Opening up the entryway, lightening the color palette and adding
dark wood floors help give the kitchen a cleaner and crisper look.
Not exact matches
But here are some other tricks: add new light fixtures; clean windows, remove screens and take treatments down to let in natural light; never hide good views or scenery behind window treatments; put cream - colored placemats on
dark -
wood dining tables; use fresh, white towels in bathrooms (
helps emphasize cleanliness with spa - like look); pull up carpets to expose hardwood
floors.
Because they have such a beautiful grain any scratches are far less noticeable than they would be on a
dark wood floor, so that
helps too.
Blue - grey walls,
dark wood floors and distinctive furnishings all
help define the new multipurpose space.