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Refreshing your kitchen space…

Refreshing your kitchen space…

April 22nd, 2025

Little Greene

As the heart of your home, your kitchen is the perfect place to inject life and personality with an interior refresh. Create design impact in your kitchen by embracing colours and patterns that bring you joy.

Whether you’re looking for a relaxed, calming atmosphere or a lively environment that offers you a boost of energy each day, explore our latest kitchen refresh ideas.

5 ideas to refresh your kitchen

1. Double Drench your kitchen with joyful yellows

The kitchen is often a hive of activity, a dynamic space filled with creativity and fast-paced energy. One of the best ways to complement this vibrant atmosphere is by immersing the space in colour on every surface. Consider our Double Drenching approach to demonstrate real colour confidence.

Double Drenching with rich yellows works wonderfully in a kitchen setting to envelop the space in warmth, positivity and vibrancy. Combine two or more yellows with varying undertones to create a bold, impactful scheme, using colour to create interesting focal points in the space. Incorporate the walls, ceiling, woodwork and cabinetry to achieve beautiful, uncompromising all-over colour.

Explore the palette

2. Paint every surface with self-priming Intelligent Paints

Embracing a single colour on more than one surface can bring a comforting, all-encompassed feel to your kitchen. We recently upgraded our range of Intelligent Paints, so you can use them to paint almost any household surface. Thanks to Intelligent Grip™ technology, these versatile finishes now have a built-in primer. They are suitable for painting walls and woodwork, as well as tiles, uPVC, Formica, melamine and glass, without needing a separate primer!

Consider our gentle and earthy pink-hued brown, Mochi, to infuse your kitchen with a soft, soothing ambience. Drench your walls, tiles and shelving in this inviting warm neutral to create a luxurious, all-over finish. Then introduce a deeper shade of brown like Attic II on the lower cabinetry to bring a grounded feel to the space.

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Explore the palette

3. Invite the beauty of nature indoors with a floral wallpaper

As practical spaces, kitchens are often painted white out of habit. But consider incorporating wallpaper to add a textural element to your kitchen space. Botanical wallpaper prints can instantly transform the look and feel of your kitchen, creating a more homely, welcoming environment that reflects the beauty of nature.

All-over floral designs like our much-loved Spring Flowers are very simple to use, as they feel effortlessly timeless and elegant. You can incorporate these characterful prints on just one wall, or in multiple parts of the space. Combine your chosen colourway with coordinating paint shades on the surrounding walls, cabinetry and woodwork. Explore our suggested paint and wallpaper pairings by visiting the individual product pages.

Explore the palette

4. Enliven your scheme with one of our Storybook Papers

In busy, family kitchens, it can work well to add a touch of fun and playfulness to your scheme, uplifting the mood of the space. Choose one of the whimsical wallpaper designs from our new Storybook Papers collection to create a kitchen for the whole family to enjoy!

Our Animal Kingdom wallpaper is full of imagination, featuring elephants, penguins, tigers and polar bears along with tropical plants. For a lively feel, opt for a bold, vibrant colourway like Atomic, pairing with brightly coloured furniture and flooring. Or explore softer variations like Pea or Portland Stone to provide a more muted backdrop for your home.

Explore the colourways

5. Create an outdoor kitchen scheme for the summer months

With summer approaching, it’s the ideal time to start planning exterior projects that will transform how you use your outside space. Using colour, you can easily zone your exteriors to create the perfect setting to enjoy the summer months. Creating an outdoor kitchen is a fantastic way to extend your existing kitchen space, allowing you to host outside gatherings with ease. Depending on the space available, your outdoor kitchen could be as simple as a small breakfast bar or drinks area.

Our durable exterior finishes are available in all our colours, giving you the freedom to design the space as you choose. You could draw inspiration from your interior kitchen palette, creating beautiful transition between the two spaces. Or embrace shades that will sit comfortably in an exterior setting, for example our tranquil blue-green, Aquamarine, to instil a relaxed feel.

Browse our exterior paints