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Smart storage
Storage is absolutely key in a Colour drench your cabinets
small space. Clever corners, Colour-drenching – or painting the whole room
hanging glasses from the underside of the same shade – is a popular trick in smaller
cupboards, appliance storage and the rooms to help the space feel bigger, so adopting it in
kinds of cupboards you choose can all your compact kitchen can help too. Pick a bright, inviting
help to maximise your storage space colour like a warm white or a soft blue, and paint walls
and keep the kitchen clutter-free.
and cabinets in the same shade to help extend the space
and make your kitchen feel wider and bigger.
Opt for slimline appliances
Just because your kitchen is Don’t forget about art
small, doesn’t mean you can’t Even in a small space,
have a dishwasher. There are so many you’ll find room to hang
slimline options for appliances, so some art – even if it’s only postcard-
with some clever planning and careful sized. Adding in framed prints and Opt for pan drawers Choose moveable furniture
measurements, your petite kitchen can pictures not only adds interest but If you go for lower cabinets, pan drawers Small kitchens shouldn’t mean
still have everything you want. are a great way to maximise space over you can’t socialise! If you love
helps to highlight how much wall
space you have available. cupboards. Deep drawers can store much more than hosting but don’t have the space for
cupboard shelves, and make it easy to find exactly a dining table full-time, try fitting a
what you’re looking for. foldable leaf table to one wall that you
can pull out when you need, and fold
Add glass for extra light away when you don’t. This also applies
Go handleless If you do have upper cupboards, replacing to portable islands – you can buy
For the ultimate in streamlining, opt standard doors with glass ones can lend the butchers’ blocks or hostess trollies that
for super-sleek, handleless cupboards space extra space and light. Fashionable rippled glass serve as a kitchen island when you need
in your small kitchen. is a great way to do it, without putting the cupboard extra surface space but can be tucked
contents on full display – you can even buy glass film away when required too.
Create a built-in banquette to get the look on a budget.
If you don’t have the space for a
separate dining table with four seats Choose pull-out racks and shelves
around it, you might find that you do have To really make the most of limited cupboard
enough room to create a cute built-in dining space, try fitting pull-out racks and shelves.
booth. It’s relatively quick and inexpensive to You can get everything from floor-to-ceiling pull-out
build a booth seat, and while it’s not in use, you cabinets, to spice racks, to circular shelves that swing
can push your dining table right up against it out from lower cabinets, all helping to maximise
and use folding dining chairs that can be put space that might otherwise go wasted.
away when you don’t have guests over.
Relocate your laundry
If you’re in a property with a small kitchen,
Mix up your styling there’s a good chance you won’t have
a separate utility or laundry room to house your
To elongate and open your space, without losing much-needed
storage, why not try a combination of open shelving and closed washing machine. However, you can make like the
cabinets? Keep cabinets at the lower level to boost your storage space Scandinavians and relocate your laundry system to
without becoming too oppressive, with open shelving to keep the space another space in the house – like a utility cupboard
airy whilst retaining space for display. or even in the bathroom – to give back some extra
space to your kitchen.

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