When you’re looking to create a personalized kitchen, take a creative approach to ensure that your space is unlike anyone else’s kitchen. From bold to unique, there are certainly ways to bring in special elements that will set your kitchen apart from the masses. It should fit your personality as well as your home’s personality.
Quirky Light Fixture
To set your kitchen apart, a quirky yet unique idea is to install a vintage, wooden ladder over your island or kitchen table. It’s a great way to repurpose an old ladder into something new. String light bulbs around the rungs and from the sides that hang at varying levels. It adds an unexpected element to your kitchen design. The ladder can be painted white, left natural or painted funky colors. Once the bulbs are attached, hang the ladder from hooks and chains on the ceiling.
Featured Tile Wall
Instead of adding tile to a backsplash, you can make the tile design into a larger feature in the kitchen. This can be done by adding an entire wall of tile. It doesn’t have to be behind the stove or sink. The wall can be anyplace in the kitchen where it would make sense as a focal point. If there’s a space in the home where the backsplash wouldn’t work, consider turning the entire wall into a feature tile wall.
Custom Kitchen Tile
The right kitchen tile is essential to the layout and design of a kitchen. It can make or break the space. If you can’t find the tile you’ve been envisioning for the space, you’ll need to consider creating a custom tile design. You can purchase custom tile from a manufacturer or create your own design with the tiles purchased at a home improvement store. The choice you make will depend on budget and time constraints. Custom tile is more expensive than other tile, but creating your own pattern in the kitchen can be time consuming.
Unique Backsplash
You don’t have to use ceramic tile as your backsplash. There are other designs and materials for the backsplash including brick veneer. It’s a bit like subway tiles, but longer than traditional subway tiles. That can be incredibly appealing. It gives the same great look of subway tiles, but with a slight twist that makes them a completely original design element. Instead of using them for part of the wall on the backsplash, you can make the entire wall look like a funky exposed brick that’s been painted. Make sure that it fits with your design aesthetic.
A unique kitchen will have a bit of your personality in it, but you should consider design ideas that you haven’t experienced before. While there are many kitchens with tile, they aren’t all used as creatively as the ideas listed above.