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Tips For Painting And Decorating Your Restaurant’s Kitchen

Styling the kitchen of your restaurant is vital because this is where production begins and ends. In fact, restaurant painting and decorating should start where the cooking is: at the kitchen. The design of the kitchen includes a bunch of other decorating stages, including choosing the paint colour, deciding the layout, and selecting the kitchen appliances. Effective kitchen design results in greater efficiency of kitchen staff, which translates to higher productivity and better quality.

Consider an overall design or theme. Kitchen design normally follows a basic pattern, which is then made extraordinary by the bits of detailing and styling. Communicate specific requirements with your painting contractors so that the outcome turns out exactly what you want and need for your restaurant. Work out the details from a basic design – the very foundation of the way you decorate your restaurant kitchen. The basic design likewise commands the other aspects or areas of your establishment, including the dining area, counter section, and restrooms.

When it comes to general design or theme, you actually have a long list of options. One of the common choice themes is white, which makes the restaurant looking tidy and spacious. If you want to evoke a classic, country appeal, go for browns and greens, or match white with blue. Professional decorators can offer suggestions on how best to decorate your kitchen. If you want a really impressive kitchen, go for the showy shades of red, yellow, orange or pink. For themes, you may want a Tuscan kitchen, a traditional Irish diner, or retro theme.

Painting and decorating the kitchen should be done with consideration for safety. Some paint gets damaged quickly when exposed to fire, heat, oil and water – which are common elements in the cooking area. Not all surfaces are best coated with paint; some are best covered in granite tile or marble tile, which are easier to clean and resist food spill damage. Some sections of the walls need backsplash that keeps walls dry and attractive regardless of the activities in the kitchen. However, synchronise the colour of your tiles, decors, furniture, equipment and paint to come up with a unified look.

Kitchen safety is enhanced with proper lighting and proper layout. Space and lighting are maximised or improved with your choice of paint colour. Dark colours can make your kitchen cramped and narrow while bright colours make it spacious and well-lit. Then too, colour helps create an ambiance for your restaurant that encourages appetite. It’s been found that the red, oranges and yellow makes an area cheerful and pleasant for cooking and dining. Painting and decorating your restaurant kitchen must be well-thought-out to make the area as efficient and attractive as you want it to be.

 

What Does the Future Hold for Kitchen Design?

One thing that’s missing from our favorite sci-fi movies and TV shows, more often than not, is footage of characters going about their business in the kitchen. Ever wonder what kind of products Captain Jean-Luc Picard picks up from his local kitchen cabinet dealer? Or how the titular time lord from “Doctor Who” makes his breakfast? Strangely, on the rare occasions when kitchens do make appearances in sci-fi, the outlook for food preparation looks disappointingly pessimistic. Consider the paste the crew of the Nebuchadnezzar eats for dinner in “The Matrix.” Yikes!

But looking at some of the progress that’s already been made in kitchen technology and decor, you can expect future kitchens in the real world to be something to look forward to. Compiled here is a list of a few examples for your viewing pleasure.

Stealthy White Kitchen

Arguably, the fourth kitchen featured on Pouted’s list of “Top 25 Futuristic Kitchens” should be listed further up the list. The source explains that the purpose of the sleek white decor is to keep all appliances hidden until they need to be used. At a glance, the cabinets are literally invisible. It’s definitely an ideal design for anyone with an affinity for a “space travel chic” type of style.

Z. Island Kitchen

The GizMag article that originally called attention to this innovative design ran in 2006, so ironically, it’s already a futuristic design from the past. Nonetheless, the Zaha Hadid-designed kitchen includes touch control panels, mechanisms that respond automatically to sounds and odors, something called “embedded heating membranes,” and even elaborate media-viewing devices. As for the kitchen cabinets, the design sports what the article describes as a “modular cabinet-wall system,” which probably isn’t as complicated to operate as it sounds.

Cloudy, White Cabinets

Perhaps it’s not every day that you see a kitchen cabinet that makes you say, “Whoa! That’s really cool looking,” but the second photo on Adorable Home’s set of futuristic kitchens might elicit just such a response. The set of cabinets and refrigerators aren’t exactly transparent – light that emanates from the back of the cabinets allows you to see shadows of what’s inside, while the cabinet exteriors softly glow.

Otherworldly Cabinet Tree

Meanwhile, the 10th photo on Adorable Home’s list of kitchens from the possible future features what appears to be a set of cabinets installed like a strange tree. The cabinets are connected around a post via what could be porcelain or plastic branches. It’s certainly a unique style and could be quite convenient if placed by the kitchen counter. No matter what someone preparing a meal needs for cooking, the necessary ingredients will always be at arm’s length.

To update your kitchen’s decor so you’re prepared for the next generation of cabinets or another utilities, don’t hesitate to reach out to a quality kitchen cabinet retailer to see the latest design options.