Kitchen Inspiration

A few weeks back I asked readers, via Facebook and Twitter, which room in their home they would like to renovate first. The general consensus was that the first room to receive a little makeover magic would be their kitchens! I agree 100 percent, for me the kitchen is the centre of the home – essentially “the heart of the home” and a place, where you will spend a great deal of your time, especially as a mom! A kitchen needs to be both aesthetically pleasing and functional.

My kitchen is like my “art studio”, it is where I create my master pieces! It must be a space that it pleasing to my soul because lets face it sometimes even I, do not feel all that inspired to “paint”.

We recently had the opportunity to do a mini makeover on half of our kitchen. It sounds strange to only do half but I have had my eye on a gorgeous Smeg gas/electric range, which I was treated to as an early Christmas pressie! A new stove or cooker is definitely at the top of my list of priorities when comes to renovating my kitchen. Our original oven was much smaller and in order to fit the new one in we had to create more space, which required having to move kitchen cabinets. Instead of refurbing the original cabinets we had, we decided to have new free-standing units made.

I decided to use this makeover opportunity to inject a bit of colour into my kitchen, which had an otherwise neutral colour scheme. Colour is very important to me in interior decorating but I am quite conservative in the base colour that goes into a room. I do however like to be bold with my colour choice of accessories and soft furnishings and introduce colour into a room in that way.

It is important to gather inspiration before you begin any renovation project, draw up a mood board and have a fairly clear idea of what you would like the space to look like. I used Pinterest, a virtual pinboard to gather images, which you can see above, to find colour schemes I liked and inspire my creative process. You can also use everyday items such as pots, coffee cups even tea towels, such as the these items below from my own kitchen, to help you formulate design ideas.

It is impossible to be 100% certain of the outcome and you will probably change your mind on certain things along the way but you at least need a starting point.

We decided to not only include colour in our kitchen accessories and appliances but also in the cabinetry. A brave decision but I love it! The only problem now is that the renovation bug has bitten – what will be next I wonder?

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