The center of a modern home is the kitchen island. They serve as a relaxed gathering place where families can prepare meals, eat, unwind, host guests, and enjoy spending time together. Free-standing islands, whether large or small, are a useful addition to any kitchen, adding an extra work surface and more storage. Kitchen islands provide the ideal canvas for expressing your unique style and enhancing your kitchen decor in addition to serving practical purposes. To spruce up your kitchen island and make it a fashionable focal point, we’ve compiled our favorite decorating suggestions.
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Sometimes, One Is Enough
One of my main goals isn’t just to keep physical clutter, but also visual clutter to a minimum in the kitchen. I don’t have a sizable island, but even if I did, I wouldn’t see it as a void that needed to be filled. First and foremost, keep your kitchen decor simple by sticking to one item, whether it’s a bowl of fruit or a floral arrangement.
Out of all the accessories and pretty entertaining pieces I’m sharing in this post, the this round vase is easily in my top three favorites. To see how big she really is—perfect and substantial enough for piles of eucalyptus or long, leggy spring branches from the yard—I wish you could jump through the photo and into my kitchen. When you have something that makes this much of a statement, you need nothing else. It serves as the room’s focal point and centerpiece.
Cultivate An Indoor Herb Garden
A carefully chosen assortment of potted herbs will enhance the flavor of your food and the appearance of your kitchen island. The kitchen looks and smells delicious thanks to the fresh herbs’ lush green color and enticing aromas. In this arrangement, a cake stand holds three plants for a simple, natural presentation. By elevating the herbs with a platform, you can use the countertop space for culinary marvels while creating a decorative centerpiece out of them.
Have Fun With Fruit
A fruit bowl is a kitchen island staple, but why not try something different? Here’s a creative yet practical piece of kitchen island decor that upcycles a vintage scale into a fruit bowl. A contemporary kitchen is given charm and coziness by flea market accessories. To avoid an overly cluttered worktop, remember that less is more and keep decorative items to a minimum. In this way, your fruit display won’t have to compete with other displays for attention or counter space.
Opt For An Anything-goes Bowl
A dough bowl provides a flexible design option for your kitchen island. The wooden vessel has a rustic texture that can be enhanced to match any decor, celebration, or time of year. Consider pinecones, chestnuts, ornaments, or holly branches for the winter. Fresh flowers or in-season fruit give off a summery vibe, whereas people who live near the coast might prefer pebbles and seashells. The long, straightforward shape of a dough bowl makes it the ideal decoration for a large kitchen island.
Display Fruit & Flowers Of The Season
If you’ve been reading my blog for a while, you know how much I value buying furniture that can be used in any season and can be moved from room to room in the house. Because of this, I tend to try to incorporate seasonal feelings through produce and plants rather than choosing season-specific options for many items I’ll need to find storage space for. With only a few fruit and flower changes, the neutral vessels I keep in constant rotation serve me well all year long.
One of my favorite planters for indoor plants is the small cement basket-shaped planter that is moved between the breakfast nook, living room, and kitchen.
Be Resourceful
As demonstrated in this retro kitchen, a little imagination can go a long way. Many old items, such as rolling pins, scales, and tins and boxes, have been repurposed as chic storage and kitchen island decor. Reusing items is a clever, affordable way to give your kitchen personality and interest.
Don’t Limit Decor To Countertops
With additional drawers, shelves, and cubby holes built into the base, kitchen islands maximize storage. By arranging your most beautiful dinnerware in them, you can make them as decorative as they are functional. For a unified appearance, the blue and white dishes on this kitchen island match the color scheme of the space.
Style A Decorative Tray
Trays are a practical option for small kitchen island decor because they are simple to lift up and move to quickly free up valuable counter space. Trays also help surfaces look cleaner and act as a landing spot for frequently used items. An artistically arranged collection of kitchen necessities serves as both decoration and functional element in this kitchen. To complement its serene backdrop, the display keeps the same neutral hues and natural textures.
Create A Balanced Centerpiece
Try different heights, textures, and shapes to find the ideal kitchen island centerpiece. The soft, feminine curves of the decorative objects, such as a wooden cutting board, round vases, and a small fruit bowl, in this kitchen counterbalance the rectangular shapes and acute angles of the space. The rule of three can be used to increase visual appeal and anchor the focal point. In odd numbers and at different heights, objects look best arranged. A kitchen island with too many items can look cluttered or make the countertop inaccessible.