Cheap & Frugal Kitchen Decorating

A lovely bowl of fruit is a frugal way to decorate your kitchen.

You can spruce up a drab kitchen without spending a fortune or remodeling the entire room. Simple, inexpensive changes such as a new pair of curtains or new cabinet knobs can make your kitchen look loved and lived in.

Textiles

Adding textiles to your kitchen is a quick, cheap way to decorate. Hang a valence or cafe curtains in a small kitchen window. If you have a large island, spread a table runner across it. Keep the table in an eat-in kitchen covered in a clean tablecloth at all times.

Lighting

Lighting is another frugal and useful way to decorate a kitchen. Set a small table lamp on a counter top to improve the room's appearance and to give you more light to read recipes.

Features

Make the primary purpose of a kitchen--preparing food--the theme of the decor. Instead of buying fake fruit, decorate with bowls of real fruit and simply replenish the bowls as you eat the fruit. Fill glass jars with colorful pasta and dried beans and leave them out on the counter as decoration.

References

• Apartments: Cheap and Easy Decorating Tips for the Kitchen
• House Beautiful: 50 Kitchen Ideas from the Barefoot Contessa