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Whether you’re getting a full new kitchen fitted or feel ready for a refresh, the decoration doesn’t stop there. Having a modern kitchen fitted is a great start, but to get a truly on-trend look, it needs to be carefully styled. This might mean choosing accessories or the bigger picture stuff like the cupboard doors.
I find it easiest to pick a type of style and stick to it when updating rooms. Creating Pinterest boards for each room is a good way to keep ideas together and inspire your style. Schmidt have a range of modern kitchens inspired by the elegant styles of Scandinavian design. This is a really on-trend style right now and doesn’t tend to date with age.
Ideas for Styling Your Modern Fitted Kitchen
Ripping out your old kitchen and starting from scratch is a big project. Once it’s done, it will look neat and tidy, but it might not quite look ‘finished’. Styling your kitchen, with clear ideas in mind will help envisage exactly what you’re after before you start.
Consider the tiling
The days of boring tiles are long gone. Now ties can be anything you want them to be. For a minimalist twist, choose an interesting shape such as hexagon or triangles. For a striking finish, vintage-style patterns work really well against modern units. Or to really mix things up, you could be part of the mismatched pattern trend, where you deliberately choose patterns that don’t match but do complement one another.
Dark colours are your friend
There was once a time when only white or wood would do for a kitchen. Now people are experimenting with dark and light contrasting colours. Don’t be afraid to go super dark with grey or black, as long as the kitchen is well lit and has light coloured accents, the deeper tones won’t over power the room. Even something as basic as getting darker kitchen cupboard door replacements from Kitchen Makeovers will have a huge impact.
Accessorise
Completely clear surfaces can look bland and un-styled. Instead go for neat and tidy with a twist by collating accessories to display. It’s true that work surfaces are more hygienic when they’re bare, but that doesn’t mean there’s no room to accessorise. The same logic applies to your walls, a kitchen splashback adds both practicality and style without cluttering the space.
Consider adding shelves to display fancy glassware, stylish scales and a bit of greenery. A String of Hearts plant can be the perfect foliage to decorate a high up shelf. Candles and a vase of flowers would look good on a window ledge, plus they’re easy to lift up and clean around.
If your tastes are a little more eclectic, you could seek out vintage kitchenware to add character to your kitchen. Modern and vintage can look incredibly stylish side-by-side.
Update the lighting
You’ll never be able read that recipe book in a dark and dingy kitchen. Maximise the lighting to make cooking, cleaning and socialising in your kitchen much more comfortable on the eyes. Don’t be afraid add stylish lighting that doesn’t have a high brightness output – you can pair them with more functional spotlights that will discreetly add to the illumination without affecting the look of the kitchen.