Kitchen cabinet designs are changing
There are a lot of very attractive, practical kitchen cabinet designs out there. But let me give you some ideas you can use right now to get your kitchen looking contemporary. This year's hot kitchen designs!
For a start, there is an optimism in the market and people like you who are putting in new kitchens, with new cabinets, knobs, hinges and all the accessories all taking on what is a more upbeat look and feel.
For a start yellow and light green has been a popular color recently.
Of the two, yellow in particular is a soothing and yet stimulating color. Walk into a kitchen done out in yellows and you feel welcome and fresh. It has a comfortable, edgy feel. And that's good. Added to that, yellow is widely found in nature, so the full range of this color gives a silent signal that your kitchen is environmentally in-tune and in-step. So, this is a color option.
Anything from bright yellow to near-orange will fit in this new choice range. And of course, you don't have to have all the cabinets in your kitchen colored with this. It can be a color on a feature item, like an oven, or a set of cabinet doors, and introduce the same effect into your new kitchen.
Then, there is the concept of zoning a kitchen.
Most kitchen designers work to the triangle layout. Everything is placed so it is close to the center; in a triangle shape. Well, zoning adds to this. It's becoming popular to think of the things you do in your kitchen other than cooking meals (like answering the phone, baking, or having a snack) and redesigning the layout so you can easily do several of these things at the same time.
For example, the zone where you clean up after a meal could be close to the area where you prepare food for cooking. They naturally combine things like running water and robust bench surfaces.
Get the idea? If you're making a new kitchen think about zoning your activities there.