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The most active room in the house is usually the kitchen. New items bought for the cooking room often consume a lot of the available space in it. The continuous addition of cookware and equipment to the cooking room makes it feels less and less spacious every year. If your kitchen has a small space, here are a few tips to make it feel and look bigger.
1. Redo the lighting patterns
Installing sufficient lighting all over the cooking area will make your kitchen appear airy and bright. A dark, dim cooking area will appear gloomy and small. You can brighten your entire kitchenette room by allowing penetration of natural light. Anything that is well lit will always appear more spacious than its actual size. You can combine both natural and modern lighting in the cooking area to make it feel open and look spacious.
2. Choose a bright color scheme
Changing the color scheme of your cooking room to bright and softer varieties will make it appear attractive and bigger at the same time. Dull colors schemes have the propensity of making everything look smaller. You should consider using brighter colors such as white, light blue or yellow.
3. Install open shelves
Replacing closed cabinets with open shelves creates an impression of more expansive space making the kitchenette appear bigger. You can settle for floating shelves rather than cabinets with brackets that occupy more space. Open shelves are attractive as they display your cooking ware making the room more attractive.
4. Reduce the size of the furniture
Reducing the size of furniture in your cooking room will create more space and make it look bigger. Get rid of extra pieces of furniture such as tables and chairs creates additional space. Since cooking happens while you are on your feet, you can have two to three wooden stools with thin but strong legs that occupy less space.
5. Choose smaller cabinets
Kitchen cabinets don’t have to be the standard size of 24 inches. Using smaller cabinets will open up more space to walk around the kitchen and will make the room appear larger. There may be less room for storage, but there can also be the benefit of keeping things from getting too cluttered and built up in the larger cabinets.
You should strive to make your cooking room as comfortable and highly functional as possible. It should not just be a place to prepare meals but also a place where you can relax. Applying these changes can enhance the overall environment of your kitchen making it look and feel bigger than its actual size. If you need these services to transform your kitchen, feel free to contact Alair Homes London today!
