I love looking at inspiring and creative kitchen ideas. The main elements of all kitchens are the same (cabinets, stove, fridge) so adding personality to a kitchen can be a challenge. Since the kitchen is the “heart of the house”, it should reflect your personal taste. Here are 10 ways that you can add personal style to a kitchen.
These kitchens are from real people and most of them are DIY kitchens, so much respect to them! Click the links below to view more creative ideas from these amazing kitchen makeovers.
1. A Punch of Unexpected Color
This fun kitchen from Life On Virginia Street utilizes a refreshing pop of color while keeping the style consistent. Everything is clean and bright without looking too white and sterile. The blue is also accented in the chairs but it is not overwhelming and makes for a beautifully breezy kitchen design.
2. An Architectural Detail
This DIY kitchen makeover makes perfect use of every inch of space. You won’t believe the transformation! The cabinets did not originally extend to the ceiling and the wine boxes above the fridge give the room a great architectural detail while increasing functionality.
3. Create a Kitchen Focal Point that Adds Both Function and Style
This butler’s pantry area makes a wonderful focal point in Dear Lillie’s Kitchen Summer Kitchen and Family Room. The beautiful cabinets adds both function and style to an otherwise blank wall. This kitchen makeover also includes the dining area as well as a matching sitting area.
4. Colorful or Patterned Kitchen Back Splash Tile
Kitchen renovation stores display a wide array of interesting and colorful tiles and wallpapers, but finding the right use for them can be a challenge . Deeply Southern Home has added a stylish backsplash to her comfortable kitchen. What I love most about her kitchen is that it is inviting enough to talk over coffee or just start baking right away.
5. Unique lighting
The amazing ideas in this kitchen makeover from Nina and Cecillia are too many to name. These globe light fixtures add some visual interest to her kitchen and are a contrast to the other textures and elements in the kitchen.
6. Fun and Funky Chairs or Bar stools
This Before and After kitchen design from Design Sponge is an amazing update complete with character-defining bar stools. The pop of color brightens the gray and white kitchen and gives a casual fun feel to this space.
7. Create Interest with Dual Tone Cabinetry
Who says everything has to match? Break the rules! Especially if you are worried about overpowering your kitchen with a wall of colorful cabinets, dual-toned cabinetry can be the perfect solution. This kitchen from Sarah Sherman Samuel keeps a very classic look while adding a hint of color.
8. A Personal Piece Re-purposed in a Creative Way
This kitchen design from Roeshel @ DIY Showoff is peppered with personal eclectic touches. The use of the dresser as an island is genius! In her kitchen, there are so many little-nuanced touches, you will find yourself discovering something new and unique each time you look.
9. Mix Textures and Surfaces
This beautiful kitchen belongs to The Rambling Redhead. The combination of textures such as the brick, granite counter tops, and shiny subway tile meld together in this kitchen. Mixing textures and surfaces gives depth and life to her design.
10. Say It Like You Mean It
Word art is a very popular and easy element to add to any kitchen design, like this chalkboard from Elle Claire Inspired. Printables and various sayings can be easily made to fit any kitchen design style. Be careful with this element however, as too much use can quickly make your kitchen look overdone.
It has been so much fun looking at all of these beautiful kitchen designs and thank you ladies and gents for sharing you wonderful homes and showing us how functional spaces can be breathtakingly beautiful and personal. I hope you have found some inspiration in these ideas and I would LOVE to hear about your personal style in the kitchen!
Cheers!
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Trish Mendoza says
I love that every photo have a wooden touch whether it’s a chair or a table, it adds elegance and classic look of the entire design. Thank you for sharing this one.
Katherines Corner says
lovely inspirations I especially like 2 ,3, 7. Thank you for sharing your sweet blog at the Thursday Favorite Things Blog Hop xo
Erlene says
I see a chalkboard in the back of the stove in one of the pictures and I love the look. There are so many great ideas in all of these kitchens. Thanks for the roundup and sharing it on Merry Monday.
Rachel says
Thank you for stopping by! I cannot wait for the countertops to come in our kitchen. Unfortunately, I am not painting the cabinets because I can’t bring myself to paint such high quality wood. And I have other projects to work on. But I have quite a few ideas on how to incorporate some of these beautiful looks.
Julia@Happy House and Home says
I love something about each and every one of these kitchens! I would love to incorporate a little more color in my kitchen… thank you for the ideas! Also thanks for linking up to Merry Monday Linky (sunda 6pm PST). See you again! Julia
Pam@over50feeling40 says
My kitchen could use an upgrade! Thanks for the great ideas and for sharing with the Thursday Blog Hop!
SHELLEY R ZUREK says
So many beautiful and soothing ideas. I love the architectural and color pop ideas the most.
Jeannine O'Neil says
Connected with you on Thursday Favorite Things Blog Hop. I love all the photos but my fave is A Punch of Unexpected Color. I LOVE Aqua and will be pinning a few of these images. Great post!
Rachel says
Thank you so much Jeannine! Aqua is one of my must have decor color right now. In fact, I am doing a moroccan stencil in the dining room in two shades of it! Hopefully it will be on the blog in a few weeks. Thanks for the pin and glad to have inspired you!
Jeannine O'Neil says
Sounds great! I can’t wait to check it out!
Michelle says
Ooooh! *sigh* These kitchens are beautiful. I like them all. I especially love the unique industrial lighting.
Dorothy says
Hello! Visiting from Merry Monday Linky Party 🙂
I pinned this great post here:
http://www.pinterest.com/pin/101894010294295721/
Carrie @ curlycraftymom says
This is a great post, especially since I am thinking of redoing our kitchen. I’ve been dragging my feet on it, because it is SO expensive and such a mess to gut and redo a kitchen. I love the kitchen with a pop of color and with an architectural interest.
Rachel says
Your right, redoing a kitchen is EXPENSIVE. I am keeping our cabinets at the new house, but the counter tops alone are going to be around $3.5-4k. The cabinets were the only thing nice about our new house (a foreclosure) so I want to keep them.
Amy | Canary street crafts says
Fun ideas Rachel! Just shared on Facebook 🙂
Life Breath Present says
Great ideas! I know we’ll be incorporating some into our new place as one of our first major projects will be the kitchen! 🙂
Stopping over from Merry Mondays!
Rachel says
Oh fun! I am in the middle of redecorating and renovating a foreclosure we purchased in march. I am hoping to get an update on the blog soon. It is so exciting and such hard work at the same time.
Kim @ The Cookie Puzzle says
What inspiring ideas…I love a little bit of each of them! I dreamed of cement counter tops…love the look for sure. Those Yellow bars stools…swoon for sure! That pop of teal inside cabinets…LOVE! Thank you so much for sharing these wonderful ideas!
Adrian says
These are gorgeous. I particularly like the one with the pop of color. #SITSSharefest
Melissa @ Simply Sweets by Honeybee says
I love this post! I’m not too fond of my kitchen & love looking at others for inspiration. One day I’ll transform my kitchen into what I want. The island in #7 is a dream! Oh man if I had that kitchen I’d never leave it.
Rachel says
I love everything about that island. I am actually planing on expanding our kitchen island. I am hoping to convince my husband to let me paint it and then we are wrapping the front where the bar stools go in a charcoal faux stone. It is going to be magnificant!
Julie says
i love all of these ideas! My favorite is the pops of color in the cabinets! Such a great way to add a little something without overdoing it
Rebecca says
I love pops of color, especially in splashes of tile! You have fantastic taste
Rachel says
Why thank you! What is really funny about all of this is that as much as I love those beautiful pictures and ideas, I can’t paint my cabinets white. Oh, it would look stunning for about five minutes until there was spaghetti sauce everywhere. But also, I have GOREGOUS high end solid cherry cabinets where you can see the wood grain and all that. I can’t bring myself to paint something like that. I am not even a huge fan of cherry wood, and I still can’t paint it. And besides, my husband would kill me.
Roeshel says
Thanks so much for the shout out, Rachel! Great collection of style ideas! xo
Mo at Mocadeaux says
Great inspiration! I have always wanted to incorporate a chalkboard in my kitchen. I love this one! Stopping by from SITS Sharefest.
Rachel says
Thanks for stopping by, Mo! Chalkboard is really a big trend and I love how functional it is! Whoever came up with chalkboard paint is a genius. I want to make a homework station for my son and I am hoping to include some chalkboard in the design.