Cutlery on the wall: kitchen decor
The question of kitchen decor often leaves one stumpedcraftsmen doing repairs. Owners of a small kitchen try to use every meter of space for furniture, shelves and household appliances with maximum efficiency, often ignoring the decorative design of the walls and giving preference to functionality. However, with a skillful approach and choice of furniture, even in the smallest room it is possible to place everything you need, leaving room for paintings and original decorative items that will give the kitchen interior style, individuality and comfort. Contents:
As a rule, in a small kitchen the mosta suitable and free place for decorative design is a corner or wall above the dining table. You can choose any theme for decoration, but we still recommend choosing a theme related to food and drinks. Compositions, paintings and photographs with delicious dishes, fresh vegetables and fruits or wine look very harmonious in the kitchen interior, naturally, improve appetite and raise the general mood. We suggest looking at how you can interestingly use decorative and real cutlery on the wall, as well as their images to decorate the kitchen.
Cutlery on a wall in a frame
Perhaps you have vintage dining roomscutlery left by your grandmother as an inheritance, Soviet aluminum spoons and forks, wooden ladles and other cutlery that lie in a drawer and are never used. Any spoons, forks and knives of different shapes, sizes and eras will perfectly suit the original decor of a dining room or kitchen. Think about what exactly you would like to put on display, create a composition, play with the color scheme of the background, baguette, different directions of cutlery.
Use picture frames, cardboard boxeswith low walls to frame and highlight the composition of cutlery. You can make a bright background from colored paper or colorful fabric or leave the wall surface.
Frames do not have to be rectangular.Many art and craft stores carry round picture frames, and you can also use round cookie boxes, hat boxes, or even a simple wooden sieve.
The composition of spoons and forks also looks interesting,attached directly to the wall without a frame. You can attach cutlery using glue, double-sided tape, small hooks, wire or screws.
Here are some more options for placing cutlery on the wall (click to view in full size):
Decorative large cutlery on the wall
In addition to the usual spoons, forks and knives, you canuse decorative enlarged copies of cutlery. They can be purchased at auctions, in decor stores or ordered from craftsmen. Giant spoons will become the main accent of the kitchen interior, so there is no need to overload the space with small details and artistic elements. This decorating technique is well suited for spacious kitchens and dining rooms
Stickers with the image of cutlery
Use photo wallpaper or special stickers withimages of cutlery, which can also be found and purchased online. Unlike real objects, images do not take up as much space, which is useful for small areas.
Other options with images of cutlery on the kitchen wall:
Pictures and posters with the image of cutlery
A very popular and widespread methodkitchen wall decor that suits any style of interior. Even in a miniature kitchen there is always room for an interesting framed picture, a poster, a small collage or even embroidery with the theme of kitchen utensils and cutlery.
Clocks and lamps from cutlery
Spoons, forks, knives and other utensils can beuse as material for useful and functional crafts for the kitchen. Make a frame for an ordinary clock from cutlery. How to do this, we recommend reading in this article.
And this model of factory-made watches can be purchased at auctions on ebay or AliExpress.
Cutlery can be used as decoration for kitchen lamps. You can see different versions of chandeliers made of spoons and forks here.
