5 Ways To Decorate Your Kitchen On A Budget

Getting a kitchen remake can be tough on your bank account, but
there are some ways that you can give your kitchen a whole new
look even if you are on a tight budget. These 5 decorating tips
won’t break the bank but will have a lot of impact on the way
your kitchen looks. 

1.Spruce it up with paint.

Paint has the biggest bang for the buck when redecorating any
room and especially for the kitchen. It’s fairly inexpensive and
easy to use and can change the whole look of the room in a day!
You can use paint to update worn out cabinets as well as adding
a new look to your walls. If you are adventurous, you can even
try some faux painting to give your walls the look of old world
plaster or marble. Your local home improvement store probably
gives lessons in this for free.

2.New hardware and knobs.

While this may cost you a bit more than paint, replacing your
cabinet hardware and knobs can make a huge difference in the
look of your kitchen. There’s tons of different styles and
colors to choose from – everything from a 1930’s glass drawer
pull to knobs styled like modern aluminum kitchen utensils. If
you are planning on redecorating your kitchen, you might want to
look at knobs first – you might find a style or color that gives
you the inspiration for the whole room!

3. Put Up A Border

A wallpaper border is easy work and can make a drastic change
without putting much or a dent in your kitchen decorating
budget. Sometimes you can even find a pleasing pattern in the
discontinued bin for little money. Just make sure there is
enough to paper the area you want before you bring it home! If
you don’t like any of the paper borders, find a stencil that you
like and use that – the cost of paint for this will be minimal.
A traditional place for a border is a the top of the wall next
to the ceiling, but it can also look nice at chair rail height
and also as a backsplash above your kitchen countertops.

4.Go For A Molding

Want a new cabinet look but new cabinets aren’t in your budget?
You can buy moldings for the sides, top and doors of your
cabinet that will enhance and change the look of any kitchen.
You can even buy little bun feet to put on the edges to give
your kitchen a country look. While these might cost a bit more
than some of these other ideas it is well worth it for the
dramatic change it has on your cabinets. Fancy rope trim, and
fluted moldings can be glued on to your cabinets to give them a
little pizzaz. Decorative crown moldings can be added to the
top. If your doors are too plain, you can even buy moldings to
add interest to the door panels.

5. Vinyl Tiles 

If your floor is outdated, dirty and grungy then getting a new
floor will make a huge difference in the look of your kitchen.
You may not even notice how dingy the floor looks and may be
reluctant to budget in any money for a floor but try to take a
fresh look at it and really notice what it looks like. When I
sold my house I thought my kitchen floor was a little old but
just fine – my realtor took one look and convinced me that a new
floor would help me get more for the house. I put a new floor in
and couldn’t believe the difference! You can install vinyl tiles
yourself for as little as 50 cents a square foot, of course the
more you pay the better quality floor you will get and the
longer it will last so a mid range price of $3.00 a square foot
is probably more realistic.