Reinventing your boring kitchen doesn’t mean that you have to spend thousands of dollars to do a remodel or an upgrade. No, there are many other options available to you if you want to change the look of the kitchen. Below, you will find a few simple projects to do just that!
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- Add Some Color To Your Cutting Boards
If you have wooden cutting boards for things like veggies and fruits, chances are when you first got them you thought the wood looked really nice in your kitchen. But, over time this wood material got boring. Instead of throwing them away, why not paint the edges? This is a really easy and quick way to change the look of them. Also, you can even get a brander, found at stores like Joann Fabrics or Michael’s and brand each of the wood cutting boards with tags like Veggies, Fruits, Meats, etc. These two changes really make the boards look intriguing and new!
- Start Growing Herbs In Your Kitchen
Greenery is a well-known option to add life and color to any space. Why not start growing your own greens (in terms of herbs) in your kitchen? Simply take some cool jars, cans or planters, add some soil and your herbs, bulbs or seeds and keep them in your kitchen waiting for them to bloom. This is beneficial for two reasons. a) It adds color and b) You can have fresh herbs whenever you need them.
- Add Mirrors or A Mirrored Backsplash
Adding mirrors to any room in the house can help trick the eyes into thinking the space is bigger than it really is – because of the reflection. You can also do this in other rooms like the kitchen and it’s simple and inexpensive to do. You can either find a slab of glass (mirrors) that is the correct dimensions for the space under your cabinets or you can buy mirrored glass tiles. These tiles come in all sorts of shapes and sizes and they are pretty easy to install to create reflection and class.
- Change The Backsplash Design/Color/Material
Speaking of a backsplash, you don’t only have the choice of adding mirrored glass or tiles to your walls. You also have the ability to change the backsplash altogether – if you have one or not. Just by changing the design, color or materials of your backsplash, you can really change the entire look of your kitchen. Make sure that you look into materials that will work with your personality.
- Fill Blank Walls With Creative Shelves
If you have a bare wall in your kitchen and you’ve never known what to do with it, why not create some pantry shelves? This can be done a few different ways. You can anchor things like shelving, ledges, and baskets to the wall and use that to store things like herbs and cooking utensils. Or, you could try another option; painting shelves and ledges with a medium to high back with chalkboard paint. Chalkboard paint is exactly what it sounds like. It’s a paint that you can paint onto objects or walls and then use chalk to write down what is on the shelve. For instance, you can place 3-5 types of pasta into mason jars and place those on the shelves and then behind them but a few spots up, write down things like Penne, Linguine, Fettuccine, etc. It’s so easy.
- Get Granite On A Budget
This is a really cool idea too and it can change the look of the entire kitchen. It uses a piece of plywood, which is painted with chalkboard paint and then sealed with paste wax. You can then replace it with your old, chipped, stained or boring counter top! This has the look of granite and yet it’s much cheaper. Plus, now that you have chalkboard paint on the counters you can even leave notes, write down recipes or tasks right on the counter and just erase it when you are done.
- Paint Your Kitchen Cabinets
So many people get sick of their cabinets and then they throw them away. NO!!!! You can so easily and cheaply change the look of your cabinets, throwing them away is just wasteful. Not only can you take wood stained cabinets and paint them, you can also take wood cabinets and restain them. You can also paint just about any other material as well. It takes different tools and products to do so, so if you have metal cabinets look for DIY metal painted cabinets, if you have wood and you want to restain them look for restaining wood cabinets, etc.
- Change The Hardware On Your Cabinets In the Kitchen
Changing the hardware on your kitchen cabinets and drawers is such an easy project to change the look of the kitchen and yet so many DIY people forget they can do this. It’s quite easy to screw the hardware off and then buy new hardware for the knobs, pulleys or even the hinges. These are incredibly cheap too, anyone who is handy and would like to take on DIY project then replacing or changing cabinets hardware in the kitchen would be it. One home improvement store like Lowe’s has options like:
Half Clam Shell in Matte Black – $2.05 per piece
Round Wood Cabinet Knobs – $.96 per piece
Aged Copper Knobs – $.97 cents per piece
etc
Every color, style, design and shape you could possibly imagine, as well as materials.
- Renovate your Kitchen and Add A New Floor
If you’ve had the same old flooring for years, you might be surprised at just how different the kitchen can look when you change the floors. Right now one very popular material is wood laminate. These are wood planks that can easily and quickly be installed on your kitchen floor. Another popular material is porcelain. This is quite a bit similar to ceramic, but it’s been fired for longer in a higher temperature environment which makes it much stronger and more durable than ceramic. Wood planks come in all sorts of beautiful stains and porcelain also comes in an array of colors and styles for you to choose from.
- Paint Your Kitchen Cabinets
So many people get sick of their cabinets and then they throw them away. NO!!!! You can so easily and cheaply change the look of your cabinets, throwing them away is just wasteful. Not only can you take wood stained cabinets and paint them, you can also take wood cabinets and restain them. You can also paint just about any other material as well. It takes different tools and products to do so, so if you have metal cabinets look for DIY metal painted cabinets, if you have wood and you want to restain them look for restaining wood cabinets, etc.
- Add Wallpaper To The Inside Of Your Cabinets
This is a good option for people with no doors on their cabinets but it can also be for people that have doors and are going to remove them. Instead of having this stark bare color inside the cabinets, you can actually use wallpaper, paint or even fabric to place inside the background of the cabinets. This can really change the entire look of your cabinets and it can be done quite easily. Here is a cool example of how this works!
Super cute, right?! This can be done with solid colors, or you can do like they did above in the picture and do prints, designs, etc. The orange and white goes really well with that specific kitchen because of the predominantly white shade in their kitchen.
- Add Some Color To Your Toe Kick
The toe kick is the slim part under the lip of the cabinets. Most people just have it the same color as the cabinets. But, what if you were to paint it? You can do this! Not only can you paint it, but you can use contact paper, tape, and a sealant to really change it up!
