With changing times, comes a change in prevailing design trends. Over the span of the last years, we have clearly seen that modern interior designs are here to stay. One can find any number of reasons for why this may be so. Perhaps it is the increasing need for efficiency and functionality in a fast-paced world. Perhaps it is the desire to complement the many gadgets and fittings that innovation in technology brings us to ease our everyday lives.
Whatever the underlying reason may be, the fact remains that modern interior design is here to stay. There are few places in a home that the hi-tech aspect of this design language is highlighted as starkly as it is in the kitchen. This is primarily the kitchen is home to a vast variety of electrical appliances that bring with them a certain sensibility of design that cannot be denied when situated in an interior space.
If such a design language aligns with your tastes and you would like to emulate it in your own home, here are a few tips to help you design the perfect modern of your dreams:
1. STRAIGHT LINES AND RIGHT ANGLES
A hallmark of modern interior design is the preference of straight lines over curved ones. As straight lines and right angles are ones that are rarely found to be naturally occurring, the resultant effect is of a space that has only been made possible through significant technological advancement. Moreover, such an arrangement eliminates the presence of extraneous detail, which ultimately ends up reducing project costs, not just in the initial phase, but over the entire lifespan, by reducing the need for frequent maintenance and upkeep.
As a leading kitchen company in Abu Dhabi, we at Almeera have a vast range of modern kitchen designs in our portfolio, to help serve as an inspiration board for your interior design journey.
2. MINIMAL MATERIAL AND COLOR PALETTE
When selecting the colors and materials for your modern kitchen interior, make sure to restrict the palette to a small selection. Choose a neutral color that will act as the base that defines the mood of the palette. Grays and whites tend to display a cooler undertone, while beige and taupe tones can be a warmer alternative. As an accent feature, you can choose to include either a contrasting color or a material. For instance, the textured finish of a stone tile can present a delightful textural contrast to the otherwise flatter surfaces one may encounter in a kitchen.
This is not to say that a kitchen that follows a minimal palette cannot be a luxurious one. In fact, some of the foremost luxury kitchens in UAE are ones that follow a modern design aesthetic.
3. SLEEK FITTINGS AND FIXTURES
With a vast array of fixtures available for kitchen interiors, it can prove a tough task to narrow the choices down to a select few. This is where one looks to the dictates of the design style to help land on the appropriate selection. A modern kitchen interior lends itself to fixture elements that are sleek and minimal.
For instance, you will find that a straight edged cabinet handle it better suited to the space than one that employs more classical elements in its design. Our catalog of completed projects boasts a range of luxury kitchens in Abu Dhabi; to help show you examples of fittings and fixtures that best complement a kitchen interior.
4. CONCEALED LIGHTING
Nothing complements a modern kitchen interior quite like the presence of concealed lighting. The diffused lighting offered by such a strategy gives the whole space an ethereal effect, as though of something dreamt up in science fiction. To achieve this effect, you can incorporate rope lighting or track lighting in channels incorporated along your kitchen cabinetry and counters. Taking this process one step further, you can even make these lighting elements sensitive to movement, to enhance the experience of the space itself.
5. INTEGRATED TECHNOLOGY
What would be the point of a modern kitchen if it were devoid of the very technology that enabled its design language to take shape? This is to refer to the various gadgets and technologies that go into the creation of a “smart” kitchen: one with integrated technological processes that seek to aid the functional aspect of the kitchen while also enhancing the experience of moving though and working within a space.
Everything from motion sensitive lights, to electrical stoves can help to add a hi-tech aspect to an otherwise ordinary space.
6. SEAMLESS JOINERY
In a kitchen interior, it would be foolish to overlook the various electronics and appliances that will eventually end up as integral to the running of a space. It would be a good practice to consider the size and placement of these appliances during the design phase of a kitchen interior so that they may be incorporated into the overall design of the space. The overall result will then be one that is seamless, with no single element appearing to be out of place. With some of the best kitchens in Abu Dhabi in their portfolio, our design team can help design cabinetry that integrates all necessary appliances and ensures a well-planned and efficient layout.
7. FUNCTIONALITY OVER FORM
The most integral aspect of a modern kitchen interior in Abu Dhabi is one that is not quite as obvious as a visual feature: the preference given to functionality over form. To elaborate on that point, aesthetic concerns should always remain secondary to the concerns of programmatic planning and spatial efficiency.
While this may seem quite a dull task at first, you will find through the design process how it seems to be a very natural progression to ensure that the visual design of a space is one that enhances and is subservient to the concerns of functionality in design.
Now go ahead and dive into the vast world of interior design, equipped with the confidence needed to curate the modern kitchen of your dreams!