A kitchen is a distinct part of the home designed purposely for cooking, dining, entertaining family and friends, etc. It needs to be elegant, workable on all levels, easy to clean up, have a proper display, and sufficient storage space.
Even if the space is somewhat limited, a well-designed custom kitchen will address all possible housing concerns. Precise space planning of the cabinets should be set up based on the appliances at your disposal, especially those in use. In addition, create space that conforms with the manner you cook, clean, and prepare food. Modernizing is more about rendering your kitchen a new facelift other than doing away with your existing style and without requiring doing an entire kitchen renovation.
With that in mind, here are ideas to modernize your kitchen that can be done in steps overtime and don’t require breaking the bank.
1. Update your Kitchen Cabinets
Bring life back into your old cabinets by painting them
Painting kitchen cabinets is one of the most effective ways of rendering your kitchen a modern look. Painting cabinets is more preferred over replacing the entire kitchen cabinet fixtures because it’s quite affordable. This provides a pathway to homeowners looking to upgrade their kitchen without spending a fortune. This pretty simple DIY task can add curb appeal to your kitchen and refresh your cabinet look no matter how old it is.
The painting method used will depend primarily on the cabinet surface. Some surfaces are easier to repaint than others. For example, flat wood is the least demanding surface to repaint. Wood laminate and metal are also somewhat less demanding to repaint. Plastic laminate is fairly troubling to repaint as it demands special paints and methodologies; hence if you have this kind of surface, seek advice from an expert.
Steps involved in painting kitchen cabinets
- Remove all the tangible components of the cabinet, including doors. As you remove them, number them and insert a label on each of them to avoid confusion.
- Next, clean up all the surfaces you intend to paint. Once you’re done applying the cleaner, wash the cabinet with clean water, then leave them to dry thoroughly.
- The next step involves sanding all the surfaces you’re looking to paint. If there is existing paint it’s unnecessary to sand down to bare wood; just roughen the surface so that the new paint can stick with ease. When done, use a vacuum cleaner to clean the sanding dust from the surfaces and wipe every sanded surface using a rag.
- Pick out safe and effective paints that the family will love. Our neighbors recently just did this to their place by painting the lower cabinets dark blue and the upper cabinets a bright white and it came out great.
- Finally, apply prime-sealer to all the surfaces you’re looking to paint, leave it to dry, and after that, use your favorite paint. Let the paint dry before reinstalling the uninstalled hardware and hang your renovated kitchen cabinets.
Replace Your Cabinet Fixtures
Replacing your kitchen cabinet fixtures entirely is a good idea to rejuvenate your kitchen, but it’s very costly. It’s worth noting that upgrading worn-out cabinet hardware is meaningless as it won’t improve its appearance. Before deciding whether to replace the cabinet entirely or not, first access the cabinet doors as w, ell as boxes. Provided the boxes are in good condition, you don’t have to replace them; upgrade or replace the cabinet doors.
When combined with brand new hardware, refaced cabinet fronts can comprehensively remodel your kitchen appearance without breaking the bank.
Add a backsplash
Adding a backsplash does wonder to amplify the appearance of your kitchen. It appears rejuvenated with the simple addition of white subway tile with out of date cabinets. Go for tiles that can have a tremendous impact on your kitchen. The type of tiles you pick should conform to your space. If you’re cash-strapped, you don’t have to worry since there are decent backsplash within your budget.
After all, you aim to give your kitchen a new facelift without breaking the bank.
2. Update those old dated appliances
Anyone looking to renovate their kitchen shouldn’t hesitate to embrace the idea of new stainless steel and energy efficient kitchen appliances.
Kitchen modernization can never be considered complete without the addition of some new appliances. Whether you are going for an overall or partial kitchen makeover, this exercise will be fruitless unless you add some stainless steel.
Stainless steel appliances are shiny and bright in color, which adds a sense of beauty to space, among other perks.
Another advantage of stainless steel appliances is that they’re very versatile. This makes stainless steel appliances a must-have in your kitchen.
- How does stainless steel affect your style?
Stainless steel doesn’t impact your style negatively; instead, this elegant metal enhances your style.
Unlike other appliances that only work well with specific design styles, stainless steel appliances add to any design, whether latest, conventional, elegant, contemporary, etc.
Stainless steel appliances will add a sense of elegance to any kitchen.
The inclusion of stainless steel appliances in your kitchen modernization quest is a decent idea since this is an investment that will endure all design styles and still leave your kitchen in good shape.
Replace your Dishwasher with a new Ultra-Quiet Dishwasher
An ultra-quiet dishwasher adds a sense of tranquility to your daily life. Loud kids, pets, or traffic noise is already enough to add stress to a person’s busy life and a loud dishwasher shouldn’t be another distraction. Hence, this update is an incredible addition to modernize your kitchen and add tranquility to your life. There are various ultra-quiet dishwashers that you can pick from based on your needs such as size, number of racks, and number of decibels while the dishwasher is running. As a rule of thumb the quieter the dishwasher the more expensive the dishwasher.
Most new ultra-quiet dishwashers also consume less energy and water during cycles making them ideal for homeowners looking to save on energy. It’s worth noting that low energy/water consumption may not necessarily mean that your dishes come out any cleaner if everything is in perfect working order but if your dishwasher is older than 10 years it should likely just be replaced.
3. Buy Trendy New Kitchen Gadgets
Although the list of kitchen gadgets you can get is endless below are a few of our favorite gadgets that we personally use frequently in our kitchen.
Pick up an Air Fryer
An air fryer is a fashionable kitchen appliance used to fry foods like meat, potato chips, etc. Unlike other cooking appliances, air fryers use the circulation of hot air to make the food ready that would otherwise be dipped in oil. This makes an air fryer a great addition to your kitchen appliances.
An air fryer is an efficient kitchen appliance that should feature in any modern kitchen. Unlike a traditional oven, an air fryer is 20 percent more efficient, meaning it takes less time to cook via air fryer than conventional often.
Therefore, if you’re looking forward to modernizing your kitchen, keep in mind integrating an air fryer to your kitchen.
Buy an Amazon Alexa Show device
In our home our favorite kitchen gadget that we use the most is by far the Amazon Alexa show. This device can be used for multiple named timers, playing music, viewing and searching recipes, and much more. All of this can be done with your voice, which is especially useful if your hands are covered in flour or you’re busy doing something else.
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Replace Your Flooring
Flooring is an area of your kitchen that is often neglected despite playing a crucial role in your overall kitchen. If your kitchen flooring is old fashioned vinyl or dates hardwood, swap it out with a modern version that will enhance your kitchen value such as engineered hardwood or a clean looking tile pattern. Most modern floorings are not only durable but also boost your home value. Hence, when it comes to flooring swapping, go for options that match your style since the main objective of modernizing your kitchen is to render it a sense of elegance.
Install New Lighting Options
Updating lighting can be an efficient way to modernize your kitchen, especially if you still have older incandescent lights.
Here is a list of ways I recommend to update your kitchen lighting.
- Replace old hanging lights with recessed LED lights.
- Add accent lighting under your cabinets
- Replace your light switches to smart switches that you can use Amazon Alexa or Google Chrome to activate with your voice
- Add decorative floor or counter top lights for conversational pieces
- Add baseboard lighting
Conclusion
From the above, it’s evident that the kitchen is an incredible part of your home that can’t be taken for granted. Modernization is inevitable if you’re to make your kitchen lively and stylish. There are a plethora of ways to achieve this that we’ve outlined in this article. Let us know in the comments if you end up trying any of our suggestions and send us pictures at ouralluringhome@gmail.com and we can add them to this page!
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