Before and after: wonderful and cheap DIY kitchen renovation ideas
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The kitchen is the place in the house where we spend most of our time preparing and eating our meals and for this reason, we want it to be a place that is not just useful and functional, but also beautiful and welcoming. However, over the years, our kitchen could lose its luster and the continuous change in trends may make it feel dated or out of fashion.
However, for a kitchen renovation it is not always necessary to spend a lot of money on expensive materials: sometimes it is often enough to limit yourself to a few DIY interventions such as painting the doors or a new color for the tiles and walls or new accessories on the countertops.
If you want to renovate your kitchen but don't have a large budget available, get some inspiration from these ideas:
1. More light for the kitchen
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If your kitchen seems too dark, try renewing the color palette: painting the doors white and new white tiles on the walls will help give more light to the room.
2. Modern renovations
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If your kitchen seems too classical, try using pastel colors, natural wood shelves and obliquely arranged tiles. Your modern dish is served!
3. Economic renewal
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Who said an economical kitchen can't be beautiful? Replace your old refrigerator with a new model, add touches of contrasting colors on the shelves and upgraded handles for the units.
4. Warm wood
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Replacing the floor, shelves and tiles with wood will warm the environment making it more welcoming; smooth, black doors instead of the classic dark wood ones, will add an interesting touch of class to the working surfaces.
5. From dated and cheap to small and classy
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The color of the doors and a wooden floor can add a touch of class to even the most ordinary of environments. And silver/chrome appliances will contribute to the elegance of the whole.
6. Brightness and color
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New paint and mounting open shelves on the walls will help make your kitchen look brighter and more elegant.
7. Timeless white
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The kitchen looks bigger and brighter with a simple coat of white paint.
8. Use color, but elegantly
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Color helps to make the environment more lively, but if used excessively, it can overwhelming.So, use colors, but in moderation.
9. Classic, elegant and bright
Keep the classic furnishings but add brightness and elegance with handles and metal fittings; highlight the windows with black frames contrasting against a dominant white.
Would you like to renovate your kitchen?