![The contemporary remodel of a small and dated kitchen.](https://ad-c.org/wp-content/plugins/wp-fastest-cache-premium/pro/images/blank.gif)
Kitchen design and cabinet company Bakes & Kropp, in collaboration with Interior Designer Cathy Buik, has transformed a small and dated kitchen in a home in New York City.
Here’s a glimpse of what the kitchen looked like BEFORE the remodel. The kitchen included wood cabinets, a single pendant light, rounded corner shelving, unused wall space, and dark countertops.
![Before Photo - the remodel of a dated galley kitchen with curved corner shelving.](https://ad-c.org/wp-content/plugins/wp-fastest-cache-premium/pro/images/blank.gif)
![Before Photo - the remodel of a dated galley kitchen.](https://ad-c.org/wp-content/plugins/wp-fastest-cache-premium/pro/images/blank.gif)
![Before Photo - the remodel of a dated galley kitchen with wood cabinets.](https://ad-c.org/wp-content/plugins/wp-fastest-cache-premium/pro/images/blank.gif)
The new kitchen is a dramatic transformation from the dark kitchen, even though it occupies the same space in the home. Under-cabinet lighting and the new white upper cabinets and countertops, help to keep the small kitchen bright and make it feel more open.
![Under cabinet lighting and the new white upper cabinets and countertops, help to keep this small kitchen bright and make it feel more open.](https://ad-c.org/wp-content/plugins/wp-fastest-cache-premium/pro/images/blank.gif)
![A contemporary kitchen with black and white cabinets, and wood flooring.](https://ad-c.org/wp-content/plugins/wp-fastest-cache-premium/pro/images/blank.gif)
The wood cabinets were replaced with white upper cabinets and black lower cabinets, while the floor is now a nice warm wood. Polished nickel inlay accents create the look of drawers throughout, even on cabinet doors.
![In this contemporary kitchen, polished nickel inlay accents create the look of drawers throughout, even on cabinet doors.](https://ad-c.org/wp-content/plugins/wp-fastest-cache-premium/pro/images/blank.gif)
![Polished nickel inlay accents create the look of drawers throughout this kitchen, even on cabinet doors.](https://ad-c.org/wp-content/plugins/wp-fastest-cache-premium/pro/images/blank.gif)
![This kitchen includes polished nickel inlay accents that create the look of drawers throughout, even on cabinet doors.](https://ad-c.org/wp-content/plugins/wp-fastest-cache-premium/pro/images/blank.gif)
At the end of the kitchen, there’s a wall of cabinetry that includes additional counter space, while a tile backsplash in a decorative pattern creates a focal point.
![At the end of this contemporary kitchen, there's a wall of cabinetry that includes additional counterspace, while a tile backsplash in a decorative pattern creates a focal point.](https://ad-c.org/wp-content/plugins/wp-fastest-cache-premium/pro/images/blank.gif)
![In this kitchen, a tile backsplash in a decorative pattern creates a focal point.](https://ad-c.org/wp-content/plugins/wp-fastest-cache-premium/pro/images/blank.gif)
The previous stainless steel fridge was removed and replaced with an integrated fridge, whose front matches the surrounding cabinetry.
![A contemporary kitchen with an integrated fridge, whose front matches the surrounding white cabinets.](https://ad-c.org/wp-content/plugins/wp-fastest-cache-premium/pro/images/blank.gif)
![A contemporary kitchen with an integrated fridge, whose front matches the nearby cabinetry.](https://ad-c.org/wp-content/plugins/wp-fastest-cache-premium/pro/images/blank.gif)
Adjacent to the fridge is the sink with a drying rack.
![A contemporary kitchen with a stainless steel sink and drying rack.](https://ad-c.org/wp-content/plugins/wp-fastest-cache-premium/pro/images/blank.gif)
![A contemporary kitchen with a stainless steel sink and drying rack, white upper cabinets, and black lower cabinets.](https://ad-c.org/wp-content/plugins/wp-fastest-cache-premium/pro/images/blank.gif)
A built-in microwave is located further down towards the end of the cabinets on this side of the kitchen.
![A contemporary kitchen with a built-in microwave.](https://ad-c.org/wp-content/plugins/wp-fastest-cache-premium/pro/images/blank.gif)
![A contemporary kitchen with a built-in microwave that sits flush with the surrounding cabinets.](https://ad-c.org/wp-content/plugins/wp-fastest-cache-premium/pro/images/blank.gif)
On the opposite wall, there’s the oven.
![A contemporary black and white kitchen.](https://ad-c.org/wp-content/plugins/wp-fastest-cache-premium/pro/images/blank.gif)
On the same wall as the oven is a pair of floating white shelves that almost blend into the wall.
![A contemporary kitchen with a pair of floating shelves that almost blend into the wall.](https://ad-c.org/wp-content/plugins/wp-fastest-cache-premium/pro/images/blank.gif)
![A remodeled kitchen with a pair of floating shelves that almost blend into the wall.](https://ad-c.org/wp-content/plugins/wp-fastest-cache-premium/pro/images/blank.gif)
Photography by Nicole Larson
Source: Contemporist