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Portia Carroll

This Galley Kitchen Countertop Trick Is the One Thing Designers Tell Me They'll Always Do in Narrow Spaces

A traditional dark green kitchen with tongue and groove panelling, a wall light and brass hardware.

Galley kitchens are compact and therefore notoriously tricky to get right, simply because of their narrow constraints, and you always run the risk of it resembling a corridor, rather than what a kitchen should be, the heart of the home.

No matter how many galley kitchen ideas you gather as inspiration, it’s all about balance — you’ll need storage space, circulation space, countertop space, and a smooth flow between, yet it’s rare to have the width to achieve these cohesively. Through getting in touch with the experts, we’ve discovered they all fall back on a cleverly subtle design solution to free up precious space, while adding style and function to the layout, without compromise.

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