Quirky Kitchen Accessories
Personalise your kitchen with some quirky but useful accessories. Take a look at these stylish ways to make your kitchen unique.
Personalise your kitchen with some quirky but useful accessories. Take a look at these stylish ways to make your kitchen unique.
The most desirable kitchens have all the integrated modern amenities, but most people don’t want their kitchen to look too cold and clinical. You can bring warmth, personality and individual style to a kitchen with the use of some quirky kitchen accessories. This will make your kitchen more attractive and appealing - fitting for the heart of your home.
Even little areas of your kitchen can make a statement with some fun kitchen accessories. Take a look at some of the following ideas that will make your kitchen distinctive.
If you want to accessorise your kitchen with something different and off-beat, take a look at local antiques shops and markets.
You can buy antique french or flemish ceramic herb and spices drawers, mixing bowls from the 1940s or large antique vases for a kitchen table floral display. The Victorian period provides a plethora of kitchen accessories such as egg timers, coffee grinders and cast iron weighing scales. You can also buy antique food tins and apothecary bottles which look fabulous lined up on a kitchen shelf.
Look out for quirky kitchen accessories when you travel. Colourful, patterned, Middle Eastern and Mediterranean style tiles are on trend and if you are travelling abroad you can pick some stunning tiles up in markets, souks and bazaars. These tiles make stunning splashbacks that will provide a real wow factor and a reminder of a happy holiday.
You can also buy other items abroad that will look striking in your kitchen - things like tea glasses, rugs and statement lighting such as glass mosaic pendants and ornate lanterns.
If you don’t have plans for travel, retailers like Anthropologie offer a curated assortment of quirky kitchen accessories from all over the world to save you the airfare. They sell some striking dish towels, charming whisks, ornate spoon rests, hand-painted teaware and spectacular cake stands.
Alternatively, Dolce & Gabbana designed a stunning collection of ornate, painted kitchen appliances for Smeg, including toasters, juicers and food processors. Inspired by Sicilian folklore and designed to stand out you won’t want to hide away these quirky appliances in the kitchen cupboard.
Modern kitchens can look more like the interior of a spaceship than a home unless you add some personal touches.
The Muuto Plus salt and pepper grinder looks like a work of art as well as doing to job of seasoning your food. This salt and pepper grinder has been designed to stand out with its brightly coloured, stacking pebble design. There are numerous quirky salt and pepper sets if you search online - including a menagerie of different pairs of animals - and they will create a talking point with dinner guests.
There are also some truly quirky kitchen sinks out there to choose from - you don’t have to have a square or rectangular design - there are sinks cut into kitchen islands with wavy lined edges, even one kitchen sink the shape of a martini glass! Add a steaming hot water tap to your sink and it will be the envy of all your guests.
If you have a modern kitchen with a breakfast bar or kitchen island you can buy unusual bar stools to inject some personality into the room. There are bar stools designed to stand out how about some striking zebra print seats? Alternatively you can alternate the coloured seats on the bar stools so that you have a row of different and contrasting colours.
If you have an open-plan kitchen, a rug can serve to create a different zone or area. The Nanimarquina Do-lo-rez floor rug is highly unusual - this rug has different levels of heights, colours and textures.
You can also choose quirky kitchen lighting. Perhaps a row of Jeeves Bowler Hat lights above your kitchen bar? Some rainbow glass pendant lighting above a kitchen island would break up the usual muted kitchen colours, or you could light up the kitchen bar area with a neon sign.
There are some quirky kitchen accessories on the market which are designed to be practical and also to raise a smile.
Alessi has long been king of the practical but quirky kitchen accessories and there are numerous items to choose from including the jars with a little man inside holding on tight and kitchen timers with their own personality.
Christian Lacroix has designed a range of enchanting plates - the ‘Love Who You Want’ collection. Wolf & Badger have also collated some fabulously quirky plate designs. These collections of plates would look eye-catching displayed in the kitchen on a welsh dresser or in a mounted plate rack.
There are also some unusual wine bottle stoppers to add to your kitchen drawer ready for a dinner party - coloured glass, parrots, skulls, pineapples or stags - there is a large variety.
You can also find some novelty kitchen accessories such as the condiment gun to add some entertainment to otherwise mundane meal prepping - or spills are welcome with this splash spoon rest.
Likewise, this Vegetable Peeler looks like a giant pencil sharpener, but it peels perfectly and will also create pretty spirals from courgettes, cucumbers and carrots.
Which quirky kitchen accessories you choose will be dependent on your style and taste - and this means that your kitchen will have little touches that will reflect your personality and character.
