The Minor Details Make The Biggest Kitchen Changes!

Two focuses of my blog are Home/Living and Home/Property Discussions. One of the most important spaces in your home is your kitchen. As such, it’s important to understand how changes can make a difference. The following contributed post is entitled, The Minor Details Make The Biggest Kitchen Changes!

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We do not always want a completely new kitchen that requires heavy renovation and a long list of troubles. Sometimes the existing infrastructure is enough for us to upgrade the existing one and enjoy some innovations and renovations, without completely replacing it. It is of course possible to fully renovate but also an upgrade will give you the desired and surprising result even without spending so much money. So how do you upgrade your kitchen? There are companies and consultants who will explain to you how to upgrade your kitchen yourself or with the help of a design company. However, there are also some methods and explanations by which you can smartly upgrade your kitchen yourself without a big upheaval.

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Just upgrade the lighting

Sometimes all we need is a wiser and more accurate design of the lighting, so that it will be more efficient and help us work in the kitchen in a good way without straining our eyes. Older kitchens from the past don’t have any of the innovations we know today. To make the modern switch, it is recommended to look at LED lighting which is several times more powerful and very economical, and it lasts much longer than any other lighting fixture. It is also advisable to consider lighting at the bottom of the cabinets above the work surfaces, because then we will get direct lighting on the surface and this will allow us to work even in darker hours. Another upgrade in the kitchen can be with additional and more efficient lighting which is lighting inside cabinets or pantry, and special lighting for the dining area if it is located in the kitchen.

Upgrade your kitchen yourself – DIY

When trying to figure out how to upgrade a kitchen, many will answer that it is probably a do-it-yourself job, when buying the parts from a kitchen store or putting in all sorts of design elements that you can do yourself. Also, having appliances in good working order is vital; do you need to fix your temperamental washing machine or do you need to consider commercial refrigeration repair? These minor changes will also add a lot of ease to your upgrade.

You can also look to assemble dining tables and chairs for the dining area yourself, add different cabinets to corners and spaces that you have not used before and there is really no need to order a carpenter for this, or also add various shelving facilities from ready-made furniture stores that can be assembled modularly. Another way to upgrade a kitchen is with color. Upgrading the kitchen using paints can turn the kitchen into a completely different and exciting design experience when the base remains and only the color changes. Painting kitchen cabinets or walls will make your kitchen look completely different. With a steady hand you can improve plain white cabinets into pale pastel blue or jet black. Just make sure you choose moisture and heat-resistant paints, so that you can clean the kitchen cabinets over time and that the paint will last.

Author: anwaryusef

Anwar Y. Dunbar is a Regulatory Scientist. Being a naturally curious person, he is also a student of all things. He earned his Ph.D. in Pharmacology from the University of Michigan and his Bachelor’s Degree in General Biology from Johnson C. Smith University (JCSU). Prior to starting the Big Words Blog Site, Anwar published and contributed to numerous research articles in competitive scientific journals reporting on his research from graduate school and postdoctoral years. After falling in love with writing, he contributed to the now defunct Examiner.com, and the Edvocate where he regularly wrote about: Education-related stories/topics, Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM), Financial Literacy; as well as conducted interviews with notable individuals such as actor and author Hill Harper. Having many influences, one of his most notable heroes is author, intellectual and speaker, Malcolm Gladwell, author of books including Outliers and David and Goliath. Anwar has his hands in many, many activities. In addition to writing, Anwar actively mentors youth, works to spread awareness of STEM careers, serves on the Board of Directors of the Friends of the David M. Brown Arlington Planetarium, serves as Treasurer for the JCSU Washington, DC Alumni Chapter, and is active in the Dave Ramsey Financial Peace Ministry at the Alfred Street Baptist Church. He also tutors in the subjects of biology, chemistry and physics. Along with his multi-talented older brother Amahl Dunbar (designer of the Big Words logos, inventor and a plethora of other things), Anwar is a “Fanboy” and really enjoys Science-Fiction and Superhero movies including but not restricted to Captain America Civil War, Batman vs. Superman: Dawn of Justice, and Prometheus. He is a proud native of Buffalo, NY.

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