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Design a Modern Kitchen That is an Extension of Your Home Decor
Let your kitchen shine while making it an organic extension of your home
The kitchen is one of the most hardworking zones within a home and it’s only fair that it gets to be dressed to the nines. Especially now, as they are increasingly becoming socialising zones as well, it is becoming increasingly important to give them a unique identity while integrating their decor with the home’s overall aesthetic. This is all the more important in open-plan layouts where the kitchen overlooks other areas.
With a few tips and tricks, you can create the best kitchen design for youself – one that belongs on the pages of a glossy house-decor magazine.
With a few tips and tricks, you can create the best kitchen design for youself – one that belongs on the pages of a glossy house-decor magazine.
The yellow theme continues into the living room, where a handful of canary throw cushions are a nod to the dominant palette.
Keep the aesthetic consistent
Be consistent with the basic materials that you use, to create a homogeneous aesthetic that travels through your kitchen to other zones.
A deep-red exposed brick wall forms a brilliant backdrop for three separate zones in this Ahmedabad home by Studiovistara. This modern kitchen appears distinct, but not disparate, from the living and dining areas, with charcoal-black and timber elements recurring across zones.
Be consistent with the basic materials that you use, to create a homogeneous aesthetic that travels through your kitchen to other zones.
A deep-red exposed brick wall forms a brilliant backdrop for three separate zones in this Ahmedabad home by Studiovistara. This modern kitchen appears distinct, but not disparate, from the living and dining areas, with charcoal-black and timber elements recurring across zones.
Plan distinct zones
A kitchen that slides into a large, open space can be overbearing if specific zones are not distinguished. Employ visual cues to help demarcate your cooking area. Root it in a unique set of accents or set it at an elevation.
Although this stylish kitchen by Architecture BRIO flows into the living room, each zone holds its own spatial identity by virtue of different heights.
A kitchen that slides into a large, open space can be overbearing if specific zones are not distinguished. Employ visual cues to help demarcate your cooking area. Root it in a unique set of accents or set it at an elevation.
Although this stylish kitchen by Architecture BRIO flows into the living room, each zone holds its own spatial identity by virtue of different heights.
This elevated kitchen counter is overarched by a wooden panel for the lights, which also hosts a chimney. Also, notice the difference in colours and materials. The living room leans towards charcoal tones, while the kitchen favours light timbers, although each zone holds elements that reflect the dominant palette of the other.
Create zonal focal points
Part of planning your open kitchen involves assigning it a unique focal point that differentiates it from other zones. An arresting light fixture can be a great way to anchor your cooking area. Furniture accents and display units can also work well in tying your kitchen elements together, while still allowing them to shine through to other zones.
This home serves up oodles of inspiration in the focal point department. A traditional candelabrum-inspired chandelier over the dining table works as a reverse accent to the downward-facing chandelier in the kitchen. Each light fixture effectively zones its respective area.
Part of planning your open kitchen involves assigning it a unique focal point that differentiates it from other zones. An arresting light fixture can be a great way to anchor your cooking area. Furniture accents and display units can also work well in tying your kitchen elements together, while still allowing them to shine through to other zones.
This home serves up oodles of inspiration in the focal point department. A traditional candelabrum-inspired chandelier over the dining table works as a reverse accent to the downward-facing chandelier in the kitchen. Each light fixture effectively zones its respective area.
Opt for closed storage
Open storage in the kitchen can be a recipe for visual clutter that taints the aesthetic of the surrounding areas. Concealed cupboards can go a long way in masking disorder and giving your kitchen and living area a clean and tidy appearance. They can also help in binding your kitchen to the rest of your home decor.
Veiled in glossy black, the cupboards in this Mumbai kitchen by SEA Group Germany do not offer the slightest hint about what lies within them. Blocks of black cabinetry double-hat as tasteful accents that offset the tomato wall and floor seating.
Open storage in the kitchen can be a recipe for visual clutter that taints the aesthetic of the surrounding areas. Concealed cupboards can go a long way in masking disorder and giving your kitchen and living area a clean and tidy appearance. They can also help in binding your kitchen to the rest of your home decor.
Veiled in glossy black, the cupboards in this Mumbai kitchen by SEA Group Germany do not offer the slightest hint about what lies within them. Blocks of black cabinetry double-hat as tasteful accents that offset the tomato wall and floor seating.
Optimise negative space
Negative space can have a positive influence on your home plan. Defined as the empty area around each zone, it is an important tool in preventing clutter, creating free pathways and lending aesthetic value to your kitchen and other zones. Not only does negative space allow freedom of movement, it also gives the eyes a welcome break between each zone.
Designed by Praxis, this Bengaluru apartment allows the kitchen, dining area and living room to hold their own by bordering each zone with an abundant corridor of free space.
Read more:
5 Things to Know Before Installing a Modular Kitchen
How to Convert a Conventional Kitchen Into a Semi-Modular Kitchen
Tell us:
Which of these tips do you plan on using to give your kitchen a magazine-worthy makeover? Tell us in Comments below.
Negative space can have a positive influence on your home plan. Defined as the empty area around each zone, it is an important tool in preventing clutter, creating free pathways and lending aesthetic value to your kitchen and other zones. Not only does negative space allow freedom of movement, it also gives the eyes a welcome break between each zone.
Designed by Praxis, this Bengaluru apartment allows the kitchen, dining area and living room to hold their own by bordering each zone with an abundant corridor of free space.
Read more:
5 Things to Know Before Installing a Modular Kitchen
How to Convert a Conventional Kitchen Into a Semi-Modular Kitchen
Tell us:
Which of these tips do you plan on using to give your kitchen a magazine-worthy makeover? Tell us in Comments below.
In an open-concept space, your entire space will be perceived as one unit, even if you have defined kitchen, dining and living areas. In light of this, it is important that you tie your kitchen into the rest of your home through a central theme. A consistent palette of colours can work wonders and can avoid creating a disjointed impression.
In this Bengaluru home by Yellow Door Architects, a lemon-yellow accent wall in the kitchen is complemented by beige leaf-print pendant lamps over the dining table.