If you're scouring the internet, searching ideas for your Chicago kitchen remodeling project, no doubt you've had your fill of information regarding Granite vs.Quartz or Which Cabinets are Best for Transitional Kitchens. We understand; it can all seem a bit redundant - if not overwhelming - at times.
10 Unique Additions for Your Chicago Kitchen Remodeling Project
Instead, why not review ideas for unique additions to the kitchen. There's a chance you haven't thought of these and their inclusion can take your kitchen design over-the-top, yielding a kitchen remodel that makes your dreams come true.
- Built-in Refrigerator Doors. Remember when built-in dishwasher drawers revolutionized the way your kitchen looked and functioned? Now you can enjoy a similar transformation using built-in fridge doors, ideal for kitchen islands to keep routine food prep items handy.
- Top Secret Outlets. The modern kitchen needs at least a couple "secret outlets" for charging phones and other gadgets. We often incorporate them into message centers but can use a small drawer to accomplish the task and keep gadgets/cords/electronic accoutrement out of sight.
- Coffered Ceilings. The simple addition of coffered ceilings - which use recessed square or rectangular tiles and add decorative trim as well - add significant visual impact. They also help a small kitchen seem roomier.
- Pot Filler. Plumbed to emerge from the wall behind your stove top, pot fillers allow you to fill large
pots with water without having to lug them from the sink. - Glass Door Refrigerator. These look great in modern kitchens and make it easy to keep track of your inventory.
- Polish Chrome Cabinet Doors. Even if they're used here and there as accents, polished chrome cabinet doors - or polished chrome trim and hardware - are a stunning accent in transitional and contemporary kitchens. Do keep in mind that chrome is more prone to smudging, so they're best used in homes without small children or on cabinet doors that won't experience excessive use.
- Waterfall Countertop Edge. As long as we're on the subject of stunning accents, waterfall countertops are certainly that. They extend your countertop material over the edge and down to the floor. Extensions of the edge can be used for recessed niches and/or a seated bar.
- Hidden Niches. The best-designed kitchens are as efficient as they are stylish. Think of areas where you can incorporate niches to house cookbooks, servingware, or the repository of "stuff" that accumulates on countertops. Ideas include under aforementioned waterfall countertop edges, at the end of a kitchen island or in the exterior corner of an appliance cabinet.
- Appliance Shelf in a Cabinet. Remember we talked about those hidden electrical outlets? These can also be handy when used in a hidden appliance shelf, covered by a cabinet door. You open the cabinet and, voila! There are the blender, mixer, coffee grinder, etc., no longer wasting valuable countertop space.
- Custom-built Hood. Custom-design your hood so it can be as integrated or stand-out stylish as you want.
Do any of these unique kitchen ideas appeal to you?
