I endlessly rustle and tug with my kitchen, its floor plan and the configurations of all the appliances and cabinets. We entertain so much and so often that I have a good feel for the textures, the appliances and the kitchen I want versus what we have. Kitchen fixtures and kitchen faucets also add into the overall appearance.
After talking to so many friends I have found out that I am not alone in my want to change the kitchen area to a living area. Everyone knows the best parties are those that host themselves in a kitchen area. There is just something about a kitchen area that makes it the perfect living area.
As I recreate, dream up and bucket list what needs to be done in my kitchen to change it to the living area of my dreams, I actually have uncovered some tips for updating kitchen area while striking a harmonious balance between style and easiness. Remember, details make the difference! Lavishly live a bucket list DIY project out loud and check out what I have found.
Tips To Easily Update Your Kitchen Area
KITCHENS Are LIVING SPACES
Gone are the days that Momma cooks, everyone stays out and the food is served. The kitchen is the hub of the party, the place everyone gathers while you cook, and while you all cleanup. Munching, drinks, starters and laughs all happen in this fun living area, no matter how big or how small.
Kitchen areas are no longer just kitchens with appliances in them, rather they are living spaces, extensions of our home that provide not only practical appliances but countertops and cooking spaces that function as a place to share food offerings and merriment.
The focus of kitchens to function as living areas creates the need to choose the right design and innovation of products as well as brands that offer products that fit every level of budget.
Kitchens are the Heartbeat of a Home
Imagine standing in a very open kitchen, where the center island offers seating as well as wine refrigerators, warming drawers and more. The floors are wood, or faux wood, perhaps bamboo, but they match the décor because it too is styled and warming.
Mastering a renovation of a well-appointed kitchen living area is all about getting the look and the feel of the space refined and harmonious. Harmony of appliances meshing with the style of the home is what creates mastering a well-appointed kitchen area.
It’s not just about the kitchen counters, and cabinets, it’s about the design and integrating the appliances with the design of the home so rather than being stand-out they blend-in seamlessly to a thriving environment.
Imperative to styling the living area (kitchen) it’s important that the appliances offer finishes that allow them to blend into the open living space. Style, functionality, and durability also count. However, there’s more than just appliances, because details make the difference. Keep reading.
Tip – Something Everyone Can Update in their Kitchen
Innovation and design are only as good as their selection and their multiple price points. Not everyone is working with the same ‘bank account for remodeling’ so there needs to be a corporation that offers brands for every homeowner.
Your investment in any type of kitchen space appliance needs to be vested in products that are timeless and authentic. You can simply change your appliances out from White to Stainless Steel. This minimal effort change brings on big, bold change without any restoration or renovation! But wait, there are more ways, are you ready?
The Spattering Ends Here and Begins Here.
Anyone can update their kitchen and you can match personal style with cutting-edge design. Further, purposeful innovation is ready to accommodate every lifestyle and budget. For instance, if you have an older sink, you don’t have a gooseneck faucet. Or for those that love to spray then run solid running water, there’s something for you too!
Seriously think about the sink and the faucet you have, outdated right? Let’s do this as a faucet is the workhorse of the kitchen. You gotta clean up after everything and the only way to clean up is to have a good and functional faucet! Save showers for your bathroom, let’s get the right faucet!
Getting Your Neck Just Right
For instance, if you are passionate about cooking, or if you view the kitchen as the hub of the home you have specific needs and wants from the kitchen. No matter what your choice or your budget you demand superior performance to enable your kitchen creativity. What’s on your ‘honey-do’ list? A new faucet?
Now consider your new kitchen faucet. Details in an updated, non-renovated kitchen making a huge difference. For instance a new kitchen faucet. The hub of any party seems to be a kitchen and when you can function easily and chat, it’s priceless.
Sink Chatter Not Spatter!
Ugh to those faucets that don’t have a neck (an upside down U shape), because those faucets spatter. New thoughtful details, offering superior quality come from the Vaughn and Draper collections. Danze by Gerber products are beautifully designed and backed by Gerber performance. Such as the Vaughn and Draper Kitchen and Bathroom Collections.
Timeless and updated options for your kitchen sink faucets create head-turning, simple yet sophisticated and functional detail to your most used room in the home. Couple this with superior quality and you’ve refreshed your kitchen with style!
The Vaughn Collection offers transitional style, and kitchen pull-down gooseneck options, keeping you trendy and updated. Available in multiple finishes to appeal to everyone: Chrome, Stainless Steel, and Satin Black.
Additionally, the Draper Collection offers an updated classic style, kitchen pull-down (yeah again!), and finishes for those that like things shiny and bright: Chrome & Stainless Steel!
Keep Change Simple – One Piece At A Time
Most start out with a simple refrigerator change. Moving into one piece at a time often gives you the feel. You do not watch a mismatch in a kitchen, so moving forward as pieces need to be updated because they have stopped working, move through the whole kitchen with matching stainless steel. Did you know there is even black stainless steel? Today’s stainless is smudge-free!!
QUICK & INEXPENSIVE CHANGE-UPS
To effortlessly blend the appliances into the living space, refinish kitchen cabinets, change the hardware on the cabinets, paint the walls and change up the hanging items on the walls. In case you are really into simple DIY, you can take on making faux granite countertops by painting it on.
Your Living Area
Cheers to the foodie inside of you that found the passion you thrive on you now have the inside’s Tips For Integrating Kitchen Areas To Living Areas that will let you lavishly live life out loud.
Jerry Green says
June 17, 2017 at 2:47 amI genuinely liked the concept of integrating kitchen areas with living zones very much. Because in this modern world the open kitchen trend is no longer just an optional design aesthetic. That is why I think effective integration of kitchen and living zones is the ideal solutions for families to spend more quality time together and it is also one of such way which provides the best utilization of space to maximize the functionality of the home of an individual. Thus, I would like to suggest that the person who is interested to remodel his kitchen should follow the tips that have mentioned in the blog because it will guide him in for the successful merger of kitchen with living spaces. Thank you for such lovely tips.
Anna says
June 11, 2017 at 6:03 amI’m looking to take down a wall between the kitchen and the living room. From the looks of it, my idea is a good one 😉
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Erica says
January 8, 2017 at 7:35 amI think a really big table is key. At my grandma’s house everyone always hangs out in the kitchen. It’s definitely not an open design, but with a big table for setting out a bunch of snacks with tea, it just feels like the heart of her home.
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Esther Diaz says
December 8, 2016 at 4:00 amThank you for sharing this. I’m planning to do something new in our kitchen. I usually buy from whirlpool too and fukuda here in Philippines. Awesome blog, keep it up! 😉
Veronica says
September 26, 2016 at 4:30 amI love that! This is how I have in my home 0 the kitchen and the living room are integrated. Great tips.
Tiffany Haywood says
September 24, 2016 at 11:54 pmwe just switched all the hardware in our kitchen and I was amazed and how big a difference it made! I still have a few other ideas to make it a bit more ‘us’ and these tips will definitely help me get there…
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Paula says
September 14, 2016 at 3:41 amSadly we have a weight bearing wall separating our kitchen from our living room / dining room. I’d love to try an open floor plan but I think it will have to wait.
Toughcookiemommy says
September 13, 2016 at 5:26 pmI love the appliance options that you mentioned. I’m dying to redo our kitchen because the decor is sorely outdated.
laura londergan says
September 12, 2016 at 1:51 pmI love these tips for trying to figure out your living spaces. Tight now I have a huge wall up that divides my kitchen from the family room and would love for it to not be there – would make my life so much easier.
Tammilee Tips says
September 12, 2016 at 1:23 pmI would love to have a kitchen like this!! These are great looking and perfect for any home to have, I am always in the kitchen cooking so a smooth transition helps keep me in the loop whats going on.
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Cynthia says
September 11, 2016 at 9:57 pmKitchens were always the heart of the home and I don’t think that has changed for my family! Its the number one living and gathering place.
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Kim says
September 11, 2016 at 9:37 pmThis has become such a trendy thing to do and it looks so great. I love the gray kitchen you used as an example.
Karen Coghlan says
September 11, 2016 at 4:05 pmKitchen, can be the best room of the house,,, Love this post… We are currently living in a house with a very small footprint… Our kitchen and the work there suffers… Only eight years old and we are already needing appliance repair, it is difficult to know which is best… Repair or Purchasing new… thank you.
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Kim says
September 11, 2016 at 12:15 pmI ‘live’ in my kitchen!! These are great ideas!! a few years back I switched my seating to a more cushioned and casual style that feels more like sitting in a den than an area for ‘eating only’. My kitchen is my everything!!
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Carin Kilby Clark says
September 11, 2016 at 11:19 amThese are really great tips for making the kitchen a part of your home’s living space. I love our open floor plan and the focus on the kitchen as a gathering place. These Whirlpool appliances look great too – we’ll be updating in the next year or so and I’ll definitely have to check these out.
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Debra says
September 10, 2016 at 5:50 pmI would love to have a kitchen be a more lived in area. It is tiny and just doesn’t work for our family. I can’t do too much to change it, but new appliances and paint would work wonders!
Jenn says
September 10, 2016 at 1:41 amMy kitchen definitely needs a renovation ASAP. I love the concept behind this and the Whirlpool appliances. I had no idea they were so great!
Tami Qualls says
September 9, 2016 at 12:48 pmMost of the family always ends up in the kitchen when we host a get together. I’d love to redecorate my den to match my kitchen and blend into a larger room setting. And yes, new appliances would be awesome!
Tami Qualls says
September 9, 2016 at 12:47 pmMost of the family always ends up in the kitchen when we host a get together. I’d love to redecorate my den to match my kitchen to make it blend into a larger room setting. And yes, new applinvestment would be awesome!
Jennifer Seigler says
September 9, 2016 at 12:42 pmI’d love to renovate my kitchen with new stainless steel appliances. After reading your take on each brand, I am still undecided on which I’d choose to being home. It would most likely be Amana or KitchenAid.
Kristy says
September 9, 2016 at 11:17 amI tend to end up spending a lot of my time in the kitchen, so I love that the mindset is shifting on the functionality and design of the home kitchen. I love it when my kids and husband hang out with me while I’m working up a meal. We’ve had many great conversations this way!
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Christi says
September 8, 2016 at 10:40 pmWow, Whirlpool appliances are really impressive! I love looking at various kitchen designs for inspiration and just because it makes me happy to see pretty spaces at the heart of peoples’ homes. I am definitely of the mindset that kitchens and living areas should be cohesive spaces, because so much goes on in those two spaces!
Gwendolyn Mulholland says
September 8, 2016 at 9:30 pmI can’t count the amount of times that family gatherings end up with everyone gathered in the kitchen. I always hated being stuck in the kitchen if everyone else was in another area because of walls so I was happy when our new house had an open concept. The kitchen is the heart of the home and it should provide function as well as comfort.
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Bradley says
September 8, 2016 at 8:48 amWhirlpool has really stepped up their game! I can’t wait to see what else they come up with. But as far as small appliances go, I’ve always trusted Kitchenaid and it hasn’t failed me yet!