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Homes & Gardens
Homes & Gardens
Sarah Warwick

9 things that immediately make your kitchen look unwelcoming – and the pro-recommended ways to change the ambiance

3 kitchens showing how to make it look welcoming.

A kitchen should feel like a space family, friends, and you want to spend time in. Sadly, though, sometimes the design creates the opposite effect and interiors pros say it’s often because of the things that immediately make your kitchen look unwelcoming.

They’re the signals given off by kitchen ideas such as its color palette, layout, and lighting that – however subtly – have an off-putting effect but that you might not even realize are compromising the room’s ambiance.

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