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The 5 types of kitchens

Today I as designing kitchen layouts and realized realized that most kitchen designs fall into these 5 essential categories:

  1. Linear

  2. Parallel

  3. Galley

  4. L-Shaped

  5. U-shaped

A common variation of these designs includes adding a kitchen island. Of course, they vary in size too!

In a linear kitchen all the cabinets are along a single wall
Linear kitchen

1. A linear kitchen has a single bank of cabinets along one wall.

Compact parallel kitchen layout
Parallel Kitchen layout

2. This parallel kitchen layout has a bank of cabinets along a wall and a parallel peninsula.



A galley kitchen has banks of counters along two parallel walls
Galley Kitchen

3. A galley kitchen has banks of counters along two parallel walls


L-shaped kitchen with small eating nook
L-shaped kitchen

An L-shaped kitchen has two banks of cabinets that meet at corner.


U-Shaped Kitchen
U-Shaped Kitchen

A U-shaped kitchen is similar to a galley kitchen but has cabinetry on three sides.


What's your favorite layout?


About the author

Hey there neighbor, I'm Julie Bennett.

Hey neighbor, I'm Julie Bennett, founder of the Renovator's Toolkit. I'm a woman on a mission to make renovation easier for homeowners. When you renovate for the first time, you don't know what you don't know. I am here to help you know what decisions to make and when so you can create your dream home.

I'm a homeowner turned renovator and a Seattle real estate agent. I'm a woman on a mission to make renovation easier. I had some "if I had only known" moments when renovating my homes. I started Renovator's Toolkit to help homeowners like you "know what you don't know."





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