There is no denying that oak kitchens are a beautiful, warm and inviting addition to any home, and choosing to buy worktops or cabinets accordingly is likely to leave one with an extremely appealing kitchen. However, simply adding in new cabinets, new doors or new worktops alone could also serve to leave a kitchen looking and feeling confused and as such it will make sense to first understand how to alter your kitchen’s interior design to best accommodate oak.
An oak kitchen will be both aesthetically pleasing and practical, being easy to maintain and even easy to change over the years. Whilst the colour of the wood itself may give you a good idea of how your kitchen should look, you will of course be able to stain the wood should you so wish to bring out slightly different accents in the room as a whole.
Of course, it will even be possible to paint solid oak kitchen cabinets should you so wish, although doing so may see you lose some of the original beauty the wood offered in the first place. However, for those who want the practical attributes and timeless beauty of oak without having to change the kitchen design as a whole, this will be a very simple option.
For those who love oak for its natural beauty, considering what alterations to make in the kitchen may be an important first step. Ultimately, if you want a rustic, country feel to your kitchen, it will be a case of the more wood you have, the better. In turn, whether you add in wooden clocks, wooden wine racks or even wooden utensil pots, the more wood, the merrier.
When it comes to your walls though, you will need to consider what colours will best fit your new oak kitchen. In fact, in the majority of cases, simply repainting will be all it will take to ensure that solid oak kitchens fit perfectly in the context of the room you (or someone else) had already created.
Blues, greens, greys and whites all work extremely well with natural oak. Whilst such colours will be the perfect ones to look at first when considering repainting to accommodate an oak kitchen, you may also want to consider using such colours in furnishings and decorative flourishes too.
Of course, flooring, backsplash and appliances will all need to be considered as well, but if you opt for these colours you on your walls, you are likely to find that your kitchen instantly appears a great deal more cohesive and that choosing a colour for backsplashes and the like will also be a great deal easier in the process should they need to be changed.
By using undertones with flooring or even backsplash that will compliment the colours you choose for your wall and the oak itself, you will then find you have the perfect kitchen – one that is beautiful and practical, whilst looking like one finished cohesive room as opposed to a mix and match of styles chosen for many different reasons.
