Article first published in 2015 year, actualized in 2019
Beautiful kitchen — not necessarily expensive. Design ideas will help those who are ready for a small facelift in the kitchen: a point, sometimes extravagant, for the obvious wow-effect.
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Yulia Kamanina
1. Mix and match the fronts
The main contribution to the price of the kitchen furniture make facades. The cheapest material is chipboard, covered with foil. Alas, these doors are doomed to be simple, smooth and rectangular. But, this does not mean boring. The film may be different colors, matte and glossy, kitchen facades can accurately simulate the natural texture of the wood.
What to do: Combine several types of finishes in one kitchen units.
Entrance Fastighetsmäkleri
The idea with the photo: If the furniture is old, partial renovation of the facades will help radically the appearance of the headset.
Irina Nosova
2. Let the furniture color
The color is a guarantee of originality. In this regard, it may be better to choose not the usual orange or green food, such as refreshing blue. Vivid monochrome facades “work” dominant color and accent stain in the interior.
Tip: Pick the bright kitchen color tile with an interesting floral or geometric design on the apron or in the form of a tile carpet as pictured.
Olga Shangina | Photography
Photo: the decision on the basis of blue; used several shades — from light blue to deep ultramarine, for example. Particularly impressive this design will look great in the interior of the apartment-Studio or in the kitchen, combined with living room.
CROSBY STUDIOS
The idea with the photo: together with kitchen sets like accidentally “painted over” salad tongs. Now they — handle kitchen
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► Bright kitchen
►Kitchen pistachio colors
►Kitchen green color
►Kitchen mint color
►Kitchen olive green
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Rhonda Knoche Design
3. Accessories — active element of the decor
The highlight of the kitchen can be expressive hardware, especially given the simple plain facades. So, long, full width or height of the door handles will give rhythm to the interior and accentuate the shape of furniture. Handles can be different: light and solid, plastic or metallic, vintage or contemporary, is made according to author’s design.
Judith Mathon / Diagnostic Déco
4. Use color on the apron
As the pictures show and pictures of the repairs, usually the most that we decide to put the apron tile with a simple decor. To order and install the backsplash painted in the color of the glass much less take care of him easier. And on the strength of the heat resistant glass is not inferior to ceramics.
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► Kitchen with a red apron
► Meals with blue apron
► Kitchen apron metallic colors
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Catherine Titenko
Photo: the wall in the area of the apron is closed with glass (specifically looking for white, to bottle shade do not distort the perception of blue).
Gleba+Störmer
On the photo: extravagant method of transformation chosen for this Berlin kitchen — painted and the furniture and the wall in a single color.
Tip: Combine different modules.
Projects of kitchen furniture today can be anything. To easy to finish the kitchen looked original, suggest alternate cabinets of different widths: for example a more narrow elongated horizontally.
Nadja Endler | Photography
4. Add drama
The principle accent wall works in the kitchen as well as in any other room. Just for the accent wall usually take the apron. What if the active color is on the wall?
STUDIO LOUIS
On the photo: a simple form of headsets looks impressive in the deep shade of the walls and ceiling. Such exercises with the volume and geometry will give the kitchen a more modern look.
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► Spectacular wall in the kitchen
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Sol Haus Design
5. Don’t discount application
Not expensive way to make extraordinary kitchen decorating facades applications of film adhesive. Ready-made options you can find in stores specializing in products for decoupage or order in the Studio on his own sketches.
Lombardini22
In the photo: they used stickers not only on the kitchen facade, but (look) to the lowered ceiling above him.
Bjurfors Skåne
6. Buy fancy appliances
It is not necessary to embed anything and everything for furniture facades. Especially if we are talking about scarlet the fridge. When in the kitchen like the fridge, all eyes only on him — neither the color nor the layout of your headset does not catch the eye so much.
Daria Melnikova
The photo is a tiny five-meter kitchen in a Moscow apartment. Solo al the refrigerator, next to him — a simple kitchen furniture.
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7. Dissolve furniture
True — all white kitchen, including furniture, walls, ceiling. Against this background, a simple white facades completely dissolved and the space will become visually bigger and brighter. In the end you get a light, airy, non-committal kitchen furniture which tends to go by the wayside, and not “an eyesore” by its presence. To diversify and this interior can be bright accessories. This same technique can be used not only in the kitchen but also in the design of the apartments as a whole.
Design Studio M I S U R A
8. Bare top
Discard volume upper cabinets. Of course, open shelves will require a more thorough cleaning. But in the kitchen-living room will help get rid of the feeling “feast in the kitchen.”
atelier daaa
9. Bet on the surprise
Who says an apron has to be in the wall? Sometimes quite small, but spectacular slice on a plate: a completely functional solution.
Alcro
Photo: the apron fragmentary performed “under a rock”. Immediately looks more elegant than if the top and apron were black all over
Logan Killen Interiors
10. Instead of a China Cabinet — mirror
Because of the lack of space we have traditionally tried to take all the kitchen wall cupboards. What if we don’t hang over the sink large built in wardrobe? If not enough space — let there be shelves. But the best option is a beautiful mirror with a good man once again always a pleasure to see you.
Julie Nabucet Architectures
11. Hang a beautiful designer lamp
Another way to direct the guests view (and conversation) in the right direction. Let it be emphasized decorative, carefree and playful as for functional illumination do you have the LEDs under the upper cabinets, and a separate lamp above the work surface.
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