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Ideal Home UK
|October 2025
SHORT ON SPACE? THESE SIMPLE DESIGN TRICKS WILL HELP YOU MAKE THE MOST OF EVEN THE TINIEST OF KITCHENS
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1. CLEVER USE OF PAINT
There are many ways to make a compact kitchen appear bigger, simply by using colour. Painting halfway up a wall, for example, will create a horizontal stripe that makes a wall look longer, while painting shelves or cupboards in the same colour as the walls helps them blend in, giving a sense of continuity to the space.
Wall in Aquamarine Pale and Aquamarine Mid intelligent matt emulsion, Little Greene
2. TWO-TONE CABINETSThis story is from the October 2025 edition of Ideal Home UK.
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