Green is the colour du jour for many interior designers and design enthusiasts alike, and with good reason. The versatile hue evokes references to nature and when injected into a kitchen, creates a calming ambience that’s perfect for such a high-traffic area of the home. Green kitchens are not confined to one particular interior style and can be seamlessly incorporated into any design element — from splashback tiles in a Hamptons-inspired kitchen to coloured Shaker joinery in a more modern country style.
While white kitchens are certainly a safe and timeless option, injecting colour into your design helps to give a space character and can anchor a space, particularly in an open-plan layout.
From an emerald backsplash to olive cabinetry and even green-coloured marble bench tops, these envy-inducing kitchens employ shades of green to stunning effect.
22 gorgeous green kitchen designs
“I knew I wanted a beautiful green kitchen,” says Bonnie (from homewares brand, Bonnie and Neil) of her recent home renovation. “I find green such a relaxing colour to live with. When you are surrounded by a lot of pattern and colour, you also need a relaxing space.”
While certainly on the smaller side, interior designer Marco Meneguzzi’s green kitchen shows that you needn’t shy from colour even in more compact spaces.
Following a renovation featuring his signature flair, designer David Flack recently sold his characterful worker’s cottage in Richmond, Melbourne. Paired with a statement veined Calacatta Viola marble, the green kitchen joinery acts as a calming and neutral base without being boring.
Dylan and Jenny’s kitchen from The Block 2022 featured a modern country design and a soft colour palette of sage green, white and brass accents. “We chose this cabinetry because the Dry Sage colour connects to the beautiful landscape outside,” says Jenny.
At Neale Whitaker’s glamorous country guesthouse, shades of green – eucalypt in the kitchen and a rich forest green in the bedroom and bathroom – draw the landscape inside, while punches of matt black in the hardware, lighting and ceiling fans speak to the home’s facade.
Centrestage in the kitchen of this stylish semi in Dover Heights is a cantilevered Esmeralda quartzite kitchen island, which carries the same tones as the powder room downstairs. “It’s got depth and character, but it’s also quite airy. Kind of ethereal,” says interior architect and Smac Studio principal Shona McElroy of the jewel-like stone that took months to source.
Embracing of soft greens, tans and warm greys, the materials palette of this modern farmhouse was driven by the colours and textures of the area. “It was great to see that [the owners] were keen to explore natural materials, in colours of the landscape and with nothing engineered,” says Russell Casper of Casper Architecture & Design (CAD).
The owner of one of Sydney’s oldest homes, which is only accessible by water, chose the eucalyptus tone in the kitchen to evoke the feeling of being under the forest canopy.
This serene designer beach house takes colour cues from its bush surroundings. The old cupboards were replaced with shiplap cabinetry in Dulux Tarzan Green for a fresh look.
“Balance was the keyword,” says interior designer Selena Mohr from Your Beautiful Home. “Amanda’s love of white was pushed an extra step to include handmade Moroccan zellige tiles in green.” The splashback in this 1950s beach house is from Tiles by Kate.
This 1920s home was given a speedy and sympathetic makeover, thanks to interior architect Georgia Ezra. The green herringbone tiles work well in this small space, creating visual interest.
“My favourite room is the kitchen,” says Dani Dean of her newly renovated family home. “From day dot we knew it was going to be green, I wasn’t going to budge on that. But we had to try a lot of greens to find the right one. I really love this colour.” She chose Dulux ‘Dinosaur’ in a matte finish for all the cabinetry.
Perched on a sloping block in Victoria’s Sandy Point, this cosy holiday house embraces its natural surrounds with an organic material and colour palette. The internal weatherboard cladding was given a coat of green paint with the vertical grooves creating a dynamic contrast to the timber batten ceiling.
The kitchen of this Bondi apartment features soothing neutrals and generous swathes of leafy greens. The original pitch was for blood red, “but we knew that the strength of the green with the lightness of the rattan was right for Beverley, our client,” says designer Brooke Aitken, who opted for Fenix laminate in Verde Comodoro instead.
“I’ve known [interior designer] Angela Antelme for more than 20 years and always admired her style,” says the owner of this classic Queenslander home. Together, the friends devised a whole-house scheme based on their shared favourite colour, emerald green.
Echoing the greens of the exterior landscape, the kitchen in this contemporary and urban home glows in a rich, dark combination of Corsi & Nicolai Verde Rameggiato marble on the island bench and glossy joinery finished in Resene ‘Celtic’.
The interior palette and material selection in the kitchen of this contemporary holiday hideaway at Byron Bay’s Wategos Beach was based on the bushland surrounding the property.
The striking forest green kitchen in this penthouse apartment is slotted into the south-facing corner, while a cut-out diagonally opposite brings light and garden views inside. A green palette was used to link it with the outdoors.
Deep green splashback subway tiles create visual interest in this weatherboard home’s country kitchen in the Mornington Peninsula.
Sage green cabinets painted in Dulux ‘Spiralina’ and white-painted brick walls create a fresh yet welcoming feel in this family home’s kitchen.
Inside this historic California bungalow with a contemporary flair, the owner’s green thumb is evident with thriving plants really bringing the house to life, while the colour palette of eucalyptus greys and greens references nature.
This pint-sized kitchen in a home in Melbourne’s Fitzroy proves that even the smallest of spaces can have the biggest impact.
