Home Decorating: Beautifying Your Kitchen with Plantation Shutters London

As most of us spend a lot of time in the kitchen, it is essential to keep it looking good – and  installing plantation shutters from London-based Bespoke Shutters will enhance the room. When entertaining, you might want to keep guests out of the kitchen, but in practice they will often end up coming in to talk to you while you are cooking, or even to help with washing up. So the appearance of this room is just as important as that of areas like the living room.

As well as looking good, it is also obviously vital that your kitchen functions well and is logically laid out, so that you don't lose a lot of time when preparing food. Whether your kitchen is contemporary or traditional, plantation shutters are a great choice, and London firm Bespoke Shutters has a range of styles to suit your interior.

Café-style louvre shutters are especially popular for kitchens, as a stylish and practical alternative to net curtains. The shutters are very versatile and give privacy, as you can open a window to air the room and get rid of cooking smells while still having the slats closed so people can't see in from outside. Also, shutters will not absorb odours as curtains do, and will prove much easier to keep clean, which is especially vital in a kitchen area.

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Getting the Right Look for Your Kitchen

If you are designing a kitchen from scratch, then you will plan the space and ensure that all the elements work together well. Equally, if you are adding to or enhancing an existing kitchen, then you will want to make sure that the items you are adding improve the look and functionality of the whole. Installing shutters will work well either way, providing privacy while helping to give the whole room a lift and toning with your décor. Plantation shutters from our range are the ideal choice, whether you are having a whole new kitchen installed or just making some alterations to an existing one, such as installing new fronts or worktops for existing units.

Traditional Kitchen

You don't have to live in a farmhouse, or even in the country, to hanker for a traditional rustic kitchen. Many people in towns and cities are equally keen on this type of design, which could include distressed pine or oak units and perhaps even an antique style dresser, as well as tiled or brick floors. Shutters at the window are all part of the effect.

You could either opt for a natural wood finish or for painted units, while including finishing touches like cast iron handles will give an extra touch of class. Window shutters will also work well with this type of look. For instance, you might decide on shutters in a natural wood finish if you have a lot of wood in your kitchen, or you might prefer painted shutters with a shade to match your walls, tiles and worktops. We have a wide choice of colours in our range and can match any shade of paintwork.

Contemporary Kitchen

Clean lines are key to a modern kitchen's look, and installing plantation shutters can contribute to this. A room of this type will often be fitted out with gleaming white or grey units and a lot of steel and glass to add to the hi-tech appearance. You might also want to include a white breakfast bar complete with black stools.

A single bright colour could also be used to add interest to the room, perhaps with some units or tiling in green, red or orange to contrast with the stark monochrome. Modern industrial-style lighting is another feature which can add to the look, along with a black, white or grey tiled floor. Island units are another popular item to include.

Unlike net curtains, shutters will go perfectly with this type of kitchen, as their streamlined style is in perfect keeping with a contemporary theme. We have a wide range of options, so you could choose shutters painted in black or white or a bright colour, or select natural wood, which will go well with modern as well as traditional design themes.

Kitchen-Diner

Some houses have a larger kitchen, with an open-plan area also including a dining section If your house is laid out like this, you may want to have a different type of look for the kitchen and diner, but at the same time it is important that they go well together. So, for instance, you might have a wooden dining table in the same shade as the wood of your kitchen units. You could either choose the same type of shutters throughout, or have different ones in the different areas of the room, such as louvred café shutters in the kitchen section and full-length shutters if there is a large window in the diner area.

About Bespoke Shutters

If you are looking for plantation shutters in the London area, then Bespoke Shutters have a wide selection which is bound to meet your requirements. Get in touch now to find out more about our range, which includes solid and bathroom shutters and will suit all shapes and sizes of window.

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