for an ultra-modern, industrial, or a timeless look. See how a black kitchen can elevate your home's design, and find lots of stylish ideas for your own home's dark and dramatic kitchen.

Things to remember when designing your black kitchen:

Aim for high contrast if you want an invigorating-feeling kitchen. Mixing black kitchen features with high-contrast white elements is the fastest way to create a lot of energy in your home's decor.
Make sure the light is right. To keep your black kitchen from feeling too dark, incorporate a variety of types of lighting in locations around the kitchen. Have task lighting available for cooking activities, but also use plenty of warm-colored lights for mood lighting, too.
Don't forget about texture. Black kitchens can feel flat if you don't include enough variety of texture. You can achieve a good mix by blending black with natural elements like wood, plants, or even patterned marble.

Rachel Manns
The kitchen in this renovated London home is a perfect mix of industrial and Scandinavian style, thanks to nearly an all-black kitchen. A busy patterned black and white backsplash is paired with matte-black cabinets that feature a modern natural-wood detail.

Natalie Jeffcott
This Australian home's minimal modernism is beautiful, and the way they created a warm and inviting kitchen was by partnering black wood cabinets with a warm wood ceiling. It's an intoxicating mix of industrial, rustic, and contemporary vibes.

Janis Nicolay
You can embrace a black kitchen AND a colorful kitchen, and the room in this Vancouver house is a perfect example. Black and white geometric tiles, pink and white patterned wallpaper, and a hot pink stove work with black cabinetry to create this dramatic, dynamic kitchen.

Kate Pearce
A black kitchen doesn't have to be stark, cold, or even all that dark. This farmhouse on Long Island's kitchen is flooded with natural light, and lush green plants and colorful accessories pop against a bold black wall paint.

Aaron Markus
If you really want to commit to a black kitchen, then choose black for every feature, like the kitchen in this Scottsdale condo. Black cabinets meet black tiles, meet black fixtures to create a truly luxurious space to cook in.

Lauren Taylor
It's the use of lots of grounding gray that makes this modern renovated San Francisco home's kitchen so rich and pleasing. Gray contrasts with black, but not as strongly as white does. There's just enough contrast in this kitchen for it to be interesting, but the whole space ends up being very peaceful and relaxing.