Archie Hayes 
With just a few short months until we welcome in the spring weather, you might want to style and update your home with a refreshing look that will reflect the fresh start of the new year.
Whether you opt for traditional decor, or want to venture towards something more modern, here are five top tips for styling your kitchen for the spring weather.
Use Bright or Pale Colours
Introducing a bright or airy colour scheme to your kitchen can be instrumental in helping you to bring the spring light through into your home.
As the days become warmer and lighter, opening up your space will enable you to feel more awake for longer, and will potentially lift your mood if you suffer from seasonal affective disorder.
Additionally, a warmer pale colour palette with shades in light pastels will provide the same light lift as white and magnolia whilst also providing an alternative hint of colour.
You can also use light coloured worktops to help lift light in your kitchen from companies like Lawcris. They supply high quality melamine and laminate worktops in a huge variety of finishes that will make your kitchen look stunning.
Make the Most of Reflective Surfaces
In tandem with your paler colour scheme, why not try using reflective surfaces to bounce light around your kitchen and light up dark corners?
By using large mirrors or reflective cupboards, you can also make your kitchen look deceptively bigger.
Incorporate Spring Decor into Your Kitchen
Why not decorate your kitchen with some spring themed decorations or colours?
With spring themed furniture and decor available from retailers like TK Maxx, you can find all sorts of trinkets to decorate your home. Whether you go for a quirky cooking pot, garlands or a set of tasty Easter treats, decorating your kitchen will help to lift your spirits.
DIY Some Crafts for Decor
If you’re on a budget, or just fancy getting creative, making your own crafty decorations can be a fabulous outlet, and will add a personal touch to your kitchen.
You could go for a handmade wreath, decorated hardboiled eggs, streamers, banners or simply seasonal art to hang on the walls.
Alternatively, if you have children, why not encourage them to design some wonderful art for your kitchen, or some crafts that you can display for guests.
Add Flowers and Greenery
Spring is all about the flowering of plants and flowers, so growing flowers or purchasing some to add to vases around your kitchen can significantly brighten the place up.
You could also add some greenery with plastic greenery that will serve more of an ornamental purpose, but can be used all year round, or be brought out year after year for decorating your kitchen.
If you enjoy low maintenance plants, succulent plants like aloe vera and spider plants are good options to circulate the air and provide a stylish addition to your kitchen’s decor. You can find houseplants in garden centres like Dobbies, as well as all the supplements and compost you will need to ensure their ongoing health and nourishment.
Do you have any tips for styling your kitchen for the spring? Share your thoughts in the comments section below!
