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Butter-Yellow Kitchen with a Cobalt Pass-Through

Kitchen · Scandinavian

A Seoul apartment kitchen with three-sided work runs, charcoal soapstone, and a wide cobalt-framed pass-through facing the dining room.

Butter-Yellow Kitchen with a Cobalt Pass-Through · Overview

Reproduction core

  1. 01Complete short three-sided work runs with a left cooktop and oven, rear sink and prep counter, and a right stainless refrigerator and storage zone, with no island or peninsula.
  2. 02Make the wide cobalt-blue framed rear pass-through the primary visual feature, with a shallow charcoal transfer sill and no seating.
  3. 03Place the sink, cooktop, and refrigerator in a short work triangle around the clear central aisle, retaining prep and drying space beside the sink.
  4. 04Use mustard yellow on cabinet fronts and upper cabinets, charcoal on worktops and the hatch sill, and stainless steel for the sink, refrigerator, hood, and appliance details.
  5. 05Show an ordinary-height dining table, timber chair backs, pendant light, and window beyond the hatch; show stacked laundry appliances and a closed interior door beyond the left utility opening.

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Condition to check
A home with an aisle narrower than about 950 mm
Adjustment
Reduce rear sink width and right-side storage depth while retaining at least a 900 mm clear cooking aisle.
Condition to check
A home with weak daylight from the dining room
Adjustment
Add low-glare indirect lighting above the pass-through and continuous under-cabinet task lighting.
Condition to check
A home where utility-room access is at the front side of the kitchen
Adjustment
Keep the opening leafless and flush, and position the refrigerator so its doors and handles do not intrude into the aisle or utility route.
Condition to check
A home requiring more upper storage
Adjustment
Add storage above the left cooktop and right refrigerator zones, but do not reduce the hatch width or dining view.
Condition to check
A home where the existing worktop cannot be replaced
Adjustment
Use a heat-resistant worktop overlay or dark-gray composite stone while retaining the yellow cabinetry and cobalt frame contrast.

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Mood board

Three lower cabinet runs and left and right upper cabinet fronts

Material family
Matte linoleum or painted cabinet fronts

Continuous left, rear, and right worktops and hatch sill

Material family
Soapstone or matte stone worktop

Wide rear opening at the dining boundary

Material family
Painted timber or metal frame

Sink, refrigerator, hood, and metal finish at the hatch sill

Material family
Brushed or satin stainless steel

Central aisle and left utility-room entry

Material family
Water-resistant sheet floor or matte tile

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