You have just moved into a new home, and you are wondering how you should decorate your kitchen. You want it to reflect your personal style, but you also want visitors to feel at home when they come over to your house. You want it to look good when you take pictures of your meals for social media.

Fortunately, you can do a few things to make your kitchen unique, comfortable, and easy to cook, eat, and clean in. 

Get a Few Gadgets

You can add a few gadgets to your kitchen and make your life much easier. There are breakfast sandwich makers that can make a grilled sandwich in just a few minutes. 

If you are a fan of smoothies, a juicer will save you hundreds of dollars a year. This is an item that you want to spend some money on because the better ones will be able to pulverize any vegetable you want. 

Be sure to get a juicer that matches the colour scheme of your kitchen, they tend to be rather large, and people will notice it when they enter the room. 

A stainless steel or copper French press will look great in your kitchen and make delicious coffee. A French steel press will also keep the energizing liquid hotter for a longer time than a glass press will.

Create Extra Storage

You need plenty of cabinetry to store your valuables so a kitchen can never have too much storage. There is a trend towards adding large drawers to store plates at a lower level. This way, you will be able to see the dishes you are selecting, and there is less chance of breakage. 

Hidden coffee bars are also very popular right now. They are a fantastic surprise for visitors, and they can add value to your home. Imagine pulling out your own Starbucks at your next party.

Shelves over the sink not only add extra storage, but they can also add a touch of class to your kitchen if you stock them with just the right things. Copper pots look great on shelves, and so does that china that you only use on special occasions. 

Get a Cup Tree

Everybody has a favourite cup, and it is almost always a coffee mug. Hence, your coffee mugs should always be in a place that is easy to reach. A cup tree looks decorative and lets everyone grab a cup and their coffee in a hurry.

Some people will get cups in an array of bright colours, and others will display cups that they have acquired while traveling. If you want to make your kitchen truly unique, you can always create your own custom-made cups. There are businesses on the internet that will allow you to put your own design on one of many mugs. 

According to the website printful.com/ca/custom-mugs, you can go on one of these sites and upload your original design or create one using the companies online tools. You can then select the style of a mug that you wish to appear on. They will print it and send it off to you.

Each person in your family can have their own mug with their name or picture on it. You can also have funny or inspirational sayings on your cup. The family pet makes a great model for a mug. You can create your own bowls, plates, and glasses as well.

Accessorize Your Kitchen Cabinets 

The cabinets of yore were simple things that sat above the sink and counter and held the tools you needed to cook and enjoy your food. Modern kitchen cabinets are designed for your comfort and cooking style. 

You can get a chef’s pantry that has shelving units that swing out and let you arrange their contents. Roll-out pantries are great for storing spices and oils that you want to have handy when you cook. 

If you do not have the time or money to get new shelving, you can have a pull-out step stool installed. That way, you will be able to pull out the stool when you need to reach something that is in a high cabinet.

Pull-out waste baskets are a way to hide the unsightly but necessary contraptions. A pull-out trash can will hide odours and save space in your kitchen.

The kitchen is one of the most important rooms in a person’s house. It is where you make and eat the food you need to live, and it is where families congregate before and after going out into the world for the day.

 A few new additions to your kitchen are well worth the money. A remodeled kitchen will increase your home’s resale value and make the house more liveable.

 

 

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