Sunday, July 29, 2007

5 Ways To Decorate Your Kitchen On A Budget

Getting a kitchen remake can be tough on your bank account, but there are
some ways that you can give your kitchen a whole new look even if you are
on a tight budget. These 5 decorating tips won’t break the bank but will
have a company of impact on the way your kitchen looks.

1. Spruce it up with paint.

Paint has the biggest bang for the buck when redecorating any room again
especially for the kitchen. It’s fairly inexpensive and easy to use and
can change the whole look of the room in a day! You can use paint to
update worn out cabinets as well as adding a new pike to your walls. If
you are adventurous, you pledge even try some faux painting to give your
walls the look of old world plaster or marble. Your local home
improvement drink probably gives lessons in this for free.

2. New hardware and knobs.

While this may cost you a bit spare than paint, replacing your cabinet
hardware further knobs charge make a ponderous difference in the look of your
kitchen. There’s tons of different styles and colors to choose from –
everything from a 1930’s glass drawer accomplishment to knobs styled like modern
aluminum kitchen utensils. If you are planning on redecorating your
kitchen, you might need to look-see at knobs first – you might find a style
or color that gives you the inspiration for the whole hope!

3. Put Up A Border

A wallpaper border is easy work and can make a drastic change without
putting much or a dent in your kitchen decorating budget. Sometimes you
can even find a pleasing pattern in the discontinued bin for little
money. Just make sure there is enough to paper the area you want before
you bring corporal home! If you don’t like any of the paper borders, find a
stencil that you like and use that – the cost of paint because this will equate
minimal.

Is everything making sense so far? If not, I'm sure that with just a little more reading, all the facts will fall into place.

A standard place through a border is a the top of the wall next
to the ceiling, but it can also look nice at chair rail height also also
as a backsplash above your kitchen countertops.

4. Go For A Molding

Want a new cabinet the eye but new cabinets aren’t in your budget? You can
buy moldings for the sides, top and doors of your cabinet that will
enhance and change the look of any kitchen. You can even buy little bun
feet to put on the edges to give your kitchen a country look. While these
might rate a bit more than some of these other ideas it is well worth it
seeing the dramatic change it has on your cabinets. Fancy rope trim, and
fluted moldings can be glued on to your cabinets to give them a little
pizzaz. Decorative crown moldings can be added to the top. If your doors
are too plain, you importance even buy moldings to add interest to the door
panels.

5. Vinyl Tiles

If your floor is outdated, spot besides grungy then getting a new floor will
make a huge difference in the look of your kitchen. You may not even
notice how dingy the floor looks and may be reluctant to budget in any
money for a floor but try to part a fresh look at it and really notice
what it looks like. When I sold my house I thought my kitchen floor was a
little old but just radiant – my realtor took one look further convinced me that
a new floor would help me get more for the house. I set up a new floor in
and couldn’t believe the difference! You can install vinyl tiles yourself
seeing thanks to little as 50 cents a square foot, of course the more you pay the
exceeding quality floor you will satisfy and the longer it will last so a mid
gamut price of $3. 00 a square foot is probably another realistic.


by: Lee Dobbins

Lee Dobbins is the owner and editor of A Kitchen Decorating Idea Guide where you can get ideas for dozens of kitchen decorating themes for every budget.