14 Sep 2022, Read Time : 5 Min

How Can You Remodel Your Kitchen on a Small Budget?

Check out some cool hacks to give your kitchens that extra glam and make them look expensive!

Our Indian kitchens are the most used rooms in our homes. The kitchen is the place where one creates the labour of love- through sweat, blood and sometimes, tears too! It is that corner of the house that fills up our stomachs and our hearts.

So why not make it the most interesting and attractive room of the house, one that may even make the men of your house want to come in and take over. 😉

Here are some strategies and hacks that will save you a penny or two and transform your kitchen into a full, glam, expensive-looking spot.

• Add Art Around the Corner

It is one of the easiest steps, with minimum effort and maximum output. Thanks to Pinterest and other sites on the internet, access to inspiration is only a few clicks away.

Adding in a few quirky wooden frames, putting up some vintage-inspired food and drink prints in the form of paintings. Moreover, you can even frame some of your favourite menus from your favourite restaurants and bars and putting them up on your walls will instantly make the kitchens look like a famous Deli.

If you are an ardent traveller and have no place for all those fridge magnets on your fridge anymore, just collate them all together on a piece of wood and simply frame it in your kitchen. For those of you who are Picasso’s, just turn up a notch, paint your old, worn-out pans, woks and ladles, and hang them up. You will not believe how awesome your artwork will look in your kitchens. These simple yet artsy touches will surely brighten up your kitchen (and your mood, too!).

You can also pick some ideas from kitchen food quotes that you can get framed.

2. Put in those Tiles

Adding some nice wall tiles would change the face of your kitchen. If you don’t wish to do up with all the walls, creating a highlight wall in the kitchen or behind your kitchen backsplashes will surely spruce up a few notches. With a plethora of options available, from subtle to bright to elegant to quirky, you name it, and you shall have it.

Some of the popular colours in the kitchen include but are not restricted to white, off-whites, beige, grey, and neutral shades like pastel green, pink and oranges.

They are also available in many sizes, some of them including 600×600 mm, 600×1200 mm, 800×1600 mm, 145×600 mm, and 195×1200 mm. All kitchen tiles at Orientbell Tiles are segregated into different finishes – matte, glossy, super glossy, satin matte, metallic, rocker, and sugar/lapato.

One good option suggested by most interior designers would be to maintain uniformity between the colour palettes of the kitchen walls and the cabinetry.

You might also want to read How To Get Unique Designs And Patterns With Dado Tiles?

3. Light it up

When you’re cooking, you’re making meals, which is the most important part of every human being’s life. Therefore, it is not only important to have great lighting to glam up your kitchen but also enable you to bring your best foot forward and to be able to see things clearly when you’re at it.

Great lighting sets the tone of your kitchen and gives it that warmth and appeal that it needs. Also, lights, with their reflective nature, will illuminate all the corners of your kitchen, making it a place you’d like to spend more time in! Lighting is yet again an easy and impactful way to turn up the tastes of your kitchen and make them feel more expensive.

4. Make a Floor Plan

Agree it or not, the floor tiles play a very important aspect in making a room big or small. If chosen correctly, it can make your kitchen look like a master’s design. Many factors can be considered when choosing floor tiles; germ-free, vitrified, ceramic, digital, nano polished, satin and super gloss etc.

One of the most picked options is Wooden-look tiles, Grey marble tiles, and White marble tiles. These floor tiles adapt beautifully to a house and bring a sense of sophistication. This option would make your kitchen look rich and elegant.

If you are looking for some kitchen slab designs, then don’t forget to check Slab Designs For The Modern Kitchen

5. Clutter-Free Kitchen

Have you ever observed that kitchens often look disturbing and awry because of the clutter on the countertops? Cluttered countertops can lay an impression of disorderliness and will be a buzzkill. One secret to making the kitchens look sharp has completely cleared-out countertops.

Making the kitchens look welcoming and clean should be treated as a daily task. After all, nothing spells class like a sparkling, tidy kitchen! A quick fix to upping the glam quotient of your kitchen is to swipe off the small appliances, masala jars, and oil dispensers back to where they belong, which is in the cabinets.

6. Grow Some Herbs

If you are lucky to have a kitchen that comes with a window and some daylight brimming in, this is the best thing you could incorporate into your kitchen. Having lush green foliage, preferably that of herbs that you could also use in your kitchen, will add a verdant charm and make you feel like you’re cooking in your farmhouse!

7. Add a Chimney

Thanks to our extensive love for strong and aromatic spices. Our Indian kitchens smell like a burst of tempering even hours after the cooking is over. It is because our kitchens are not well ventilated to push out the fumes of food right in time. Not to mention that this aggressive cooking can lead to your cabinetry layering itself up with greasy moisture that is super tough to evade.

One smart way to eliminate this problem would be to install a heavy-duty chimney above your cooktops. Thanks to technology and innovation, there are exponential options available in the markets for chimneys that look great and are efficient. Choose one that blends with the framework of your kitchen and one that fits perfectly in size and shape. Installing chimneys will pull all those strong spice fumes out of your kitchen and leave it odour-free.

8. Keep it Clean

No money or effort you spend in lavishing your kitchen will be worth it if the kitchen is left unkempt. A spick-and-span kitchen is synonymous with an expensive kitchen.

Keep that sink away from piled-up dishes and works, keep your chipped glassware and serveware out of your kitchen cabinets and stay on top of your expiration game for foods and condiments.

No matter the size of the kitchen, these little ways in which you keep the kitchen maintained are your language of love for your kitchen, and they will undoubtedly go a long way in making them shine.

We hope you loved our ideas. You can also check out the list of 21 Popular Kitchen Tiles.