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Impractical and old-fashioned: 6 kitchen design mistakes a designer won't make
17.06.2023 05:50
It is not without reason that the kitchen is called the heart of the home. It is where the family meets, where the most heartfelt conversations take place, and where holidays are held.
Accordingly, it is necessary to create all the conditions for comfort and coziness in the kitchen space, and think through every detail down to the smallest detail.
And also reconsider the already formed design and exclude old-fashioned, impractical things that spoil its appearance.
Massive fittings on the cabinets
The era of minimalism touched absolutely all the details in the interior. In particular, the handles on the kitchen cabinets.
They often look overly massive, old-fashioned, and eat up visual space. They are also difficult and time-consuming to clean from dirt and dust. Sometimes cabinets open so wide that the handles can scratch adjacent surfaces. Experts recommend abandoning massive fittings in favor of minimalist ones, or choosing cabinets with mortise handles.
Facades with a glossy finish
Several years ago, glossy facades became firmly in fashion. They have their advantages, for example, they give beautiful highlights, helping to perceive a small kitchen as slightly more spacious.
However, gloss is the most impractical surface of all existing ones. It is inferior only to the rubber-like matte coating, known as soft touch. Fingerprints and all drips remain on gloss, which are difficult to erase with a damp cloth. Gloss is afraid of cleaning agents, and therefore you will have to search for a suitable composition of household chemicals for a long time and at great expense.
Mosaic apron
Small format tiles attached to a grid look impressive. They can be glass, ceramic, mirror and are widely used in finishing kitchen aprons. But this solution is outdated and has become irrelevant due to impracticality.
First of all, small format tiles have become unpopular against the background of large format porcelain tiles, which stand out stylishly in the cooking area. And cleaning the mosaic seams is a real punishment, and they get dirty almost every day in the area with water, grease and steam.
Open type shelving
Cabinets without doors and shelves for dishes look airy and not bulky only if they are organized correctly. Which is something that not many people know how to do, as interior designers have shown. Instead of beautiful dishes, storage jars in the same style, and decor, mountains of unnecessary junk, dusty and unsightly, are on display for all to see. That is why ceiling-high facades without massive handles, hiding all kitchen belongings, have become fashionable.
Backlight on the headset visor
Approximately 10-15 years ago, kitchen units with a canopy sticking out from the ceiling, on which lighting was mounted, came into fashion. In general, the idea of additional lighting is great. It allows you to comfortably prepare food, turn on secluded cozy lighting. But protruding canopies have gone out of fashion a long time ago. Today, they should be abandoned in favor of laconic LED lighting along the perimeter of the unit, or built into the work area.
Photo printing
A technique used on kitchen aprons and facades. Big city lights, ice cubes, juicy fruits, a field of sunflowers do not fit any of the modern styles. They make the kitchen space look cheap. In addition, it is difficult to match textiles, shades of dishes and other accessories to them without overloading the room. If you want to add colors, you can choose accent curtains, bright small household appliances, a couple of patterns on the tiles.
Kitchen design trends do not stand still, but move due to trends, designers' work and consumer demand. The described details in the kitchen are impractical and quite old-fashioned.
