Modernize The Shaker Wooden Kitchen

By Author: Steve Mathews
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The Shaker kitchen’s originates from a religious breakaway sect from the Quakers in Manchester, known as the 'Shakers' after the shaking motions they used in their worship. They are well known for their simple hand crafted furniture and distinctive style of kitchen design as for their religion. Here, we give you tips on how to get the ideal shaker wooden kitchen which will suit your needs.

• Cabinets

The shaker wooden kitchens cabinets have gained a lot of popularity among home owners for quiet sometime. Their outstanding artistic design, durable woods with sharpened legs and flat doors stood out from the rest of the other designs. The two most prominent characteristics of these Shaker wooden kitchens are the use of dovetail corners and the door style, known as ‘frame and panel’. Even though there is a traditional style of design, they allow for an expansion and a few other additions. In order to modernize this kind of cabinet, the front part of frame panel can be replaced with glass. Experts at Sleek and illya shaker wooden kitchens, suggest using frosted glass as an alternate to give it a more modern ...
... twist. You can use brass or ceramic knobs for the cabinet doors, in colors that match the cabinet.

• Furniture

The shaker wooden kitchens did not have any vibrant color coatings but a varnish finishing. They all had simple and clean lines with only a small hint of geometric form in some cases. Most of the furniture legs of the tables and chairs either had straight or slightly curved legs or cylindrical. The typical shaker chair is upright, with a ladder like structure on the back with fabric seats. Experts at Sleek and illya Shaker wooden kitchens suggest an alternative to this chair by using a similar country style chair with a decorative cloth spread on the seat. For a modern twist, use a splash of bold colors on the furniture that can contrast the color of the kitchen. You can also use the dressers and glazed cupboards to showcase your kitchen ware.

• Storage

Since the shaker kitchens relied more on simplicity and modesty did not have much ornamental structures on their furnitures or other items. Storage space was the ultimate focus for the shaker wooden kitchen. There was place for everything, to ensure that the room looked clean and clutter free. Experts at Sleek and illya shaker wooden kitchens, suggest using storage spaces with plate dividers within vertical spaces. For example, an interior spice rack can be an ideal storage place. The pegs on a vertical strip of wood prove to be an ideal storage saver which can be places behind doors, or above countertops. Here, pots and pans are openly hung which not only freed space in the cupboard but also provided a ideal convenience for the cooking preparation.

About the Author:

Steve Mathews works as a production designer for a chain of leading furniture design companies. Steve is an ardent German kitchen designer and loves spending most of his time working on creative projects and pursuing his passion. He recently launched a new collection of Shaker Wooden kitchens for a highly esteemed firm.