Travel Abroad in Your Own Kitchen!
Bring Exotic Destination Designs to Your Home with World-Inspired Custom Kitchen Cabinets
How often have you stayed in a Five Star hotel and didn’t like the décor? Most frequent travelers will answer “not often”, because the best hotels rely on experts who know how to incorporate clean, sophisticated designs with functionality and draw upon the local flavor to create ambiance. The goal of the professional decorator is that their guests’ hotel experiences will be as nice, or nicer, than staying in their own homes. Ensconced in a beautiful hotel in an exotic locale, surrounded by luxury, it’s hard to imagine why one wouldn’t want to bring that feeling home.
Bringing the high-end hotel experience to your home design is easier than you might think. It starts with the kitchen, the keystone of home décor – and with the custom cabinetry, where design meets functionality. Here are a few tips to “traveling abroad” in your own kitchen:
1. Pick one geographic location that inspires you. Though you may be well traveled and have eclectic tastes, putting everything you like in one room makes for a hectic design. Everything in the hotel you love is intended to work in harmony, and your home design should be the same. This is no less important than in the kitchen where it’s easy to confuse design elements because there are so many appliances, gadgets and tools to integrate into your overall theme. Choose a locale that speaks to you and focus your efforts to bring it to life.
2. Recognize the influence of the room. For those who love to cook, or to gather, in the kitchen, you probably recognize that this room is a primary feature of your home. If you choose to make this room a showplace, recognize that your kitchen design should flow out from that room to its surroundings. For example, if your kitchen décor is inspired by a trip to Bangkok and the amazing hotel you stayed at there, go with striking, exotic wood looks in the kitchen and then remember to carry that theme throughout the home, in both color palette and accessories for a natural fluidity that makes sense.
3. Start with the cabinetry and design out. The key to strong design is to select one or two elements that you love and design out from there. For example, if you love your Parisian sofa in the living room, start with that piece and what is special about it, and then coordinate your walls and floors to compliment that special element. When it comes to custom cabinets, the concept is the same. If you love Asian design, consider Asian Teak Cabinets and Bangkok Teak Cabinets for the serenity of an interior that emphasizes elegant simplicity.
4. Keep it Clear of Clutter. One of the best things about a well-appointed hotel is that it generally isn’t filled with all the odds and ends that come with life. When a guest walks into his room, fresh after a visit from housekeeping, everything is in its proper place. This luxury, whether in a hotel in Europe, Asia or somewhere else you’ve traveled, can translate into home design as easily as the world-inspired elements you take from those places. In the kitchen, the layout of your kitchen cabinets and drawers, and the ease of functionality and access to them, are as important as the style, material and color of the cabinets in the overall scheme.
The Five Star hotel experience is achievable in your home design when you know your tastes. For more about World-Inspired custom cabinets, see our Legend collection for clean, exotic wood looks that will take you back to your favorite travel destination each and every time you step in your kitchen.
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