Guide to Decorating Your New Kitchen

Buying or remodeling a home can be stressful. Once it is complete, the fun part begins. Decorating your new kitchen is a great way to showcase your personality and highlight this important room in the home.

Style

• Select the style in which you will decorate your new kitchen. This should be consistent with the rest of the home. Popular styles include French country, Mediterranean and beach or garden cottage.

Colors

• After selecting your style, choose your colors. The kitchen should be light and bright. Yellow often is used for French country kitchens, terracotta for Mediterranean and green for garden cottage style.

Countertop Accessories

• Common kitchen countertop décor includes glass vases with fruits, decorative flour jars, spice racks, wooden bowls and ceramic pitchers. Mediterranean accessories include bottles of olive oils, ceramics and potted herbs. Accessorize a beach cottage kitchen with colorful, fresh flowers in a white ceramic pitcher.