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Ideas for Kitchen Furniture Design
The kitchen is one of the main rooms of the house, it is prepared, preserved and savored the food. For this reason, the design of kitchen furniture is vital to achieve maximum functionality in this space.
In the selection of kitchen furniture is important the selection of colors to give a sense of spaciousness, luminosity, and because they combine well with cooking materials. The minimalist furniture allows greater use of space and easy cleaning.
The kitchen counters should not have corners, the car dealers are preferable to deep cupboards, and this allows a better ordering of the items.
Decorating with antiques, gives a touch to any kitchen. Avoid very bright colors in the kitchen, because they produce an effect of excess. Lighting is important, direct white light bulbs on the work areas and dim lights in the ceiling for general illumination, are recommended.
The kitchen furniture is important to achieve functional comfortable and pleasant environment, to facilitate the tasks involved.
Tops are strength requirements, functionality and aesthetics, so it is used granite, marble, and now, steel, glass, wood, silistone. The design of kitchen worktops has different types depending on the material.
The stainless steel is very hygienic and attractive, so they are used in kitchens of restaurants, although any splash is very noticeable. They are usually formed by a cluster table covered with a sheet of 2mm.
Oak slats are oak veneer Formica or ribbons. They are easy to combine with the decor. The micro marble is a mixture of resins and minerals, high strength and low cost.
Silestone, are in high demand currently, consists of a plate with natural quartz, resin and glass, making them resistant to wear and scratches. Coordinate with any kitchen, as are manufactured in various colors. Marble and wood are traditional, very tough and expensive, are the most aesthetically beautiful.
The cabinets are of great importance for storage. To optimize the capacity, we can choose the height of the internal shelves. There are lockers for each use, bottle, food, hygiene, dishes, etc.
It is advisable to choose furniture that extends up the roof to avoid depositing on top of the cabinets, all objects of little use. The cabinets come in all sizes or can be ordered to size.
Baroque Furniture
It’s Baroque (1580-1680) was present in art and architecture of all European countries during that period. It was a style that had a profound impact on life in the West. The style originated in Italy in the sixteenth century and is characterized by an exuberant and ornate decoration. He was present at all church architecture (churches and cathedrals).
The Baroque had its own characteristics in each country. In architecture, the main types are the church and palace. Forms are a style of ornate, elaborate and fanciful. The main exponent of this style was Churriguera Joseph, who created works of art and therefore, its architectural style is called Churrigueresque.
Baroque furniture Features:
In the Baroque, accessories are the key elements: sculptures, carpets, tapestries, cushions, lamps, tables, wooden boxes or chests, vases and furniture worn.
The charm is in the accessories available in groupings of similar items in use, for example, decorative dolls, carvings, paintings, tables of different sizes. It is essential to achieve an effect of visual overload and multiplicity of details.
The decoration of this furniture is lush and weighty. Predominantly natural motifs and curved lines, characterized by the superimposition of ornamental elements which are turned columns and pilasters. The design is characterized by dynamism and expressiveness.
The furniture is true works of art worked in woods with lots of sizes, with gold and silver rolled aged, upholstery fabrics are rich and velvets, silks, satins and brocades, with highlights and vivid colors on the ocher ranges and green, reaching even to the oranges. Venetian glass mirrors with carved and gilded frames, large proportions are characteristic of this style.
Large pieces such as cabinets and drawers comfortable are dominated by curved lines. The chairs are carved worked with complex and have high backs. Part of upholstery is replaced by the grille and ornaments. French baroque furniture is distinguished from the rest of Europe for their elegance and more careful preparation.
The decoration of the baroque dining room has great importance, because it is the busiest room. They are solid and attractive furniture. Dining tables have legs richly carved. Cupboards with glass cases are used to protect the dishes and ornamental pieces of dust.
The furniture is complemented with wardrobes, chests and trunks. It is common to find very mixed hardwood worked with other materials such as ivory, bronzes, and other fine materials. The use of decorative elements such as turned columns, pediments curved, twisted, and archery is common.
Rustic Decor for the Kitchen
Forgetting the traditional tiles to achieve a rustic kitchen can choose other types of coatings that are very fashionable and look great with the rustic look that we want to give our kitchen. We talked about the slate and lava. These coatings agree well with the interior decoration and cuisine.
The slate can be sliced thick or so. For soil and the wall, we can use leaves unpolished slate retains their irregularities. Depending on your kitchen cabinets, you can choose from pale gray slate, others blue or even with green. Slate is a living material that resists heat though, is fragile, so it is advisable to book this type of coating used parts except the kitchen. Wood brushed stainless steel stick very well with the board or the lava.
The lava stone is achieved by working with volcanic lava. Heated, colored pigments are added before forming cut to size slabs for work surfaces and floors. The advantage of this coating is that you can set the stain is best for us. In addition, it is quite heat resistant and highly resistant to wear and tear. Its main drawback is its high price.
As for colors and shades, yellow is perfect for this type of cuisine. Put the yellow in your kitchen. Egg yellow, straw, sun, sunflower, ocher or cake … any of these colors is ideal and offers a beautiful regardless of their intensity. For example, slate, yellow brings real ray of sunshine in the kitchen. Combines well with yellow, can be:
White and Yellow: Tiles white with bright yellow frieze and live wood furniture and furniture painted pastel yellow. It can be an excellent combination.
Blue and Yellow: This combination is classic and modern at once. Furniture painted with yellow and blue contours and tiling motif pastel yellow, blue or white.
The Color is orange and yellow. This combination is reserved for the more adventurous cooks. Walls painted in shades of orange, yellow tiles and wooden furniture painted in shades of orange.