{"id":11631,"date":"2021-04-12T14:26:29","date_gmt":"2021-04-12T14:26:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/designbuybuild.co.uk\/?p=11631"},"modified":"2021-04-27T11:01:13","modified_gmt":"2021-04-27T11:01:13","slug":"3-easy-ways-to-update-your-kitchen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/designbuybuild.co.uk\/3-easy-ways-to-update-your-kitchen\/","title":{"rendered":"3 Easy Ways to Update Your Kitchen"},"content":{"rendered":"

3 Easy Ways to Update Your Kitchen<\/strong><\/p>\n

The kitchen should be the heart of your home, and should always be a warm and inviting space for both your household and any visitors that you might have.<\/p>\n

However, it can also often be quite a dreary place. Giving it a new lease of life and transforming it into the space you have always dreamed of might be easier to do than you first thought!<\/p>\n

Lay New Floors<\/strong><\/p>\n

Floors are some of the first areas in your home that can show wear and tear, especially in a high-traffic area like a kitchen! You need to make sure that you have kitchen flooring that looks smart and presentable while also being capable of standing up to anything that may get thrown at it \u2013 and in a messy environment like a kitchen, this might be literal!<\/p>\n

Therefore, you should consider kitchen laminate flooring<\/a>. This can give you some brilliant wood floors for your kitchen that should match your surfaces and appliances to tie the room together beautifully. If you are worried about how the steam and heat of this room might warp the wood, you could look for floors that have been specially treated to be resistant to this!<\/p>\n

Repaint Your Cupboard Doors<\/strong><\/p>\n

Replacing an entire kitchen can be very expensive. More often than not, you could have a great layout to the cupboards and plenty of space inside, so why rip this out and start new? If the outside of your cupboards just needs a bit of work, this could be all the changes that you need to make!<\/p>\n

Take all of your cupboard doors off their hinges and sand them down. You will then have the perfect surface for painting \u2013 and a great chance to add a little extra colour to your room! Think about replacing the cupboard handles too \u2013 it is a little detail that can really make all of the difference!<\/p>\n

Switch Out Your Surfaces<\/strong><\/p>\n

In line with repainting your cupboards, you also might want to think about changing your surfaces. If you have the budget to do so, you could replace the entire work surface and choose something that ties in with your colour scheme.<\/p>\n

If you want something a little more affordable, or maybe if you are renting and can\u2019t make many major changes at all, you can also find stickers that can be applied to your countertops. These are easy to apply and could be used to give you a surface that you would otherwise not be able to have \u2013 such as a granite or marble-style surface.<\/p>\n

These are three of the easiest ways for you to make some updates to your kitchen. It deserves to be transformed into a space that you will always love to be in and making changes really can be very easy. If you think that your kitchen could use a little update, consider one of the points we have listed above. Whether you do one or all three, your kitchen could feel like a brand-new room in no time!<\/p>\n

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