Know Everything About Decorating A Large Kitchen
Everyone loves
a big kitchen, but they can also feel cold and impersonal. While
there might be plenty of room for more cooks, a warmer, cozy kitchen
will be more inviting for family and guests to mingle in. With the
right kind of accessories,
you can have both a large and cozy kitchen all in one!
One thing
you'll want to do is fill in all the extra space with some great furniture
and collectibles which will add interest to the room. The
kitchen is a great place to show off your collections and they don't
have to be comprised of kitchen related stuff either! Having some
shelves installed or make special wall displays to show off your
collection makes for a unique conversation piece in the kitchen.
It is
important to consider the scale of your furniture when decorating a
large kitchen. A tiny caf? table will look out of place so you'll
want a large substantial piece for your table set. You can also
include some bakers racks or other storage
pieces depending on how large your kitchen is. If the kitchen is
setup so that you can add a portable island (or even a stationary
one), consider doing this, it will add lots more storage space and
you can get one with an eating counter and set up some bar stools for
informal dinners.
Accessories
can help make a large kitchen more homey. I always like to use lots
of potted plants (either silk or real) and a large kitchen can take
larger plants easily which adds to the coziness of the room. You can
also use larger decorative pieces such as urns, wall hangings and
perhaps some architectural pieces of it matches with your d?cor. If
you have a theme or a collection of something, you may want to show
them off in a lighted glass
hutch, or add shelves on the wall.
Lighting is
important in any kitchen and special considerations should be made
for larger rooms. One mistake that many home owners make is to buy
lighting that does not match the scale of the room. If you have a
large kitchen, you need to buy lighting
fixtures that are of a large scale.
Large
pendants, big chandeliers and plenty of recessed lighting is good.
Don't forget your task lighting at the counters for cooking and
preparing food.
Finally, you
can use color and pattern to make the room feel more homey. When
decorating a large kitchen, consider soft warm colors that will evoke
a feeling of comfort and coziness. Of course, you need to make sure
the color matches your overall decorating theme and does not clash
with the curtains and flooring. The familiar tree of English
churchyards makes a wood of a medium brown colour used sometimes in
the solid and also for veneers. Furniture
using either type is much sought after, and when found is usually expensive. |
