How to Decorate a Caribbean Kitchen
Add a splash of the sea and the warmth of the sun to your kitchen by infusing it with Caribbean style. Spend a weekend and a little money on a do-it-yourself project and paint an accent wall in a tropical shade or accessorize a kitchen shelf with Caribbean-inspired art and objects. Do a deeper kitchen redesign, integrating architectural elements, paint colors, furniture, finishes and accessories to transform your kitchen into a Caribbean oasis. Does this Spark an idea?
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Clean and clear your kitchen inside the cabinets and out. Most Caribbean-style kitchens feature open spaces and clear surfaces to help natural light enter the room and travel through. As you clear your shelves and cabinets, look for pieces you can donate, sell or recycle to refrain from returning clutter to your kitchen after you decorate it.
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Design your kitchen with Caribbean decor in mind. You can bring in more natural light by installing skylights or solar tubes, or by widening and adding windows. Exposed wooden beams on the ceiling adds a rustic touch, and plantation shutters lend a colonial Caribbean aesthetic. A large ceiling fan gives the sensation of Caribbean beach breezes wafting through the room.
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Paint or finish your walls to create a Caribbean palette. Tropical Caribbean decor brings in shades of the jungle, such as forest green, persimmon, mango, sunshine yellow and deep brown. You can strike a more sophisticated tone by emulating the palette of a Caribbean resort, accenting mostly white and off-white surfaces with soft poppy seed black as well as dark wood tones. Bring in a touch of the sea by using cobalt blue, bottle green and sandy shades in your Caribbean kitchen decor. A festive Caribbean decor might juxtapose lime green with light yellow-orange. For a focal point, you can devote an entire wall to a wallpaper mural featuring a beach or jungle scene.
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Incorporate furnishings and fixtures that evoke Caribbean style. Shelves, cabinets, sideboards, chairs and tables made with dark woods such as cherry, teak and rosewood have a classic colonial Caribbean look. For a beach house aesthetic, use pieces made of natural materials and rough textures such as slatted bamboo mats, rattan, wicker and sisal. Emphasize sun and open space more by keeping pieces low, modular and minimally ornamented.
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Accessorize with the Caribbean's natural wonders as an inspiration. You can line a windowsill with ocean blue glass bottles to cast shimmers of blue light through the room. Frame a doorway with leafy palm plants, inside or outside, and hang bright flowering plants in your window. Devote a rustic wooden shelf to a display of shells, sand dollars and coral.
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