Decorating Your Kitchen

Typically, the kitchen is where families spend most of their time, more than any other room in the house. Why not create a kitchen that’s stylish and unique, different from anything else you’ve seen before? This way, you can give your family a place where they can eat, talk, and spend time together in a unique setting that has character and charm.

Display Your Cookbooks
Do you keep your cookbooks hidden away in a drawer somewhere or on a bookshelf in the living room? Consider displaying them instead for people to see when they walk into your kitchen. Place them on a shelf on one of the walls, or use them to create a decoration on top of your refrigerator. Add in a couple of cute bookends to hold everything in place and you will have created an instant décor items that’s also functional and practical.

Hang Some Kitchen Signs
If you want to hang a sign in your kitchen, you can choose from literally hundreds of designs. You’ll be able to find one that fits into the overall theme and style you are going for.

· For a retro look, choose something like a neon sign that says “Kitchen Open or “Open 24 Hours.”

· For a country-themed kitchen, find some signs that display roosters or even a country saying in order to give your décor that charm you’re looking for.

· If you are creative, you might try to come up with your own sign with only a piece of wood and some paint. This is a great way to ensure that no one else will have a kitchen sign like yours.

Use Recipes to Add Décor
Have you ever considered using your recipes for a wallpaper border? You can either handwrite some of your favorite recipes or find some recipes in a cookbook or magazine that you don’t mind tearing out. All you need to do is simply seal the pages with a clear poly-acrylic and then paste them to the wall.

If you decide not to do a wallpaper border around the kitchen, then you might opt to make a wall of recipes near your cooking area. Depending on whether you want them to be legible or not, you can choose to create more of a collage effect with the recipes. By taking this a step further, you can create a collage by interspersing the recipes with different pictures of food to create a one-of-a-kind wallpaper.

Create a Backsplash with Some Hand-Painted Tiles
A great unique way to decorate your kitchen is by using your very own hand-painted tiles to create a backsplash. You can paint ceramic tiles to your liking and then preserve them with a sealer. Themed pictures might be painted on random tiles throughout the backsplash, or you could get your kids involved and have them paint some pictures for you. Not only will this guarantee that no one will have a backsplash like yours, but you get to add a family touch to the room as well.

Kitchens don’t have to be boring and they certainly don’t need to all look the same. If you look around your kitchen, you’ll probably find plenty of items sitting around that can become part of your décor. So get creative, and be sure to involve the whole family. Together you should all be able to come up with some more neat ideas for creating a unique décor in your kitchen.

About the Author…
Leon Tuberman has been part of the home furnishings and interior design  business for 4 decades. He owns and operates his family owned furniture store. They have a large inventory of handcrafted American built solid oak furniture for your bedroom, home office and living room. Are you looking for a wood dresser for your master bedroom or a arts and crafts coffee table for your living room then they probably have everything you need.