Transforming the Look of Your Small Kitchen
Posted By Houston Decorator on August 25, 2010
If you have a small kitchen, it can be a worry and you know it. In many homes, the families spend their time in the kitchen with either each other or any company that visits. If it feels that you can barely move around in your kitchen, you can use a few easy tips to make it appear larger. The tips in this article will help you turn your kitchen from one that has a constricting feel, into one that you will truly enjoy.
Before starting up, clear out anything that isn’t a complete necessity from your cabinets and cupboards. Sure this has nothing to do with opening up the visual space of the kitchen, but it certainly helps you feel better when you open u a cupboard or cabinet and you don’t have any clutter.
First of All, Organize
A kitchen’s space can be decreased is the counter top is cluttered and messy. Small appliances, plants, canisters and other knick-knacks don’t necessarily take up much floor space, but they do diminish the size of the room buy making it look unorganized and cluttered. With clutter-free, open counter tops you will be able to create an airy and spacious look.
Walls and Floors
This is something you might already know, but your room can be expanded by using light colors. It’s time to make a change if your walls are dark or covered with wallpaper. Strip away your wall paper; anything that has small prints, flowers or intricate designs makes the room look smaller. When painting the room, use a coat of butter yellow or any other light paint; not only is it visually appealing, but the light color will visually open up the space as well.
Floors should also be kept light. Natural wood or pine stained in a very light shade will look really clean if you have wood floors. If you have linoleum or ceramic tiles, make sure to keep them light colored as well; preferably in a cream or sand shade.
Cabinets
New cabinets can be really expensive, therefore most people cannot afford them. Just as your walls and floors are light in color, your cabinets should follow the same rules. You can give your dark cabinets a face lift yourself and save some money. By updating the look of your cabinets, the atmosphere of your kitchen will be transformed. Sand down the cabinet’s finish, apply a couple of coats of a light shade, and some decorative hardware should be added. A coat of polyurethane can be applied to protect the paint and give it a nice sheen.
A good way to make the room look more spacious is by opening up your windows and letting in some natural light. Leave your window over the sink open without any curtains or other treatments, if you can. You can keep the airy appeal if you can’t leave them open as long as you keep it sheer and light colored.
The floors shouldn’t have any unnecessary furniture or accessories on them. If you have lots of things taking up space on the floor, move them out. You will have a much more spacious looking room by keeping your counter tops, floors and kitchen table clean. As soon as you put some of these tips to work for you, your kitchen will look as though it has doubled in size.
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