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If you’re feeling confined by your present kitchen, these 10 makeovers might help you break out of this box. From a U.K. kitchen that gained distance from a storage device into a Portland, Oregon, kitchen brought to life following a flame, these spaces require unconventional approaches to design.

Connected: How to Remodel Your Kitchen

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1. From Storage Unit into Eat-in Kitchen

An unused storage unit shot up square footage along with a glowing perspective in this Bristol, U.K., home.

DHV Architects

AFTER: Together with the storage unit emptied along with a wall knocked out, the kitchen acquired a spacious eat-in dining space and access to sun.

Tour the kitchen : Sunlit Garden Views in Bristol, U.K.

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2. Dallas Ranch Remodel

Done with her kitchen 1980s fabric palette, Deb Young decided to take things into her own hands.

AFTER: Approximately $25,000 and one month of work gave her kitchen a fresh look. Dark wood cupboard doors, sky-blue ceramic tile and stainless steel counters make for a compact and easy-to-clean kitchen.

Tour the kitchen: Practical, Budget-Friendly Beauty at Dallas

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Cristin Priest Simplified Bee

3. Fresh and Budget-Friendly Kitchen Nook

Cristin Priest was thrilled that her 1940s kitchen came with an adorable eat-in nook, but she was not so thrilled with its boring style.

Cristin Priest Simplified Bee

AFTER: Priest made a gem out of this little area, using wallpaper she had admired. Green cushions and a new light fixture provide the tiny space a dose of fresh style.

Watch more of this makeover: A Pretty and Practical Kitchen Nook

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Stephanie Sabbe

4. Affordable and Adorable Boston Kitchen

The outdated kitchen in this 550-square-foot Boston apartment simply was not cutting it for the new, youthful owner.

Stephanie Sabbe

AFTER: Designer Stephanie Sabbe maintained the kitchen layout but swapped out the cabinetry, surface materials and colors for a gorgeous new area.

Tour the kitchen : A Boston Kitchen and Toilet Go From Dreary into Darling

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Erica Islas / EMI Interior Design, Inc..

5. Spanish Design for a 1920s House

This Los Angeles family of four has been tired of the cramped quarters. A wall separating both the cooking and dining space restricted stream and mild.

Erica Islas / EMI Interior Design, Inc..

AFTER: Designer Erica Islas knocked down the wall to get a more open area. New colour and substance palettes honor the home’s 1920s Spanish architectural origins.

Tour the kitchen: 1920s Renovation in California

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Rock Paper Hammer

6. Historical Highlands Kitchen Makeover

Once a Kentucky barn that has been later renovated as a kitchen to get a single housemaid, this narrow galley kitchen needed barely any room for the two generations of homeowners residing in the home.

Rock Paper Hammer

AFTER: Rock Paper Hammer worked with the customers to expand the space and put in a new material palette, but stored some of the home’s best first capabilities.

Tour the kitchen : Past Lives Peek Through a New Kentucky Kitchen

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Fiddlehead Design Group, LLC

7. Intelligent Floors Update in Minneapolis

Terrible light, a dysfunctional work triangle without a dishwasher were just a flavor of those problems this kitchen presented.

Fiddlehead Design Group, LLC

AFTER: Replacing the substance palette, redesigning the layout and opening the door to the dining room improved the kitchen’s functionality. Fiddlehead Design experimented with vinyl tiles on the floor also, using three distinct colors to create a design.

Tour the kitchen: Drab and Dysfunctional to Radiant in Minnesota

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Howells Architecture + Design, LLC

8. Rising From the Ashes at Oregon

Small remained following a fire destroyed the kitchen at this 1920s Craftsman house. The family used the chance to turn the space into their dream home.

Howells Architecture + Design, LLC

AFTER: Painted closets, subway tile and full-height custom made cabinetry fit within the first layout. A new peninsula created a little breakfast area in the close of the bright and light area.

Tour the kitchen: All-American Style Brightens a Craftsman

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LOCZIdesign

9. Eclectic San Francisco Upgrade

This house had lots of square footage, but the kitchen didn’t make the most of it. Two wing walls and a tiny pass-through into the dining room packed the space.

LOCZIdesign

AFTER: Widening the walls added additional square footage and then opened the most important counter to the perspective on the other side of the home. A stunning counter-to-ceiling backsplash and wealthy navy cabinetry honor the customer’s eclectic flavor.

Tour the kitchen: Navy and Orange Give Eclectic Chic in California

10. California Kitchen Opens Up

This spacious California kitchen felt small and dark.

AFTER: But when user Pam Garcia removed a wall into the dining room, it gained distance, light and a backyard view.

Watch this makeover and more: 24 Spectacular Kitchen Makeovers

More: How to Remodel Your Kitchen

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