Add Personality to Your Kitchen With These Design Tips
From tin ceiling tiles to walls clad with wood, here are some fresh ways to add style and pattern to the heart of your home
A kitchen is one of those rooms that can often seem practical and functional, despite our best efforts. So much time is spent on picking the right appliances and putting the sink in the right place, that once it’s all working we tend to hightail it out of there.
It doesn’t have to be this way, you know. A kitchen can also be your playground; a space that reflects your tastes and quirks. Just take a look at these creative cooking hubs, where personality pops up in every corner.
It doesn’t have to be this way, you know. A kitchen can also be your playground; a space that reflects your tastes and quirks. Just take a look at these creative cooking hubs, where personality pops up in every corner.
Lay on the textures
Marble with wood and a dash of copper piping? Don’t mind if I do! This London townhouse kitchen has oodles of personality because the owners weren’t afraid to experiment with various textures and layers.
Learn more about this temple of industrial chic
Marble with wood and a dash of copper piping? Don’t mind if I do! This London townhouse kitchen has oodles of personality because the owners weren’t afraid to experiment with various textures and layers.
Learn more about this temple of industrial chic
Add punch with pattern
Accent a wall at the end of your long galley kitchen with patterned tiles. Tie in the colour of your cabinets with the tiles for a cohesive yet non-conformist feel.
Accent a wall at the end of your long galley kitchen with patterned tiles. Tie in the colour of your cabinets with the tiles for a cohesive yet non-conformist feel.
Pick a photograph
Gone are the days of generic glass splashbacks. Instead, get creative by using a favourite family snap or picture of the capital; a unique way of introducing art into your kitchen.
More splashbacks to punch and personality
Gone are the days of generic glass splashbacks. Instead, get creative by using a favourite family snap or picture of the capital; a unique way of introducing art into your kitchen.
More splashbacks to punch and personality
Brighten up
Bring more colour into your kitchen with a bold shelving unit like this. It adds a playfulness to proceedings as well as giving the kitchen a high-contrast anchor.
More ways to up the mood in your kitchen using colour
Bring more colour into your kitchen with a bold shelving unit like this. It adds a playfulness to proceedings as well as giving the kitchen a high-contrast anchor.
More ways to up the mood in your kitchen using colour
Experiment with Chalkboard
For a sophisticated look, paint your kitchen dark with chalkboard paint. It adds instant personality to a room and creates a darkly romantic mood, perfect for your next dinner date!
For a sophisticated look, paint your kitchen dark with chalkboard paint. It adds instant personality to a room and creates a darkly romantic mood, perfect for your next dinner date!
Introduce wood to walls
This is a great look to replicate if you’re a fan of that rustic cabin aesthetic. Salvaged wood works best as it contains different textures and colours. To achieve a similar look with less hassle, use heavy wallpaper instead – multiple wood versions are available.
This is a great look to replicate if you’re a fan of that rustic cabin aesthetic. Salvaged wood works best as it contains different textures and colours. To achieve a similar look with less hassle, use heavy wallpaper instead – multiple wood versions are available.
Inject some glamour
It’s a word that’s not usually associated with kitchens, but if you’re looking to make a big impact, glamour could be the way to go. And I don’t mean faux thrones and purple velveteen stools. It’s about creating a ‘mood’ with resplendent pieces such as this oversized glass bauble light fixture, which adds drama to this pared down space.
It’s a word that’s not usually associated with kitchens, but if you’re looking to make a big impact, glamour could be the way to go. And I don’t mean faux thrones and purple velveteen stools. It’s about creating a ‘mood’ with resplendent pieces such as this oversized glass bauble light fixture, which adds drama to this pared down space.
Use geometry
This diagonal black and white pattern on the floor instantly lifts the decor of this kitchen without distracting from its industrial cool feel.
Which are your favourites? We would love to hear your tips for adding personality to the kitchen in the comments below.
This diagonal black and white pattern on the floor instantly lifts the decor of this kitchen without distracting from its industrial cool feel.
Which are your favourites? We would love to hear your tips for adding personality to the kitchen in the comments below.
Intricate tin ceiling tiles add instant New York glamour to this white kitchen. The reflective surface of the tiles also bounce light from the windows, creating a stunningly bright room.