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Why the Bakes & Kropp ‘Soft Modern’ Aesthetic Is the Timeless Kitchen Trend to Embrace This Year

This classic look from kitchen designers Bob Bakes and Paul Kropp beautifully blends traditional and contemporary for a look that will stand the test of time

By Galerie editors
Modern kitchen with white cabinets, wooden accents, island with stools, stainless steel appliances, and large windows.
Photo: Bakes & Kropp

With over 50 years of combined experience, Bob Bakes and Paul Kropp of Bakes & Kropp have long been known for providing the highest quality of transitional luxury kitchen design, thoughtfully blending classic and contemporary elements. As the market shifts with evolving consumer interests, so too do their offerings. In recent years, the team has developed an aesthetic style they call “Soft Modern,” a response to a growing client desire for modern-leaning designs, balanced by more classic elements.

Discover the classic look in the slideshow below.

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See Some of Bakes & Kropp’s Most Beautiful Kitchens

Blank LanenIn this home in Watermill, New York, Bakes & Kropp engages its Soft Modern design to deliver a contemporary design curbed by its complementary, classic elements.

Photograph by Bakes & Kropp

Hamptons Kitchen nWith a balance of modern-leaning aesthetics with more classic elements, this Hamptons kitchen encompasses Bakes & Kroppu2019s mastery of Soft Modern design, characterized by poised contrasts.

Photograph by Bakes & Kropp

Cliffside nWhite-oiled walnut and high-gloss white paint characterize this Soft Modern kitchen that reiterates its homeu2019s warmth.

Photograph by Bakes & Kropp

LincolnnTo add warmth and style to this new build, the Soft Modern style utilizes contemporary-leaning elements balanced by more classic accents for a design that is both dramatically modern and timeless.

Photograph by Bakes & Kropp
Modern kitchen with wooden cabinets, open shelves, marble countertops, and stainless steel appliances.
Modern kitchen with white cabinets, stainless steel appliances, large island, pendant light, and natural wood accents.
Modern kitchen with white cabinets, wooden accents, and island featuring bar stools and decorative bowls, flooded with natural light.
Modern kitchen with island, sleek cabinetry, pendant lights, large windows, and hardwood floors.
Modern kitchen with wooden cabinets, open shelves, marble countertops, and stainless steel appliances.
Modern kitchen with white cabinets, stainless steel appliances, large island, pendant light, and natural wood accents.
Modern kitchen with white cabinets, wooden accents, and island featuring bar stools and decorative bowls, flooded with natural light.
Modern kitchen with island, sleek cabinetry, pendant lights, large windows, and hardwood floors.