Your kitchen need not be always spacious and extravagant. Every kitchen can be useful, convenient and beautiful with the right storage space and wise layout design.
You can have a small island in your little kitchen with the right design. Islands make a big statement in your small kitchen. Fitzhugh Karol and Lyndsay Caleo of the Brooklyn Home company said that even a small-scale sculptural island set can make a huge impact on a tiny kitchen. The designers placed a white island made from fallen oak and hand-carved cherry log in a 400-square-foot Brooklyn apartment, Housebeautiful.com reports.
Another wise way to make a small kitchen look larger is to place mirrored glass on the cabinet doors. Mirrored cabinet doors create an illusion of bigger space.
Incorporate glass into your kitchen. Using glass in the kitchen can visually improve the size of the kitchen, according to HGTV. It may be a glass cabinet, glass countertop or tabletop, or kitchen door.
To improve the size of a small kitchen, lighting is also essential. To add drama in the eating area, try putting pendant lights. You can also place lighting under the base cabinetry. Incandescent lighting underneath upper cabinets and incandescent spot lighting above cabinetry are also perfect in making the room's space look bigger.
When designing a small kitchen, it is also good to invest in good flooring. Floors need not be always expensive. Try an eco-friendly and affordable cork. You can also go for linoleum, which is not pricey but creates a wonderful pattern on the floor. Tumbled marble is also a good choice, which appears cold and hard underfoot.
A kitchen with a small space can also look bigger with bold colors. Bold shades for dishtowels, wall decors, stools, counters and appliances can create the illusion of extra space. Pastel colors also add more light, thus making the room's ceiling look higher.
Do you have other ideas on how to make a small kitchen look bigger?
