Updated on May 30, 2024
Designing a kitchen can be overwhelming, but it can also be fun. With a blank canvass to work from, you have so many options. Sure, you have seen industrial styles, classic designs, and retro ideas, but maybe none of them were quite right. Maybe you need to look at some transitional kitchens.
Transitional kitchens will give you the best of all your ideas. With subdued colors, natural materials, and streamlined designs, this could be exactly what you are looking for. Take a look below at these 37 transitional kitchen designs and ideas that we have gathered for you.
Transitional Kitchen Design Ideas
1. Sleek Functionality
With a sleek, modern design, this kitchen does the job of looking great and providing functionality. With an extra space for beverage storage, you will always be ready to host some get togethers.
2. Traditional Highlights
With the copper accents from the handles and the faucets, the darker cabinets really make a statement against the lighter counter and wall. The natural light shining in shows the whole space off.
3. Wonderful Decor
Against the traditional cabinets and wonderful hardwood floor, this kitchen uses simple and wonderful decor, including great plant life. The stove area has great shelving to hold your ingredients while you cook.
4. Hardwood Styles
Sometimes it is one simple design idea that changes a room. Here, the hardwood area above the center island perfectly accents the floor and overall design of this kitchen.
5. Charrging Station
With our on-the-go lifestyles, this drawer will let us stay charged up and ready to go. Keep your devices in the drawer and out of the way while they charge and grab them when you’re ready.
6. Brick Patterns
The subdued colors for the brick style wall blend wonderfully with the color scheme of this kitchen. The center island, taking a darker style, works well with the hardwood floor.
7. The Perfect Storage
With plenty of storage options hidden away behind these sleek drawers, you will always be organized. There is a space for everything, from your ingredients and beverages to your pots and pans.
8. Stone Style Floor
This multi-sized stone floor sets the tone for this kitchen. With a light gray style for the entire space, you are also connected to the outdoors.
9. Traditional and Lively
Sometimes it is the decor that makes the final statement in a room. This kitchen uses traditional styles and enhances them with colorful decor that pops with life.
10. All Needs Met
From the functional and stylish center island to the easily accessible walk-in pantry, this kitchen will meet all of your needs. Choose to take your meals at teh nearby dining space or right at the island.
11. Light Earth Tones
The light earth tones used for this kitchen, mixed with the fantastic counter tops, work to create a great looking space. The decor is simple yet purposeful, and is shown off by great accent lighting.
12. Always Stay Organized
This walk-in pantry space keeps the style going. With a red brick style and hardwood counter tops, you will actually enjoy getting all your ingredients out.
13. Industrial Lights
With this traditionally styled kitchen, you get an industrial flair with the use of stainless steel for the light fixtures and the appliances.
14. Fantastic Designs
This kitchen makes use of bold designs and colors, starting with the black drawers. With a mix of hardwood and white counter tops, combined with easy decor, this kitchen has an amazing look.
15. Corner Purpose
Instead of wasting corner space, get drawers like this built in. They are functional and give you all the extra room you need for storage.
16. Blue Texture
The blue tile behind this stove area really makes this kitchen lively. The tiles add texture and really make the hardwood designs stand out.
17. Elegant Designs
With elegance and style, this kitchen does a wonderful job with design. The tiles used around the stove stand out with life and the marble counter tops look fantastic.
18. Classic and Handsome
With bold darker colors and great designs, this kitchen has great character. Golden accents add to the luxurious style and the large farm style sink works really well.
19. Convenient Storage
Keep all of your extra ingredients and plates stored neatly away inside this walk-in space. You will love how conveniently organized everything is, waiting and ready for you.
20. Blue Splash
This contemporary kitchen comes to life with splashes of blue from the center island and light fixtures. The darker hardwood floor is balanced by the lighter styles used throughout the space.
21. Easy Hardwood
The hardwood designs used in this kitchen, from the floor to the cabinets, is perfectly matched with the simple decor and tile behind the sink. The center island is functional and give you room to sit and have a meal.
22. Always Functional
This storage area is very functional, with drawers and cabinets to meet your every need. It looks great, and when closed up, blends right in with the kitchen space.
23. Open Elegance
This kitchen is truly elegant, with a completely wonderful design. With great earth tones at work, combining with luxurious fixtures and styles, you will be able to host large events here.
24. Gray Blends
The sleek design of these cabinets and the wonderful tile used behind the sink area blend together to make a very stylish kitchen. The hardwood floor really stands out against the gray.
25. Skylight Wonder
The wonder of this kitchen is the open floor plan and the easy access to the outdoors. The natural light shines in on this light and beautiful kitchen. The skylights bring in some added life for a wonderful effect.
26. Cooking and Dining
With a light and lively style, this kitchen soaks on the natural light. The hardwood floor is the perfect way to start in this space, with white cabinets and stainless appliances for balance.
27. Calm Luxury
Functional and luxurious, this kitchen boasts a large center island that gives you extra cooking and dining space. With simple, but beautiful, decor, this whole room shines with life.
28. Eat In Style
Built right in to this bright kitchen is a wonderful dining area with a hardwood table. Beautifully matching the floor, this space has chairs that feature a great design, giving this room character.
29. Bold Wooden Highlights
The bold and dark hardwood floor is perfectly matched by the center island and the cabinet door trims. The contrasts created in this kitchen set a handsome tone.
30. Luxurious Industrial
The shelving and the light fixtures bring this space an industrial feel that blends perfectly with the traditional space. The earth-toned cabinets work well with the hardwood floor.
31. Always Tidy
These roll up cabinets give you the perfect space to keep your appliances out of the way, leaving the counter tops uncluttered.
32. Extended Center Island
Sometimes you just need a little extra room and functionality in your kitchen, and this center island gives you just that. You can seat many of your friends and family around for a meal.
33. Beautiful Design Blends
The stainless steel appliances are the perfect match for the dark hardwood of the cabinets and the center island. The tiles used on the walls in this kitchen bring character and texture.
34. Darker Cabinet Styles
The dark gray goes well with the bold hardwood floor of this kitchen. The white center island makes for a great contrast and gives you plenty of eating space.
35. Beautiful Cabinet Ideas
This wonderfully designed center island rises its sides to the ceiling, giving you plety of extra built-in storage. The brick design goes well with the early-century style of the kitchen.
36. Exposed Beam Character
When you have exposed wooden beams in the ceiling like this, you can go bold with your designs. The darker center island and cabinets are a great match for the design of this space.
37. Functional Pantry Space
Just open up the doors here to reveal wonderful storage options. With a space for every ingredient and cooking item, you will always be organized.