We spend so many hours in this room preparing food for ourselves, cooking and baking with the family, or simply chatting with friends over wine late into the night that it is essential that the kitchen is fully functional while still looking beautiful for as long as it will be used.
With the passage of time, a kitchen designed classically and according to traditional styles will look and feel less antiquated than one that follows the trends of the day.
A multi-colored modern-day kitchen will be completely out of style in 10 years while one that is designed with a consistent color palette and with an eye for cohesion will look great for decades, if not longer.
This trend is meant to save space in the home, by merging two rooms into one, but having a table and chairs in the middle of the kitchen only serves to take away space to move about the kitchen.Instead, a kitchen island would serve a similar purpose without causing nearly as much congestion.
Islands can be a place to eat, but in addition can also serve as an area to store extra kitchen utensils and supplies, and to set up elaborate self-serve stations for New Year's or Christmas parties.Two renovations that improve both the longevity and the functionality of the kitchen are cabinet and countertop renovations.Many cabinets are made with aluminum, thin plywood, or in some cases, glass.
Glass cabinets, or wooden cabinets with a glass pane, may provide the illusion of a larger and more open kitchen, but they can also make the space seem more cluttered because every utensil pot and pan is on display for all to see.Using heavy, solid wood cabinet styles instead of thinner and less durable options will provide a satisfying weighty feeling when being used and can be easily matched to the color and design of the rest of the kitchen.