17 useful tricks for decorating your kitchen

2024 Author: James Gerald | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 14:00

The kitchen is the most difficult place in the apartment in terms of design. Even if you have foreseen a thousand little things, there is always the risk of forgetting about something important.

We have collected 17 useful kitchen tricks for those who are planning to buy a new headset or are ready to upgrade an old one.

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1. Drawout cabinet

The main problem of a small kitchen is the lack of work surfaces: over time, a new coffee machine, multicooker or just a kettle appears on the countertop, which takes away your space for culinary experiments.

A roll-out cabinet will help to solve the problem: it looks like the most ordinary lower module of a kitchen set, but if necessary, it easily becomes an additional work surface.

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2. Folding table top

Another way to increase the usable space is to close the sink and stovetop with a fold-down countertop. These designs use a collapsible faucet that allows you to easily open and close the lid. By the way, this is a great invention in case of unexpected guests: closed the lid - and no mess in the kitchen. And only you know that in the sink is a pile of dishes that you didn't have time to wash.

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3. Garbage chute in the countertop

The traditional place for the trash can is under the sink. To get to it, you have to touch the handle on the front, which is not always convenient - for example, when you are cooking and your hands are dirty.

With an impromptu garbage chute in the countertop, everything is much easier: just remove the lid, brush off the crumbs with a rag and close. And the garbage will fall into the same familiar bucket.

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4. Additional drawer instead of plinth

The plinth at the bottom of the kitchen unit hides a lot of potential. Replace the decorative cover with a shallow drawer and you get extra space for storing baking trays, large-diameter dishes or even folding chairs for a large group of guests. Or even organize a compact wine rack downstairs.

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5. Secret drawer for rags and sponges

Kitchen rags and sponges on the edge of the sink are hell for the perfectionist, and the space under the edge of the sink is usually the most useless space in the kitchen. A small secret box solves both problems once and for all.

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6. Extendable platform for toaster

The clutter of household appliances will ruin the look of even the most stylish kitchen. You are not ordering an expensive headset in order to immediately make it with household appliances, do you?

Provide space for small devices at the design stage. For example, a compact retractable platform is suitable for a toaster or kettle.

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7. Garage for a coffee machine

Another way to tidy up the countertop is to close some of the space between the top and bottom cabinets with an additional door. You will get a convenient niche for small appliances - a kind of garage for a coffee machine, kettle or multicooker.

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8. Louver sash

An original interpretation of the same idea is a louver that disguises household appliances. It can be built into a small niche or even cover the entire work surface.

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9. False column

Every centimeter should work in a small kitchen - even a drawer can be built into the wall between the wall and the refrigerator.

The decor can also be functional - for example, like a false column that hides the spice section.

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10. Folding table

Sometimes even a dining table does not fit in the kitchen in a Soviet-built house. Or a table fits, but you don't. Problems are solved by a folding table top: when closed, it is parallel to the wall and leaves maximum room for maneuver.

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11. Roll-out table, which is hidden under the table top

If you plan to add living room functionality to your kitchen, a table on wheels is the ideal solution. Ready to have dinner - roll out a full table from under the countertop. Need more space - hide it back. And all this without sacrificing the usable area of the headset.

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12. Stand for tablet and smartphone

The modern world cannot be imagined without gadgets. They are next to us, including in the kitchen - so why not provide a convenient place for your smartphone and tablet? Plus, these coasters will make it easier for you to check your recipe while preparing dinner.

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13. Cooker hood

The traditional hood makes it impossible to organize an additional module in the upper line of the headset.

The outlet is an extractor hood built into the countertop, which is easy to use when needed or not notice if you came to the kitchen just to make a sandwich.

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14. Once - and emerged

By the same principle, a niche for appliances or jars of spices can be organized in the countertop. This technique allows you to use the inner space of the kitchen set to the maximum - and at the same time keeps the countertop free.

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15. Sockets in the worktop - and on the side

The location of the outlets in the kitchen is a delicate issue: if they are too close to the sink or stove, there is a risk of splashing them with water and grease. The solution comes in the form of hidden sockets on the tabletop or in the side of the headset - and the more there are, the better: they are always useful for small appliances like a mixer or coffee grinder.

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16. Organize the inner corner

Another "dark spot" in the kitchen is corner cabinets: usually housewives hide the most unloved pans there and forget about them for many years.

In order not to waste useful space, the corner cabinet can be equipped with a carousel shelf - a rack that rotates around its axis. Or a shelf with a swing-out mechanism, in which the first section pulls out the next.

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17. End cabinet

A convenient way to "close" a line of kitchen cabinets is to provide a tall and narrow end cabinet. There is, of course, not much space in it - but quite enough to hide a mop and detergents.

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