Contemporary kitchen design often calls for a monochromatic color scheme that may not be to your taste. Local kitchen contractor DreamMaker Bath & Kitchen of Larimer County discusses why you should include more color in your kitchen remodeling plans.
Color Equals Personality
A monochromatic color scheme, especially one that predominantly uses neutral colors like black, white, or beige, tends to be the safe choice. It works in most home styles and gives the homeowner more flexibility to decorate their kitchens after remodeling. It also makes the kitchen look like it was designed by a remodeler who’d played it safe or didn’t work with the homeowner during the design stage
Colors can give your kitchen a look that’s more “you.” Any designer can get away with monochromatic color schemes because they’re so easy to coordinate. One can easily choose paints to match materials with naturally neutral colors, like marble countertops. But adding splashes of color can add personality to a kitchen, setting it apart from the rest of the house.
Adding Color to Your Kitchen
The following are some ways you and your kitchen remodeler can add color to your kitchen.
- Add colors to key kitchen components. Start with a basic neutral color palette for the kitchen that will serve as a blank canvas. Choose two focal points plus the cabinets and countertops as the key components for your color selection – these are the areas where you’ll play off color combinations until you arrive at one that works best for you. Focal points can be anything from appliances to non-permanent components like chairs or window treatments.
- Don’t ignore materials with natural colors. Paint and manufactured materials like floor tiles make it easy to complete your color palette. They are, after all, available in virtually any color imaginable. But don’t put off materials like wood and marble – with the right supplier, you can have a wide range of colors like manufactured materials. Wood colors can range from cedar with its deep reds to oak with its pale, almost white shades. Marble colors also vary depending on where it’s mined.
- Add an herb garden. An herb garden in your kitchen makes fresh herbs conveniently accessible. They also add a pop of green to your kitchen, maybe even a bit of red or yellow when you add peppers and other colorful plants into the mix. You’ve probably seen in some cooking shows how some chefs keep them in small pots on the countertop, but it’s not the only way to do it. Get creative and place them anywhere where color is needed. You can, for example, maximize vertical storage by placing them on wall-mounted racks.
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