A round-up of ingenious kitchen spaces—some no larger than a closet—that are minuscule yet functional (and full of ideas to steal).
1. Do away with cabinet hardware.
![uncluttered countertops, lofty ceilings, and hardware free cabinetry make this 17](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/fields/Jacek-Kolasinki-of-Loft-Szczecin-converted-forge-Szczecin-Poland-Remodelista-1-733x1099.jpg)
2. Use a monochrome palette (kitchen faucet included).
![an all black kitchen—even the kitchen faucet is black—in the san 18](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/1-All-Black-Studio-Kitchen-Hollis-Joliet-2-733x390.jpg)
3. Consider an all-in-one kitchen unit.
![a truly tiny avanti 30 inch complete compact kitchen with refrigerator at the s 19](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/sprucetown-inn-compact-kitchen-733x487.jpg)
4. Use a tiny kitchen island as room divider.
![in the old homestead in provincetown, designers kristin hein and philip cozzi o 20](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/old-homestead-provincetown-remodelista-2_0_0-733x733.jpg)
5. Choose a skinny fridge.
![a tiny kitchen by ore studios has a refrigerator that measures a mere \24 inche 21](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/ore-studios-kitchen-skinny-refrigerator-733x997.jpg)
6. Source a high-style folding table.
![the table plus from uk based magnet kitchens offers an extra work or dining sur 22](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/table-plus-magnet-kitchens-733x883.jpg)
7. Think like a puzzle maker.
![a tiny kitchen by mesh architectures, a member of the remodelista architect and 23](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/fields/700_mesh-architectures-artist-studio-small-kitchen-700.jpg)
8. Build a tall, slim bar counter.
![a bar counter topped with a large quartzite slab in designer lau 24](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/fields/Lauren-Soloff-Malibu-house-remodel-Remodelista-5-733x544.jpg)
9. Install a bar sink.
![karin montgomery spath used a tiny bar sink and slotted in a two burner cooktop 25](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/garage-studio-apartment-kitchen-matthew-williams-733x488.jpg)
10. Hang utensils on the wall as art.
![hanging kitchen utensils in sheila narusawa\2\17;s cape cod kitchen. 26](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/sheila-narusawa-cape-cod-kitchen-utensils-733x1101.jpg)
11. Consider a radiant electric cooktop surface.
![a tiny kitchen in southern sweden with an electric cooktop that almost di 27](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/House-for-Mother-plywood-kitchen-crate-storage-Forstberg-Ling-3.jpg)
12. Use vertically stacked subway tile.
![in a london apartment, architect charles mellersch, part of the remodelista arc 28](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/charles-mellersch-small-space-kitchen-733x977.jpg)
13. Spec an integrated sink and countertop.
![an integrated stainless sink/countertop in a revamped oakland carriage house by 29](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/cristi-azevedo-oakland-small-kitchen-733x487.jpg)
14. Use every inch of vertical real estate.
![when danielle arceneaux overhauled her park slope kitchen, she added an additio 30](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/danielle-arceneaux-diy-kitchen-remodel-733x916.jpg)
For more small-space living ideas, see Radical Downsizing: High/Low Mini Kitchens and Race-Car-Style Appliances for the Compact Kitchen.
N.B.: This post is an update; the original story ran September 18, 2015.
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