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  • Kitchen Wall Painting Ideas

    Kitchen Wall Painting Ideas

    If you’re looking to make changes in your kitchen and a total renovation exceeds your budget, painting walls can give your kitchen a face-lift, making it appear more spacious and fresh. Today we’re gonna tell you how to refresh your kitchen with paint.

    There so many options to add color to your kitchen. First, you should decide on a tone – cool or warm. If you’re keeping your cabinets as they are, this may dictate your direction. For instance, warm wood tones are really great when using greens and blues. But if you have dark brown, black or white cabinets, you can go on any direction. Just keep in mind the color of your tile or flooring. You don’t want anything that clushes.

    Photo: Crisp Architects

    If you have decided to paint your kitchen walls, strategically choose your colors to suit your personality and goals for the time you’ll spend in the space, but also remember to take into consideration that colors have a big influence on our disposition, appetite and energy level. Some of the best colors for kitchen are  yellow, red, orange, green and combinations between them. It is well-known that red can give a resonant and stimulating aspect for your rooms. Like orange, red is known to increase appetite and thus is widely used in kitchens. Use a warmer shade of red, not a strong one. Yellow is another color that can easily uplift moods and inspire, especially in the kitchen. Energetic and eye-catching, lighter shades of yellow are great in combination with any other color you want to put on. For kitchen wall painting you can also use blue to create a cool and clear look, blue color being said to decrease appetite and you can lose weight. Whether it’s a single wall, just the ceiling or some carrefully choosen accents, you’ll be surprised how different a changed color can make a room feel. It trully is a fun and inexpensive way of completely change your kitchen. So go ahead, cook up some color. You can paint a single wall a bright color, paint your ceiling a color other than white or experiment with stripes, wall treatments and accents.

    Photo: Vitali Cucine

    Photo: Tara Seawright

    In order to help you in choosing the right colors for your kitchen interior, another option is a home design program which can save you a lot of time and many.You can play with swatches in the program before you buy samples of paint and you can even look up a specific color from the paint manufacturer’s library. So there’s no question what you looking for when it comes time to process.

    Photo: Jennifer Gilmer Kitchens

     

    Photo: St. Charles Cabinetry

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  • Get a Tropical Look for Your Interior Design

    Get a Tropical Look for Your Interior Design

    To decorate a house, we need ideas, money, courage and patience. If you’re just about to do that, we can definitely help you on the idea. It’s not very hard to figure what defines the tropical style, at least you can guess from its name. (more…)

  • From Your Heart to Your Walls: Add Inspiration to Your Home with Custom Wallpaper

    From Your Heart to Your Walls: Add Inspiration to Your Home with Custom Wallpaper

    Do have a favorite photograph or digital design that you would love to just cover your house with? Well you can now do just that with the advent of custom printed wallpaper. Custom wallpaper turns the digital image of your choice into a beautiful, durable wallpaper that you can use to add a custom touch to your spaces. (more…)

  • Charming Contemporary Apartment with Dazzling White and Blue Design

    Charming Contemporary Apartment with Dazzling White and Blue Design

    This stylish apartment in Miami, Florida, is a perfect warm weather retreat for a couple from the Northeast during winter season. Almost none of the New York- based firm IKBA’s houses look alike. This contemporary apartment stands out due to its bold contrast between dazzling whites and saturated blues shades displayed in an unique manner. (more…)

  • Marvelous Villa with Breathtaking Views in La Zagaleta

    Marvelous Villa with Breathtaking Views in La Zagaleta

    One of the most prestigious areas in Europe, La Zagaleta spans more than 900 hectares, about 20 km north from Marbella Ronda, and 450 m above sea level. Here you will find this marvelous villa , resting on one of the highest points in La Zagaleta overlooking the water. (more…)

  • Getting the house of your dreams: things to remember

    Getting the house of your dreams: things to remember

    While you many not think it is the case in the current financial climate, Americans are still going for broke in their search for their dream home. High inflation and lowering employment rates aside, the truth is that plenty of people across the US are still looking for the perfect home for them, and keeping it that way once they’ve secured a deal. Here, we’re going to look at the things that you must consider during the purchase process. (more…)

  • Sculptural Handmade Ceramic Elements by Guido Garotti

    Sculptural Handmade Ceramic Elements by Guido Garotti

    A strongly passionate hands-on creator with a unique design vision and remarkable skills in every stage of the design process, Guido Garotti from Life Given a Shape focuses on producing extraordinary furniture using high quality materials and local Italian craftsmanship. (more…)

  • Charming Lamps Sculptures with Eccentric Design

    Charming Lamps Sculptures with Eccentric Design

    If you want to make significant changes inside your modern home, these charming lamps sculptures no doubt can do the task. Author of these unique woman-shaped lamps is Italian manufacturer Sicis, experts in mosaic tile projects. We’re amazed how this type of lamp is totally different from the common lamps that we perceived as composed of three parts.

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