Stunning white kitchens

Blue cabinets offset white tile and countertops in the Silver Lake kitchen of McShane and Cleo Murnane. Full house tour here.

Orange and yellow rugs give a splash of color to the second-floor kitchen area in this Laguna Beach retreat. Full photo gallery here.

Architect Kevin Tsai redesigned this Playa del Rey house as a series of open, connected spaces that also provide privacy. Rooms are set up as a series of exposed living areas, with the dining room, living room and kitchen as one open space. Full photo gallery here.

A ranch-styled home was re-envisioned as a clean, modern house by architect David Montalba. Montalba turned separate living, family, kitchen and dining areas into one open, free-flowing space with high ceilings and vast amounts of natural light. Full photo gallery here.

The all-white kitchen in this Edward Fickett home is brightened with colorful encaustic tile from Mexico. The Caesarstone-topped center island, shown here, features hidden storage on either side. Full house tour here.

Rowena Arguelles and Nina Lederman read emails and work on their computers in the open kitchen and bar area of their newly renovated home in Studio City. Full house tour here.

In what was a true family collaboration, actress Molly Stanton, right, along with designer sibling Gina Holz, left, architect brother Michael Holz, and stepfather Rick Holz, a contractor, both not pictured, collaborated on the remodel of a tiny Rodney Walker home in the Santa Monica Canyon. Full house tour here.

The living room and kitchen share an open floorplan in a two-bedroom unit at Blackbirds in Echo Park. The kitchen window overlooks the communal outdoor area. Tour the 18-unit complex here.

The kitchen inside the Midcentury home of Emily Ain (daughter of famed architect Gregory Ain) and her husband, architect James Matson, near Beverly Hills. Tour the house here.

Liz Dennery Sanders spends time with her dog, Henry, in the kitchen of her Spanish Revival home in Carthay Circle. Full house tour here.

The painted kitchen cabinets in the apartment of Kyle Schuneman are a deep coral orange. More tips here.

Sasha Pullman, 10, looks in the refrigerator at the home of architect/city planner Alan Pullman and his family. The house is a 1940 split-level by noted Midcentury architect Raphael Soriano. Full house tour here.

The door in this Mt. Washington home opens to an open kitchen, dining area and living room, which, thanks to a canted ceiling, all feel larger than they are. The kitchen island, angled like a parallelogram, provides ample counter space and enough storage to eliminate the need for upper wall cabinets. Full house tour here.

A period gas range sits in Amanda Keidan’s 1947 bungalow in Venice Beach. The O’Keefe & Merritt stove adds a note of nostalgia to the gleaming white kitchen. The gray walls not only create a sense of calm but also allow the white-framed vintage windows to pop.Tour the jewelry designer’s house here.

The kitchen and stairwell of Craig Ehrlich’s accessory house in Brentwood are seen here. Full story here.

The kitchen of architect John Frane in Venice features a large glass window. Full house tour here.

Inexpensive white Ikea cabinets are featured in this Marina del Rey home along with some upgrades: a custom peninsula, a Blanco sink and Emtek hardware. Designer Robert Sweet said he saved about $15,000 by using IKEA’s Applåd cabinets, leaving money for other premium touches such as the Miele cooktop and counter made of Prima Decora, a Corian-like surface by Basix International. Full story here.

Suzanne Tracht, chef at Jar Restaurant in Los Angeles, is photographed inside the kitchen of her 1950s post-and-beam house in Los Angeles in 2011. Here’s a peek inside the place where one of L.A.’s top chefs cooks in her time off.

Sami Hayek designed the kitchen of celebrity hairstylist Robert Vetica, including the cabinets and the movable island. “I wanted something practical for cooking and entertaining, “ Vetica said. “Modern, but not too modern.” Take a tour here.

The Atwater kitchen of architect Rebecca Rudolph demonstrates her ability to work with inexpensive materials and a great sense of color: turquoise ceiling, navy pendant lamp, red laminate countertop and white glossy IKEA cabinets. The antique stove came from Wertz Brothers. The floor is inexpensive plywood from a lumber yard cut into 5.5-inch-wide planks; it cost about $2 a square foot. Full tour here.

Vanessa Choy attends to her three children — from left, Jillian, 5, Jasper, 7, and Georgia, 9 — in their Studio City home as the children’s grandmother, who lives next door, helps to prepare snacks. Lined with cabinetry by Poggenpohl and graced with Fleetwood glass doors at two ends, the space is the main gathering spot for the family. Full tour here.

This sleek all-white kitchen was designed by Jennifer Siegal in Venice. Full story here.