Affordable Kitchen Redecorating
One should never underestimate the importance of having a beautiful and functional kitchen in the home. Apart from the functional value of being place that food is prepared, the kitchen affects our state of mind as well. An ugly, ill-equipped and cluttered kitchen has every quality of destroying one’s peace of mind. A beautiful, though not necessarily too expensive, kitchen can give its users a sense of relief from the daily drudgery. You can enjoy this room in your home so much more if you redecorate your kitchen without burning a hole in your pocket. The following are simple tips that will help you redecorate your kitchen at an affordable cost.
You can give your old kitchen appliances a new look by using sheets of veneer. It works particularly well if your fridge has small dents and dings. Veneer covers well and also looks nice. Veneer is available in various colors and sizes and you can choose and buy a suitable one from your local home improvement store, such as Home Depot or Lowes. These stores also stock all types of appliance paint. You can apply appliance paints on a refrigerator or dishwasher, but never on heated appliances like stoves. For ovens, you will need a different type of heat-resistant appliance paint. However, painting would be useless if your appliance has dents and deep scratches. To fix this, you can use putty for metallic projects before painting. Magnetic sheets are also in use now to give your appliances a fresh look. However, these sheets do not look nice when used around handles and hardware. These sheets are suitable for appliances that only have minor scratches on the fronts or sides. You can also use dimensional paints, available in tubes, on any surface. Available in various colors, dimensional paints will give a granite-like rough look and will look nice with almost any decor.
Once you finish sprucing up your appliances, you can focus your attention to some other aspects of kitchen. Consult your family members first and use the colors to paint your kitchen that have been approved collectively. A fresh coat of paint can do wonders for a dull kitchen. Another important part is to choose a pattern and use it repeatedly to give your kitchen a sense of familiarity and continuity. For example, if your curtain has a floral pattern, you may choose to apply a floral border to your wall or purchase a tablecloth with a floral design.
Another tip is to try to use fabrics as much as possible. It looks beautiful if you manage to have a coordinating tablecloth, placemats, and curtains that unify your kitchen and also add color and texture to it. In order, to have cushioning for your back and knees, you can use washable cotton rugs underfoot at the sink or stove. The area will be further defined by a rug under your table.
In order to give your kitchen a touch of art, you can make a rotating gallery for your children’s handiwork. It may be the door of the fridge or a wall strung with picture wire. Or you can apply chalkboard paint on a wall or door inset to make a reusable drawing surface.
If you can afford to install new kitchen cabinets, they will give your kitchen a completely new and fresh look. It has been observed that dark kitchen cabinets can make a kitchen feel smaller, cramped and inefficient. If you can manage to replace them with lighter cabinets as part of your kitchen redecoration program, you can greatly alter the entire kitchen’s appearance. A change of your kitchen cabinet is all the more necessary in case you have plans to add a particular design element into your kitchen redecoration program, such as a French country kitchen style.
For a successful completion of your kitchen redecoration program, you could possibly get in touch with a competent kitchen redecorating and remodeling contractor, who has sufficient experience and knowledge in changing your kitchen’s design. In addition, to just offering educated suggestions, the contractor should also be able to give you a list of the products and materials they will require for the job. This is extremely important as it can help you get the job done at a minimal cost, say for below $500.00.
Kitchen redecoration will boost the efficacy of your home and will add value and equity to both older and newer houses. As there is hardly any kitchen free of blemishes, there is always a need for redecoration and remodeling.
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