There are lots of ways to add a warm, lived-in look to your pristine cook space, and some eclectic styling is a winning way forwards if you are keen to inject personality, because this is a look that’s all about showing off what you love.
Clachan Wood
Mix, don’t match
Mixing colours, patterns, styles or materials is the easiest way to build an eclectic look in any room. You can focus purely on accessories if your kitchen is already in situ, but if you’re starting from scratch, you have the opportunity to get adventurous with colourful or vibrantly patterned flooring or splashback materials to inject a big dose of character into your kitchen.
Here, a colourful patchwork tile arrangement makes for a statement feature, especially contrasted with the white units and plain metro tiles.
Mixing colours, patterns, styles or materials is the easiest way to build an eclectic look in any room. You can focus purely on accessories if your kitchen is already in situ, but if you’re starting from scratch, you have the opportunity to get adventurous with colourful or vibrantly patterned flooring or splashback materials to inject a big dose of character into your kitchen.
Here, a colourful patchwork tile arrangement makes for a statement feature, especially contrasted with the white units and plain metro tiles.
Sweet William
Love your old kitchen
An eclectically styled kitchen can be a brilliant solution when you don’t have the budget for a total upgrade. It works perfectly with original units given a new lease of life with a paint job; highlight the non-pristine effect with a trio of mismatched lights.
Colour is easy to add without making major changes, too: spray an old chair a new, bright colour and dot splashes of other favourite shades elsewhere in small appliances, artwork and fresh flowers.
An eclectically styled kitchen can be a brilliant solution when you don’t have the budget for a total upgrade. It works perfectly with original units given a new lease of life with a paint job; highlight the non-pristine effect with a trio of mismatched lights.
Colour is easy to add without making major changes, too: spray an old chair a new, bright colour and dot splashes of other favourite shades elsewhere in small appliances, artwork and fresh flowers.
George Robinson Kitchens
Vary your zone styles
This elegant kitchen has three distinct zones: the washing-up and display area, the island, and the tall cupboard in the corner. Notice how each zone has its own look: sludgy blue and long handles for the island; cerulean blue for the wall cupboard, and white but heavily accessorised for the display and sink corner. Hello eclectic style…
To nail this approach, be sure to tie each element together. While this scheme might give the impression of being haphazardly beautiful, notice how bare wood features throughout, how the colours of the crockery tie in with the recipe books, linking the two ends of the room, and how chrome details pepper the scheme, from the handles to the taps to the elegant chandelier.
Get more inspiration for adding a bolt of blue to your home
This elegant kitchen has three distinct zones: the washing-up and display area, the island, and the tall cupboard in the corner. Notice how each zone has its own look: sludgy blue and long handles for the island; cerulean blue for the wall cupboard, and white but heavily accessorised for the display and sink corner. Hello eclectic style…
To nail this approach, be sure to tie each element together. While this scheme might give the impression of being haphazardly beautiful, notice how bare wood features throughout, how the colours of the crockery tie in with the recipe books, linking the two ends of the room, and how chrome details pepper the scheme, from the handles to the taps to the elegant chandelier.
Get more inspiration for adding a bolt of blue to your home
Studio Stamp (formerly STAMP INTERIORS)
Blend it with your living space
A kitchen that feels more like a living room has a head start when it comes to creating a little eclecticism. So if you have an open-plan space with scope for an upgrade, think about both your cooking and your relaxing space with the same approach to colour, accessorising and character.
In this home, the owners have dotted red accessories across both parts of the room, while the aquamarine of the splashback tiles is picked out in the sofa cushions.
Although the kitchen itself remains ordered and functional, these touches help it to ‘borrow’ the busier style of the living area, with its coordinated mash-up of accessories, textiles, pattern and colour.
Explore more style ideas for open-plan living
A kitchen that feels more like a living room has a head start when it comes to creating a little eclecticism. So if you have an open-plan space with scope for an upgrade, think about both your cooking and your relaxing space with the same approach to colour, accessorising and character.
In this home, the owners have dotted red accessories across both parts of the room, while the aquamarine of the splashback tiles is picked out in the sofa cushions.
Although the kitchen itself remains ordered and functional, these touches help it to ‘borrow’ the busier style of the living area, with its coordinated mash-up of accessories, textiles, pattern and colour.
Explore more style ideas for open-plan living
Clermont Carpentry
Big up your fridge
It’s easy to choose appliances that blend into the background colourwise, get integrated into invisibility, or gleam powerfully in sleek steel, as if to announce their techy capabilities. But a large kitchen appliance can be the starting point for an eclectic kitchen scheme if you choose one that doesn’t match your units. A large black fridge-freezer works wonderfully in this kitchen by setting a stylish monochrome mood – picked up in the stools, clock, artwork, wall-lights and more.
Visible task lighting is another good tip for adding extra character to a kitchen, and there’s no need to fix wall lights like these, either. Simply choose an attractive desk or table lamp and tuck it into the corner of a worktop. You’ll be surprised at what a difference this tiny touch can make.
It’s easy to choose appliances that blend into the background colourwise, get integrated into invisibility, or gleam powerfully in sleek steel, as if to announce their techy capabilities. But a large kitchen appliance can be the starting point for an eclectic kitchen scheme if you choose one that doesn’t match your units. A large black fridge-freezer works wonderfully in this kitchen by setting a stylish monochrome mood – picked up in the stools, clock, artwork, wall-lights and more.
Visible task lighting is another good tip for adding extra character to a kitchen, and there’s no need to fix wall lights like these, either. Simply choose an attractive desk or table lamp and tuck it into the corner of a worktop. You’ll be surprised at what a difference this tiny touch can make.
Harvey Jones Kitchens
Add a piece of art
So often, we reserve our favourite works of art for living rooms or bedrooms. But making a painting, print or vintage film poster the focal point of a kitchen will instantly add personality as well as mixing things up a little in this functional room.
An artwork can also inform the colour scheme of your accessories, as in this kitchen, where the industrial-style metal bar stools pick up hues from the canvas. Choosing black brick-style tiles for the unusual built-in fridge and cooker unit, and carrying the colour through to the window frames and shelf, adds another interesting detail.
Look at the sloped ceiling, too: those zigzags add interest without overpowering. As for the golden light fittings (and wall sockets and shelf spots – a nice design trio), what a lovely final flourish to the coordinated clash of this kitchen.
So often, we reserve our favourite works of art for living rooms or bedrooms. But making a painting, print or vintage film poster the focal point of a kitchen will instantly add personality as well as mixing things up a little in this functional room.
An artwork can also inform the colour scheme of your accessories, as in this kitchen, where the industrial-style metal bar stools pick up hues from the canvas. Choosing black brick-style tiles for the unusual built-in fridge and cooker unit, and carrying the colour through to the window frames and shelf, adds another interesting detail.
Look at the sloped ceiling, too: those zigzags add interest without overpowering. As for the golden light fittings (and wall sockets and shelf spots – a nice design trio), what a lovely final flourish to the coordinated clash of this kitchen.
Architecture for London
Perfect pale and interesting
Here’s proof that eclectic doesn’t have to mean busy-looking. This incredibly sophisticated kitchen lightly taps into the look by mixing up a collection of vintage dining chairs.
In fact, this clean, pale, Scandinavian-style backdrop allows for almost any style to be created, simply by changing the look of the eating area: make it all white or blond wood and channel pared-back Danish elegance, or make each chair a different, bright colour and you have an alternative eclectic arrangement. The possibilities are endless.
Here’s proof that eclectic doesn’t have to mean busy-looking. This incredibly sophisticated kitchen lightly taps into the look by mixing up a collection of vintage dining chairs.
In fact, this clean, pale, Scandinavian-style backdrop allows for almost any style to be created, simply by changing the look of the eating area: make it all white or blond wood and channel pared-back Danish elegance, or make each chair a different, bright colour and you have an alternative eclectic arrangement. The possibilities are endless.
Make one bold statement
Are you torn between loving the clean, pure lines of an unadorned and visibly functional kitchen, and the vibrance and interest of something a little quirkier? Have both!
This chunky reclaimed wood island, with its colourful, distressed paintwork, cherry red fridge and bright ceramics, adds a huge hit of personality to an otherwise clinical space. And the contrast is gorgeous. Notice how the softening effect of the coir floor runners and the clean and simple bare-bulb pendants visually connect the two different styles.
Are you torn between loving the clean, pure lines of an unadorned and visibly functional kitchen, and the vibrance and interest of something a little quirkier? Have both!
This chunky reclaimed wood island, with its colourful, distressed paintwork, cherry red fridge and bright ceramics, adds a huge hit of personality to an otherwise clinical space. And the contrast is gorgeous. Notice how the softening effect of the coir floor runners and the clean and simple bare-bulb pendants visually connect the two different styles.
RDP Architects
Forgo fitted
Choosing a freestanding kitchen can make for a real commitment to eclecticism. By its very nature, a non-fitted kitchen is an easy way to mix and match. To really go for it, make up your units with antique cupboards and shelving that complement but don’t match each other. Paint them all in the same shade for an underlying coherence.
Having your possessions on display is a core component of the eclectic style and here the owners are showing off their kitchenalia with aplomb: the hanging copper pots, giant cutting board and old-fashioned sweet shop jars full of baking basics add oodles of charm.
The mix of materials is key, too: painted surfaces, raw wood, leather chairs and decorative tiles combine to build layers of interest, and create the sense that nothing is too ordered or rigid – the philosophy at the heart of eclectic style.
Choosing a freestanding kitchen can make for a real commitment to eclecticism. By its very nature, a non-fitted kitchen is an easy way to mix and match. To really go for it, make up your units with antique cupboards and shelving that complement but don’t match each other. Paint them all in the same shade for an underlying coherence.
Having your possessions on display is a core component of the eclectic style and here the owners are showing off their kitchenalia with aplomb: the hanging copper pots, giant cutting board and old-fashioned sweet shop jars full of baking basics add oodles of charm.
The mix of materials is key, too: painted surfaces, raw wood, leather chairs and decorative tiles combine to build layers of interest, and create the sense that nothing is too ordered or rigid – the philosophy at the heart of eclectic style.
Ande Bunbury Architects
Let your units lead the eclectic charge
And here’s another way to make the most of kitchen units you may have inherited, or grown tired of. This 1980s-style colour-blocking is a bold approach to eclecticism that won’t be for everybody, but if you have the style confidence to pull it off, bravo!
It can be a fine line between eclectic and chaotic so, as in this kitchen, keep walls crisp white and accessories mainly contained within the area defined by your statement units, and let your cupboards take centre stage.
TELL US…
Is your kitchen eclectically styled or do you prefer a streamlined and matching cook space? Share your thoughts in the Comments below.
And here’s another way to make the most of kitchen units you may have inherited, or grown tired of. This 1980s-style colour-blocking is a bold approach to eclecticism that won’t be for everybody, but if you have the style confidence to pull it off, bravo!
It can be a fine line between eclectic and chaotic so, as in this kitchen, keep walls crisp white and accessories mainly contained within the area defined by your statement units, and let your cupboards take centre stage.
TELL US…
Is your kitchen eclectically styled or do you prefer a streamlined and matching cook space? Share your thoughts in the Comments below.
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