Refreshing your kitchen was never this easier

Refreshing your kitchen can be interpreted in so many ways in terms of interior design. It can mean choosing specific colours to make the room brighter or introducing natural elements to add more spice to the kitchen. Regardless, a fresh kitchen is what you want it to be, where you enter and feel at home. 

Most of the time, minor fixtures are affordable, so you can work it on a budget. However, as it’s an extension of renovating it, you might be surprised to notice a few problems around the kitchen. For instance, you can discover mould around the corners or behind the cabinets, which needs your undivided attention to remove. At the same time, as you organise the kitchen, you must get rid of unnecessary cutlery or appliances because they’ll only occupy the space without serving a purpose. This decluttering process is one of the most important to freshen up the kitchen, so here’s how to do it. 

Challenge yourself to declutter 

Decluttering is incredibly satisfying, as you get the chance to get rid of the things you rarely use or are broken but still keep for some reason. We’ve all been there, but if you want to have a spotless kitchen, it’s best to keep it organised by avoiding clutter from piling up in drawers and on the countertops. 

Throwing or donating extra items is advised, but when it comes to the junk drawer, you’re better off without anything inside. Discarding any empty or unused cleaning products should also be done because you’ll never use them again. 

Decluttering will make you discover specific problems around the kitchen, such as hidden mould or mildew on the walls or even inside drawers, especially when talking about wood kitchens. While sometimes you can clean it and ensure the kitchen isn’t highly humid, occasionally you’ll need to replace some units unexpectedly, so choosing budget options is best for a fresh start. 

Be creative with natural elements 

Once the kitchen is decluttered and everything is in place, it’s time to add a few decorative motifs and enhance its design. Introducing natural elements in the kitchen is straightforward and affordable, as you can get plants at your local store or try to grow some from seeds you got from a friend. 

Plants offer a special feeling in the kitchen, but they have a significant contribution to the room. Plants remove pollutants in the air by eliminating carbon dioxide and releasing oxygen, so the air will always feel fresh. At the same time, they benefit from the kitchen’s humidity and warmth. 

You can place any plant in the kitchen, but for the best results, choose from the following:

• The Peace Lily sits perfectly on the windowsill and requires scarce attention;
• The Golden Pothos can sit in low-light spaces and survive any level of humidity;
• The ZZ plant loves a shady spot from which it can purify the air;
• Lavender is excellent around the kitchen for keeping flies and moths away;
• English Ivy is a stylish plant to hang over the sink;

Try some open-shelving organisers 

Open shelving has been on and off in trends, but it’s something that’s useful and can be easily hidden if it becomes boring. Regardless, open shelving can make the kitchen look more spacious, especially if you’ve got high ceilings. 

Open shelving can be quickly installed with some heavy-duty shelves, a measuring tape, anchors, mallets, a drill and a stud finder. Consider where you want the open shelving to be, and then find a tutorial on how to measure the shelves and place them correctly so they don’t look messy. This is the easiest way to install floating shelves that look great with minimal objects and decorations. 

If you want custom shelves, it might be best to purchase such sets from specialised businesses that can also cut the pieces accordingly. The final price might not exceed your expectations since it’s all about a few pieces of wood and metal. 

Consider a breakfast nook for busy mornings 

Another effortless update to the kitchen is a breakfast nook, a small space in the kitchen consisting of a coffee table and two or more chairs where you can enjoy a chit-chat session with your friends or simply chill at the end of the day.

A breakfast nook is ideal for any kind of space, regardless of the size or decorations, because it blends in with the kitchen and can be repurposed. It can be placed by the window, in the middle of the kitchen or somewhere easy to walk around. 

There are so many ideas online on how to create a small and cosy breakfast nook that you’ll be overwhelmed by the available options. 

Create your appliance garage 

The term appliance garage has only recently become popular. Still, it’s one of the cutest things to do around the kitchen, where you can safely and neatly park your appliances or other groups of belongings in one space. Usually, this garage is either in a pull-out drawer for ease of reach or in an unused space. 

A garage can be used for whatever you like, as long as it’s hidden. Most people use it for their coffee stations, where they place the coffeemaker, the sugar, cups and other necessities in one place. On the other hand, others like to group similar appliances in the garage, such as an oven and a blender. 

Regardless, the appliance garage is helpful in many ways, and it can be built by simply taking one drawer of the units or installing a small door in one of the spaces of the countertops to hide the appliances. 

How do you like to refresh your kitchen? 

Keeping the kitchen clean is sometimes not enough, and we get tired of seeing the same old patterns and units. Therefore, occasionally, the kitchen needs a refreshment. This will not only make you more creative but also fulfilled for completing a house interior project and making it look like you wished for. So, get your Pinterest board and the YouTube tutorials and get to work!