Don’t you feel, the new focal point of the house, the Kitchen, should be given a well-deserved upgrade? As rightly shared by Louis Parrish, “If you can organize your kitchen, you can organize your Life”. But how? Still remains a question tough to answer.
Millennials love to pile up the patterns! By saying this we mean, they can love covering the accent of one wall in a single pattern and go on painting another one in a colourful rug. Since it is the place where all actions of your home take place from cooking, eating, talking and chatting, we really need to have a decorative idea that will make even the small space look much efficient.
Making it look exclusive, organized, functional yet beautiful has always been a tough task but we have listed down some really interesting ones just for you.
We are sure, these ideas will uphold the kitchen look to the one seen in home magazines. True, you can never hide the bulky kitchen appliances or stand mixers but you still can create an eye-catching look using kitchen splashback acrylics. The hearty flavours in the food only come if we feel inspired by the kitchen wall colours.
Kitchen walls are often overlooked and people put in efforts behind the appliances placement, countertops, and cooking gadgets. Let’s read further on how a boring wall can be decorated with easy but design savvy changes. So, let’s get cooking…
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The Moody Color Hues:
Posh style is enhanced in the cooking space if we use dark colours. Yes, you heard it right. Dark colour shades intensify the richness and the warmth inside the kitchen. This idea is quite inexpensive and allows you to showcase your personal style statement.
You can try on some monochromatic palettes to give it more oomph. The trial and error method doesn’t seem to really work with this colour palette selection. Here is the secret we share for the three colour palette that helps you with the update.
Colour 1: If you have an existing kitchen colour, it can not be changed. This implies the colour of countertops or the cabinets.
Colour 2: Selecting the perfect colour that complements the existing colour shade. It serves as a backdrop. This colour will be the backdrop of your kitchen.
Colour 3: The “wow” factor is often added by this third palette. You can try hands-on using some bold and unexpected colour hues or you can also add some style statement accessories like unique stools, vases or stylish cookware.
For implementing this, you can collect some paint swatches and combine them shuffling them around and securing the best combination. You can also use some interesting kitchen walls covering that embraces the light and make the kitchen look bright and airy.
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Start with the focal point:
You can always combine some modern and traditional elements and make this place a noticeable one for the visitors and the guests. Make this place a comfy prep station where your family would love to have dinner. For doing this, you need to start at the focal point and the wall next to it.
This wall should pop out and make your kitchen stand out from the others. Ever thought of taking the brush and making the strokes on the wall? Yes, you can do it yourself. For adding uniqueness, try below-mentioned techniques:
- Are you sorted with the colour palette technique? You can try painting the focal wall with some mesmerizing colour shade that matches with one chosen.
- So we all might have collected unique pieces of art as a souvenir whenever we travel to different places. Then, how about adding some of them on your focal walls? We are sure they will steal everyone’s attention.
- Missing your favourite spot at the cafeteria? Why not design one for yourself at home? You can add on to the tranquillity using some textural or patterned wallpaper.
Play around with some brilliant pieces of art on your focal point and make the place really worth your sitting. You can also try smaller pieces of art and combine them up on the wall to make it more visually appealing.
You can try having a vertical garden planted at this wall to make it look more lively. Yes, you are allowed to bring in some vibrant colours and also combine some wooden textures. Remember, you only have one wall, so let your creative juices flow in.
Heard the story of “Mirror mirror on the wall? “Let’s replace the question part with, “Who’s the fairest kitchen of all?”. You can blend mirrors with some unique pieces or accessories and style up the focal wall.
While doing this, make sure whichever materials used for kitchen wall should be strengthful to hold on the things. Don’t make it look much cluttered but let it be cohesive enough to look peaceful.
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Try Open Kitchen shelving:
Once you are done with the kitchen wall paint colours, the next idea that you can implement is having an open shelf for keeping things. Even if you have a narrow space for keeping things, an open shelf can make it look wider. You can try having tiered shelving which provides extra space for storing your cute glassware.
Who said you can only have a coloured set of glasswares for keeping them up on the shelf? You can always mix and match some interesting colourful pieces and display them on the shelves. You can also coordinate the dish colour with the kitchen colour to tie everything together.
It is allowed to have some cute jars or an antique milk glass to embrace the open shelf design. You can have a dedicated shelf for placing some cookbooks.
Same as kitchen wall panels colour, you can add a creative touch to open shelves too. Paint the shelves in accordance with the decor of the kitchen. It is always good to go glamorous with gold and grey colour.
The upper-cabinet free kitchens lighten up the kitchen creating a visual space but make sure you have a space to hide out your less creative and designed Tupperware glasses. You can try installing Floating shelves that come with functionality and designs. They are easy to install and you can place minimal and well-co-ordinated items on it.
For some other innovations, you can remove the upper cabinet and paint it with some bold colours or use wallpaper.
How about adding an LED light under the cabinet? You can give it a new life by adding some white or yellow light that highlights certain items kept on the shelves. It is also advisable to use battery powered light if wiring is an issue.
Over the shelf, you can also have glass pendant lights for the light flow on the items. The open shelves can be made a blue paradise with some white countertops that will make a bolder statement. You need to ensure that the inner atmosphere is warm and inviting.
You can always fill the kitchen with vibrant elements and give some surprising touches. An expert rather has keen eyes on designing and ensures that space looks interesting and the task doesn’t become overwhelming.
You can try using some blush pink colour and give the kitchen the perfect vintage look. It’s all your efforts that are poured in to make space a cheerful one where the family can eat, drink and hang out. Hope these ideas will help you to create an eye-catching kitchen design.
You can also take inspirations from some really creative designers by following them on their personal or social media blogs. Transform the kitchen and make it the showstopper area of the house now.
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