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Holly Cockburn

3 colours paint experts swear by for a Victorian terraced house kitchen - it's the secret to a light and spacious design

A kitchen with a burgundy-painted island and yellow cabinets on the wall.

When you're choosing the right colour for a Victorian-era kitchen, you'll have a few considerations to take into account. Your personal taste and intuition, of course, come first, but this type of period property also has unique proportions which will affect how wall and cabinetry colours appear.

Finding the best colours for period kitchens of all eras has the potential to completely change how a kitchen looks and feels. In a Victorian property, the kitchen was seen as the service room, so it is often situated at the back of the house and is frequently a galley-style kitchen, resulting in a narrow and dark space that needs ample light added.

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