Kitchen Accessories Shopping Guide: Copper!
ORIGINAL POST DATE: 10-24-2017
By now you already know my feelings on color in the kitchen! I'm here for all the POP and WOW you can introduce into the place you're making meals & entertaining guests. Gone are the days of tacky wallpaper and wall mounted corded phones.
Instead, kitchen decor has become as prevalent in home design as all your other spaces.
So after telling you that pops of color are one of the sexy ways to turn up your kitchen, I decided to take it a step further and do a full on color series!
"Albie, say what?"
Let's say you take my advice, and realize that the areas you have surrounding the kitchen feature a pop of yellow and that's going to be the color you thread throughout. You've picked your color but now you have NO IDEA what to buy in yellow. I'll be putting together kitchen accessory color guides to help you along the way while shopping.
I decided to kick off the series with a color/tone that's become all the rave recently: COPPER!
Copper (really metallic tones) have become increasingly popular in design and is one of the easier ways to really jazz up your decor; however, done incorrectly, you can go all the way wrong!
UPDATED 10-24-2021
When I originally wrote this post, it was a week after comparing the differences between rose gold, gold, and copper. In the four ways since writing that post and this original one, copper has only continue to grown in popularity around the home, and especially so in the kitchen. Styling & decorating with metals is extremely popular and shows no sign of slowing down, so for anyone who thought copper accessories were just a fad… well, let’s just say, you better get used to seeing more copper in more homes. And I know this because, four years later, this is still one of my most popular and most pinned posts to date!
The thing about introducing metals into any space, but particularly the kitchen, is that it’s an unexpected form of eye candy — you’re introducing not just color, but a new material into the space. Because copper is a “warm” metal, it’s a great accent for kitchen design for an end result that can be both unique and timeless.
I've put together 20 of my favorite copper kitchen finds for your shopping pleasure.
You're welcome!
ORIGINAL POST CONTINUED
When pulling this list together, believe it or not, curating it down to 20 was NOT easy. There's been a surge in copper kitchen accessories on the market — copper toned and copper plated — that it can be difficult sifting through and decide what's worth spending on and what's not.
I decided to go with items I was either already familiar with, items that were timeless, and/or items that I knew would work with any lifestyle. Whether you're a seasoned cook or just a novice messing around in your kitchen, there's something here for you. Whether you're renting an apartment or you own a townhouse, this list includes items that can work for your setup.
