New World kitchen

Wall colour
Paint the walls sage green and rusty-red ochre to create a welcoming feel and a friendly kitchen.

Kitchen cabinets
Update the units by attaching new cupboard doors that resemble stable doors. Paint them red and fix wooden spoons on to the doors to act as handles. Remember to leave a small gap behind the spoons, so you can grab the handle and open the door.

Clock
Make a new kitchen clock from a sieve. Carefully drill a hole through the centre of the sieve and fix the clock workings in place.

Complete the look
Dress the room with simple accessories, such as birdhouses that are painted to match the room.

Romantic Kitchen

Bring the window architecture into the design
Add curved arches to the top of your windows to enhance the romantic feel of the room. If you have radiators under your windows, why not convert them into attractive window seats.

Use romantic accessories to enhance the design
To complete the romantic look, position a delicate chandelier in the centre of the room. A light feminine chandelier with a leafy design works especially well in this romantic room. Use soft fabrics and tapestries to give the room a rich opulent feel.

Cool Contemporary Kitchen

Kitchen table
Paint the kitchen table a similar shade to the walls and use the accent colour as a border on the table. Once the main colour is painted and dry, carefully mask out the border roughly 5cm in from the edge and paint it dark blue.

Curtains
You need to keep as much light in a room as possible. Use thin white muslin curtains to achieve this. An easy way to smarten up plain curtains is to buy a small amount of a coloured fabric and simply edge the curtains with it.

Corner shelves
Check the angle of the corner. The best way to do this is, is to make a paper template and use it to cut out a triangular shelf from MDF. Prime and paint in the usual manner and fix onto the wall using shelf brackets.