14 Ways to Make Your Kitchen Sing in Spring
Bring cheer into your kitchen this season with these spring-inspired makeover and decor ideas
No doubt spring is a magical time of year. The bees are buzzing, birds are chirping and the garden is in full bloom. With so much transformation and beauty surrounding us, spring is the perfect time to refresh and revive the heart and hub of every home, the kitchen. To help you welcome and incorporate the sights and smells of spring into your kitchen, we’ve gathered some tips to get you ready for the start of a new season.
2. Fill the room with perfume and melodies
Bring in bunches of flowers and herbs from the garden or pick them up from the local market. They’ll give a kitchen an instant colour lift and if you choose bouquets with a scent, your kitchen will also smell divine. Set up a stereo system or simple radio to keep the tunes humming too.
Bring in bunches of flowers and herbs from the garden or pick them up from the local market. They’ll give a kitchen an instant colour lift and if you choose bouquets with a scent, your kitchen will also smell divine. Set up a stereo system or simple radio to keep the tunes humming too.
3. Borrow Nanna’s style
Take inspiration from granny’s style and add in feminine and flirty vintage-inspired textiles to dress your kitchen tables. Add charming and quirky touches like crocheted tablecloths, vibrant table runners, cute doilies, colourful cushions, patterned blinds, retro floor rugs, jazzy tea-cosies, lace napkins and/or floral curtains for a romantic old-world feel.
Vintage finds at Grandma’s house
Take inspiration from granny’s style and add in feminine and flirty vintage-inspired textiles to dress your kitchen tables. Add charming and quirky touches like crocheted tablecloths, vibrant table runners, cute doilies, colourful cushions, patterned blinds, retro floor rugs, jazzy tea-cosies, lace napkins and/or floral curtains for a romantic old-world feel.
Vintage finds at Grandma’s house
4. Rise and shine
Enjoy any outdoor views and a fresh spring breeze by setting up a small breakfast table and chair setting near a kitchen window. Sit here to savour a morning coffee, linger over breakfast or to chat to whoever else is with you.
Enjoy any outdoor views and a fresh spring breeze by setting up a small breakfast table and chair setting near a kitchen window. Sit here to savour a morning coffee, linger over breakfast or to chat to whoever else is with you.
5. Let breezes blow
Don’t wait till summer to open up your bi-fold, pivot or overhead windows to allow fresh air to waft in and out of your kitchen.
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Don’t wait till summer to open up your bi-fold, pivot or overhead windows to allow fresh air to waft in and out of your kitchen.
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6. Add a pretty please
Add candy-coloured accessories or homewares to lift and freshen up a neutral or all-white kitchen. Splash out on pastel kitchen accessories for a sweet colour boost. With appliances, cookware, oven mitts, tea towels, salt and pepper grinders and more on offer, there’s no limit to the amount of pretty colours you could bring into your stylish spring kitchen.
Add candy-coloured accessories or homewares to lift and freshen up a neutral or all-white kitchen. Splash out on pastel kitchen accessories for a sweet colour boost. With appliances, cookware, oven mitts, tea towels, salt and pepper grinders and more on offer, there’s no limit to the amount of pretty colours you could bring into your stylish spring kitchen.
7. Paint it pastel
If you’re into DIY, give an old timber dining table, chairs or stool a colourful new lease on life by painting them in a favourite pastel hue. Go for baby pink, lilac, fresh mint or happy yellow shades to really make your pastel features pop.
If you’re into DIY, give an old timber dining table, chairs or stool a colourful new lease on life by painting them in a favourite pastel hue. Go for baby pink, lilac, fresh mint or happy yellow shades to really make your pastel features pop.
8. Fill a teapot (but not with tea)
Forget traditional glass and porcelain vases this spring. Add charm and interest to your kitchen by displaying your favourite fresh blooms in unconventional containers. Try a teapot, wine bottle, jug, watering can, empty tomato tin or even an old pair of gumboots (just be sure to check they’re watertight first!)
Forget traditional glass and porcelain vases this spring. Add charm and interest to your kitchen by displaying your favourite fresh blooms in unconventional containers. Try a teapot, wine bottle, jug, watering can, empty tomato tin or even an old pair of gumboots (just be sure to check they’re watertight first!)
9. Fashion a filmy pendant light
Add some serious personality and fun to your kitchen with the addition of one or two colourful pendant lights. Pretty pink fabric shades can soften a clinical kitchen and provide the perfect accessory for a feminine theme.
Add some serious personality and fun to your kitchen with the addition of one or two colourful pendant lights. Pretty pink fabric shades can soften a clinical kitchen and provide the perfect accessory for a feminine theme.
10. Look above to hook and hang
For a cheery industrial look, add kitchen accessories and fixtures in bright mismatched colours, such as these enamelled metal pendants. If they are fairly new or well looked after, you can also hang pots and pans from wall hooks or from an overhead rack to give the space a sense of being a well-used kitchen.
For a cheery industrial look, add kitchen accessories and fixtures in bright mismatched colours, such as these enamelled metal pendants. If they are fairly new or well looked after, you can also hang pots and pans from wall hooks or from an overhead rack to give the space a sense of being a well-used kitchen.
11. Plant herbs galore
Bring fresh aromatic green herbs into the kitchen in hanging pots, herb stands or a bench planter box. Think how handy it’ll be to have tasty herbs close at hand when cooking up delicious spring salads and roast dinners. Plus, particularly fragrant varieties like rosemary, coriander and lavender will act as a natural air freshener, making your kitchen smell lovely all season long.
Grow your own kitchen herb garden
Bring fresh aromatic green herbs into the kitchen in hanging pots, herb stands or a bench planter box. Think how handy it’ll be to have tasty herbs close at hand when cooking up delicious spring salads and roast dinners. Plus, particularly fragrant varieties like rosemary, coriander and lavender will act as a natural air freshener, making your kitchen smell lovely all season long.
Grow your own kitchen herb garden
12. Hang wow-worthy wallpaper
Go bold in your kitchen by adding a vibrantly patterned, whimsical or floral wallpaper. But don’t go overboard, you only need to cover one wall to get the happy effect of warming up a plain kitchen.
Go bold in your kitchen by adding a vibrantly patterned, whimsical or floral wallpaper. But don’t go overboard, you only need to cover one wall to get the happy effect of warming up a plain kitchen.
13. Push the power of pattern
For a more elegant look, opt for a subtly patterned wallpaper that complements other colours in the kitchen. If you’re papering near the sink or stove, don’t forget to apply a wallpaper sealer to create a water-resistant barrier to protect the paper from splashes.
For a more elegant look, opt for a subtly patterned wallpaper that complements other colours in the kitchen. If you’re papering near the sink or stove, don’t forget to apply a wallpaper sealer to create a water-resistant barrier to protect the paper from splashes.
14. Marvel at metallics
If a kitchen overhaul is on the cards this spring, go for gold by introducing fabulous metallic features to your kitchen. Think a polished gold splashback with a mirror shine, brass stools, pressed metal ceilings, brushed brass tapware, copper pots and kettles, or on-trend rose gold pendant lights.
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If a kitchen overhaul is on the cards this spring, go for gold by introducing fabulous metallic features to your kitchen. Think a polished gold splashback with a mirror shine, brass stools, pressed metal ceilings, brushed brass tapware, copper pots and kettles, or on-trend rose gold pendant lights.
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How do you welcome spring into your kitchen? Share your tips in the Comments below.
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First things first, clean out and organise your kitchen and pantry. Get rid of any broken utensils and damaged cookware. Rid your pantry, fridge and freezer of expired products, kept leftovers and ancient frozen meals. Clean the oven, stove and range hood, wipe down cabinets, cutlery holders, fridge shelves, splashbacks and appliances.
Take your spring cleaning to the next level by organising drawers and rationalising your pantry for easier access to ingredients. Bring in matching jars and baskets for storing ingredients for a satisfyingly cohesive look. Now you have a sparkling clean and hyper-organised kitchen.