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Contemporary Interior Design - Interior Design and Photography - Kitchen Creativity - Part 4
We all like to see a kitchen with a clean design and plenty of food preparation areas but how many people give a thought to filling the wall space with art. Kitchen décor can be relaxing or it can ooze high tech frenetic energy. It can be clean, white and bright or rich with earth tones and traditional pottery colours.
The important thing is that your kitchen is well lit. There is nothing worse than trying to see if food is cooked by the light of a cooker hood. Fit concealed lighting, ultra modern track lighting or more conventional wall lights; but make sure you have enough to light up every corner – hey it makes the cleaning easier too!
The right photograph can add a new dimension to your kitchen
Every great kitchen needs some kind of a theme and although food is the obvious choice you might want to think a little way out of the box. What about the places your favourite food comes from? Subtle images of Spanish streets will bring recollections of meals you have eaten there. Unforgettable paella and jugs of sangria brimming with fruit often look better in your memory than on your kitchen walls.
How about Italian landscapes. Images of Venice and Rome will conjure their own memories of balmy evenings and those exquisite pasta meals. The sharp smell of red wine and the flickering candlelight will jump from your memory, prompted by the Tuscan landscape on the wall.
Pull together your favourite travel images and think about the meals that went with them. Just remember one key point: all the images you choose will need to be washable to prevent a grubby build up of cooking grease. It is probably time to consult a photographic expert to get some advice on washable media.
Advances in photographic printing bring a whole new set of possibilities to the table
Check out the latest developments in photographic printing. It is now possible to have your images printed onto washable surfaces like Perspex and even stainless steel. The new technology isn’t too expensive and offers a clear set of advantages over conventional paper images.
You might also want to explore the idea of using your images printed onto clear film. This gives the impression that your photograph is floating inside glass. Used with imagination this amazing technology could inspire interior design at its absolute best and will create a guaranteed talking point for your first dinner party.
The real advantage of new technology is that there are no borders, in other words, nobody knows all of the things that can be done with it by an enterprising interior designer. Clear film used within a dividing wall or as a partition between a kitchen and dining area looks stunning and in addition lets light through to otherwise dark corners.
Perspex panels set into a handmade wooden cabinet could be the ideal way to display a set of futuristic images; or if that doesn’t appeal then think more conventionally about using photographic prints on perspex panels as cupboard doors. Whatever images you decide to use and whatever medium you have them printed on always remember why you used them. Your memories are what make the best interior design ideas work.
Interior Design & Photography - Part 1
Interior Design & the Photograph - Part 2
Interior Design & the Photograph - Part 3
