Think upward
To save room in a rather small kitchen, you can install ceiling-high cabinets with high-gloss paint. “Everyone tried to talk me out of it, which is probably why I pushed so hard for those cabinets,” explain designers. “I had to make them totally custom, but that worked out well because then I could take them all the way up to the ceiling, which is nine-and-a-half feet. I never understood why everyone doesn’t do that.”