6 Awesome Ways to Bring the Outdoors into Your Kitchen

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Who doesn’t like a well designed kitchen! Neat, inviting and smart, kitchen décor can make a difference to the way you cook and serve food. Some of the best kitchens in the world are connected to a kitchen garden, making the whole experience of cooking enjoyable and entwined with nature.

If you love to have your breakfast in your garden, and fresh herbs added to your lunch, then opening your kitchen doors and letting the outdoors step inside is a great idea. It will enhance your kitchen’s style quotient too. Kitchen design that incorporates sustainable living and energy conservation practices is said to augment the overall wellbeing of the individuals living in the home. There are many ways of bringing the outdoor into your kitchen. Separating the kitchen and the adjoining garden with just glass doors, allow you to enjoy an excellent view while you cook and dine.

Besides, bringing the outdoors in can add drama to your kitchen design and work to create a positive energy flow throughout the house. But you need to know how to create continuity in your kitchen décor to achieve this, so that the overall result doesn’t look artificial. To get the right finish and accentuate your pleasant living space, here are some neat kitchen ideas.

Sliding pocket doors

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This is the door that does the disappearing act. A pocket door or sliding door is made of glass with wood or aluminium panels that slide and disappear into an adjacent wall when fully open. It is created both for its aesthetic value, and also when you don’t want a swinging hinged door taking up unnecessary room.

When choosing a sliding pocket door, it is a good idea to have a top-hung rack which leaves the floor free from obstruction. You can choose from two types of sliding kits – one which directly slides into a cavity, and the other which slides into a metal cassette cage fitted into the wall, providing extra reinforcement. While the former is generally sufficient for homes, if you intend to create a frameless glass door, an added metal protection will come handy.

Bi-fold doors

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Another sleek and popular addition to modern kitchens, bi-fold doors fold in or out depending on how you want to set the room at that point. They are easier to use and make for a pleasant experience to connect the outdoors with your kitchen, while allowing to be shut partially as the temperature increases during the day and decreases during the night.

Bi-fold doors usually come with their track and fittings and can be fitted with both aluminium and timber. Aluminium, though, is preferred for its durability and resistance against the elements. But for those with a wood-finished kitchen, wooden bi-folds add a visually appealing touch. In such cases, care must be taken to make the wood weather resistant with an added coat of durable paint.

Interesting fact: The first bi-fold door dates back to 953BC found in the temple of Solomon!

French windows

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Known as porte-fenetre in France and portafinestra in Italy, French windows provide a great alternative to sliding doors without giving an extra push to the size. Usually set in pairs, they are a great inclusion in a kitchen that needs to be filled with light without the addition of a door.

The best thing about French windows is that they can be designed as per your imagination. Some of the latest creative French doors have mini-blinds installed between the panes of glass for added privacy! They improve your kitchen lighting manifold without going heavy on your wallet and add a beautiful dimension to your home décor.

Place your French window where you have a good view of the garden and the smell of wild flowers come floating in and the smell of delicious food goes floating out! Take a hint from this gorgeous kitchen designed by Justin Van Breda, interior designer and decorator from United Kingdom.

Clever furnishing

If you don’t have a lot of space or a good view, you just have to be clever to increase your kitchen’s natural appeal. Enveloping your kitchen with elements from nature makes you feel calm, welcome and connected to the earth. The environment automatically fills you with a sense of well being which even reflects in your style of cooking.

Start by using woods with natural, rustic finishes like dark mahogany for your furnishings. Try out white or ivory for the backdrop with touches of dusty greens. Put clay finish utensils on display, and even use traditional lanterns for artificial lighting. Another interesting addition to your display in the kitchen can be clay jars and pots, old-world style bottles filled with essential oils and the likes. Complete your table’s centrepiece with fresh, wild flowers from your garden. You can even have one non-painted brick wall in the kitchen to lend an earthy effect.

The right flooring

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The essence of selecting kitchen flooring is that, it needs to be comfortable as you are going to spend quite a few hours standing and preparing your food. Some of the natural finish options available in the market include flooring made of wood, bamboo, rubber linoleum, stone and cork.

Of these, natural looking wood and stone patterns with an emboss texture (which means you will actually feel the knots and grooves like real wood / stone) will give you a feel of being close to nature.

We also recommend bamboo which is less expensive compared to wood and is renewable. Also a good kitchen needs to match the overall home décor so consider the bamboo flooring in adjacent rooms too.

Incorporating plants

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Bringing plants into your kitchen is a perfect way to add touch of natural elements to your kitchen. In fact, adding plants is among the kitchen ideas that can be a money saver in the long run! Start your little kitchen garden project by growing your favourite herbs in kitchen jars. Beautiful, transparent glass jars that show both the browns of the mud and the greens of the leaves can be mounted on a wall that faces the morning sun. Now when you want to make pasta, all you need to do is turn around, pluck a few oregano leaves and add it in!

Once you are sure about maintaining the herb garden, you can dedicate an entire kitchen wall to a vertical garden set up, giving an amazing natural look to your kitchen. Of course, adding decorative indoor house plants in earthen or terracotta pots can accent the natural feel too.

 When opening your kitchen to let in the outdoors, do keep two important things in mind – security and weather. Glass doors need to be made secure for the night with an additional shutter. And if you live in areas with extreme temperature swings, fortify the doors with additional insulation materials to stay comfortable. Owing to natural lighting, décor and aesthetic value, getting the outdoors in is surely the right choice. 

Looking for more inspirations? Here is another ideabook you can go through – 7 ways to create a beautiful indoor garden.

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