Accessorising the Kitchen - Bath Life November 2022
REFRESHING YOUR HOME
In the latest issue of Bath Life, local kitchen and interior design specialists give their tips and advice about quick and easy tweaks to accessorise your kitchen.
Charlotte Wright, Hobson’s Choice Designer, offers her ideas and recommendations for readers wishing to bring contemporary style to their kitchen space.
Personal items & knick-knacks
Adding personal items and knick-knacks is one of the easiest ways to accessorise a kitchen space to bring out your individuality and character. Wall units and open shelving can provide the perfect place to present your favourite antiquity or artefact from your travels, positioned alongside colourful cookbooks and textured utensils.
The Rimadesio Zenit bespoke shelving is designed to perfectly fit your space, whether kitchen, pantry or living area. Using an innovative floor-to-ceiling mounting system it can be positioned along a wall or within the room, providing opportunities to subtly divide spaces with useful storage.
LIGHTING & ART
There are a wealth of intricately details lighting options to suit any style, from industrial metallics by Buster and Punch to more sculptural, hand-blown pieces by Brokis. In a kitchen space, having different lighting stages can be helpful, for example, a full brightness setting for cooking and preparing meals, and a lower dining ambience for cosy meals with friends and family.
Displaying your artistic side in the kitchen is a great way of expressing your style and adding visual interest to a space. A contemporary kitchen, with clean flat surfaces, often sits comfortably with decorative items due to the minimalistic design. The kitchen style blends into the background more easily, allowing the eye to appreciate more organic forms without feeling like the kitchen is vying for your attention.
WALL-PANELLING & FURNITURE
The introduction of wall panelling or cladding can add texture and detail to a kitchen space, brightening a room by reflecting natural light or adding warmth and visual detail using materials such as wood veneer or fabric.
In a kitchen with an island breakfast bar or an adjacent dining area, the choice of seating and table can be used to directly contrast or complement the style of the kitchen.