Kitchen is the hub of a home and everyone uses them differently and has a style of their own. Like the rest of your home, your kitchen needs style and color. Stylish modular kitchens, architectural elements that add lavishness to the kitchen, latest appliances, hardware and fixtures are the highlights of today's kitchen. While decorating your kitchen you need to pay attention to numerous aspects like kitchen shapes and layout, storage space, colour schemes and everything that can give your kitchen a fresh and stylish look.
Colours to cheer up your Kitchen
A vibrant and colourful kitchen can make cooking a fun activity. One of the best way to add colour to your kitchen is to add colourful cabinetries. Another idea to add colour would be to paint the interior of glass-front or open cabinetry, adding attractive background for your kitchenware. Add cheer to your kitchen by adding bright accessories to it like a colourful ceramic bowls,coffee mugs, plates and so on. Colourful appliances can also infuse vibrancy to your kitchen.
Floors
Innovative kitchen flooring can add up a fabulous kitchen design. A classic checkerboard pattern underfoot adds an urban, designer-style edge. To bring some Mediterranean style to your kitchen, incorporate lively colors. Bamboo flooring can also be used in keeping with earthy colour palette, these reflects light and helps in keeping room bright and airy. If you are looking for flooring that hides dirt on the floor, you could choose large slate tiles that can give a sound and stylish floor for your kitchen.
Cabinets and shelves
Cabinets and shelfs occupy more than half the space in a kitchen. Cabinets are one of the most expensive element in a kitchen so making it right for your kitchen calls for careful decisions. You can play with contrast colours to paint the cabinets to give your kitchen sophistication and versatility. Kitchen needs the most storage space, you can utilise most of the space with mix and match roll-out or open shelves, vertical tray dividers, pullouts and drawer inserts.
Backsplashes
Backsplashes are among the most affordable places in your kitchen to add some style. These are available in a wide variety of materials and colours, the most common type being tile backsplash. More than being durable and easy to clean, these are available in all shapes, sizes and colours and are highly customizable. Among the other popular selection are beaded-board and wood backsplashes in interesting patterns. For clean streamlined look solid-surfacing and solid-sheet glass backsplashes add the perfect finish to kitchen decor.
Counters
Granites and marbles are among the most popular kitchen countertop choices. These are durable, timeless, heat and scratch resistant and easy-to-clean. Stainless steel countertops are common among traditional and contemporary kitchens. It has the added advantage of being naturally antibacterial and can be easily cleaned. A timeless element that forms countertops are wooden blocks, but needs sand polishing more often. Quartz and tiles are other popular options for countertops, but these are prone to chipping.
Lighting
A warm and inviting kitchen involves four layers of lighting blended together which includes lights for tasks, ambiance, accent and decoration. Task light are significant in improving ability to work efficiently. The most popular locations for task lights are underneath overhead cabinets and over islands. Ambient lights are important layer of lighting as it creates warm and inviting glow in the kitchen. Accent lights are gradually getting popular, these can be lighting inside glass cabinets to illuminate collections of china and glassware. Decorative lighting like chandeliers, hanging pendants and other attractive lightings are more often used in larger kitchens.
