Giving Your Kitchen a New Look
When your kitchen is looking drab you may be tempted to change anything and everything you can get your hands on. But before you break out the sledgehammer, try a few simple tricks to save your kitchen.
When you’re thinking about changing your kitchen, the first thing you usually do is look at the small appliances. After that your eyes turn to the major appliances, then the countertops, followed by the cupboards, the sinks, the windows, the doors, the pantry, the garbage, and the floors.
Take it from a home decorating diva: there’s no need to go to extremes when you’re trying to spruce up a kitchen. Having moved into a home that started with 1960’s horrific orange countertops, I know what it’s like to want to bring in a sledgehammer and knock it all out of the park. But there are simpler ways to face your kitchen woes than by starting all over from scratch.
Not to mention, these simple changes will save you loads of cash that could be better spent on massages and nights out on the town.
For example, if you’re looking to turn your floor into something a little less leave it on the floor and deal with later, you could put in brand new tile, stone or carpet. Or you could just buy a modern area rug that not only covers the space you typically don’t worry about until it’s teeming with ants and give your kitchen a whole new look that you weren’t expecting.
Not to mention, an area rug is easier to clean than kitchen carpet—milk spills can be sucked right out from both sides instead of hoping and praying that the smell doesn’t linger in the carpet pad forever.
The advantage of using a cotton area rug in the kitchen is that it catches the crumbs, etc. that fall on the floor. When it’s time to clean, you can roll it up, take it outside and shake it out. Voila! You have a mostly clean kitchen floor. Plus, it’s better than mopping every other day.
Some of the other changes you can make are walls and curtains. Curtains are the simplest change because all you have to do is stick up a different style, or even just tie them back and you’ll have a whole new look that will give your kitchen new life.
With your walls, you can go to the nearest dollar store and buy a bunch of those press on tiles and stick them to the wall. It will make your home look professionally tiled and will give your kitchen a sort of caf.
When you’re thinking about changing your kitchen, the first thing you usually do is look at the small appliances. After that your eyes turn to the major appliances, then the countertops, followed by the cupboards, the sinks, the windows, the doors, the pantry, the garbage, and the floors.
Take it from a home decorating diva: there’s no need to go to extremes when you’re trying to spruce up a kitchen. Having moved into a home that started with 1960’s horrific orange countertops, I know what it’s like to want to bring in a sledgehammer and knock it all out of the park. But there are simpler ways to face your kitchen woes than by starting all over from scratch.
Not to mention, these simple changes will save you loads of cash that could be better spent on massages and nights out on the town.
For example, if you’re looking to turn your floor into something a little less leave it on the floor and deal with later, you could put in brand new tile, stone or carpet. Or you could just buy a modern area rug that not only covers the space you typically don’t worry about until it’s teeming with ants and give your kitchen a whole new look that you weren’t expecting.
Not to mention, an area rug is easier to clean than kitchen carpet—milk spills can be sucked right out from both sides instead of hoping and praying that the smell doesn’t linger in the carpet pad forever.
The advantage of using a cotton area rug in the kitchen is that it catches the crumbs, etc. that fall on the floor. When it’s time to clean, you can roll it up, take it outside and shake it out. Voila! You have a mostly clean kitchen floor. Plus, it’s better than mopping every other day.
Some of the other changes you can make are walls and curtains. Curtains are the simplest change because all you have to do is stick up a different style, or even just tie them back and you’ll have a whole new look that will give your kitchen new life.
With your walls, you can go to the nearest dollar store and buy a bunch of those press on tiles and stick them to the wall. It will make your home look professionally tiled and will give your kitchen a sort of caf.
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