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Tips For Decorating Your Kitchen On Dime

Most all home owners know that one of them most expensive home projects is decorating or remodeling a home. If you aren’t able to afford new cabinets, counter tops and floors, what can be done to renovate a kitchen and give it a fresh, new feel? A bunch of tips and ideas that you have await your eyes below.

You kitchen is a place where family and friends can gather to enjoy visits, meals and discuss the day. In fact, there are lots of families that spend more time in the kitchen than in their living or family room.

Give the walls a face lift

Painting the walls is probably the easiest and most cost effective way of updating you kitchen and dining area. You might consider giving the room more life with a soft pumpkin shade or a bright, sunny yellow. You can go online to figure out how to utilize techniques such as sponging, ragging and rag-rolling in order to add texture to the walls. All of the looks that can be accomplished today with paint are simply astonishing.

Consider using a complementing or contrasting shade for your baseboards and door trim in order to make the walls pop.

Small accents make a big difference

You most likely can’t afford to buy new cabinets for the kitchen. However, you can do a few things yourself that will allow you to give them a fresh, new look.

You should consider having the hardware changed. You’ll be able to find cabinet door knobs in all kinds of colors, designs and materials They can range from country themed, to elegant, to bright and colorful, to simple. Figure out what fits best with your style of décor.

Consider accenting your cabinet doors with a pattern if they are of stained wood or a solid color. Wallpaper or paint can be used to place a rectangle around the perimeter, or you can let your creativity run wild and come up with some designs.

Fabrics

Years ago, lots of women would try to avoid using fabric in the kitchen as much as they could. Fabrics used to pose a problem in cleaning, and it was hard to get grease stains out. Now, all materials may be washed.

You should take into consideration making some table runners, dinner napkins and window hangings yourself. This is such an easy task, even for those who don’t sew. You can give your decorations a nice clean border with hemming tape if you just cut out a shape. Think about adding more charm, if you want to you can add rick rack or lace around the edges to get the job done.

Clean off your counters and make sure to remove anything that doesn’t get used every day. A room looks organized if the counter is clean; if there are too many things around it will just look messy and cluttered. Lots of accessories are unnecessary, all you really need is a basket full of fruit and a ceramic vase filled with flowers.

If these tips are put to use you’ll see that a great transformation can be achieved with only about $100.

About the Writer..

Leon Tuberman has been in the home furnishings and interior decorating industry for 4 decades. He owns and operates his family owned furniture store. They carry a large selection of USA made solid oak furniture for your living room, dining room and bedroom. Whether you’re looking for mission file cabinets for your study area or wood night stands for your kid’s bedroom then they have everything you need.

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