If your apartment or home has a small kitchen, you might find yourself frustrated with your lack of space for projects such as preparing and serving meals. While dealing with a small kitchen is less than ideal for many homeowners or renters, there are ways to design your kitchen for maximum efficiency so that you can entertain guests and prepare your healthy grab and go meals with ease. From cleaning up clutter to making minor renovations, there are many things you can do to effectively manage space in your small kitchen.
Here are a few simple yet highly effective ways to make the most of your small kitchen space.
1. Utilize Wall Storage
If you do not have enough space in your kitchen for large hanging racks or drawers, minimize clutter by taking advantage of wall storage such as floating shelves, overhead storage, and more.
2. Trick Your Eyes
While there is no way to hide a tiny kitchen, there are ways to design it so that the room appears more open and, in turn, bigger. One of the easiest ways to do this is by choosing light colors for kitchen walls, furniture, and hardware. Additionally, choosing reflective materials such as mirrors incorporated into your wooden cabinetry or reflective marble countertops and floors can act as an optical illusion of sorts, which naturally opens up the room and makes it appear larger.
3. Clean Up Appliances
Kitchen appliances such as blenders, microwaves, coffee makers, and more can clutter your countertops, making your space appear smaller. Try to make use of whatever storage space you have in your kitchen by concealing these items in drawers or storage bins. You could also install a Lazy Susan or a rotating storage shelf that can be installed into a corner cabinet. This is one of the most effective ways to utilize precious space since it is likely that you would not be using your corner cabinet for anything else.
4. Incorporate Natural Lighting
Similar to choosing light colors or reflective surfaces to make your room appear larger, opening up a window and incorporating more natural light into your space is a great way to make your room appear bigger. Plus, natural lighting in your home is shown to have a positive effect on your mental health, and can act as a natural stress reliever, making this a win-win option.
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