Give Your Kitchen A Touch Of Style

 


After  spending quite a bit of time living and


working abroad, we returned to the UK so we could make sure that our children could finish off


their studies in this country. While our home is ideal in many ways, the kitchen is pretty old fashioned as we had


never got round to updating it before we moved away There wasn't enough


preparation space, equipment cluttered the work surfaces and the areas weren't


well thought out. The things we really wanted


out of our new kitchen was somewhere where everything would be ordered and


neat. We also did not want to compromise on quality if we could afford to do


so.Food preparation, storage, cooking, washing up and eating areas were  combined or classified into distinct areas and


the brief was to ensure that there was ease of movement between these various


areas. We were anxious for the kitchen to have all mod


cons but at the same time we did not want it to look purely functional nature,


with endless areas of gleaming work surfaces and stainless steel they can often look more like a workplace or even a laboratory, more than part


of your home, so we gave it that lived in, homely appeal by adding a few well chosenaccessories


including~ such as~ likeour favourite fragrant candles manufactured by well known brands not to


mention a beautiful old fashioned French railway station wall


clock. When we


were abroad one thing we had seen in many kitchen was various pots and pans


hanging decoratively and this was something we were keen to introduce to our


kitchen.  In most instances this involved an overhead


trellis type of  designbut the idea we liked involved a “mesh”


metal grid that was pinned to the wall vertically.  All that is then required is to


hang your pots and pans from the mesh by means of individual hooks which you


can pick up in any good hardware store.  If you use a collection of different cooking


utensils,  such as a wok


and an authentic paella or “sarten” , it  makes for a really nice feature wall for your


kitchen. The main part of the kitchen is solely for cooking and eating, while


the laundry zone and utility area are tucked away around the corner. We teamed


electric blue Formica with bleached oak. The oak runs along one wall of the


kitchen and the utility and laundry areas. A great team of local builders and


cabinetmakers undertook the work, while we provided the designs and sourced the


fittings and appliances.  With good


quality units and clever design, this kitchen is stunning and practical,too. There are lots of other simple tips you can employ to make the most of the kitchen or indeed any other room in the home. It depends to a lesser or greater degree on your budget. As previously mentioned home fragrances such as Yankee candles and True Grace candles  need not cost too much. Wall art of various different sorts is available, either online or from good retailers. There is plenty of choice, so take your time and you will be able to find something that suits your needs and your budget. Apart from accesorries and ornaments which you can  buty you should not discount the freat effect that you can get just from painting your kitchen. Giving the place a fresh lick of paint can make a substantial difference to the way your property looks anmd feels. If you do the painting yourself you will not have to spend too much. There are so many shades to choose from that getting a look that you really like should be simplicity itself. Why not take a few sample pots home and try them out before deciding on the final decorative choice you want to go with.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     


                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              











The author is the owner of The Scented Candle Store where you will find a wide range of candles as well as other home fragrance choices such as reed diffusers