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Some Ways to Decorate Your Kitchen on a Budget

For many people, the thought of redecorating their kitchen can be frightening. They start thinking that they need to replace everything in order to get a whole new look. This is not true! Just by just following a few or all of the tips provided below, you should be able to create something new for next to nothing.

Repaint your cabinets with a crackling or a faux finishing.  There are many techniques around which are easy to learn and will provide your cabinets with an expensive designer look. Such techniques as crackling, faux finishing and glazing are not only simple to do, but will save you money. If you need help on looking for ways to up date old and tired kitchen cabinets, then take a look at the image to your left for an ideal.

crackling faux finishing on cabinet
color chart warm colors cold colors

Paint with warm colors. Provide your kitchen walls with a new lick of paint. By painting your walls in warm and inviting colors, you will make the room even more of the hub of the home. The chart on the right shows you what colors would be the best to use. Plus, if you have good quality wooden cabinets, a new coat of paint will help the wood to appear richer.

hand towels and pot holders

Purchase some new hand towels and potholders. Goes with what will match the color of your new décor. You can also get beautiful dishes and glassware out of the cupboards, and use them to accentuate the kitchen.

Put up new curtains. You could try this first before you do anything else. They will help to create a fresh new look to your kitchen, and they certainly will not break the bank. Plus, you may well find that just making this one change will give your kitchen a completely different look. By changing your curtains, you could actually bring out the personality of the kitchen with little or no effort on your part.

curtains
Fabric

You can use fabric in your kitchen. If you have appliances that you wish to hide, then using a fabric is a cheap and cost effective way of doing this. Just get some material that co-ordinates with the décor of your kitchen, and some wire and hooks, and then just place the fabric in front of the appliance. Hey, presto, it’s covered up, and the fabric provides a new dimension to your room. Plus, if it should get dirty, all you need to do is take it off and put it in the washing machine and wash it.

Consider replacing the cabinet doors. There are many companies around which provide many different designs, colors and shapes of kitchen cabinet doors. This is a much cheaper way of giving your kitchen a whole new look without actually having to replace the whole cabinet. Click the image to the right for a larger image to see of the different styles of cabinet doors for a good ideal of goes best in your kitchen.  

You can also just replace the ironmongery on your cabinet doors, and get new handles. Just by doing this you will be giving your kitchen a whole new look.

Cabinet door styles
Kitchen cart, kitchen island

Add a kitchen island or cart. They not only provide you with more counter space, but they provide a place where people can gather. However, for those of us on a budget, instead of getting a permanent one a kitchen cart would be cheaper. Because they are on wheels, when not being used they can be put away, and so leave you with room in your kitchen.

Finally. Replace the backsplash. If your kitchen redecorating budget is so small that you would be unable to do any of the above. Then why not think about replacing the backsplash instead? Just by doing this, you can really dress up that drab and dull kitchen that you have. The great thing about backsplashes is that they now come in a variety of different colors and materials, as well as styles. But how much you spend on this will depend on what material you select for it. The picture on the right is an example of a backsplash of a rock design, they can be made out of plastic.

kitchen with rock backsplash

So as you can see, redecorating your kitchen on a budget can be as simple as just giving the walls a new coat of paint, or changing the existing hardware or doors on your cabinets. But just by making one small change to your kitchen you can give it a whole new look.

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