We've spent the last week trolling for good-looking kitchens in Berlin with storage ideas to steal; here are our findings
1. Think Modular
In Europe, it's not uncommon to rent a flat with no kitchen; tenants often buy their own modular components and take them with them when they move.
Above: German kitchen brand Naber offers a furniture system designed by Bureau Kilian Schindler based on five modules: work surfaces with integrated range, sink, butcher block, storage rack, and technology tower. Ideal for apartment dwellers who can take the system with them when they move.
Above: A modular kitchen by Noodles, Noodles, and Noodles comprised of components you can pack up and take with you.
See a range of soup-to-nuts modular options in Good Kuchen: 9 German Kitchen Systems and Bella Cucina: 8 Modular Italian Kitchen Systems.
2. Keep Cooking Utensils Within Reach
Above: German company Rosle pioneered the concept of the Open Kitchen by offering adaptable stainless steel modules that allow you to keep utensils in easy reach. Photograph of Erik Spiekermann's Berlin kitchen via FvF.
Above: A Berlin kitchen via Behomm with modular stainless components and crates as storage.
3. Use Wooden Crates as Storage
Above: Spotted in several Berlin kitchens: wood crates as storage. For something similar, consider the American-Made Poplar Wood Crates from Kaufmann Mercantile; available in three sizes (prices start at $29).
Above: A modular kitchen by Noodles, Noodles, and Noodles Corp.
4. Consider Built-Ins for Seating
Above: Built-in seating and modular elements make sense for Berlin apartment living; shown above, a custom kitchen by Rainer Spehl.
5. Think Outside the Box
Above: Dirk Biotto created the ChopChop kitchen for ease of use by the elderly and physically impaired.
Above: Designed by Moritz Putzier as a graduation project, the Cooking Table won a German Design as Best Newcomer 2015.
Above: The Essential Raw Element kitchen by craftsman/carpenter Peter Klint features customizable smoked oak trays and grates that slide in and out to create customizable open shelving.
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