If you want to update your kitchen and give it a fresh new look there is no need to start from scratch with the design. Simply follow a few cost-effective tips and your kitchen can look utterly transformed and a joy to cook in once more.
New Fascias
Kitchen cabinets and cupboards tend to be sold by manufacturers in standard sizes. Unless you have a completely bespoke kitchen, simply replace the fascias and doors of your kitchen cupboards to create a new, dynamic look. Most are sold with hinges that are universal so you just have to screw them in place.
Fit A Dimmer
Dimming kitchen lights can change the mood of the room. If you fit a dimmer control to your main overhead light, it is possible to turn it up to full when you need to. At other times, a slightly dimmed light creates a more intimate feel.
New Sink Fitments
Replacing your kitchen sink may be a bit expensive, but you can get an entirely new look by replacing the fitments instead. A new tap head and spout for the water to flow from makes it seem like you have changed more than you actually have.
Switch Your Appliances Around
Spend nothing creating a new kitchen by moving your appliances around. Try switching the positions of the washing machine and the dishwasher or the tumble dryer. Moving your microwave and kettle is another way of using your kitchen in a new way.
Change The Doors
New doors transform any room. Try one of the range of Wickes replacement kitchen doors which are perfect for the job. When you hang new doors make sure you have sufficient clearance so that they don’t scrape the floor.
New Tiling
Splash back tiling is something that you find in any kitchen. After a while it can look a little dated. You make a mess removing old tiles, but once they are taken off putting up new tiles is relatively easy for most DIY enthusiasts and the effect can be dramatic.
Dried Flowers
Fresh flowers tend to wilt in a kitchen which is a room, after all, that can get hot. Instead of giving your room a lift with freshly cut flowers, go for a longer lasting arrangement of dried flowers instead.
Bamboo Flooring
Take up your old lino or tiled kitchen floor and replace it with an eco-friendly hard wearing material like bamboo. The material is warm underfoot and creates a feel that is homely as well as being something that little bit different. Bamboo will last just as long as other tried and tested materials, like hardwood.
Create An Accent
Choose one wall of your kitchen and use it to create an accent wall. So long as your other walls are relatively plainly decorated the effect is stunning. To create an accent wall paint it in a hotter colour than the rest of the room. Burnt orange works well in kitchens as does lime green. However, avoid this tip in country or farmhouse style kitchens as it will clash.
Fit Under-Cabinet Lighting
Lighting that sits under your wall mounted cabinets looks great and can be helpful when you are cooking. If you don’t want to fit new electrical wiring then source some battery powered light fittings which don’t require an electrician to fit for you.