Solar kitchen (51 photos): how to design a yellow kitchen room with your own hands, instructions, photos, price and video tutorials

Psychology of yellow

What can awaken us from sleep in the morning? A cup of aromatic tea, invigorating coffee, and also a sunny kitchen. According to psychologists, it is sunlight that is capable of charging any person with energy and positiveness for the whole day.

"Sunny" breakfast

You have probably noticed how our mood changes on cloudy, gloomy days. Decreases activity, efficiency, the desire to create and create disappears.

Moreover, with a prolonged stay in this state, the likelihood of falling into depression increases significantly. If you think that we are exaggerating the effect of sunlight on humans, then watch the video on the Internet.

Options for resolving the issue

You are lucky if your apartment is located on the south side of the house - this means that in the morning you get up and have breakfast with the sun.

But what about the one whose windows face the north side? Put up with a bad mood? Of course not.

Designers, in close tandem with stylists, have learned to work wonders with the interior, creating magnificent projects such as "sunny kitchen".

Sunny kitchen - the soft warmth of a sunny palette

They are able not only to compensate for the disadvantages of the geographical location of the apartment, but also to cheer up in everyday monotony.

There are several options for transforming your kitchen into a cozy, sunny corner.

• The simplest is due to the interior, which contains elements of yellow, orange or their derivatives;
• The next way to refresh the kitchen is to change the color of the walls, using all available technologies;
• The third option is decorating. Complement a neutral interior with bright accessories from a sunny palette.

Now about each point in a little more detail.

Read also the article on orange kitchen.

Interior in bright colors

When using a solar palette in interior decoration, you need to remember that oversaturation with yellow colors can cause discomfort. In order for this not to happen and the kitchen design does not turn out to be flashy, dosage is necessary both in relation to the number of bright tones and in relation to their intensity.

Due to the fact that the palette of yellow goes well with basic colors, black, white, blue, combined kitchen sets are very popular (see also the article on combined kitchens). By the way, Russian manufacturers are successfully adopting the experience of foreign colleagues in furniture design, and began to use bright facades more actively (photo).

An example of modern design from Russian manufacturers (Kamyshin)

The price for an exclusive version of headsets is slightly higher than that of ordinary, standard furniture. But this is the payment for the originality that they bring to the overall style of the house.

Half measures in design

If, for some reason, you are not going to change the kitchen set, and the desire to renew the interior does not leave you, you can think of something else. For example, paint the walls, ceiling or floors in a sunny color.

Thanks to modern building materials, this can be done by hand and in a matter of days.

• For the walls you can offer: washing wallpaper, various plasters, plastic panels, ceramic tiles, frescoes;
• For the ceiling: lining made of natural wood, stretch ceilings, putty, water-based paints, decorative panels, plasterboard, suspended ceiling;
• For floors: natural stone tiles, linoleum, moisture-resistant laminate, self-leveling floors.

The idea of ​​self-leveling yellow floors was suggested in the program by the housing issue. How they did it, and what came of it, you can see at the end of the article (step by step instructions, offered by manufacturers on the official websites). There are other interesting solutions in this plot that deserve your attention.

Advice! When choosing a material, do not forget the common truths about how the surface texture can visually adjust the volume and dimensions of the space. The gloss of the facades will visually expand the small room, and the dullness will give warmth and comfort.

Warm colors, a great backdrop for any interior

Read also the article on yellow kitchen.

We place accents

Do not think that only drastic measures, such as replacing the kitchen unit or repainting the walls. You can revive the interior in more simple ways. This requires your desire and a little imagination.

Innovation through details

The new glass kitchen apron (skinned) will look very stylish. This element has recently appeared on the Russian market. But thanks to its spectacular appearance and simple installation, it quickly gained popularity among our compatriots.

Curtains can also transform the room and bring fresh notes to the everyday life of the interior. Curtains made of natural fabric, linen, tweed, satin, cotton are very relevant now. The ornament on the fabric can be combined with a beautiful lamp or decorative vase.

Shades for chandeliers are also considered as an object for a quick change of interior. With their help, you can set a completely new mood for the room. Spot lighting will allow you to gently zone the space, decorative lighting will add romanticism, colored plafonds will become a harmonious continuation of stylistic solutions in general.

Simple, concise and functional

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We looked at several options, how by applying one bright color, you can liven up a neutral monochrome interior. And the final choice of how the solar kitchen should live in your home is up to you.

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