To create a cozy atmosphere in the kitchen, you need to decorate the room with handmade crafts. Not only experienced needlewomen, but also anyone who wants to can transform the familiar atmosphere in the house. unique crafts for the kitchen with your own hands. Decor ideas will inspire you to create extraordinary kitchen accessories that match any aesthetic tastes of the home owners.
Your own crafts will add a unique personality to the interior of your kitchen.
The best ways to decorate your kitchen space
Homemade kitchen accessories should be harmoniously combined with the main concept of interior design. Against the backdrop of a rustic-style kitchen, vases, spice jars, and hanging cutting boards made from natural materials: wood, wicker, rattan. Meal rooms decorated in Provence style must be decorated with original candy dishes, bread bins, pots for indoor flowers, made using decoupage or shabby chic techniques.
Shabby chic decor elements are an integral part of the Provence style
The rustic style, visually similar to the basics of rustic, country, chalet, is perfect for ideas borrowed from nature.
Cuts from thin wood can be used to create beautiful coasters for hot dishes. To ensure that the stands are practical to use and do not lose their original appearance for a long time, it is advisable to sand the wooden surface and coat it with acrylic varnish. Stands for a teapot can be made from a wide-diameter saw cut or using glue gun connect several small wooden elements in a circle. It’s easy to add special features to wooden hot stands if you master the basics of pyrography (burning) techniques. It is important to decorate crafts with a wooden base with floral motifs - patterns in the form of flowers, climbing plants, birds, animals, fruits, vegetables. An excellent alternative to wooden blanks are corks from wine bottles, which can easily be turned into a hot stand of the desired diameter using acrylic glue.
For a rustic kitchen interior, make a stand for dishes from cut wood
You can use this technique to decorate the wall above the bar counter
Boards made from solid pine, walnut, and linden are perfect for decorating your kitchen with your own hands. Even a novice craftsman can make an original tray from this natural material: prepare several boards, nails, furniture handles distinctive design. Three pieces of board, the length of which can vary between 30-50 cm, must be connected on top with stuffed wooden elements of shorter length. To make it easier to carry the tray, attach furniture handles on both sides.
It's very easy to make a beautiful tray from well-treated boards
Original DIY kitchen crafts and decor ideas will not only help you conveniently transport dishes, but will also perfectly decorate your kitchen apartment. A wooden tray will look impressive in tandem with an antique porcelain tea set and spice jars woven with vines. Beautiful composition is perfect for decorating shelves open type, buffet. Several trays, symmetrical in shape, can be used to create a wall planter. Twine is ideal for connecting the parts of a multi-tiered composition.
If you know how to work with wood, then make a decorative set of kitchen utensils
Creative solutions for kitchen interior design
The modern decor of your kitchen should comply as much as possible with the principles of functionalism and convenience. To create a comfortable kitchen environment that embodies the basics modern styles design - minimalism, hi-tech, modern or loft, you will need the following DIY crafts for the kitchen interior.
An original watch with a distinctive design - a dial decorated with black and white newspaper clippings, photographs, neon sticks, glass mosaics, coffee beans. The role of arrows can be played by pens, pencils, kitchen appliances- spoons, forks, knives. To realize the idea of creating wall clock With your own hands you need to mount the clock mechanism into a homemade dial.
Such a clock will teach you to have breakfast, lunch and dinner on time
Wall clocks in a rustic style also look good in a modern interior.
The bottle holder is easy to make from wooden slats, connected diagonally to each other. Modern directions design is characterized by an abundance of glass and metal elements. It is advisable to decorate a wooden stand for bottles with foil, glass mosaics, and overlays cut from tin cans.
You can make a light and durable bottle holder from simple slats
And this design will fit perfectly into a loft or rustic style design
An original kitchen attribute can be made from the most ordinary items
DIY kitchen decor ideas in Provence style
French sophistication, delicate colors and pastel tones of the Provence style are finding more and more admirers every day. Therefore, many needlewomen are constantly looking for innovative ideas for decorating the kitchen with their own hands. The style of inimitable Provence can be personified by the following man-made furnishings.
Provence style will open up a wide field for you to express your imagination and ingenuity
Do-it-yourself Provence covers for kitchen chairs are easy to make with the help of correctly selected patterns and fabrics. In Provencal apartments, it is preferable to use massive chairs with high backs. Straight cut covers made of cotton fabric are perfect for decorating furniture. The canvas should be painted in natural tones - sand, pearl, lilac, cream, gradations purple. Floral motifs may be present on the fabric. Covers made of wear-resistant fabric with multi-colored designs in discreet tones are relevant for everyday use. For festive meals, it is important to drape chairs with covers decorated with lace frills along the edges or lush bows in the back area.
For chairs in the Provence style kitchen, be sure to sew covers
Linen tablecloths will be an organic complement to chairs, effectively draped with homemade covers. It is not necessary to use the same fabric for sewing tablecloths and chair covers. It is enough to choose a canvas with a similar tonal design. Often, textiles in the Provence style contain images of wildflowers, reflecting the landscapes of the French province. Relevant decorate lunch group a vase with dried lavender sprigs or a bouquet of any other dried flowers.
For unity of style, it is advisable to decorate the table, chairs and interior elements with fabric with the same pattern
Boxes, ceramic pots for indoor flowers, candlesticks, artificially aged towel racks made using the decoupage technique are typical decorations for a Provence style kitchen. Anyone who wants to add a personal touch to the decoration of their kitchen space can learn the basics of decoupage art using the following materials:
- decoupage napkins;
- acrylic paints, glue and varnish;
- brushes;
- scissors
Line the antique-looking shelf with plates in the Provence style, decorated using the decoupage technique
The surface of an object, be it a vase, flower pot or a spice jar, should be perfectly smooth. Therefore, sand it intensively with sandpaper. After this, the surface must be painted in the desired color. After drying, apply thin layer glue and attach a colorful napkin. After 2-3 hours you need to coat the product with varnish. Even children can create such simple crafts. Therefore, the unique flavor of a Provence style kitchen should be created together with all residents of the house at the final stage of arrangement.
Decoupage technique can be used for furniture and dishes
How to create original designer kitchen decor with your own hands
A chandelier made from collectible bottles, multi-colored threads, newspaper tubes, tea or coffee cups, will definitely become the focal point in the appearance of the kitchen.
Painted tea cups and saucers make excellent shades for an old chandelier
A lampshade for a chandelier can even be made from non-trivial things - a drum, a bicycle wheel, wine glasses and other bases found at a flea market or in a garage. Fastening elements can be borrowed from old lighting equipment, or new lighting equipment parts can be selected. To create original lighting equipment, you can use LED strips or sockets.
A chandelier made of metal graters will be an original decoration for the kitchen.
Stylish loft chandelier made from a bicycle wheel
The fastest and easiest method of creating a lampshade is to use multi-colored threads and a voluminous balloon. Soak the threads well in PVA glue and wrap the ball tightly. After the threads have completely dried, pierce the ball. To install a light bulb socket, make a small hole in the textile lampshade and install fasteners. Original chandelier will ideally fit into the appearance of the house, reflecting the features of pop art, modern, and loft.
It is easy to make a chandelier from threads with your own hands
Towel racks made from teaspoons or tablespoons will look unusual against the background modern interior kitchens. To implement this idea, just bend the cutlery and attach it to the wall. As an organic addition, you can use bent forks that act as a paper towel holder.
Old forks and a rough piece of wood will make stylish hooks for towels and oven mitts.
Every admirer of extraordinary interior solutions can create a designer novelty for their home.
Tall glasses, half a kilo of spaghetti and various cereals - and a stylish knife stand is ready!
Spectacular ways to decorate walls
Decorating an accent wall is an integral part of the process of creating an interior picture. Interesting idea can be a wall decoration in the kitchen with interior items or facing materials, harmoniously echoing the surrounding furnishings.
Attach painted plates to the wall to liven up your interior
Interior stickers should be used for decoration modern kitchens. Mosaic panels, painted plates, homemade paintings made from coffee beans, cereals, pasta, painted multi-colored paints, will look great in any interior.
Bright stickers will enliven an empty kitchen wall
Unusual on accent wall a homemade shelf with an abundance of dishes decorated with your own hands will look like. You can easily decorate dishes with your own hands at your leisure using simple ideas.
- Fill transparent bottles intricately shaped cereals, dried fruits, beans, salt, colored in different tones.
- Decorate plates with beautiful patterns or ornaments using acrylic paints.
- Make candlesticks from jars decorated with picturesque napkins, shells, sea stones, tree bark or any other natural materials.
A light and convenient shelf for bright dishes will decorate any kitchen wall
DIY crafts will fill the dining room with notes of positivity and bright originality, will focus the attention of others on original details, emphasizing a certain design direction and the owners’ creative approach to home improvement. Therefore, it is extremely important to realize your own decorative ideas or the ideas of folk craftsmen.
When your kitchen furniture has become dilapidated or you just don’t like it anymore, don’t rush to buy new ones, because, most likely, you can update it yourself. All you need for this is a couple of free hours or days, a well-thought-out idea for a remodel, some money and one of our instructions.
Method 1: Painting the kitchen with chalk paint
Do you want to update your kitchen set beyond recognition with your own hands? The best way to do this is to repaint the facades with chalk (mineral) paint. Why chalk?
- The fact is that this type of paint has a thicker consistency and increased adhesive properties, due to which it fits perfectly on any surface - even on laminated chipboard/MDF. Moreover, chalk paints eliminate the need for tedious sanding and sometimes even without primer.
Chalk paints are also good because they give the painted surface a texture similar to that obtained when painting a wooden surface. Therefore, even the most ordinary kitchen with film facades will look much more noble after such an “update”.
- In Russia and the CIS countries, you can buy chalk paints from designer Daria Geiler, foreign manufacturer Annie Sloan, Kazakh Vernenskaya Manufactory, etc. You can also make chalk paints yourself using recipes that are easy to find on the Internet.
Here are some photo examples of kitchens before and after restoration.
Photo of a kitchen with film facades before and after painting with Daria Geiler paint. Here the author of the alteration restored the peeling film on the facade near the stove, and then painted the furniture without removing or sanding the film
Old kitchen with veneer cabinets before and after painting with Annie Sloan paint. By the way, in this kitchen even the tiled floor was painted with chalk paint, and the patterns on it were painted using a homemade stencil
Inspired? Then it's time for a master class.
To paint the kitchen you will need:
- Primer (special for chalk paints or alkyd if the furniture was painted with oil stain);
- Chalk paints (preferably with a 10% margin);
- Matte moisture-resistant varnish (acrylic or polyurethane).
Useful tips
- Material consumption is calculated following the manufacturers' recommendations. It is especially important to correctly calculate paint consumption. If there is not enough of it, you will have to repaint the remaining areas with paint from another batch, which, due to the nature of production, will be slightly different in tone.
- Which varnish is better - polyurethane or acrylic? To ensure that the kitchen coating can withstand extreme loads, it is safer to use polyurethane varnish. However, if you rarely cook and you don’t have pets, acrylic lacquer It’s perfect, especially since it dries faster, doesn’t have a strong odor and is cheaper.
- Brushes: two synthetic brushes for primer and varnish, as well as one natural or synthetic brush about 4 cm wide (a natural brush gives a more pronounced texture);
- Degreaser, such as white spirit;
- Sandpaper with a grain of 100–180 microns;
- Ladder;
- Film and masking tape (to protect non-paintable parts);
- Screwdriver;
- Gloves.
How to paint a kitchen set:
Step 1. Preparation
First you need to remove the handles from the facades. Floor, walls, apron, countertop, glass inserts, fittings and other surfaces that you do not want to paint should be covered with film and masking tape. Next, clean all parts from grease (preferably with a degreaser), stains and dust.
- Do the facades need to be removed? It is not necessary to do this, but it is more convenient to paint this way.
Step 2: Primer and/or sanding
It is not necessary to sand the old paintwork, film or lamination, but it is necessary to treat it with a primer in 2 layers. In this case, each layer of primer must be allowed to dry, and then the primed surfaces must be sanded to even out the coating and enhance paint adhesion.
- However, if the lamination has a strong gloss, then it is advisable to remove its top shiny layer with fine-grained sandpaper - this will make the coating even stronger.
- If you are not too picky about the result (for example, if the kitchen is temporary, very old or got for free), then you can do without a primer. All you need to do is: wash the facades from grease, then paint them in 2-3 layers and finally cover them with 1 layer of varnish.
- Do you want to achieve the most even and durable coating? Then it’s worth sanding the surfaces after each layer of primer, paint and varnish (except for the finishing layers).
- Before starting work, test the paint on any object.
- If you want to save money, paint only the fronts and visible parts of the frame, and the interior walls and shelves of the cabinets can be painted cheaper or left unchanged.
Step 3. Coloring
Once the primer is dry, begin applying 2-3 coats of paint, allowing each layer to dry completely (one coat of chalk paint only takes about 30 minutes to dry).
- It may take 5-6 coats to cover a dark finish with white paint.
Step 4. Varnishing
When finishing layer Once the paint has dried, you can begin applying the varnish in 2-3 thin (!) layers with a synthetic brush (not used). It is advisable to allow each layer to dry completely for about 24 hours.
Step 5. Finally, we return the fittings and facades to their places.
Voila, the old kitchen is as good as new!
Method 2. Pasting facades with self-adhesive film
The fastest, most cost-effective and easiest way to restore kitchen furniture is to decorate its surfaces with self-adhesive film (self-adhesive wallpaper). Unlike painting, gluing film is also good because it allows you to return the look of the kitchen to its original state after some time. For those who live in a rented apartment or simply love change, this method of updating the kitchen will be a huge help.
- The service life of furniture covered with film will be 2-3 years in good condition.
- This remodeling method is most suitable for kitchens with solid facades without panels or relief details.
Below are photos of kitchens before and after film restoration.
It is possible to cover the kitchen with film only partially. For example, one of the tiers, the back of the set, the base or panels. Examples of such kitchen remodeling are presented in the following selection of photos.
If the facades of your set have glass inserts, then you can decorate only the back walls of the cabinets with film.
You can cut out patterns and designs from vinyl “self-adhesive” tape.
By the way, you can use film to update your apron, table top or table top, and appliances.
If the refrigerator is not built into the set and does not fit into the interior of the kitchen, simply cover it and the furniture facades with film of the same tone
To remodel your kitchen you will need:
- Vinyl self-adhesive paper (with reserve);
- Sharp scissors and a breadboard knife;
- Ruler and centimeter;
- Squeegee for smoothing with hard and soft sides;
- Lint-free rags.
- Screwdriver.
How to cover a kitchen with self-adhesive film with your own hands:
Step 1. Using a screwdriver, remove the handles from the facades; if you wish, you can also remove the facades themselves - this will make it more convenient to paste them over.
Step 2. Wipe all surfaces, including the ends (!), clean and dry, especially paying attention to grease deposits - it is better to remove it with a degreaser.
Step 3. We begin to glue the film. Remove part of the backing from the film and attach the canvas to the facade, leaving a free 3-5 cm on the top and sides - we will later wrap this excess onto the edges. Take a squeegee and start smoothing the film, pushing out the bubbles, gradually going down and peeling off the backing. Movements should be smooth and slow. Having reached the lower edge of the facade, step back 3-5 centimeters from it and cut the canvas.
- If you wish, you can pre-cut the canvas to the size of the facade with an allowance of 2.5-3 cm (for facades of standard thickness).
- The film sets completely only after a few hours, so don’t be afraid to make mistakes - all mistakes can be corrected.
- If there are small bubbles left on the film, they can be carefully pierced with a thin needle and smoothed out again.
- You can purchase the film in 2 colors to create a stylish contrast: light top - dark bottom.
Step 4. Now that the facade is almost completely covered with film, let's work on the edges and corners:
- First, cut the corner portion of the loose film at 45 degrees as shown in the photo below. This way you will have two “wings” along the two edges of the façade.
- Now carefully wrap the free edge of the film over one of the edges and smooth it out. Next, wrap the remaining corner onto the adjacent edge of the facade as shown in next photo, and cut off the excess.
- Cover the second edge with film in the same way, but this time cut the corner at a right angle.
- Finally, press the seams tightly and repeat the process on the remaining corners.
Step 6. Using the described method, cover with film all the front parts of the headset, visible areas of the frame and the base. If desired, you can decorate the shelves and interior walls of cabinets with vinyl. However, this is not at all necessary.
Step 7. At the last stage, put the facades back in place if you removed them, as well as the handles, making holes in the right places using a knife or awl.
You can also watch a visual master class on how to cover a kitchen with self-adhesive film in this video.
Method 3. Kitchen decoupage
Hand painting is very beautiful, but difficult or expensive. But even a beginner can decorate boring facades of a set or hide local damage (scratches, chips, stains, etc.) with drawings created using the decoupage technique. The result is guaranteed to be excellent! We offer ideas for kitchen decoupage in the following selection of photos.
Decoupage kitchen in shabby chic style
Decoupage buffet
Decoupage will help decorate not only the facades of the set, but also other kitchen furniture and even technology.
To work you will need:
- Three-layer napkins with a pattern or decoupage cards;
- 2-3 flat squirrel brushes (for applying glue and drawings on the glue, as well as varnish);
- Scissors;
- PVA glue;
- Pencil;
- Acrylic varnish (matte, glossy or with craquelure effect).
- For do-it-yourself kitchen decoupage, decoupage cards are more suitable than napkins - the designs on them fit perfectly together and can be large in size.
- The main thing in remaking furniture using the decoupage technique is right choice drawings. They should fit into the kitchen interior in color and style.
How to transform a kitchen using decoupage technique:
Step 1. First you need to degrease the selected area with alcohol or degreaser.
Step 2. Carefully separate the layer with the pattern from the napkin, then cut out the desired print from it. At this stage, you can “try on” the drawing on the facade and at the same time make a note where it should be located.
Step 3. Now we coat the back side of the cut-out design with PVA glue and apply it to the façade in the right place. Next, carefully smooth the napkin with a brush, moving it from the center to the edges, and blot the excess glue and remove it with a slightly damp rag.
Step 4. Glue all the remaining napkins in the same way.
Step 5. If desired, the kitchen decoupage can be finished with hand painting. Once the glue and paints have dried, the design can be sealed using acrylic or polyurethane varnish in 2-3 layers (allow the drawing to dry completely between layers).
Some more useful information
- Do you want to turn minimalist kitchen with continuous facades in classical? This is possible by gluing moldings or carved parts onto them and then painting them following our instructions.
Also, before painting, the set and wall cabinets can be supplemented with shaped brackets (they can be purchased at finished form or cut it yourself), and the base - with baluster legs.
- For the best result, it is worth approaching the “update” of the kitchen in a comprehensive manner and, if necessary, change not only the color of the facades, but also table top With an apron , curtains, dining table and chairs.
- Sometimes the thirst for change can only be satisfied by replacing/painting furniture handles.
- Of course, before painting the kitchen or covering it with vinyl, it needs to be repaired: tighten/change the fittings, glue and iron the peeling film a little, polish the scratches, and fill the chips, cracks and holes from furniture handles with furniture putty.
From time immemorial, the housing of Russian people was arranged in such a way that the place of food preparation was given central position in the house. And today, despite the European manner of separating the “aggressive” environment of the kitchen from the “clean” rooms, kitchens live an active social life in our country. “Kitchen in Russian” is a phenomenon known all over the world, and it is perceived as part of the national culture. If these traditions are close to you, do not give in to any fashion - sit in the kitchen, receive guests there, adjust the design with your own hands and to your taste.
At the heart of every kitchen is a “work triangle” - refrigerator, stove, sink. For any size of the kitchen, the distance between these objects should be within 3 - 6 m.
The sequence of zones is dictated by the cooking technology:
- Product storage;
- Preliminary processing;
- Washing of products;
- Their cutting area;
- Heat treatment;
- Serving prepared food.
If DIY kitchen design does not involve global reconstruction, and the size of the kitchen leaves much to be desired, you can choose optimal ideas for working and dining areas:
- Kitchen decoration in light colors;
- Order individual kitchen furniture from floor to ceiling (L-shaped layout is convenient);
- Purchase of multifunctional household appliances - a food processor with a meat grinder, a juicer, a blender, a shredder, a microwave oven with grill and convection, etc.;
- Installation of appliances in the kitchen panel (including a refrigerator, the dishwasher will have to be abandoned);
- Rearranging the sink and stove taking into account the rest of the furniture;
- Purchasing rails with hooks for small items placed on the wall;
- Replacing a folding or sliding door, you can simply design an arch.
The optimal solution is to combine a small kitchen area with adjacent rooms (hall, living room and even bedroom: for the sake of comfortable kitchen you can reconsider the entire layout of the house).
Kitchen design options
Among modern trends organizing the kitchen space - getting rid of the kitchen as a separate room. With today's level of technology development " by-effect» – odors and soot can be corrected with good exhaust hood and ventilation.
If in the recent past the design of the work area in the kitchen-living room was “camouflaged” with partitions and curtains, today no one wants to stand at the stove for days, turning the kitchen into a branch of the restaurant. That’s why they decorate it with an elegant bar counter, move it to the window or leave it in the middle of the room, in the form of an “island”.
Young architects' project ideas increasingly rarely include a kitchen. Many convenient household appliances have turned cooking with your own hands into a pleasant and aesthetic process that makes no sense to hide from the living area.
The bar counter is a prestigious and fashionable detail: it looks like in a movie, zoning the space. But using this furniture as a decorative part of the dining area for the kitchen is wasteful. To make the bar counter a full-fledged element of kitchen equipment, household appliances are built into it - a refrigerator, Dishwasher, microwave, can be placed in a niche convenient wardrobe or drawers. Such options include a “bar” on the living area side – high chairs and a tabletop, and a full-fledged work area on the kitchen side. To prevent the design of a kitchen with a bar counter from turning into a useless decoration for the dining area, it is better to order the design according to an individual project.
Kitchen design examples
It is impossible to implement all current trends in one apartment, but it will be useful to adopt the most suitable ideas.
A spacious kitchen in new buildings opens up great opportunities:
- Open shelves and cabinets
- Non-built-in equipment. Will complement the idea open kitchen rejection of bulky containers for built-in equipment. Elegant metallic kitchen appliances look beautiful on metal shelves and racks.
- Small and transparent forms. Add a sense of lightness to any kitchen with glass, reflective, backlit elements and miniature details.
- Mixing styles. A cocktail of different styles can look like this: appliances and utensils with a metallic sheen in the high-tech style, ecological furniture made of natural wood, complemented by cute little things from grandma’s chest. The center of the composition of the dining area will be an antique buffet or tea table with carved legs harmoniously fits into the context.
- Instead of repairs - changing clothes. If the kitchen interior has not been updated with your own hands for a long time, the design will not harm it.
If there is no money for serious repairs, you can adopt simple ideas:
- Cover all kitchen furniture with self-adhesive film;
- Replace the old ones (including the fastening system) with roller blinds and beautiful blinds;
- In the free space of the dining area, attach an open shelf with kitchen decor: bottles, vases, indoor plants.
Decorating the dining area in the kitchen
Ideas to bring food closer to consumers are as old as time: adjacent wall they break through a window with a tray support and a door, and then the kitchen simply turns into a working “laboratory” for preparing food. Coziness and glamorous design are created in the adjacent dining room: big table, corner sofa or chairs, buffet. The rest of the room is decorated randomly, but in the same style.
The most fashionable options dining table– a round transformable table that turns into an oval one. Rectangular tables today are considered not ergonomic.
Old kitchen stools should be replaced with soft chairs or the old upholstery should be replaced, combining several shades.
The kitchen can now be freed from the decorative excesses of the dining area and filled as much as possible with modern household appliances. High-tech elements look good: metal surfaces, glass shelves, natural wood, laminate, complemented by indoor plants. Unlike the demolition of partitions, which requires separate approval from official authorities, a special window does not apply to redevelopment.
Kitchen Design Ideas
A well-organized pantry can be as attractive an area as any other. The doors can be made glass, painted in bright color– it is important that the order there is perfect.
- In the kitchen you can show off your collection of dishes; it is important that it matches the overall color background. It can be placed on open stainless steel shelves.
- A mosaic kitchen apron, vintage details in the form of antique glasses, and towel hooks can decorate the work area, giving the room a special charm.
- Wicker baskets and glass jars will help you decorate your interior beautifully. The most popular items are placed in front row at eye level.
- If there is no space for a pantry, you can make do with kitchen pull-out shelves, which are always found in built-in kitchens. Convenient and ergonomic options for shelves up to the ceiling.
- It is convenient and functional to place a writing board in the kitchen on the door.
- Old sideboards and chests of drawers look good in a shabby chic interior. It is important to support ideas with other decorative elements.
- With wooden facades you can decorate with your own hands not only the work area, but also the refrigerator and pantry.
- A microwave in the work area should not take up space on the countertop. It can be built into kitchen facade higher.
- Granite is the ideal material for countertops - it is durable and easy to clean. If possible, the sink should be spacious and double: for food and dirty dishes.
- The best floor for the kitchen is tiles.
- The kitchen table is decorated with your own hands in accordance with its purpose: interesting paintings are suitable for the dining area, and additional drawers are suitable for the working area.
- The refrigerator is a great place for reminders, photos from an album, and motivating pictures.
- Unusual design in the kitchen - wooden floors painted to look like tiles.
- Great ideas that add personality to the kitchen are a bright tablecloth, a vase of flowers, and other examples of decor that are dear to the heart.
Today, any self-respecting company has designers who, in a matter of seconds, are ready to propose a project for your apartment, taking into account all your wishes. But everyone understands that this is not a cheap pleasure, and therefore many people themselves develop small projects to change their interior, inventing different ideas room changes. And, of course, any owner wants to change his apartment for the better, spending as little money as possible on it. Many people who want to change the interior of their kitchen first run to hardware stores, but this is not always effective. After all, if a person wants to invest a minimum amount of money in changing the space, he or she doesn’t have to change the furniture and appliances at all, it will be enough to simply decorate and update it. This article will outline what ideas for the kitchen you can apply at home with your own hands, and photos of ideas from designers.
The kitchen is a place where not only the cooking process takes place, but also where the whole family often gathers around a large table. Therefore, the kitchen should be not only functional, but also beautiful. Below are several ideas with which you can update your kitchen interior with your own hands.
Idea No. 1 - change the color of the walls
You can update your kitchen interior with your own hands by changing the color of the walls. But it is not necessary to change the wall covering or repaint them completely; you can simply stick kitchen-themed stickers on the walls. In addition, if there is a person in your house who draws well, he can paint the walls. But if no one knows how to draw, it doesn’t matter either, you can use stencils, just don’t forget to keep the theme. But such option will do only for walls with a single-color coating. But if your walls are not plain, you can decorate them with paintings and panels.
Idea No. 2 - changing the kitchen apron
You can also change the kitchen apron; stickers can help with this, but they must be designed for the apron, otherwise they will simply fall off in a few days. Stickers can come in different sizes, shapes and colors. In order to stick them on the tile, you need to remove the protective film, wet it with water, and stick it in the right place. And use a sponge to smooth it out so that no bubbles form.
You can also use paint to kitchen apron, it does not wash off under the influence of water and fits perfectly on the surface.
Idea No. 3 – changing the appearance of furniture
In addition, you can update the furniture in the interior, for example, decorate the fronts of cabinets with photographs, napkins or origami. But after the surface of the cabinet is decorated, it must be covered with two layers of varnish so that the decor is not in vain. In order to update your cabinets, the first thing you need to do is sand them and repaint them in the shade you like. You can also decorate furniture using self-adhesive film, but you need to keep in mind that this material is short-lived, and after six months you will have to replace it again.
If the kitchen is small, then you can use it in the interior country style. This popular style involves removing all the doors from the cabinets, and replacing them with small curtains.
Idea No. 4 - decorate the refrigerator beautifully
You can also decorate the refrigerator. If it is a very old model, then painting is indispensable. Before you start decorating, you need to sand the surface, remove the protective film, if any, degrease the refrigerator and only then prime it. The easiest way to apply paint is in aerosol cans. You don’t have to dilute it and brush it several times, so the paint goes on evenly and doesn’t leave gaps. The paint color can be any, but it is better to combine it with the entire interior. After this, you can apply several designs to the surface or hang magnets.
Idea No. 5 - making a table and chairs
Special attention you need to pay attention to the chairs and table. To do this, you need to lay a beautiful tablecloth on the table, which will give coziness to the entire room and can hide the shortcomings of the table, if any. And you can put covers on the chairs, only the design of the covers and the tablecloth must be identical. Moreover, these capes can be sewn yourself, from any material. It is especially optimal to use covers on old chairs, due to which defects in the furniture will not be noticeable. The covers are easy to take off and put on, so you can take them off, wash and put them back on at any time.
Idea No. 6 - curtain decor
Also, do not ignore curtains, which owners get tired of very quickly. But this does not mean that you constantly need to buy new models; you can simply diversify the old ones. Using clips, you can change the shape of the curtains to whatever you like. You can also use several clips; in addition, you can diversify the curtains with the help of decorative butterflies, stones and ribbons.
You can also diversify your kitchen interior using decorative elements. Any housewife spends most of her time in the kitchen, so she wants this room to be not only original, but also cozy and comfortable. In the kitchen you can place handmade crafts, such as decorative bottles and plates. In addition, you can decorate jars for cereals, salt and pepper shakers and sugar bowls. In any kitchen, a coffee maker looks original and must be placed in the most visible place. But all items must be placed so that they do not interfere with the housewife’s cooking and simply moving around the kitchen.
Thus, changing the interior of the kitchen with your own hands is not so difficult. Moreover, you can update a room without putting in a lot of effort and money. But this will not only be a burden to the owner, but will also bring pleasure. The main point in this simple process is to use your imagination, and just don’t go overboard with adding decorative elements. Also, this type of space change does not take much time.
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Kitchen renovation is a labor-intensive, nervous process, full of doubts, therefore, when it is completed with a positive result, every housewife has a desire to turn this hard-won decor into a unique and cozy nest. This can be done different ways, but real needlewomen and keepers of the family hearth believe that there is nothing more unique than decorating the kitchen with your own hands. Only in this case can you be absolutely sure that you will not find an interior similar in beauty and comfort to a close friend.
beautiful inscription on the wall in the kitchen
The kitchen space allows itself to be decorated with a wide variety of techniques, however, in the process of transformation the following changes must certainly be made:
- Changing the background of the walls and their additional design.
- Adjusting the appearance of furniture.
- Decorating the kitchen apron.
- Changing or decorating curtains.
- Decorating the kitchen table and chairs.
- Decoration household appliances.
- Filling the interior with different-sized decorative elements.
With this approach, the interior of even the most unprepossessing kitchen will amaze with its splendor.
decor open wall shelf in the kitchen
How to decorate a kitchen with your own hands?
If you don’t have any special talents in needlework, then try decorating your kitchen with borders. They can be placed along the edge of the tile or just along the wall. Borders can be different in shape and color. Their beautiful design can decorate, for example, a window or cabinets. Take small pieces of glass mosaic or multi-colored tiles and try to lay them out as borders along the edge of a window sill or table.
Decorative elements of this type can also have the form of embroidery, so they can also decorate tablecloths or towels.
Involve your children in creative processes. Kids will certainly enjoy creating a wall panel from multi-colored mosaic pieces or drawing something “tasty” on a sheet of paper, which you will then turn into a real painting.
refrigerator decorated with a beautiful floral print
About floors
You can update your kitchen and make it beautiful by simply restoring the old floor. The option of replacing worn-out boards with new ones made of hard and high-quality wood is not affordable for many today. But shabby floors are not at all aesthetically pleasing, and how can you decorate the kitchen with your own hands in this case?
If the floor is not yet in a catastrophic condition, then it can be sanded and covered with stain, in other cases it is worth replacing flooring. There is no need to philosophize here. Use linoleum or laminate, by the way, the latter imitates solid wood with great success.
Can you cover the kitchen floor? carpeted or hand-woven paths.
inscription on the wall in the interior of a vintage kitchen
About the walls
You are free to do whatever you want in your kitchen, so the walls in it also don’t have to be left plain. You can easily decorate them with paintings, drawings, and patterns. This is not difficult to do, even if you have no artistic talent. You just need to pick up a stencil and paints, or even easier, use vinyl stickers.
If the kitchen was originally “dressed” in plain tiles, then this mistake can be easily corrected. Self-adhesive film with cheerful colors will help you transform it quickly and inexpensively. Make a stencil using the existing tile and cut blanks from the film. Now stick them on the tiles in any order. You can complicate the process and figure out how to decorate the kitchen using a DIY film pattern. This option will require much more time to implement, but the result will be amazing.
unusual solution: wall decor with chairs
About household appliances
A slight restyling may also affect your household appliances. This will help to better fit it into the decor of the updated kitchen.
Stickers and other textured materials will also come to the rescue here. Refrigerator doors, for example, can be hidden behind a wooden panel. This is a great way to remove metal surfaces from your decor. In general, the free surface of the refrigerator body allows your imagination to run wild. With certain skills it can be painted acrylic paints. For those who are completely far from drawing, there are funny magnets that can also easily be used to decorate the surface of any household appliance. This technique is incredibly uplifting.
the inscription will turn the most ordinary refrigerator into a unique decorative item
About the tabletop
An old countertop is also not a reason to run to the store. Even if it is covered with stains and scratches, you probably won’t change it, because you know exactly how to decorate the kitchen with your own hands in this case too. That's right, you can attach a sheet of plywood on top of the tabletop and lay it out in mosaic patterns. You can laminate the damaged surface or hide it under a beautiful oilcloth. The last option is the least practical, but progressive. Frequently changing the oilcloth will allow you to regularly update the decor.
beautiful kitchen utensils in the interior
About kitchen cabinets
This is where you have the opportunity to let your imagination run wild when decorating a kitchen, on the surfaces kitchen cabinets. They are really the easiest to arrange. With a little effort, old cabinets can be restored new life. Sand the facades, putty them and just paint them in some fashionable color. Today, eggplant colors and shades of lime green are at the peak of popularity. New colors will add style to your kitchen decor.
How else can you decorate kitchen furniture with your own hands? Try using the decoupage technique. It will breathe new energy into an old set and give the atmosphere a special charm. You can decorate your kitchen using materials such as:
- Decorative photo wallpaper.
- Stencils.
- Self-adhesive films.
- Vinyl stickers.
- Textile.
The latter can also perfectly update the facade of cabinets and decorate the interior.
unusual handles for kitchen cabinets
About lighting
“When deciding how to decorate kitchen lamps with your own hands, remember the purpose of the room and use any “tasty” motifs”
This may be a revelation for some, but lighting a room is also a way to decorate it. Moreover, in this case the lamp has a dual role. It, of course, must have a presentable appearance, fit into the style, but above all, emit streams of light that are “correct” in direction and power. For example, bright directional light is needed in the work area, but the table may well remain in twilight. As you can see, the functionality and aesthetics of the kitchen space are directly proportional to lighting.
to create a creative kitchen, just hang lamps in the shape of a bottle
Any type of lamps in the kitchen can be used:
- Hanging.
- Built-in.
- Wall-mounted.
If possible, be sure to provide additional lighting along the cabinets and do not refuse pendant lamp. Without it, it will be difficult to create a unified space in the kitchen.
When deciding how to decorate kitchen lamps with your own hands, remember the purpose of the room and use any “tasty” motifs. For example, cherries or a bunch of grapes may appear on a sconce, and butterflies and bees on a chandelier.
green wallpaper with pattern
Stylistic changes in the appearance of furniture
Sometimes the situation does not give us the opportunity to throw old furniture into a landfill in one fell swoop and furnish our kitchen with trendy furniture. And is it necessary to do this? Maybe it would be much more practical to give furniture that has served faithfully and faithfully a second birth? It is quite possible to saddle it, and you can not just decorate the facades, but completely change the style of your furniture in accordance with the general design of the decor.
Before you get started, take a look around and think about how you can most stylishly decorate your kitchen with your own hands.
If the kitchen design clearly shows a country direction, then decorate the furniture in a patchwork style. Particular attention should be paid to color harmony. Are your walls covered with a film that imitates a log house? Great! Furniture facades can be safely decorated with film with a wicker pattern. The kitchen in a modern high-rise building will instantly look like a real village hut. In general, working with film is beneficial in all aspects. A wide range of designs at low cost and ease of use is the best advertising.
the print “revitalized” the monochrome facade of the white kitchen
Your kitchen shines with elegance French style? Make the furniture fronts light, ideally white, and decorate them with gold and silver inlays. You can easily find everything you need for this in construction stores.
How to decorate a completely old kitchen with your own hands? Furniture can be turned into a stylish vintage accessory that will be indispensable in a Provence style interior. Simply treat the frame with sandpaper and artificially add antiquity to the item by applying gilding or patina to the surface.
You can completely transform the set with the help of decorative glass overlays. Glass inlays are often decorated with beautiful patterns reminiscent of frost. For the same purposes, you can also use mirror inserts, which, in addition to decorative effect have the ability to expand space, which would not be superfluous in any kitchen.
bright kitchen: kitchen facade decor with multi-colored PVC film
Decorative elements for kitchen design
Fill kitchen interior Kitchen utensils are intended for decorative purposes. These things include:
- Painted plates.
- Cutting boards.
- Wooden spoons.
- Themed porcelain figurines.
- Towels, etc.
All these accessories can be purchased in modern stores, and many of them will actually be self made, but how I want to decorate the kitchen with my own hands! Therefore, it is worth trying to make such items yourself, using stained glass paints, then the drawing will be exclusive and you will definitely enjoy the process.
kitchen walls decorated with beautiful plates
You can decorate your kitchen with old forks and spoons. Try bending the fork into an arc and making a rocker “goat”, a victory sign, or other compositions from its teeth. By screwing such a “masterpiece” to the wall you will get wonderful hangers for potholders and towels.
After the visit of guests and a fun holiday, you are left with empty bottles of elaborate shapes as souvenirs - put them to work too. Stock up on acrylic paints, twine, buttons, glue and create original inscriptions and messages from all this. Give your kitchen the floor and let it do the talking.
The old wallpaper itself will tell you how to decorate the kitchen walls with your own hands. Cut out flowers or interesting compositions drawn on them and make a panel out of them. Cover the resulting pattern with thin cling film, and do it very carefully so that there are no folds. Cover the resulting semi-finished product with a thick layer of varnish and leave to dry. Then we repeat the process. Again we apply a ball of flowers, hide them under the film and fix them with varnish. You can make as many of these layers as you wish. We frame the resulting creation with a frame.
panels in the kitchen interior
Let's return to the wine and vodka topic. In addition to bottles, bottle caps can also be used in decoration. Natural corks are especially valuable, from which you can create a lot of useful devices. . How exactly can you use them to decorate the kitchen and what can you make from them with your own hands? Well, for example:
- Panel.
- Reminder board.
- Tray.
- Hot stand.
- Watch.
Corks can also be used for finishing floors and walls.
Tea lovers will appreciate the idea of creating tea bag holders. This convenient, useful and pleasing device is easy to make using clothespins, paints and colored paper.
beautiful coasters for hot dishes
How to decorate windows
You can write treatises on options for decorating a kitchen window, but the lion's share of such proposals are developed by curtain and accessories stores. If you don't like trivial finishing methods, and you're ready to start making accessories yourself, then the following tips can help you a lot.
The most common way to decorate a window is by landscaping it. They put it on the windowsill houseplants in beautiful pots that can be painted in an unusual way to decorate the kitchen, or generally made with your own hands from materials at hand. Old, unsightly pots can be tied up with twine, decorated with buttons, shells, unusual pebbles, or covered with leaves.
window decor
In addition to plants, candlesticks, figurines, photographs in original frames and other eye-catching objects can settle on the windowsill. These items can be any accessories. It all depends on your design plans. In country or Provence decor, old clay jugs, a great-grandmother’s coal-fired iron, a copper samovar shining with polished sides, and beautiful but somewhat worn plates will look great. With such decorative elements, your kitchen will turn out to be unusually colorful.
Particularly advanced decorators don’t spend much time thinking about how to decorate the kitchen, and with their own hands they turn the window sill into a real ART object. They paint old wood, use decoupage and do many other unimaginable things that turn the kitchen window into a bright interior accent spot.
textiles as decor for tables and chairs
How to decorate a kitchen with textiles in an original way and what can you use to saddle with your own hands? Naturally create unique curtains, in ruffles and frills, with unusual tiebacks. For curtains, it is better to choose light, airy fabrics, like chiffon. In addition to curtains, housewives can easily sew bright potholders, pillows for chairs or covers for stools. The main thing is that the rest of the textiles are in harmony with the main element - the curtains.
Modern decors will require modern curtains. Particularly popular today are Roman blinds, decorated with elements of photo printing or ornate patterns. Such curtains do not “steal” space; on the contrary, a successful design can make it endless, leading into the distance. In addition, the material of Roman blinds is easy to care for. It can be washed indefinitely, which is important for a kitchen.
I can’t think of a better way to emphasize the modernity of the decor than to decorate the kitchen with hand-made products from specific textiles. To do this, you need to use fabrics of pearl or steel shades with a matte, smooth and certainly flowing texture.
Austrian curtains and a long tablecloth will create cozy atmosphere in the kitchen interior
Of course, tablecloths will help convey the spirit of the Renaissance. Tender, in pastel colors, with tassels that go to the floor, they look incredibly harmonious with the same curtains and furniture upholstery.
Having chosen the style of ancient centuries, you will have to take into account all aspects of the situation at that time and select the right decorative elements. In spacious kitchens, when trying to convey the features of eighteenth-century life, you need to make an extravagant and lush design. In small rooms, it is better to stick to the strict lines of Roman architecture. How to decorate too “correct” kitchen decor without extra costs, with your own hands? Of course, with arches and various columns, which will also change the visual perception of space.
