If your funds for a new kitchen are limited then a simple white or wood effect kitchen will look good and offer you the best value. Many of the home DIY stores have flat packed, fairly easy to assemble kitchens units at very reasonable prices and usually can also offer the services of a professional kitchen planner. Make sure though that they are selling what you know to be your requirements rather than what they know to have the best commission for them. If you have decided to opt for the all white kitchen, then to add a touch of warmth, go for the light wood effect worktops.
Keeping the units as plain as possible will help to keep the costs down - it’s very easy to dress up a kitchen with decorative accessories when it’s done and dusted. Fresh flowers or plants are one of the most pleasing finishing touches for a kitchen and collecting odd or interesting bits and pieces from junk shops or a car boot sale can be very effective with minimal costs. Even just displaying your kitchen utensils and equipment rather than keeping it hidden in cupboards and drawers will fill a gap that needs a bit of attention.
Roller Blinds are a very functional and very reasonably priced, compact and easy care which is ideal for kitchen windows. They are available in a kaleidoscope of colours so you can be fantastically creative by using a high impact colour such as the Tamara Deep Red Roller Blind or retain a sense of space by choosing a kitchen blind with a vertical stripe such as the Gloucester Orange Spice Roller Blind. White is very adaptable for old or new kitchens, your choice of white colours within the spectrum of white should be influenced by the amount of daylight your kitchen gets each day. The warm whites for the walls as well as the windows will be ideal in a small kitchen that needs a touch of colour if sunlight is limited such as the Stratford White Roller Blind whereas a bright white blind like the Chantilly White Roller Blind in a small sunny kitchen will open up the space, making the kitchen feel larger.
If your kitchen is linked to an adjoining room such as the dining room, the chances are that the door will be always left open between the rooms, so it is best to continue the choice of colours in your kitchen through to the adjoining room to ensure continuity. A roman blind at the kitchen window will often be more interesting in appearance than a roller blind, looking especially striking if twinned with curtains in a similar colouring at the windows of the adjoining room.
