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This post is all about 25 must have apartment kitchen decor items.
If you’re anything like us, the kitchen is our favorite room in the home. Our favorite thing to do is cook and entertain our friends and family in our apartment, and the kitchen is truly the heart of our home.
We knew when we moved into our apartment that it would come with basic features, so we had to come up with some creative ideas to add our style to our basic apartment.
One thing that is important when decorating your apartment kitchen is to keep it simple. We recommend decorating with simple, but functional items in your kitchen. Items like cookbooks, beautiful wooden boards and decorative utensil vases add character, but are also super practical for every day use.
This post is all about must have apartment kitchen decor items.
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1. Warm Lighting
2. Cookbook Display
3. Gorgeous Dishes
4. Wooden Boards
5. Stylish Coffee Station
6. Small Eating Nook Decor
7. Barstool Seating
25 Must Have Apartment Kitchen Decor Items
Warm Lighting
Warm lighting is so gorgeous and makes your space feel cozy and intimate. Especially if you have a small apartment, it create such a cozy vibe at night.
1. Neutral Modern Table Lamp
If you have a small apartment kitchen, this would be a great option to bring a little bit of brightness into your space. We love the textured base of this lamp—it’s so gorgeous! It’s short enough to fit under the counter too.
2. Oval Pleated Table Lamp
Pleated lamp shades are super trendy right now, and we thought this one from the Studio Mcgee line at Target was beautiful. The darker tones are sure to add warm and intimate lighting into your apartment kitchen.
3. Algarve Ceramic Table Lamp
This lamp is a little on the pricey side, but we love how unique it is. It’s a one-of-a-kind lamp, but super sleep and modern at the same time.
4. Chelsea Metal Adjustable USB Table Lamp
If you’re wanting to add gold accents to your kitchen, this is the perfect lamp to do that. The neat thing about this lamp is that you can adjust the height of it to fit perfectly on your kitchen counter.
Cookbook Display
Cook books are must have apartment kitchen decor items! We love finding beautiful cookbooks, full of delicious, to display on our kitchen counter. Not only do they add character to your space, but they are also a practical item that can be in an arms reach.
5. Half Baked Harvest Super Simple
We have this cookbook, and not only is it loaded with a bunch of delicious and simple recipes. Anything Half Baked Harvest is worth the try, and this cookbook will look gorgeous on your counter too!
6. Nothing Fancy
Alison Roman is one of our favorite cooks. We love her minimal and simplistic cooking style. This cookbook is packed with amazing recipes, and it will look so gorgeous on your counter as well.
7. Cook This Book
This book has been on our wishlist for a while. It’s full of great cooking tips and techniques as well as amazing recipes that will become staples throughout the week. We love the bold pop of color and the beautiful design on the front cover.
8. Martha Stewart’s Fruit Desserts
Martha Stewart always has a way for creating aesthetically pleasing cookbooks. Choose any page on this book to leave open on your counter, because each page is truly a work of art.
Gorgeous Dishes
Who says you have to hide your beautiful dishes away in a cabinet? We love the look of gorgeous dishes on open shelving or stacked on a counter top. Aesthetic dishwater sets are functional and beautiful in a kitchen.
9. Levi Dinner Plates
How gorgeous are these Levi Dinner plates from Anthropologie? We have been contemplating buying a set of these for our apartment kitchen. They come in multiple color options, so you can find the set that matches your style.
10. Liv Acrylic Glasses
These acrylic glasses would look so gorgeous on an open shelf in your apartment kitchen. You won’t have to worry about these falling and breaking, because these glasses are break-resistant. How cool is that?
11. Wren Matte White Bowl
Crate & Barrel has such beautiful dishwater options. One of our favorite collections is the Wren set. It’s sleek, minimal and modern, and looks gorgeous on in an option shelf or on your counter top.
12. Stone Lain Coupe Dinnerware Set
If you’re wanting a darker set of dishes, this dishwater has a 5 star review on Amazon and comes in three beautiful dark colors.
Wooden Boards
Adding wooden boards to your kitchen counter adds texture and character to your kitchen. We love the look of these, which why these are one of our must have kitchen decor items.
13. Round Wooden Board
This round wooden paddle board is less than $20 on Amazon, and has such rich wood tones to it. We love aspiring a round paddle with a rectangular wood board. The layered look and opposing shapes add depth and interest to your apartment kitchen.
14. Large Round White Marble and Wood Paddle
Another great and gorgeous option for a round paddle board is this one from World Market. We love the blocking of the different materials. It’s a beautiful addition and looks amazing layered with another rectangular wood board as well.
15. New Shapes Marble Board
If you’re wanting a more elegant, darker option, this marble board is a perfect option for you! This board is perfect for entertaining, displaying a delicious charcuterie board, and propping up on your counter when you’re not using it.
Stylish Coffee Station
We are obsessed with the idea of creating a stylish coffee station an apartment. It’s super practical if you love coffee, but having a designated and beautifully designed space to make coffee in morning gives you the opportunity to create a relaxing ritual in the morning.
16. Breville Espresso Machine
This is one of the best and most popular espresso machines you can buy. You can make any drink imaginable! It is pricer, but once you have one, you will never go back. It looks gorgeous on your counter top and makes your coffee station sleek and stylish.
17. Cafè Basics Mugs
These mugs will look beautiful stacked next your your coffee or espresso machine. Not only do they add texture to your kitchen counter, but they are super accessible when you set them in your designated coffee station space.
18. Cooper Small Glass Canister
One of our favorite ways to display and store food is will clear, glass canisters. This canister from Crate & Barrel is perfect for storing coffee beans, sugar or creamer pods at your coffee station.
Small Eating Nook Decor
If you have room for a small eating nook in your apartment, here are some must have kitchen decor items for your space.
19. Blaisdell 43” Dining Table
Many times, apartments are limited on space, so we recommend finding sleek furniture for your kitchen nook space. This table will make your space feel more open and is perfect for seating up to four people comfortably.
20. Belleze Dining Table Chairs
You’ll need dining table chairs with your breakfast nook table. Wishbone style chairs are perfect for opening up your small apartment kitchen nook, but look beautiful and elegant in your space as well.
21. Nissa Natural Round Area Rug
This round jute rug will look amazing tucked under your round kitchen table. We love finding ways to incorporate jute material to a space, because it adds texture and warmth to your space.
Barstool Seating
Do you have a bar top in your kitchen? Adding bar stools is a great way to add seating. We have found that living in apartment means finding as many seating options possible to have when friends and family come over.
22. Bailey Woven Stools
These are quite pricey, but we love the way they look. If you have room for just a couple of barstools in your space, these would be a great addition and investment. The light color of the barstools will brighten up your space as well.
23. Zoe Counter Stools
We have counter stools similar to these in our apartment. Counter stools are perfect for kitchen island seating, and these are so elegant in design. We would buy a couple fo these for our space if we didn’t have counter stools already.
24. Candelario Counter Stool
This weaved style of chair is super trendy right now, and to be honest we love the look of these chairs any kitchen space. They are amazing quality and add a unique element to your apartment kitchen.
25. Wood Counter Stool with Metal Base
These wooden stools with a metal base are perfect for a modern kitchen. The wood seat adds a rich, warm element to the space and it’s ground by black metal bases.
That’s all for the 25 must have apartment kitchen decor items! We hope you feel inspired to add simple, beautiful touches to your apartment kitchen.
This post is all about apartment kitchen decor items.
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