Styles to Consider for a Kitchen Kick Plate

When you are decorating or remodeling your kitchen, you have a lot of different features to consider. Some features are simply for aesthetic purposes, but others, such as a kitchen kick plate, can serve both functional and aesthetic purposes. In fact, this particular feature is generally installed to protect the bottoms of your doors from being damaged. In a kitchen, it is common for them to be installed at the base of pantry doors and other doors as well as at the bottom of some kitchen cabinets, too.

Obviously you will not want to install the same accessory that you would install in another area, such as on the front door, as you would in an interior room like the kitchen. So what styles can you consider for your kitchen kick plate? Here are a few ideas that would look lovely in many homes:

Pewter, Nickel, and Antique Rust

These three finishes are all excellent for a rustic or traditional kitchen. They will serve the functional purpose of keeping the doors and cabinets in a high-traffic area clean, and they will also complement pewter, nickel, and antique rust hardware and fixtures that you already have installed throughout your kitchen.

Stainless Steel and Black Steel

These two finishes look amazing in a modern-themed kitchen. They serve as a stark, stunning accent to bold colors in your kitchen. In fact, in a kitchen with stainless steel appliances or with an all-black or all-white theme, they will look amazing.

Brass and Bronze

Brass and bronze are both beautiful choices for a more elegant kitchen. With warm, golden hues and brilliant shine, a kitchen kick plate with these finishes is truly an eye-catching, striking feature that will enhance the look of your kitchen.

Often the decision to install a kitchen kick plate is made for functional reasons, and they are very common in homes that have children of all ages and sizes, as children are particularly hard on doors and cabinets. Yet even in low traffic homes, they can add an extra touch of style. With the many finishes available, you can use them to accentuate almost any style you are working to achieve in your space.

The finish you select for your kitchen kick plate will often be decided by the accessories and possibly the appliances that you currently have in your space. For instance, if your kitchen cabinet hardware, pantry door knob, and water fixtures are all made of a polished nickel finish, you will find that having a polished nickel kick plate is a natural fit to the décor of the space. Take some time to consider what this accessory would do for your space from both a functional and an aesthetic point. It may even help to purchase one and hold it up to the door to really see firsthand what it would do for your space. You can always return it to the store, but if you are like most people, you will find that this accessory truly will add a new dimension to the style in your kitchen.

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