Browse our Modern Contemporary Kitchen Design ideas throughout the site and in our Contemporary Kitchen Gallery here, which show a large variety of options for your kitchens and kitchen cabinets, hardware and more.
Our designers are seeing more and more requests for a contemporary kitchen and bath designs in Denver. Whether your remodeling project be a Lodo loft, a Wash Park bungalow, or a home in The Highlands in Denver, JM Kitchen & Bath can help.
Semi-Custom Cabinets help you to save money and still achieve a beautiful result
Utilizing semi-custom cabinets from one of our many budget-friendly manufacturers, we can turn your ho-hum room into a dream kitchen or breathtaking master suite. We are regularly able to offer our clients special pricing saving them thousands of dollars on the back end of their new construction or remodeling project.
We are a preferred vendor for Dynasty, Omega, Crystal, Keyline, Aristokraft, Homecrest and Homestead cabinetry manufacturers and as such can offer very competitive pricing for homeowners.
Take a look at some of the spectacular rooms our contemporary designers have created for happy customers throughout Colorado.
Contemporary Kitchen Design this year is a softer look than you might think of with the word contemporary and many blend into a Transitional Look.
What is a Modern / Transitional Style Kitchens
“For the first time ever Traditional style kitchen design has been bumped down the second place as ‘’transitional’’ style takes number one. What is transitional? Transitional is a ’’soft contemporary.’’ It is a cross between traditional and contemporary. It’s less formal, has simplified lines and is a bit more sleek but warmer than modern.” says Architecture Examiner Kimberlee Speerbecker
Modern Kitchen Trends in Appliances
Stainless steel appliances are still in vogue but appliances that blend in with your kitchen cabinets or with panels that match your cabinets are gaining popularity. Built-in, hidden, and extra smaller appliances are moving into other areas of your home like a butler’s pantry near your entertaining area, a wine cooler alongside your bar, or microwaves built in the lower cabinets or in a microwave drawer.
Form meets function in modern kitchen sinks
The appeal of apron-front sinks has evolved along with the kitchen, thanks to their unique combination of beauty and functionality.
“Apron-front sinks are like beautiful but oh-so-functional sculpture, and they provide a strong, dramatic focal point in a kitchen,” says interior designer Marianne Kohlmann of Milwaukee’s Blue Hot Design. “Practically speaking, if you cook with large stock pots or bake on cookie sheets, having a wide and deep single- or double-bowl apron-front sink makes cleaning up a pleasure.”
Besides being large enough to accommodate oversize pots and pans, apron-front sinks are also ergonomically friendly. Often oriented farther forward than typical drop-in or under-mount sinks, they let you get closer and work with less stress and strain. The classic deep bowl of the apron-front sink also means less splashing while you work, and fewer puddles on surrounding surfaces, floors and walls. Source: Kohler
The newest innovation in sinks can hardly be called “just a sink” as it creates and entire workstation, serving station and clean up location. Take a look at the GALLEY THE IDEAL KITCHEN WORKSTATION here.
Contemporary Lighting
Lighting style also plays a large part in a modern or transitional style of kitchen. No longer is just one large light fixture in the center of the cooking space enough. A more layered approach with lights under the cabinets, under the counters, inside the appliance garage along with track lighting or beautiful yet functional pendant lighting.
Islands are a feature in almost every modern kitchen design if your space is large enough and our designers often add eating space right into your island or perhaps an additional sink area right next to the stove for the professional foodies in Denver.
Modern Kitchen Colors
Modern kitchens can really be any color and is much more a matter of preference. Grey wood painted or stained cabinets are very trendy right now with earthy and neutral colors a close second. Black and white always make a great modern statement as do wild and bright colors like you see in the photo gallery above utilizing tangerine, bright red (below), yellow, bright blue and lime green (above). There’s also nothing wrong with mixing your colors. Our designers often use one wood color for the main kitchen cabinets and offset the island with a different complementary or contrasting color choice.
Interesting Range Hoods
Exciting range hoods are coming into vogue this season with modern materials like stone, copper, stainless steel, wood, and stone.
Backsplashes are going glass… again
Along with the popular glass mosaic tiles, be watching for solid sheets of glass options for your backsplash as we head into summer.
