Ideas from the kitchen, Your kitchen is filled with items that can be converted into décor pieces.
For most of us, the kitchen translates into food,
crockery, cutlery, tableware, and many other things. But never design
and decoration. Strangely, all kitchens are full of items that can be
used to spruce up your home. Here’s how:
•Pretty
mismatched glass plates that you seem to have no use for? Get them
together and group on a dead wall for a picture-perfect display. Or
else, try displaying a collection of silver trays/plates.
•Glass
jars and bottles can be put to good use. Get holes cut into them at a
glass store and bunch together a few. An electrician can run in a few
bulbs and wires, and you have a home-made chandelier that provides
stunning mood lighting.
•Old coffee mugs that keep
awaiting their turn? Pair them with contrasting plates and set them out
on the window sill or on the stairs. A little mud and a few plants, and
you have the prettiest herb garden.
•Bring out the
wine goblets and create a gorgeous flower display. Set out goblets down
the length of a dining table and insert pretty little floral bouquets in
each. Intersperse with votives for a night do.
•Tea
sets are an anachronism in the modern world, for who has the time to
pour out cups of tea? Bring out the tea pot, sugar stand and creamer and
use to display flowers or simple strands of green.
•Items
from the kitchen tend to provide great storage. Apart from the
ubiquitous jars and boxes, bring out a muffin pan to store earrings and
an ice tray to put away buttons.
•Forget about buying
votives. Raid the kitchen for clear jars and group an assortment on a
pretty tray. Stick in white candles and surround with stones/shells sand
greenery to create a pretty tableau. Small colanders and graters also
make good votives.
•Use coloured glasses to create a
strikingly festive and sophisticated display. Cluster together glasses
in a variety of shapes and colours in a vintage box or pretty tray, and
insert votives.
•Raid your child’s art closet and
paint the bottom section of your wooden flatware. Put the forks, spoons
and spatulas in a clear glass jar to cheer up the kitchen platform.
•Cake
plates and trays are so pretty, they’re ideal for decorating. Apart
from using them to show off flowers, use them as elevated soap stands in
the bathroom or jewellery stands on the dresser.
•Get out your cupcake liners, cut out into pretty flowers, and attach them to a string of lights.
Drape it across a painting or the TV set for instant glam.
http://www.thehindu.com/features/homes-and-gardens/ideas-from-the-kitchen/article7039616.ece
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