Red kitchen. Expression or pacification?

Designers claim that there is no color that can not be used in interior design. And it’s hard to argue with this, because when you look at their professional portfolios you are sometimes amazed at how successfully the colors are chosen from seemingly completely incongruous tones. And despite the fact that a rich red color seems to many enough “poisonous” it is also successfully included in interior combinations. He has a place everywhere: in the bedroom and in the living room, in the bathroom and the hallway, but from all the premises available in your house, it is especially unusual to look like a red kitchen. It will certainly turn out to be spectacular and super-modern, because red color has the ability to focus on yourself and can make even inexpensive furniture elegant and beautiful. In addition, this color perfectly affects the emotional state of people, improving efficiency, activating the body’s internal reserves and enhancing mood. Is not this the best help to the hostess, a lot of time spending cooking food? Yes, and family members who gather at the table after a difficult day, such color therapy will be superfluous.

Red kitchen in a wooden house

The rules for creating a bright interior

 This kitchen will become a symbol of life energy, courage and self-assertion

Having decided with your desires and starting to create a red kitchen, you need to remember that it will be original and stylish if you follow the canons of using this color, one of which is the sense of proportion in its quantity. This kitchen really will be a highlight in the interior of your house, and you can be proud of it if you remember one more rule: small rooms in the area should contain in their decor the minimum amount of red. Otherwise, the kitchen will have the effect of “pressure” and it will become quite uncomfortable to be.

Kitchen decor with red objects

In spacious kitchens, in addition to the red headset, you can and even need to focus on the walls. Do it best by adding a pair of strips of bright red color. In combination with neutral curtains, this interior will receive an extraordinary harmony.

Have you decided to make a red kitchen in high-tech style? Excellent! This kitchen will become a symbol of life energy, courage and self-assertion. But even in this progressive style, all walls should not be painted red, it is enough to decorate one or two of them in bright colors.

The combination of red and black in a large kitchen

Furniture for a bright kitchen

It is also necessary to furnish the original kitchen according to certain rules. If possible, it is better to install sets made of MDF, with veneer or plastic lining. A truly luxurious look in the interior of the red kitchen furniture with so-called curved or radius facades. For those who prefer to use and more economical options for furniture, the designs assembled from laminated chipboard are offered. But whatever furniture you choose, the main thing for kitchen sets will be the presence of a facade, covered with various shades of red enamel or opened with varnish. The surface can be both matte and glossy, but from an aesthetic point of view, the latter are particularly effective. To give the kitchen elegance, designers often introduce the shine of red metallic into the interior.

Red wall on a white kitchen background

No desire or opportunity to change the kitchen set? Use photo printing! Paint facades with images of flowers, juicy fruits or any other, suitable for thematic reproduction in red tones. There are no restrictions. The main thing is that the image that you picked up for your red kitchen, pleased your eyes.

From the point of view of classical design, bright curly headsets fit best into the interiors of studio apartments that differ in the openness of the layout. In the combined kitchen / living area red furniture can serve as the main accent around which the rest of the decor will be built.

Interior of a retro kitchen in red color

How to choose a color scheme

Undoubtedly, red color has the richest design features and a bright impact on the surrounding space, but it is these qualities of a luxurious shade that make it use dosed, certainly balancing the riot of red with cool neutral tones. In an effort to get a unique interior, carefully think through the color combination, especially since there are no problems with this red. It will be wise to make such large surfaces as walls or furniture facade in soft, pleasant eyes, shades of burgundy, cherry, Burgundy, pomegranate or ruby. Do not try to combine in the red kitchen the same bright yellow, blue and green. This can create a depressing environment. But with soft pastel shades, combinations can turn out to be incredibly successful.

Rustic style of red kitchen

The following variations will look nice:

1. Red wallpaper in combination with a small amount of red decorative items.
2. Red floor with the same or slightly lighter kitchen apron.
3. Deep wine-red set with a monogrammed gilt on the facade and the same rich accessories.
4. Juicy red furniture with bright red decor elements.
5. Red walls with a set of lemon, beige, cream or white.

The decoration, saturated with flowers, the kitchen requires an attentive approach, so you just need to consider everything, even minor trifles, even before they are played, so to speak, in the project, so that you do not experience disappointment from unforeseen effects.

The combination of yellow and red in an extended kitchen

Ways to accentuate the expressive cuisine

In a situation where for some reason it is impossible to recreate a truly bright interior of a red kitchen, and the desire to bring a holiday to the environment, you persistently persevere, focus on the accents of the decor

In a situation where for some reason it is impossible to recreate a truly bright interior of a red kitchen, and the desire to bring a holiday to the environment, you persistently persevere, focus on the accents of the decor. Save the situation can lights with red lampshades, the same curtains or other textiles that have a place here. Bottles and vases, decorative plates and cushions are just one hundredth part of simple solutions. The use of these knickknacks can radically transform even the most dull interior. Cover a white tablecloth with white daisies with a dining table, cover with the same covers stools and in your kitchen will forever settle in summer and warmth. Lay out a panel with ladybirds, lost in the green grass. Red color here will be a minimum, but the charge of good mood from being in such a kitchen, you get to the maximum.

Red kitchen in minimalism style

Red Kitchen – Pros and Cons

Psychologists are unanimous – red is the color of the positive. Exciting the nervous system, it makes the emotions brighter, stimulates blood circulation, sexual desire and appetite. But the presence of red, especially in excessive quantities, can cause fatigue and irritation, so its use in interiors is very dosed. It’s sad, but red color can have a negative effect, so before ordering such bright kitchen interiors, check whether you can be there without harm to your health.

Red kitchen in a village house

And to whom and why can it be uncomfortable in such a cheerful red kitchen?

1. Being in a room with a red finish is contraindicated in hypertensive patients. Here they may have increased pressure. Such people should not abuse this color in small kitchen accessories.
2. To order furniture for the kitchen in calmer tones, people will have to constantly be in stressful situations and too tired to work. The brightness of the finish color in this case will only increase the tension.
3. Do not use the red and those who watch the figure. This tone serves as an excellent stimulant of appetite, and if you are constantly on diets or regularly arrange for your body unloading days, then the idea of ​​decorating the kitchen in the tones of the red spectrum should be simply forgotten.
4. Another reason to abandon red furniture, tiles or wallpaper will be an already hot room, facing south and east. The abundance of bright colors in the interior will only enhance the feeling of stuffiness and heat. If it seems to you that this is a far-fetched motivation and your decision to acquire a red kitchen does not change, then at least install an air conditioner in it, so you will be more comfortable in the room.
5. Kitchen modest dimensions should be furnished with furniture with facades of neutral color, as active red will further narrow the already scarce space, provoking the birth of a sense of lack of air. And in such an atmosphere and until a heart attack is near.

Red and white cuisine in a modern style

Conclusion

Red color is, perhaps, the most complex and ambiguous representative of the color palette, but it is always winning. It looks indisputably spectacular, but the power of this interior is able to withstand only strong personalities who are used not to defend themselves, but to advance, not to smolder, desperately to burn, not to wait for better times, but to solve problems here and now. But the red kitchen is not always something shockingly shocking and defiantly catchy. The presence of a mass of shades of this spectrum allows us to convey a fairly wide range of moods and feelings. And if you think about it, the red one, first of all, is associated with wine and tomatoes, Bulgarian pepper and watermelon, cherries and strawberries! And in what other room will there be only associates of red, like in the kitchen?

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Author: Mikhail Bond