Compact Kitchens

You may not be blessed with an abundance of space in your home, but that doesn’t mean you have to miss out on a luxurious and elegant kitchen. This month, we take a look at how you can still follow all the latest 2021 trends... just on a slightly smaller scale. Compact KitchensCONTINUED OVER THE PAGE

Small spaces can make a big impact and there are plenty of ways to create a jaw dropping kitchen, without feeling like you’re comprimising on style. Here are a few ways that you can still get your perfect kitchen, just in a smaller package.

Statement lighting Light makes the home feel more inviting, but there are tricks to follow if you’re low on sunlight flowing naturally through your home. Go big and dramatic with your kitchen lighting. Flooding the kitchen with light can help make the room look bigger. Pendant lighting in a metallic finish will help the natural light bounce off the furnishings to help create the illusion of space, and draw the eyeline upwards. Splashes of gold, chrome and silver can really make a difference in your kitchen/ dining area.

Plants Take advantage of the light coming into your kitchen by adding small plants and shrubs to your window sill. A small herb planter is perfect for sitting in your window and can act as the ideal pest deterrent. Grow basil, citronella, lavender, sage and thyme to really fend off those pesky critters.

Scale down Ask yourself how many cutlery and crockery items you really need for your family home. A family of four doesnt necessarily need thirty mugs on display all of the time. Find a spot for the amount you need and store the rest away in case family and friends come over. Drinking out your favourite mug all of the time will surely lift your spirits, rather than reaching to the back of the cupboard for that chipped mug you had for your 13th birthday.

Mirrors Mirrors are the best multitasker in your home. Add a mirror opposite a window to have the light bounce off every surface. You could even have a mirror in the shape of a window to create the illusion of a brighter, more open room.

Organisation Arrange everything, so everything has it’s own space in the kitchen. A small space

doesn’t work well if its cluttered, especially a kitchen. You need it to be clean and tidy in order for the space to function properly. Hanging pot racks, pull out draws... and my favourite; a pull out pantry that slides into any 4-inch-wide space under your counters, so you can turn an unused gap into a mini pantry. Containers that you know will fit together, rather than a selection of misshaped cardboard cereal boxes, are perfect for pouring dried cupboard goods into. The space should be cohesive and structured, and you’ll never have to utter the words “Where did I put the corkscrew? again.

Go bright Give your kitchen a pop of colour to give an instant wow factor. Bright, warm colours that make a statement, interspersed with metallic features, will make a dark small space shine. If a strong colour isn’t your thing, have a clean white surface with a small selection of patterened tiles to add a fun element back into the room. Patterened tiles arranged in a geometric pattern draws the attention into a room, making the space look bigger.

The image below from Havey Jones, shows their shaker kitchen with a beautiful deep teal colour for the cabinet fronts, but also utilises the mirrors and spot lights into the kitchen design to help make the kitchen look taller than it actual is.The Snow Decor Mix Gloss Tiles from CTD tiles are geometric perfection, set at an angle from the work surfaces, the pattern draws the eye upwards and elongates the room, not to mention they come in beautiful pale green shades that add just the right amount of colour to the room.

Utilise every last spot In a small space, height is your friend. Shelving running across the width of your room, is perfect for additional storage that you just don’t have with cupboard space. The Harvey Jones Arbor image at the top of the previous page shows how a structured layout with what you need displayed on each shelf, can maximise efficiency, giving more room underneath the work surfaces for your bigger appliances. Below, an image from Wren Kitchens show how cut in shelves to the cabinets gives extra space for those extra little tranklements you can’t bear to go without. n By Daisy Bennett

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