Oftentimes an older kitchen only needs to accent its unspoken charm. If you recently bought a new house with an older kitchen or you want to make the kitchen you've been living with a bit more pleasing and bright, you can do it without exchanging the cabinets or becoming bogged down in stripping and refinishing. Here are some suggestions on how to love what you have, and have what you enjoy.
Dated Cabinet Facelift
An older kitchen with all white cabinets and old-fashioned black and white wall and counter tile can speak about the past with retro charm. Cheerful yellow paint can brighten up this color scheme. If you're lucky enough to have curved corner shelves, outline the edge in a perky blue. You can add an open shelf trimmed in the same blue above the kitchen sink to display collectibles, coffee tins, vintage vases, and the addition of blue and white checkered curtains on kitchen windows adds retro polish. Keep the color going with brightly patterned ceramic canisters on the counter. A bare wall can be dressed up with a spice rack or a wooden shelf that is either painted blue or trimmed in blue. Whether you want to add roosters, cherries or Tuscan accents and sunflowers, this color scheme will work with a myriad of themes.
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