While the traditional floorplan of an open kitchen usually means the room is opening up to an eat-in area, dining room or living room, why not take the design outside.

Below, find nine stunning open kitchen ideas. A simple palette Jan Ulmer used two warm colors—apricot and eggplant—to create a room that feels both fresh and cozy.

Lim created bright, clean backdrops that keep the condo feeling open and airy, even at its tightest points. In the kitchen, white cabinetry melds seamlessly with the built-ins in the family room.

A fact of most kitchens is you never seem to have enough space to do everything you need, let alone have room to dine. This ...

Contemporary kitchen ideas open up at Eba. Picking up where the 20th-century pioneers of open-plan living left off, ... Staircases and landings segued into bedrooms, the garden flowed into the sitting ...

“After the initial wow, there’s less room for surprise with an open concept design,” she says, ... “Our kitchen and our dining room have two quite different moods,” says Sarracini.

A too-large dining room and a cramped kitchen led the owners of this expanded Cape in Wayland to call Diana Pauro for a redesign. Pauro, who is the founder of design-build firm Rebel Builders ...