Tips For Integrating Kitchen Areas To Living Areas

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!!