how to improve the kitchen wall?
Here are some photos. I did ask for some where to display my favourite pottery in my new home. I am not entirely satisfied with the look of the 6 shelves. I would like your ideas for something that would be a wow. We dont need to add an extractor on the wall, and there will be a 600 wide tambor unit on the right hand side but that still leaves me 4.3m of wall to play with. I would be very grateful for ideas
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PRORukmini Patel Interior Design
5 years agoHi Sandra, Lovely design, just needs a few tweaks!
I suggest you remove the bottom two shelves closer to the work top, it feels like there isn't enough room to breath on the walls with six shelves. I don't know how far your tambor unit will come but what you could do is make the two shelves longer on both sides of the cooker. This will make the walls feel more elongated than cut up.
Secondly I think it is worth adding tiles to your wall to add a bit of interest something a bit like this, though this is just an example:
Hope this helps!
Ellie
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5 years agoI don’t like the shelves either.
I also think there are a few other tweaks needed too.
For instance it seems odd to have 4 ovens and then not have a big hob. Also in my opinion the one tall unit on its own on the hob wall is a little lost and probably contributes to that wall seeming bare- perhaps two matching cabinets would sit better.
The choice of a double oven sits uncomfortably in the room and perhaps two side by side singles would look better with two compact appliances above.
The idea of a tambour units seems odd as it is a modern cabinet in an otherwise traditional shaker style kitchen- perhaps a dresser unit would be better.
The one very narrow cabinet under the hob seems out of place given how wide all the other cabinets are. Perhaps this would be better at the end of the run near the tall cabinet.
And I agree with OnePlan that any display near the hob should be behind glass as it will get greasy. Perhaps there is another display place- what about breaking up the tall bank with display cabinets there?
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