Planning your kitchen’s color motif can be an inexpensive yet effective way of changing the mood of the area. Home improvement stores in San Diego have large selections of kitchen remodeling essentials to choose from, which makes your task a lot easier.
Colors have their own meanings and can elicit feelings and emotions without you being aware of it. This is why when you’re remodeling your kitchen, know which shades to use and avoid in order to have a kitchen that embraces your presence.
Small kitchens should generally stay away from dark colors because they tend to make the room look small. If you need to put in a dark shade, best to use them on your kitchen cabinets (brown/wood, deep red, dark blue, charcoal gray) or the flooring (wood floors, maroon ceramic tile, etc.) Also, go for simple, unadorned cabinets in order to steer clear of a cluttered look.
Standard-sized kitchens can basically choose any color they want for their cabinets, flooring, counters and equipment. One way to step it up a notch is to adjust your lighting. If your San Diego kitchen has natural light, you can compliment this by choosing bright colors like yellow and whites. However, if you get limited natural light, best steer away from dark colored walls to keep that light ambiance. Here is one remodeling warning from a San Diego interior decorator: stay away from stark white colors on everything (kitchen cabinets, counters, tiles, frig, everything!). White on everything can be associated to hospitals which is a very unpleasant for some. If you must, choose off-white shades.