Aug 29 2011
Modern Kitchen Interior Design: To Decorate Your Kitchen
Because kitchens tend to be functional, instead of elegant, design magazines and bogs do not discuss a lot about modern kitchen interior design trends. As compared to, for example, modern interior design for living rooms or sleeping rooms, the kitchen area is the red headed stepchild of rooms in style terms. This article causes a tentative stab at setting the record straight by focusing on modern kitchen interior design trends from all over the world.
Modern Scandinavian Kitchen Interior Design Styles
In Scandinavian kitchens, stainless steel and wood rule the roost. You will notice several wire storage and steel storage cabinets furniture in this type of interior design, not only in the kitchen but also other area in your home. Shades are generally muted, natural earth tones and whites, but with the occasional colorful items such as glassware to highlight the room.
An item seen in Scandinavian kitchens which has yet to spread to America is the tiskikaappi. It is a dish rack that’s kept in a cabinet above the sink. Recently cleaned dishes are hence stored out of sight, but water can still get from the dishes in the sink. Perhaps Ikea, that has done so much to take Scandinavian design to People in the USA, doesn’t sell this specific item. How much time before some enterprising American designer adopts this easy but brilliant equipment?
Modern Italian Kitchen Interior Design Styles
In Italy, natural stone, rather than steel, is king. Granite and Marble are plentiful there, and so are generally used for countertops and various other such surfaces. Italian fitted kitchens usually focus on curved or semicircular islands and countertops. The Italian design aesthetic is focused on making sure that the kitchen is attractive when it is looked at from any angle. Even kitchen appliances are subtly curved in the front or curved at the sides for a more visually attractive style.
Modern American Kitchen Interior Design Trends
Last, but by no means least, we turn our attention to modern kitchen interior design trends closer to house. Ironically, for a country that prides itself on showing the rest of the world its future, discussing modern American kitchen interior design styles is relatively oxymoronic, as the most recent trend in kitchen design is to look back and replicate the rustic styles of the founders of the previous.
Oak beams, stone fireplaces and traditional (or reproduction traditional) furniture are the order during the day here. Color selections are – what else? – red, white and blue, but not the showy colors of ’50s style Americana. Instead, the subtle tones of the Colonial era are reproduced with rusty reddish browns, off whites (such as magnolia) and the bluish gray color known as Williamsburg Blue. If you want to be at the leading edge, check out the variety of the Old Dominion and the Old West.