With the lockdown finally starting to lift, many of us are considering how to upgrade our kitchens. After all, we’ve spent an enormous amount of time in them over the past few months.
But we don’t want something generic and boring. We want to modify our interiors in exciting and unusual ways. We want to give them a twist.
Here’s what to do.
Geometric Lighting Features
Adding new lighting is part and parcel of making over your kitchen and making it look great. But just adding regular spotlights has been done a million times. There’s nothing particularly quirky about it.
There are so many options out there for interesting lighting, so it is worth doing some research for ideas and inspiration; from LED strip lights to neon signs, the possibilities are endless.
Adding geometric lighting features, on the other hand, is fundamentally different. Did you know that you can now get LED lights in the shape of cubes, sphere, and the ancient Greek’s favorite, the dodecahedron? Well, it turns out you can, and it immediately gives your kitchen an otherworldly feel. It is quite remarkable, really.
Make Your Backsplash A Centerpiece
Your backsplash doesn’t have just to be a patch of tiles on the wall behind your sink. Instead, it can become a kind of centerpiece for your kitchen, particularly if you don’t have space for a central island.
Turning your backsplash into a feature is easy. You can either use brightly-colored tiled that complement the rest of your decor. Or you can just make it massive, perhaps so that it extends over the entire wall. The possibilities are needless.
Install Copper And Zinc Countertops
Copper and zinc bar tops are becoming increasingly popular in the commercial world. Trendy companies are using them to give their interiors a life and create moody atmospheres. It’s not just the business world, though, benefiting from these innovations. Homeowners can take advantage of them too.
Just imagine the visual impact that a copper countertop would have in your kitchen. It would be like nothing else you’ve seen in a private dwelling – except perhaps in a magazine.
Put Down Hardwood Flooring
Yes, hardwood flooring is expensive, but it is so worth it for the visual impact it creates in the kitchen. The material gives the room a sense of permanence and richness you don’t get with tiles or, heaven forbid, vinyl.
What’s more, it will add to the value of your property in the long term. Hardwood eventually becomes aperiod feature, even if it isn’t original to the house. Interested buyers will see it lining the floor and immediately come to believe that your property has character.
Repaint Your Existing Cabinets
Replacing cabinets is expensive. But if yours are looking a little past their use-by date, then you might want to paint them (so long as the underlying material is still in good condition).
The current trend is to paint kitchen cabinets bright blue, but you could choose any color you like. Once you’ve sanded them down and layered them up with color, you won’t believe the difference it makes to your kitchen. Going with something bright is a great way to enhance your style and create a stunning new space.
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