Create a Country Kitchen in Your Home Using Unique Designs and Earthtones

If you're tired of the plain look of many modern kitchen designs, you can bring "country livin" to your kitchen using a few simple design techniques.  Your kitchen can be transformed into a lovely, inviting room.

What is a Country Kitchen?

A country kitchen has a bit of a rustic or antique items, but still contains all the modern appliances and conveniences.  While the country kitchen of today is a little more advanced, you can still obtain that pleasant, comfortable decor that was common in fancy homes of long ago.

Kitchen Accessories   Create a country theme throughout your kitchen with  accessories.    You can create a theme based on your personal likes and decor items to match your kitchen colors.  Reds, greens and yellows are always a good blend in a country kitchen.

To create a theme choose decorative but useful accessories that are consistent with your theme, such as letter holders, canisters , cookie jars, salt and pepper shakers , spice bottles, potholders, hand towels, baskets and coffee mugs.

Creative Kitchen Cabinet Ideas

Cabinets are the backbone of your kitchen decor. You don't have to rearrange them or replace them to get a new look and feel.  You can simply refinish wood cabinets to create a country pine atmosphere.

Instead of expanding the cabinets outward, you might be able to expand a few of your cabinets upward.  Adding fancy extensions to the tops of a few of your cabinets will make a world of difference in your kitchen decor.  These add-ons are great for displaying flowers, foliage, knick knacks or antiques.  The extensions can be in the form of open shelves or small glass door cabinets.

You can also replace a couple of your solid cabinet doors with glass-faced doors to get a new appearance.  Glass-faced doors still provide storage, but the glass will break the monotony of plain cabinets while enhancing the overall decor of the room.

You might simply leave the doors off one of your cabinets and replace the doors with a small, decorative curtain instead.

Another great way to enhance your decor with cabinets is by adding fancy front legs to each corner at the bottom of your cabinets.  This gives the appearance that your cabinets are free standing, and creates a beautiful new look for your country kitchen.

You can work with your old cabinets in such a way that everyone will think you replaced them.  Just be creative and carefully plan before beginning your cabinet makeover.

Counter Tops and Flooring

Paint or finish your counter tops in a sleek, marble finish to contrast your cabinets.  Your counter tops can match your flooring, either in color or design.  Brick patterns make lovely flooring for a country kitchen decor.

Backsplash

Your backsplash can be plain white or another light color to break through the darkness of your wood cabinets.  You can add mini-shelves or racks to your backsplash to display country decor accessories such as farm animal knick knacks, fruits, canisters, etc.

Country Kitchen Windows

Curtains or valances that have earthtone colors mixed with country designs can also add tremendously to your decor.  Try decorating your window sills with small plants to add greenery to the mix!

Use these unique decor methods to create a country kitchen that's warm, friendly and adds beauty to your overall home decor.

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