Upping Your Kitchen Game with Wow-Worthy Accessories

So we, for one, are guilty of spending hours stalking kitchens on Instagram searching for inspiration. Is there anything better than discovering wow-worthy kitchens? Well, if you’re not thinking about redoing your’s any time soon, there is still a way to elevate it so it exudes elegance and sophistication and you do it with……………….. accessories.

Adding accessories to a kitchen is one of our favorite aspects of designing a kitchen, even when we didn’t start from scratch.

Here are three critical things to keep in mind when adding accessories to your kitchen:

1. Add color –

Embrace bright pops of color throughout your kitchen. Brightly colored artwork, a beautiful cookbook, or colored kitchen tools add a lively vibe to a kitchen.

Art, flowers, both the blender and toaster, and lemons in a ceramic white container offer bright pops of color in an otherwise all-white tiny kitchen in Los Angeles. Design by Campbell Brennan/1 Chic Retreat

2. Add texture –

Use decorative baskets, bowls with patina, antique spice grinders, vintage vases or trays to add warmth and texture.
A wooden spice grinder, antique framed oil painting, and vintage Japanese teapot are just some of the elements we added for patina and texture in this Kelowna, BC kitchen. Design by Campbell Brennan Design/1 Chic Retreat

3. Add plants or flowers (faux or real)

We can’t stress this enough. Fresh or faux flowers and plants add an organic texture to kitchens making them more approachable and less fussy. They also have been proven to make people happier. That’s a thing.
This Camarillo, CA kitchen exudes organic elegance with its many plants and flowers. Design by Campbell Brennan Design/1 Chic Retreat

So now that you have the basics down on creating a wow-worthy kitchen using accessories, here are some finds that will get the job done and then some.  All of these items are so chic, they can be displayed with pride on your kitchen shelves, counter, or island.

 

(1) Marble Lazy Susan; (2) Cubist Board – Square; (3) Mexican Vegetarian Cookbook; (4) Old Havana Cakestand; (5) Canvas Workshop Apron; (6) Grosche 8-Cup Dublin Stainless Steel French Press Coffee Maker; (7) Henny Tea Towels; (8) Ceramic Storage Jar; (9) Navy Wood iPad/Cookbook Holder
(10) Braided Copper Utensil Holder; (11) Farmhouse Pottery Paper Towel Holders; (12) 11lb Stainless Steel Kitchen Scale Ivory – Hearth & Hand™ with Magnolia; (13) Kitchen Towel Bundle Set of Three; (14) Mercer Blue Rim Porcelain Mug; (15) Holton 3-Piece Metal Pot Planter; (16) Ceramic Cabbage Pitcher; (17) Citrus Prints – set of four; (18) Bloom Tamarind Wood Bowl
(19) Berry and Thread Spoon Rest; (20) Ginori 1735 Oriente Italiano Flat Dinner Plate; (21) Rattan Napkin Holder; (22) Old Havana Canister; (23) MRS. MEYER’S CLEAN DAY Title Liquid Hand Soap 6 Scent Variety Pack; (24) Monkey Salt and Pepper Shakers; (25) Bamboo Dish Scrub Brushes by Subekyu; (26) Mint Berry Box Colander; (27) Gibson Serving Set – Maple

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