Create a tonal look with plenty of neutrals.
To get the feeling that your kitchen feels light, airy, and open, you might want to try selecting from a range of neutrals that have added warmer tones to the paint.
Why? Because these softer, pale notes might add to the whole feeling of expansiveness you want to create without feeling too cold and stark.
Ultimately, you will end up with a bright and uplifting interior, which is exactly what we wish for! For instance, you might want to keep the walls of the kitchen white and also let the cabinets speak for themselves.
While you decorate with neutrals, you might want to add a little bit of texture too, so it won’t look too flat. It might be trickier to do this in kitchens because they don’t offer tons of space for decor. However, we can make something up quite easily and tastefully without needing too much space.
Pair darker shades with light and bright walls.
I strongly believe contrast is a design theory that nicely allows the object you like to stand out. For instance, in a typical New York apartment kitchen, a monochromatic contrast makes the kitchen seem bigger.
If you’re dealing with an open kitchen, it easily creates a modern, clean-lined counterpoint to the traditional Upper East Side townhouse.
