Using Light to Decorate Your Kitchen
- February 6th, 2012
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When people think of decorating (or redecorating) their kitchen, they usually think of adding a new coffee maker, updating their cabinet handles or adding something fun like a retro milkshake maker. But there are many other things that can be done to decorate a kitchen. One of the most effective and quite often inexpensive techniques is to change the lighting scheme.
Adding a few new lights will brighten a dark kitchen easily and make any new appliances and countertops sparkle even more. But it’s not just the light that brightens the kitchen. Painting your kitchen with bright new colors will add quite a bit of perkiness (even without a percolator!) to your kitchen. Paint is quite cheap, even for decent quality paint, and as most kitchens are fairly small compared to other rooms, this is an extremely effective method. And when you paint your kitchen, make sure not to just paint everything a solid color. Plan for highlights on the frames and cabinets to give the kitchen a bright and busy appearance.