Kitchen Style Ideas

Your kitchen is the heart of the home. Its use has completely changed in recent decades. Once a place used simply for preparing and cooking meals, it is now one of the most popular rooms in the home, doubling up as a study, a space for entertaining, or even a place to work. The kitchen is now one of the most loved spaces in the home, becoming an extension of the living room. To meet the increasing demand for kitchens that serve multiple purposes, kitchen design is evolving. It is much more than creating a space for cooking, it needs to have seating areas, islands and be more aesthetically pleasing as an extension of the rest of the home.

There are many different kitchen styles to choose from, but they aren’t all right for your home. You will need to choose one that reflects the uniqueness of your home, your needs and your own style preferences. Here are just a few of the kitchen styles that you can choose from:

Style Choice 1: Contemporary

What springs to mind when you say contemporary for a kitchen? This style, also known as a modern kitchen, maybe about simplicity, handle-free cabinets and sleek lines. The modern kitchen is a popular choice because it’s always a good idea to stay away from intricate designs or designs that can quickly look dated. Designed for maximum usability, the contemporary kitchen has places for everything and adaptable space with bare surfaces, and clean looking cabinets, fixtures and fittings.

Style Choice 2: Country

Also known as a farmhouse kitchen, this style will include lots of wooden elements from rustic wood, large farmhouse tables or islands and a combination of fixtures and fittings to give it a homely feel. Within this kitchen style, colours such as bright yellows and blues through to red, creams and soft yellows. To get the best out of a country kitchen you have to mix different colours rather than matching them.

Style Choice 3: Minimal

The kitchen for the minimalist is perfect if you like a clear, workable space with minimal clutter and creative design to make the best use of the available space. In the minimalist kitchen, less is definitely more. While this style will include everything you need, it will not have unnecessary features or appliances that can detract from the minimalist feel. Countertops and base units will feature solid panels to make the best use of the available space. Use colour sparingly.

Style Choice 4: Rustic

What springs to mind when you think of the word ‘rustic’? This kitchen style will use lots of wood and natural materials, particularly those that create a warm appearance while providing a striking aesthetic. Rustic kitchens often feature exposed ceiling beams, hardwood floors and wooden furniture and countertops. Similar to the farmhouse kitchen, this style needs to be an inviting and warm space, perfect for the whole family. In a rustic kitchen, you may also find exposed bricks and stones as well as vintage cooking appliances such as an aga or even an old or restored fireplace.

Style Choice 5: Scandinavian

The Scandinavian kitchen is a close relation of the minimalist style, but Scandinavian takes it a step further with organic shapes, clean lines and natural materials. A Scandinavian kitchen will be very functional and practical, with a fresh, clean appearance. In terms of colour, white is widely used in the colour palette as this allows light to flood in and bounce off the walls, creating a light, bright and airy space.

Whether you are transforming an existing room or installing a new kitchen in an extension, don’t forget to consider things such as fixtures, fittings and furniture: