Kitchens by Riland

A contemporary cottage kitchen is a comfy and colorful kitchen created by decorated or painted furniture, beadboard walls, baskets, natural fiber rugs, weathered surface finishes and all colors of the garden. While this type of kitchen can have very many accessories, it is important to avoid going overboard lest the clutter becomes distracting instead of being attractive. Contemporary cottage kitchen is also characterized by bare floors save for an occasional throw rug.

This kitchen invokes images of an airy light room that is not only casual but also very charming. The mood in a contemporary cottage kitchen is always unassuming and very relaxed. The most prominent feature in these kinds of kitchen is simplification. Contemporary cottage kitchens feature an open and fresh floor plan, with an easy functionality and also that functions as a place of entertainment, thanks to their small size.

To create that cottage feel of a contemporary cottage kitchen, accessorize your kitchen with such things as linens, house wares, and furnishings. Good examples include stained, white distressed and butcher-block surfaces throughout the kitchen, an old vintage kitchen clock, striped vintage dishcloths and towels, or you can even create the feel by simply displaying your plates on open shelves over the doorway or window.

Creating a truly contemporary cottage kitchen takes time because you cannot simply get the cottage style all at the same time in a single store. Furnishings in your contemporary cottage kitchen can be furniture made from maple or pine, which details a critical element of the cottage style. The furniture can be lacquered or painted white and can have such things as curved legs on the bottom cabinetry.

Your kitchen can also have a large work table that otherwise function as a dining table for the family. This style of kitchen can be used with an apron front farm sink, a big single bowl ceramic sink, or an attractive wooden range hood. One thing that ought to feature very prominently in a contemporary cottage kitchen is knobs. They feature design elements such as embossed stoneware and porcelain, creams and whites, and semi-glossy periwinkle blues. You can even get woven designs made of bamboo or wire.

You can use paint in a contemporary cottage kitchen where the wood flooring can have a bold color painted while the walls painted with blues or warm yellows. These colors should coordinate with, and complement the colors and tones of the wall tile, kitchen cabinets, window treatments etc.