Brighten Up Your Kitchen
In May, the sun is shining, the sky is blue, and the garden is flourishing. Now is the perfect time for a kitchen makeover. Whether you're making small modifications or going for a total remodel, these improvements let your family and friends know that your kitchen has welcomed the spring and is the heart of your home. Here are some ideas for a May makeover for your kitchen.
Display your colorful dinnerware
If the more colorful items of your dinnerware have been kept behind cabinet doors for months now, it's time to bring them out and display them. Group colorful mugs and bowls together on your kitchen counters, or hang mugs from hooks beneath the wall cabinets. Some people simply open up the doors of their china closet to show off the goods within.
Paint the cabinets and island
Spring is the perfect season to refresh the paint on your cabinets and your kitchen island. You could go bold this time with bright red, blue, or green. On the other hand, you might prefer pastels that remind you of cooling sorbets or tropical drinks at the beach. Reach out to professional painters and interior designers for more tips when it comes to painting your cabinets.
Display plants and flowers
Live plants and fresh flowers liven up even the gloomiest kitchen. Plants not only lend a needed pop of color, but many types clear the air of contaminants. These include pothos, spider plants, and the nearly indestructible snake plant. Plants such as aloe vera even have health benefits. The gel that comes from a snipped aloe vera leaf is just the thing to soothe the inevitable minor burns and scalds that come with cooking. Fresh flowers are even more colorful, and many are deliciously fragrant. May is the best time to pick roses from the garden, buy flowers from the supermarket, or gather Japanese honeysuckle and other wildflowers from the edge of the woods.
Add LED lights
If there’s no task lighting underneath your wall cabinets, spring may be the perfect time to install it. Thanks to new technologies, you don’t even need to hire an electrician to do the job. You can buy ribbons of LED lights and fit them tidily and easily beneath the wall cabinets to brighten up the area where you prepare and cook meals. You can even add lights to the toe kick in your floor cabinets to add a bit of panache.
Improve your other lighting
Are you tired of the chilly fluorescent lighting in your kitchen? Are you tired of your dingy flush-mount dome lights? Now is the time to swap them out for something with a little more flair. It's easy to find everything from space-aged atomic pendant lights to crystal chandeliers, so you can spot one perfect fixture for your kitchen.
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