The Cabinet Design Tip That Ties Your Whole Kitchen Together

When you're designing a new kitchen, you'll need to carefully balance textures and colors so the primary elements of your space complement one another. Backsplash tiles should align neatly with countertops. Appliances, sink taps, and hardware will, in ideal circumstances, look collectively cohesive. Cabinets, meanwhile, are components of the kitchen that should knit together the design of the entire room. Their graining and paint colors add a lot of character to the space. For the sake of visual variance, some homeowners are also replacing or covering their cabinet doors with curtains. While this might seem like an old-fashioned design choice, it has actually come back into style in recent years. There are endless patterns and colors to work with, and it's a great DIY solution for open cabinets that adds practical hidden storage. Plus, you can hang up cabinet curtains that match the window curtains in your kitchen. This is an especially fantastic way to give the heart of your home a more unified look.

Cabinet curtains have a soft, classic aesthetic that makes them perfect for traditional farmhouse-style kitchens. They're significantly less expensive than new cabinet doors as well, and they're great for hiding clutter. Their ability to match up with your window coverings, however, is one of their most exciting benefits. This sort of arrangement allows you to imbue your kitchen with your own specific design preferences and personality. Cabinets curtains are also a fantastic choice if you're seeking to give your overly-modern kitchen more vintage charm.

The easiest way to get matching cabinet and window curtains is to select a new fabric for both. Make sure to pick one that's easily washable, and durable enough to stand up to the kitchen's humidity. Cotton is a good choice thanks to its breathability and widespread availability. Polyester is also an excellent option since it resists wrinkles and lasts for a long time. Also, you may want to avoid lighter-colored fabrics, such as those with yellow or white backgrounds, as they will more likely show food or liquid stains if something spills when you're cooking or cleaning. Make sure to pick a pattern that looks nice alongside your cabinet paint colors, and don't be afraid to try out bolder designs since curtains often serve as accent pieces within your kitchen, rather than cornerstones of the space's design. Some of the kitchen color combos that home designers love are made up of really bold shades too.

Putting up your kitchen window curtains is usually quite easy, but hanging up cabinet curtains can be a bit trickier. The simplest solution is usually to put a tension rod on the inside of the cabinet, and hang the curtains from it. You might also prefer to opt for a curtain wire with hooks. Or, you could install a copper rod and some curtain brackets in place of a traditional curtain rod on the face frames of the cabinets, after removing the doors.