11 creative ideas for Kitchen-Wall Decoration
Next to the living room and bedroom, the kitchen is the place of well-being where people cook, eat and laugh together. It is therefore all the more important that this room radiates just as much cosiness as the rest of the four walls. In this magazine article, we tell you how to set the right scene for your kitchen. Which wall decorations are suitable for the kitchen and are there any kitchen decorations that exactly match your interior design style and taste? Finally, we present DIY ideas for projects that you can implement quickly and easily.
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How to make the wall design in your kitchen a success
While the wall in the living room is lovingly designed, the wall decoration for the kitchen is usually very functional. Yet the kitchen is a place of encounter and creativity. We provide you with original ideas that will make your kitchen wall an eye-catcher. We have put together a few practical tips to ensure that steaming pots and wall decorations harmonise in the kitchen:
- Make sure that the wall decoration is protected from fumes, water splashes and stains. Do not place them in the immediate vicinity of the cooker, but on the opposite wall. Decorative tiles to stick on, on the other hand, act as splash protection.
- They stimulate the appetite and make you want to use the wooden spoon: Bright colours and images of fruit, vegetables or pasta & co.
- When choosing the colour of your wall decoration, take your cue from the rest of your kitchen furnishings. In this way, you create a coherent concept that matches everything from glass to plates to wall colour.
- The kitchen fronts take up most of the space in the kitchen. A harmonious overall picture is created when the wall decoration is coordinated with it. Splashes of colour add an interesting contrast to rather cool furniture such as stainless steel or marble, while wall decorations made of natural materials and soft colours complete wooden kitchens.
- A matching room concept results in an adjoining dining room, which is in the same decorative style as the kitchen.
- For small kitchens, opt for light colours for the wall design. These make the room look larger. Do without small-scale wall decorations and instead create an overarching theme with coordinated picture series or a statement piece.
Great tips and tricks to beautify your kitchen
There are many options when it comes to choosing your personal kitchen decoration for the wall: whether straightforward with cool wall accessories such as wall clocks and memo boards for factually furnished kitchens or artistically designed with paintings and wall sculptures – there is a suitable design idea for every taste and need. We present our favourites to you.
Foil tiles as splash protection
Who hasn’t experienced the situation? You get your dream flat and everything seems to fit, except for the old-fashioned kitchen tiles that are past their prime. Before you start thinking about painstaking renovation work, we have a solution that is cheap, quick and also really beautiful: stick-on tiles can be applied over the old kitchen backsplash in no time at all and can also be removed again without leaving any residue when you move out. Your kitchen not only appears in new splendour, this waterproof wall decoration made of glass or plastic also serves as a practical splash guard when cooking. The tiles are available in different designs, particularly beautiful are Mediterranean ornaments reminiscent of the tile art of Portugal or in a noble marble look.
Functional wall decoration
Why not combine the beautiful with the useful? This is an excellent option for wall decoration in the kitchen. Mount sturdy wooden boards on your kitchen wall and decorate it with beautiful ceramics from your last holiday, nostalgic storage jars, fragrant herb pots or colourful glasses and cups. These not only have a practical use, but are also decorative highlights full of individuality.
By the way: An alternative to wooden boards are small wooden boxes or shelves that make your personal belongings always at hand and bring them into focus like a picture frame.
Pictures, photographs and posters
Framed pictures, posters or photographs have long since made their way into the kitchen and lend individual charm to the heart of the home. Depending on the furnishings and style of your kitchen, there are no limits to the choice of motifs. Culinary motifs that stimulate the appetite bring even more fun to cooking.
KunstLoft offers you paintings with hand-painted fruit motifs: pineapples with accents in golden shine, lemons in bright yellow and pomegranates bring both artistic pleasure and healthy vitamins into the kitchen. Witty modern-style alternatives are posters with graphics showing different types of pasta, cocktails or coffee preparation methods.
Tip: Different framed pictures can be arranged nicely on a picture rail and exchanged flexibly.
Wall plates and wall sculptures
For those who prefer something more extravagant, KunstLoft offers a diverse selection of exquisite wall sculptures. Fish sculptures conjure up Mediterranean flair on your kitchen wall, while wall decorations in the form of flowers or trees radiate a meditative calm that is beneficial when preparing food. The special thing about these high-quality wall decorations is the handmade quality and that the wall sculpture always has new facets in store for you due to the 3D character and the incidence of light.
Wall plates, on the other hand, create an atmosphere full of cosiness. In recent years, this wall decoration has experienced a revival and makes especially modern kitchens look cosier. Discover decorative wall plates in a colourful look or with well-known motifs from art history, such as the kiss by Gustav Klimt or the water lily pond by the artist Claude Monet.
Organisational helper
Punctuality and time are very important in the kitchen: Whether it’s the right timing for cooking or sharing a meal with the family. Wall clocks are not only an important tool for time management, but also a beautiful eye-catcher that does not take up too much space and upgrades the kitchen in no time. Another organisational aid are memo boards – modern pin boards made of metal or a magnetic board that store important notes, slips of paper, special photos and memories.
Find the perfect wall decoration for your interior style
It doesn’t always have to be a new kitchen. Just a few new decorative elements will give your kitchen wall design a completely new look. We present ideas for wall decoration with a wow effect for every interior style.
Modern and Minimalist
Here, less is often more. So that it doesn’t become boring, make a statement by making one wall the focus of the design and keeping the rest of the kitchen design rather plain. This can be achieved with a new wall colour, for example. Pastel shades such as lilac, lemon yellow or sage green bring freshness to your kitchen and are not as dominant as bright colours.
Tip: Aligned with the wall colour, you can keep your crockery in the same colour family, which brings additional harmony.
Another idea for turning a simple wall into an eye-catcher is wallpaper in industrial design. Motifs that are particularly suitable for kitchens kept minimalist are designs with a brick look or wallpapers with a marble and concrete texture. These transport urban nonchalance into your kitchen with their rough chic. If you don’t want to invest so much time but are looking for a no less effective decorating idea, wall clocks in Scandi style are just the thing for you. Minimalist timepieces that stand out for their purist design and functionality match the clarity of modern kitchens.
Monochrome, framed photographs of your favourite motif as well as posters in bright colours with fruits and other delicacies also give your kitchen an original update.
Country House
Most people associate cosiness and rustic charm with a country kitchen. The display of nostalgic kitchen utensils on wooden boards, such as pots and pans made of copper, rustic chopping boards or bowls made of enamel, contribute to the said cosiness.
Pictures with romantic motifs such as flowers in pastel shades, landscapes of meadows and forests as well as images of deer, underline the nostalgia factor. At KunstLoft you will find an exclusive selection of acrylic paintings with nature motifs that will go wonderfully with your country house kitchen and create stylish accents.
Antique school cards with illustrations of foodstuffs such as different types of vegetables or fruit also bring with them the magic of a bygone era and complement kitchens in vintage style in a special way.
For those who want to save money: Wall plates with ornaments and tendrils are a cheap alternative to classic wall decorations, just like retro tin signs, as they can usually be found for little money at flea markets and antique shops.
Boho
The connection to nature is emphasised in this style of living. Natural materials and lots of greenery are eye-catchers in a boho kitchen.
The love of plants is visible here – whether as hanging plants dangling in baskets from the ceiling or wall with macramé pendants or a plant shelf made of wood or rattan that offers the green friends an appropriate display space. Macramé is not only available as plant hangers, but also as dream catchers or wall hangings. This wall decoration is mainly in soft natural tones such as white, grey and beige and harmonises perfectly with kitchens with wooden elements and kitchen decorations from botany.
For fans of the boho style who don’t have a green thumb, it doesn’t have to be real plants. Prints and paintings with jungle motifs, leaves and palm trees also bring happiness to the kitchen.
Tip: Immerse yourself in the world of botany in the form of elegant black-and-white photographs that showcase blooming beauties or jungle vibes on acrylic paintings.
Mediterranean
Kitchens decorated in a Mediterranean style create a holiday mood. With our ideas, you can conjure up an additional summer feeling on your kitchen wall.
The right wall colour can go a long way in this style of living, because colour has been proven to lift the spirits. While a soft yellow will make you think of sunny summer days, a light blue will bring back memories of your last holiday with the sea and cloudless sky.
Another way to make your wall summer-ready is with wall sculptures in the shape of fish, shells and seahorses. These conjure up a Mediterranean atmosphere in your kitchen in no time at all and are also nice souvenirs from your last holiday experience.
Natural wall decorations in ethnic style, such as wall plates made of woven plant fibres in beige and brown shades and wall tiles with colourful decorations, known in Portugal as azulejo tiles, honour the craftsmanship of southern countries and fit perfectly into the scheme of a Mediterranean-decorated kitchen.
Glowing citrus fruits, a lighthouse behind which the vast sea stretches or white-blue houses in Santorini – paintings and posters with these motifs inspire and comfort that the next trip to the south is still in the distant future.
Discover the sea: let yourself be inspired by our selection of summer and holiday motifs on KunstLoft.
Quick and easy to implement: DIY-Ideas for your kitchen wall
Beautiful wall decorations for your kitchen don’t always have to be expensive. Individual favourite pieces can also be easily made yourself. Here are some ideas that will make your kitchen wall unique.
Pictures made from dried flowers
Place meadow flowers and grasses such as poppies, daisies, heather and lavender between two sheets of paper or kitchen paper and weigh them down with a book. The drying process can then take up to three weeks. Then carefully arrange the dried flowers on the inside of a double glass frame. An elegant frame completes the wall decoration.
Chalkboard wall as an organiser
Design your kitchen wall as a writable noteboard for shopping lists, recipes or other artwork. Tape a specific area of the wall with masking tape and paint this area with blackboard paint. Carefully paint the edges with a brush. If you don’t want to paint the wall directly, you can also use wooden boards and hang them up.
Picture frames made from noodles
Why not use materials that are already within your reach? For our creative picture frame, glue a pattern of dry pasta onto a wooden frame. After the glue has dried, spray the picture frame on a base with an acrylic spray in gold or a colour of your choice. Let dry well and frame your favourite picture.
You can find the detailed instructions on the creative page of KunstLoft: Crafting pictures & picture frames ★ Great ideas from the DIY gallery (kunstloft.de)
KunstLoft wall decor for every lifestyle
Wall design is an important part of your home furnishings and contributes a lot to the overall atmosphere. There are many different ways to design them according to your taste. Whether living room, kitchen or office – KunstLoft offers you the right wall decoration for every room.
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