Many of us dream of living in a luxury modern kitchen with uncluttered spaces, sleek lines and a streamlined design. But how do you achieve a minimalist, luxury, modern kitchen design, and how easy is it to live with?
For stress free, minimalist living, opt for a streamlined design. Creating continued runs of units with flat panel doors, matching door and drawer heights and handleless or rail handles will naturally extend the design line and make your modern kitchen look sleek and uncluttered.
Choosing an integral dishwasher and microwave in your modern kitchen will avoid interrupting this clean design flow. Keep the worktops clear in your modern kitchen by planning small appliances such as toasters and food mixers to be hidden away inside purpose built cupboards or butlers pantry.
Adequate storage is crucial, not only to make your cooking experience more convenient by having everything close at hand, but by keeping work surfaces clear to protect the uncluttered style.
Modern kitchen colour schemes
In terms of colour, white kitchens will always be a popular choice for modern kitchens as they look bright and clean, and allow versatility with soft furnishings and simple accessories in accent colours.
If you want to explore colour, trends continue to favour blues, greys, browns and greens in dusty natural tones of slate, taupe, olive and mushroom. For a bolder style statement, pair these soft tones with opulent regency hues of navy, moss, pewter and ocre. Rich oak and walnut floors and cabinetry will bring warmth and texture to your modern kitchen design without the clutter of unnecessary accessories.
Kitchen zones
To help you define the different zones of your kitchen, lighting can play an important role. Plan task lighting for preparation areas where you’re chopping and cooking, and make these lights dimmable to create ambient lighting while you’re eating or relaxing.
Bold statement lighting creates design interest and can highlight exciting design features.
If your contemporary kitchen in Warwickshire is open to the living areas of your home, then powerful hob extraction is crucial to avoid those unwanted kitchen odours from clinging to your soft furnishings. There are a variety of options available, some that near-silently achieve an astonishing 100% clean air rate, and as local Warwickshire kitchen design experts, we will be happy to talk them through with you.
Choosing materials
Your choice of sink can also affect the styling of your kitchen design. Undermounted sinks with seamless joining of sinks to the worktop are practical, hygienic and elegant. Achievable in a variety of materials from stainless steel to quartz, you can choose the colour and style to suit the look and feel of your space.
Likewise, worktops can make a statement in your kitchen design. There are a wealth of worktop materials available from natural wood, stone and granite, to manufactured concrete, stainless steels and quartz composites. Each offers pros and cons including colour, finish, thickness, sustainability, durability, heat resistance, cost, antibacterial properties, and required maintenance. Consider how you use your kitchen and decide which qualities are most important to you.
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