There’s a lot more to kitchen design than just layout, appliances and colour palettes. It’s the finishing touches, like textures, that really bring your kitchen to life. While a specific colour palette can help to create the overall mood and feel for your kitchen, it’s textures that create visual interest and add character and dimension.
From laminate and vinyl to stone and concrete and steel and tile…. there are plenty of textures to choose from; it’s just finding the right ones to complement your desired look.
A modern monochromatic kitchen would be very boring if it wasn’t for a mix of textures like gloss and granite to bring it alive. In fact, in any kitchen, it’s ideal to mix three or four textures to keep things interesting.
This is perhaps one of the reasons why the country kitchen look continues to remain popular. Its mix of stone, wood, and architectural details – like exposed brick, beams and rafters – create real ambience and character, making the kitchen a room that families really want to spend time in.
There are plenty of ways you can add textures to your kitchen for an interesting ambience – and you needn’t have an expert there to help you with it (although we’ve got to admit that does help!)
Functional and stylish, the tile splashback makes cleaning spills and splatters easy and creates a contrast against your gloss or matte painted walls. Furthermore, you can personalise the splashback with colours and patterns to suit your kitchen style.
Natural stone or brick walls can add a rustic contrast to your wooden cabinets and furnishings. They add a unique focal point to the room and can turn a traditional kitchen into wow-factor country kitchen. Even if your home is fairly modern, the Kitchen Design Centre team can still add beams and brick wall features to help you achieve your desired look.
Sometimes it’s easy to forget about the role your kitchen floor plays in kitchen design, but your floor, along with lighting, can have a dramatic impact on your overall look.
While carpets are out of the question, you could opt for titles – which come in a variety of styles and can be laid in a variety of patterns to suit your taste. Wood flooring, available in tiles or boards, stone or slate flooring, or just laminate – which offers a multitude of design possibilities while being simple to install and cheap – also offer great alternatives.
A sleek, smooth design can still be made interesting. By incorporating textures like steel and glass tiles, or a single sheet of glass on a splashback, you can still create fabulous focal points that really bring your kitchen to life.
To begin planning your new kitchen, why not take a trip to one of our North West kitchen showrooms? We’ll be able to give you a guided tour of some of our favourite kitchen designs and can discuss which styles and textures would best meet your needs. You can find your nearest Kitchen Design Centre on our contact page.
Another fabulous @neff_home cooking demo at our Failsworth, Manchester showroom last weekend. Head to our bio to find out how you can join our next one.
🌟 Huge congratulations to Paul Harrington and Simon Thomas for their incredible wins at the NEFF Awards on Friday night! 🏆👏
🥇 Best Kitchen Design Under £30k – WINNER: Paul Harrington
🥇 Best Use of an Island Solution – WINNER: Simon Thomas (Award collected by Rowan on Simon’s behalf)
Simon couldn’t be there on the night, but Rowan proudly accepted the award as KDC’s EOT Employee Director. 🙌
Entering awards like this takes time, passion, and serious talent — and these wins are a testament to the amazing designers we have in our team. We’re proud of what Paul and Simon have achieved and how they’ve represented KDC so brilliantly. 💪
The event, held at the beautiful Fairmont Hotel near Windsor, had a fun garden party & festival vibe — complete with acrobats, a ceremony hosted by Alex Jones from The One Show, and a silent disco that kept the celebrations going well into the night. 🎪🎉🕺
What a night, what a team. Let’s aim even higher next time! 💫
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Exciting News! 🌟
We’re proud to announce that we’ve been named finalists in not one, but THREE categories at the upcoming NEFF MasterPartner Awards:
🏅 Best Kitchen Design Under £30K – Paul Harrington
🏅 Best Use of an Island Solution – Simon Thomas
🏅 MasterPartner of the Year – submitted by Will Hustler
This prestigious design competition, run by NEFF, invited entries from all over the UK—and we’re thrilled to be recognised among the best in the industry.
🎉 The winners will be revealed at the awards ceremony on Friday 4th July—fingers crossed!
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