For many of us, the kitchen is the most important room of our house. It’s where the good stuff goes down; where we cook for our friends, eat with our family, and test our baking skills and beyond. If your kitchen is the heart of your home, it should be a space you love and nurture.
To ensure you enjoy spending time in your kitchen, you should make sure that it suits your personality and sense of style. Otherwise, it is simply a place of function and not the home’s heartbeat. Cooking aside, there’s no better way to do this is by adding colour – and we don’t mean splashes of tomato sauce from an ill advised attempt at pan skills. If you aren’t sure how to do inject pops of colour to your kitchen without going overboard, don’t worry; we’re here to help. Here are our 5 IDEAL ways to add colour to your kitchen.
ADD COLOUR WITH ACCESSORIES
If you aren’t confident about adding a lot of colour to your kitchen in one go, kitchen accessories are ideal. They hint at individualism and self expression without going the whole hog and ruining the kitchen’s colourscape. Opting for colourful tea towels, oven gloves, and a few pots to keep your utensils in can really brighten up your space without being too overbearing. You could even recover or replace the cushions on your dining room chairs to bring that feel of the fresh.
Argos’ Colourmatch kitchen and dining selection is perfect for this, including everything from utensil sets to kitchen scales and everything in between.
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ARTWORK ON THE WALLS AND PLATE
An easy and fun way to add colour is by introducing art to your kitchen space. Of course, you can add paintings and prints to your walls, but you could also add ornaments, or cover one of your walls with some colourfully patterned wallpaper.
Artwork doesn’t need to be reserved for the walls alone. Make your own masterpieces on the plate – after all, we eat with our eyes first – and bring temporary touches of class and elegance with each new dish you make.
USE COLOURFUL CROCKERY AND UTENSILS
If the doors of your cupboard are glass, and you have open shelving or tend to have your crockery on show, opting for colourful versions is a great idea. This will have a subtle but stylish effect on the overall feel of the room.
Habitat is a great place to shop for tableware and kitchen accessories, as a lot of their products are bright and quirky — perfect when bringing the sunshine to a room.
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OPT FOR BRIGHT, BOLD NEW APPLIANCES
If you’re completely sold on the idea of completely re-styling your kitchen in the name of brightening things up, you might want to go big by investing in some bright new appliances. Colourful cookers, in particular, are very much in fashion right now, as they look great and can provide a focal point for the room, serving as a great talking point when people come to visit.
Stoves is a brand that’s known for its range cookers, which come in a selection of bright and stylish colours. Whether you want a classic red, contemporary purple cooker or something completely off the scale, they’ll have exactly what you’re after and for adding that extra pop of colour are ideal. They can help your kitchen stand out, but it won’t clash with your granite worktop.
ADD GREENERY AND FRESH FLOWERS
Adding plants and cut flowers to your kitchen is a great way to liven up the space and emphasise that fresh, natural feel synonymous with great food as well as ambience. Go one step further and place them in bright pots and vases for extra style points (though don’t over do it or you’ll be advising guests to bring sunglasses on their next visit).
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If you aren’t sure how to help your plants and flowers to thrive for as long as possible, the BBC and the Royal Horticultural Society have some great guides that can help you out.
Making an effort to inject more colour into your kitchen is a great idea: it will help to give your space a new lease of life and will ensure that it’s somewhere you enjoy spending time. Take our tips on board and you’ll soon have a bright and beautiful kitchen you’re proud of.