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Luke Arthur Wells

6 Things That are Making Your Kitchen Look Cheap, and How to Fix Them According to Designers

A neutral kitchen with a marble island, wing-backed bar stools and large windows with black trim.

While it's not a universal truth for all interiors, if there's one thing a lot of people want from their homes aesthetically, I'd argue that it's that it looks more expensive than it actually is. While we don't all have unlimited budgets for decorating our spaces, there are certainly some clever tricks that are kind to the wallet but that give your home a more luxurious look.

On the flip side of the coin, there might be some choices you've made with your home that are having the opposite effect — certain elements making it feel cheaper in ways that are actually quite easy to avoid if you know to avoid these pitfalls.

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