How to Decorate a Kitchen: 11 Modern Solutions

Planning a kitchen renovation or a light update but can't navigate through the abundance of styles, techniques, and trends? We're happy to help! We offer a mini-review of the most relevant design solutions. Choose which ones suit your home best.

Soft Contrasts

The trend for monochrome kitchen design has given way to bold contrasts, which in turn have made way for a softer and more minimalist approach. A kitchen cabinet designed with light, unobtrusive contrasting colors is a stylish, current and practical choice.

More Natural Light

Unfortunately, not all kitchen spaces receive enough daylight. This issue can be elegantly solved by making one wall transparent or creating an improvised window in an adjacent room. Good natural lighting is a must-have feature for a stylish modern kitchen.

Appliances as Accent

The trend for built-in large and small appliances is gradually giving way to a new trend. Many modern manufacturers offer such stylish models that designers no longer feel the need to hide them. In fact, household helpers often become bold interior accents.

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A stylish and indispensable kitchen helper will be the LG NeoChef microwave oven. Besides numerous "smart" features, the model stands out with its unique design that can fit into almost any modern interior: homeowners will be delighted by the glossy surface made of solid tempered glass without joints and frames, a hidden handle, and touch control.

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Kitchen with a Lightened Island

Many housewives have already appreciated the convenience of a kitchen island. However, the visual "heaviness" and bulkiness of such a solution did not fit modern trends and disappointed designers.

One of the most successful and practical modern trends is a "lightened", more airy version of the kitchen island – either combined with a bar counter, open shelves, or standing on legs.

White Cabinet Set

Simply white kitchens have grown tiring for many. However, snow-white cabinets are still in demand: now the most relevant approach is to combine them with shades of natural wood, dark and metallic accents, brick, concrete – in other words, to balance out the sterile feeling.

Dark Kitchen

In contrast to light Scandinavian interiors, dark kitchens are gaining popularity. This refers not only to the color of the cabinet set but also to the overall color palette. The key element can be the radical black color or any other shade of dark tones.

Eco Style

Eco style remains at the peak of popularity. After all, residents of big cities desperately need nature and authenticity! Kitchen fronts in various shades of natural wood – a trend that is unlikely to fade into the background in the near future.

Industrial Motifs

The trend for industrial motifs in the kitchen interior is still going strong. Affordable materials, practicality, and bold character make the loft style and its elements extremely popular. Brick, metal, concrete – these materials are perfectly suited for modern kitchen interiors.

Maximum Storage

The prevalence of small apartments and compact kitchens has somewhat reduced the popularity of minimalism and introduced a new trend: an abundance of kitchen cabinets and shelves. Wall-mounted cabinets in two rows up to the ceiling, spacious G- and L-shaped sets, large storage cabinets – maximum storage has become quite relevant.

Elimination of Upper Cabinets and Shelves

For the benefit of owners of spacious kitchens and lovers of extreme minimalism, a new modern solution has emerged: complete elimination of any wall-mounted cabinets and shelves. More space, more air!

For those who are not yet ready to fully abandon the familiar cabinet configuration, designers recommend leaving cabinets only on one wall as an alternative.

Non-Standard Layout

The non-standard layout of many modern apartments and the creative freedom offered by free-plan flats have sparked another trendy interior design trend – a departure from the traditional placement of kitchen furniture.

A cabinet in the niche, partial outflow of cabinets and appliances into adjacent rooms, and the use of the unique features of space configuration – familiar corner kitchens are now in the past, and your imagination is now limited only by the dimensions of the kitchen.